Zohran Mamdani
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?
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani taps child care advocates and de Blasio-era officials for his youth and education committee. Current K-12 educators and students were notably absent.
Mayor Eric Adams has lost control of New York City’s school board. He no longer has a majority of appointees, and members have rejected several proposals recently.
Last year, more than 27,000 of the city’s roughly 136,000 free child care seats for kids ages 4 and under went unfilled, about 1 in every 5 seats.
The legislation, supported by 47 of the City Council’s 51 members, would bring relief to thousands of paraprofessionals, whose starting salary is $32,000.
Here’s what experts told Chalkbeat about where the child care system stands now and what it will take to make it free for all.
Veterans of the city’s prekindergarten expansion say there are lessons for the Mamdani campaign about how to balance growing quickly with keeping the system stable.
Some groups urged Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to continue Mayor Eric Adams’ curriculum reforms. Meanwhile, charter school leaders extended an olive branch.
When it comes to NYC public schools, Zohran Mamdani wants to end mayoral control as well as focus more on helping homeless students and students with disabilities.
Students are relying on TikTok to stay informed about this year’s mayoral election. At Mamdani’s and Cuomo’s alma maters, students are largely rooting for Mamdani.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign convened education advocates to discuss mayoral control, school safety, charter schools, and more.
New York City’s next mayor will oversee the nation’s largest school system. Here’s where the candidates stand on mayoral control, class sizes, selective admissions, and more.
“For too long, we have allowed individuals like Elon Musk to pretend as if concerns of efficiency and waste are that of the right wing, when in fact, they should be the bedrock of any progressive politics,” he said.