Politics & Policy
The executive order directs the U.S. Department of Education to prioritize private school choice programs in its own grants and issue guidance on how states can tap other federal money for vouchers.
Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos is concerned about the governor’s school funding plan. She also asked Albany for more money to help implement a statewide student cellphone ban.
A federal memo freezing grants sparked widespread confusion and fear among schools and nonprofits.
The freeze has sparked widespread confusion about the extent to which various programs will be affected.
The teachers union and pro-school choice super PACs spent big on direct mail, digital ads, and text messages in the lead up to Election Day, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of campaign finance disclosures filed Jan. 15.
The idea has divided the charter movement. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the case.
The case has the potential to change long-held understandings of the line between church and state and what it means to be a public school.
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.
The issue could divide the GOP — and the public — on the scope of enforcement measures.
The agency has removed hundreds of pages from its website and put staff on paid leave pending investigations into their work.
Though the city’s Education Department seemed poised to implement a systemwide ban last summer, Mayor Eric Adams pumped the brakes on that plan, spurred in part by concerns over the costs of implementation.
Desde hace décadas, la autoridad federal evitó detener a inmigrantes en las escuelas. El cambio de Trump puede provocar más miedo y ausentismo entre los niños inmigrantes.
The proposal came Tuesday as Hochul presented her $252 billion 2026 state budget, which called for a nearly $1.7 billion increase in funding for the state’s public schools.
In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump pledged to use executive power to reshape American society, but his executive orders could face legal challenges.
Some educators said they feared the loss of funding and support if Trump closed the U.S. Department of Education. Others said they would welcome an end to red tape and bureaucratic rules.
Penny Schwinn would bring the perspective of a state schools chief to her job.
Conservative states such as Tennessee and Mississippi once boasted high childhood vaccination rates. Now exemptions are on the rise amid growing skepticism and political polarization.
Gov. Kathy Hochul will move to limit cellphone use in New York schools this year, she said during her annual State of the State address in Albany.
The campaign will begin shortly after some advocates criticized Mayor Eric Adams due to the lack of concrete child care policy proposals in his State of the City speech.
During Thursday’s meeting, six board members aired their frustration over board member John Youngquist’s recent conduct.