City officials also promised to help stabilize Head Start providers facing funding threats from the Trump administration.
The abrupt removal of Superintendent Brendan Mims angered community members who said he’s pushed the district forward academically.
The state budget is overdue as lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul haggle over spending plans and other policy questions.
City officials also promised to help stabilize Head Start providers facing funding threats from the Trump administration.
The abrupt removal of Superintendent Brendan Mims angered community members who said he’s pushed the district forward academically.
The state budget is overdue as lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul haggle over spending plans and other policy questions.
Some families cited a lack of affordable housing. Others were searching for better schools.
The lawsuit from 16 Democratic state attorney generals and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is part of a salvo of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s education directives.
Kristin Cahill, a principal in New York City, reflects on a new role for schools in a changing society.
Episode 2 of P.S. Weekly explores the patchwork approach New York City takes to sex education and why students are demanding a different approach.
Out of the city’s roughly 1,600 schools, a whopping 80% have been identified to have asbestos and are required by federal law to be inspected every three years.
Principals said they were grateful for the additional money, but expressed worry that a cutthroat hiring season could make it hard to find quality teachers.
The rally on Thursday was the culmination of a project in 10th-grade English classes at Leaders High School in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
City officials have looked to peer support models to improve student mental health — training youth to support one another as school communities recover from the pandemic.
The letter from New York officials represents some of the earliest and most forceful pushback to the Trump administration’s threat to state education agencies over DEI efforts.
The Trump administration has sought to restrict how schools can address topics of race, gender, and sexuality. But in NYC schools, the push for diverse instruction continues.
School libraries have been an unfunded mandate in New York. Let’s change that, says student Salma Baksh.
Educators warned federal funding cuts could disrupt afterschool programs, support for homeless students, and more.
New York City is aiming to have a ‘family connector’ in each of the city’s 1,600 public schools, helping parents access city resources such as housing and food support.
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The council asked for nearly $300 million more for early childhood education, which has emerged as a major sticking point in recent budget negotiations.
The Education Department expects to hire between 7,000 and 9,000 new educators.
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NYC schools face a $350 million shortfall in Gov. Hochul’s budget plan. Here’s what to know about the different proposals for the state’s school funding formula.
New York City needs between $823 and $907 million in additional state funding in order to avoid kicking families out of the voucher program, according to one analysis.
The Panel for Educational Policy agreed to hold off on awarding the contract despite warnings from city officials about setting a dangerous precedent.
School safety, academic progress were areas of interest among New Yorkers in a survey conducted for Chalkbeat and Civic News Company.
Students share firsthand perspectives on the complexities of high school admissions, resource gaps, and the urgent need for systemic change in New York City.
The claim of payment delays is notable because it is one of the first concrete harms state education officials have linked to President Donald Trump’s effort to eliminate the federal Education Department.
The fight centered on a state law requiring New York City to provide charter schools space or reimburse them for the cost of rent.
NYC schools have yet to send out a citywide response to Trump’s Education Department executive order, but some officials told parents Friday they were standing firm.
Advocates have fought to make funding for the mental health program permanent. But Adams once again left it out of his preliminary budget.
Through Artist Youth Entrepreneurs, a pilot program at the High School of Art and Design, students are learning about key legal and financial concepts in artistic fields.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is terminating a $505,000 STEM grant that was supposed to support an ‘Inclusive Excellence initiative’running through 2028.
Education Department officials are forcing schools to deliver extra test prep after state reading scores dipped last year amid a massive curriculum overhaul.
New York City’s 2016 law requiring schools to provide free menstrual products in bathrooms was the first such legislation in the country.
Veteran educator Steve Lazar is part of a growing virtual program that helps give small schools access to a wider range of advanced classes.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took a tour of Vertex Partnership Academies founded by Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
An $8.4 million agricultural program that was recently axed is the first known cut to trickle down to NYC schools. But officials are bracing for what’s next.
Student OMNY card changes for next year could include the material they’re made of, the ability to use them on cellphones, and who is eligible, officials said Thursday.