Zohran Mamdani
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.
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.
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.
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.
Research suggests that a few snow days probably won’t set students back academically.
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.
The move will affect roughly 500,000 students who will be expected to log on virtually.
In exclusive interviews, Chalkbeat spoke with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Chancellor Kamar Samuels about their plans for the nation’s largest school system.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state is taking an “unprecedented step” to commit to two years of child care funding despite looming federal budget threats.
The new mayor says parent coordinators should be organizers rather than administrators. Take our survey and tell us what you think.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says he wants to reform mayoral control rather than end it.
Samuels led on school integration and a previous effort to scale back gifted programs, initiatives Mamdani wants to revive.
How should Zohran Mamdani improve the school system? We asked educators, parents, students, and experts for their big ideas.
We asked educators, families, students, and experts for big ideas about how Zohran Mamdani could improve the school system.
The current chancellor, a former chancellor, and others with deep ties to New York could be in the running.
Zohran Mamdani received the highest number of donations from DOE employees in 23 years, despite his thin education agenda.
Some parent groups are pushing Mamdani to consult families and educators before he makes a final decision about who should run the nation’s largest school system.
A waitlist for child care vouchers in NYC has grown to 10,000 children, revealing a crisis that is hurting working parents and child care providers. Can Mayor-elect Mamdani fix it?