Alex Zimmerman

Alex Zimmerman

Reporter, Chalkbeat New York

Alex Zimmerman joined the Chalkbeat team in 2016. Before that, he was a staff writer at the Pittsburgh City Paper and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Village Voice, Vice and Atlas Obscura. Alex can be reached at azimmerman@chalkbeat.org

The city’s highest-need schools stand to benefit the least from the new class size caps, and a group of advocates want to give the city time to negotiate changes to the law.

The schools will also be paired with financial educators who will help lead workshops and offer information about topics from money management basics to spotting financial scams.

Black students, children with disabilities, and those living in foster care were disproportionately removed from their classrooms.

Meisha Ross Porter is one of two finalists for the Chicago job. Porter led New York City public schools during the COVID pandemic.

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.

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.

The Mamdani campaign pledged to focus on NYC’s vulnerable students in response to a Chalkbeat questionnaire. Cuomo and Sliwa did not respond.