Dozens of cultural arts organizations flocked to Lincoln Center for an event held by Council member Gale Brewer, connecting local schools to arts education programs.
Despite enthusiasm from New York City’s top education leaders, teachers are still waiting for concrete guidance on AI. In the meantime, educators are taking matters into their own hands.
At a meeting later this month, the city’s Panel for Educational Policy will consider a contract to tap the assessment company Pearson to develop a computerized version of the test.
Early childhood advocates have called for higher wages amid stubborn pay disparities between employees at community-run preschools and their Education Department counterparts.
The delay comes as this year’s fifth graders will be able to apply widely to middle schools across the city for the first time, instead of largely being limited to their home zone or district.
The abrupt change means Deputy Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos will take over the nation’s largest school system later this month.
The city’s notoriously complex high school admissions process opened Tuesday. Middle school kicks off Oct. 9. Families will soon be able to access their random number, or 'lottery' number, in MySchools.
New York City families can apply to more than 12 high schools this year, as well as any middle school across the city, the city’s Education Department announced.
Eric Adams’ indictment is both symbolically and practically significant for the nation’s largest school system, which is under mayoral control.