New York

Parent-teacher conferences remain virtual in NYC. Some love it, some hate it. Overall, fewer are joining.

Debates over political speech for students and staff have flared at educational institutions across the country in the month since Hamas’s Oct. 7. Attack.

Mayoral control has been regularly extended over the past two decades.

The complex process can be daunting for the tens of thousands of eighth graders applying to public high schools.

Lack of access to school buildings has long been a barrier for students with physical disabilities.

The city’s population of homeless students was astronomical even before the recent influx, exceeding 100,000 for each of the past eight years.

Parents and advocates say traditional open houses may fill up quickly or gloss over special education.

Esto significa que por lo menos $35 millones en beneficios potenciales siguen sin utilizarse y podrían caducar a principios del año que viene.

P-EBT funds have been doled out in recent years to help cover meal costs for families whose students usually receive free meals at school. 

Students and parents can participate in focus groups on Oct. 25 and 30 to discuss specific reading programs. 

The revised training is an effort to get educators to think twice before defaulting to a child welfare report, and give them a set of alternatives to try first.

When a Queens principal threatened to suspend students for following provocative Instagram accounts, did he go too far? Students from The Bell discuss.

Meanwhile, those already in shelters will get 60-day eviction notices, a “destabilizing” move for many school children.

Late last week, the Education Department began quietly rolling back the requirements for some pending contracts, Chalkbeat has learned.