High School seniors taking an exam. ( Photo: Narek75) Good Riddance to Regents Exams; But What Should Replace Them? “Oh no,” a student in my 11th grade English Language Arts class groaned dramatically. “Anything but Regents prep!” As a... News 07 Nov 2024 | 07:33
Mayor Eric Adams, back in the blue room at City Hall at his weekly press briefing, but was not flanked by his usual assortment of deputy mayors as he was before his indictment on Sept. 26. He said he has discussed a school cell phone with his new education chancellor, but nothing is imminent. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) No School Cell Phone Ban in Near Future as Adams Takes Go Slow Approach Mayor Eric Adams won’t be pushing to the city’s new education Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos to move quickly on any cell... News 22 Oct 2024 | 06:52
David Banks, seen at a Congressional hearing on education while he was still NYC Education Chancellor, said late last month he was going to retire at year end but now says he is leaving Oct. 16 and blames it on Eric Adams who demanded he leave early. His brother Phil Banks, deputy mayor of public safety said on Oct. 7 he is also resigning from the Adams administration. ( Photo: Associated Press) Two Banks Brothers, Once Part of Adams Inner Circle, Heading to Exits in Ongoing Turmoil Two of the Banks brothers, who were once part of the inner circle of Mayor Eric Adams, have resigned amid at least four federal... News 07 Oct 2024 | 02:17
Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, Deputy Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and Mayor Adams, September 26, 2024. ( Photo: NYC Mayors Office Instagram) Dep. Ed Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Named to Replace Banks, Day Before Hizzoner Indicted “Ring out the old, ring in the new” go the lyrics of the wonderful 1974 George Harrison song, “Ding Dong, Dong Dong.” If... News 30 Sep 2024 | 03:37
NYC Planning a School Cellphone Ban for February, Principals Say New York City, the nation’s largest school system, is considering a plan to ban cellphones in its roughly 1,600 schools starting... News 21 Jul 2024 | 04:16
Students have only recovered about one third of what they lost during the pandemic, according to the latest studies. Source: The Educational Opportunity Project, Stanford University and the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University As Pandemic Deficits Persist Should Kids Hit Summer School Instead of Summer Camp? “Zoom school.” The sound of it still sends chills up the spine of some parents and, more unfortunately, some students are... Voices 11 Apr 2024 | 11:57
Jamie Gass and Christ Sinacola are the authors of “Restoring the City on the Hill.” Photo: Amazon Education Is Failing America’s Future by Forgetting Its Past Last year, eighth grade test scores in civics and U.S. history hit record lows. The decline didn’t start with pandemic school... Voices 04 Feb 2024 | 04:58
In happier times, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew and Mayor Eric Adams at City Hall after the city reached a new contract agreement with the public school teacher’s union in June. Now the union is suing to halt budget cuts. Photo: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY Teachers Union Sues City to Stop School Budget Cuts New York City’s teachers union is suing Mayor Eric Adams in an attempt to halt nearly $550 million in school budget cuts,... News 29 Dec 2023 | 05:41
Dept. of Ed. Distributing Narcan to NYC Public High Schools But Rollout Lags Nearly one third of public high schools that should have been stocked with naloxone for the first time at the start of the... Education Guide 02 Oct 2023 | 10:35
The historic Roosevelt Hotel in mid-town Manhattan was turned into a shelter for many newly arriving migrant families over the summer. Photo: Beau Matic An Influx of Migrant Children Tests the Preparedness of NYC Schools NEW YORK (AP)–Damien, age 5, was giddy with excitement as he left a Manhattan homeless shelter, sometimes running and skipping... Education Guide 01 Oct 2023 | 11:53
Ann Kirschner, the new president at Hunter College, meets with students at the start of the fall semester. The college with 24,000 students is one of the most diverse student bodies in the country, she says. Photo: Courtesy Hunter College Tech Entrepreneur Turned Educator Tackles New Job as Hunter College’s New Pres From the outside, Hunter College looks more like a Manhattan office tower than a university. But step inside and it is instantly... News 25 Sep 2023 | 12:34
Boarding School: The Upside to Being a “Captive Audience” While public or private day schools are considered the go-to by many parents and students moving ahead into middle and high... Education Guide 14 Sep 2023 | 01:21
An American high school senior who grew up in NYC’s Chinatown travels to Indiana as part of an international exchange program this past summer and learns to cope with racism both overt and unintentional, for the first time. Photo: Courtesy Vanessa Chen What a Cultural Exchange Program Taught Me About Responding to Racism In the heat of the Indiana sun, a cold sweat ran down my spine. With my mouth agape and adrenaline coursing through me, I... Education Guide 13 Sep 2023 | 03:20
Tensions flared at an Aug. 9 parent meeting over how selective New York City high schools choose their students. ( Aaricka Washington / Chalkbeat) Debate Over Admissions to NYC’s Selective High Schools Heats Up At Parent Meeting Debate over how selective New York City high schools choose their students erupted Aug. 9 as members of a parent advisory... News 15 Aug 2023 | 11:24
Matthew Cho, 19, who is legally-blind, is a recipient of the $10K Lighthouse Guild scholarship. ( Photo Credit: Lighthouse Guild ) Two Legally Blind UWS Teens Receive $10K Scholarships Matthew Cho and Emely Recinos, two teens from the Upper West Side, were among 15 legally blind teens recently awarded $10,000... News 18 Jul 2023 | 12:50
