New York
New York City schools will have a traditional snow day Monday. Mayor Zohran Madmani made the call on Sunday afternoon as a major storm threatened the area.
After years of families complaining about overcrowding, Queens High School for the Sciences will likely move in the fall. HBCU Early College Prep is also expected to get a new home.
Four years after the city announced the 65th Street child care center in the Upper East Side’s 10065 ZIP code, Mamdani said Thursday it will open 132 seats for pre-K and 3-K in the fall.
Cristina Meléndez, the deputy chancellor of family engagement, is leaving her post. NYC education insiders are waiting to see if it’s part of a broader leadership shift.
Several existing programs didn’t make it into the mayor’s preliminary budget, including restorative justice, a program for students with sensory needs, and an initiative for those at risk of dropping out.
For six years, city officials propped up school budgets despite steep enrollment declines. It’s now up to Mayor Zohran Mamdani to decide whether to keep the policy or wind it down.
The Citywide Council on High Schools wants NYC to mandate career aptitude assessments for all ninth and 11th graders. But researchers say adults are still needed to interpret results.
FirstStepNYC was built as a demonstration program to work with families from pregnancy until kindergarten. Its founder thinks the city should look to it as a model once again.
Joe Borelli, a Republican appointed to the school by former Mayor Eric Adams, immediately faced criticism from the chair of the Panel for Educational policy.
Possible middle school closures and a relocation in Manhattan’s District 3 are sparking backlash from families. How the city responds will begin to define Mamdani’s approach to parent engagement.
NYC schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels will visit every borough two times over the next couple of months to gather feedback from families and educators.
Bronx teacher Carolina Castro-Skehan brings green infrastructure to life for her students and also helps shape science standards through her work on Regents exams.
A federal judge rejected a lawsuit claiming NYC school suspensions violate students’ constitutional rights.
Pre-K teachers at community-based programs earn less than their public school counterparts. Before NYC expands child care, these educators want Mamdani to fix their wage gap.
New York City received 50,000 applications for its free preschool programs in just two weeks as Mayor Mamdani focuses on outreach. Families have until Feb. 27 to apply.
NYC needs 6,000 teachers and billions in funding to meet class size caps. NYC chancellor Kamar Samuels and state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa expressed concerns.
Research suggests that a few snow days probably won’t set students back academically.
Dinowitz’s first oversight hearing will focus on mayoral control of NYC schools, which Zohran Mamdani criticized during the campaign but recently embraced.
Zohran Mamdani is the first mayor who will not immediately have control over the city’s school board, which votes on major contracts, policy changes, and school closures.
New York City schools did not see systemwide problems, just pockets of frustration logging into Google classrooms. Classes will resume in-person on Tuesday, officials said.