Vulnerable populations
PBS had deleted the LGBTQ history videos in response to a barrage of executive orders seeking to rid schools of “discriminatory equity ideology” and abolish DEI programs.
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew blasted Mayor Eric Adams over the confusion, calling the shifting guidance “a selfish political ploy.”
The Jan. 13 memo allows city workers to let federal agents into public buildings without a warrant signed from a judge if they feel “reasonably threatened” for their own safety or that of others.
The lawsuit claimed that some families were unable to access communications about bullying, lead contamination, special education services, and even serious medical conditions.
Educators are working hard to reassure anxious parents that their kids will be safe in school, but not everyone is getting the message, or reassured.
Queens International will join a network of 17 public schools across New York City that exclusively cater to students who recently arrived from other countries.
Black or Latino students represented 51% of the top students in each school’s graduating class last year. But they made up just 36% of students who qualify for direct admission to SUNY.
Schools issued 27,724 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, a 2.4% decline year over year. But superintendent suspensions, which last six days or longer, ticked up about 1%.
The Panel for Educational Policy was slated to vote on a proposed revision to a 2009 regulation concerning student privacy, but members want the public to weigh in.
Roughly one in eight students in New York City’s public school system were living in temporary housing last school year, according to Advocates for Children.
Four years after New York City overhauled its summer program to blend academics and recreation, lawmakers want to know if it’s working.
Some counties have very low rates, and all that's needed in those unvaccinated pockets is a spark — an infected person traveling — to spread measles like wildfire.
Higher-poverty schools see more chronic absenteeism. They are taking a closer look at students’ whole environments to find solutions to the issue.
Titled “Speaking Up! Confronting Hate Speech,” the exhibit opened on Wednesday, and follows a partnership between the city’s Education Department and the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
New report from Department of Youth and Community Development shows hundreds of young people often can’t find a shelter bed.
The effort to bring Naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, into city schools is part of a larger push to make the reversal agent as widely available as possible in the city.
While there has been a growing awareness of the school achievement crisis among boys, girls’ struggles at school can be less obvious – and more likely to go unaddressed.
New York City is pledging $2 million to keep some programs open for more hours as part of an effort to reduce youth violence during the summer months.
Brooklyn Frontiers High School recently enrolled eight Guinean immigrants, with help from the nonprofit InsideSchools to improve the enrollment process for older immigrant students.
The students had all recently failed the English Language Arts Regents exam, according to families and staff.