Curriculum and instruction
El consejo escolar de Aurora votará sobre la recomendación el 17 de diciembre. Las high schools integrales en el distrito han estado probando los materiales desde agosto.
The School for Global Leaders, an International Baccalaureate middle school on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, will welcome its first ninth grade class next year.
The Aurora school board will vote on the recommendation Dec. 17. The district’s comprehensive high schools have been trying out the materials since August.
Book banning action has escalated locally, not at the state level
In a lawsuit, two families say Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, and their publisher used shoddy studies to prop up their work, which many schools have moved away from in recent years.
Under an expanded state law, the removals have gone from ‘a trickle to a tidal wave,’ says one librarian
Since taking office in 2022, the Brooklyn council member and former teacher has visited nearly 100 schools across the five boroughs.
The recruitment effort comes at a time when city and state education leaders have called for more robust financial education in schools.
New York education officials are expected to unveil new details about the state’s efforts to reimagine high school graduation requirements at a Board of Regents meeting next week.
The initiative, from My Brothers Keeper and Rutgers Newark, aims to prepare educators to help advance post-pandemic recovery.
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.
Some said the new instructional materials try to cover too much, and that they’re not very well prepared to teach it. But they also expressed hope about its long-term impact on students.
The pushback from the influential teachers union raises questions about the long-term prospects of the math curriculum’s success.
Pleasant Run Elementary in Warren Township has boosted its IREAD results through an all-hands-on-deck approach that involves students and families.
After a funding drama threatened its theater program last year, Manhattan’s Professional Performing Arts School got $632,000 to save it this year — except the school chose a new partner.
Also removed: ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’
One librarian anonymously reported pulling 300 titles since the school year’s start.
Schools Chancellor David Banks was especially excited for the first day. “It represents the rebirth of our school system,” he said.
From school enrollment shifts to a possible cell phone ban, these are some of the key issues we’re watching in New York City schools this year.