Exemptions to the city’s reading curriculum mandate have been awarded to schools with unusually high reading scores on state tests.
Trump’s executive order threatens to withhold federal funding from schools that support students in gender transitions or that teach about the prevalence of racism in American life.
The push to increase pay for paraprofessionals comes as UFT President Michael Mulgrew is up for re-election this year. Some educators who hope to unseat him have called attention to the issue.
Adams allocated funding in this year’s budget to add preschool special education classrooms, but he did not renew that funding for next year.
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.
Mayor Adams has adopted a warm posture toward Trump in recent weeks and has declined to publicly criticize the new administration.
A top Education Department official who oversees Mayor Eric Adams’ sweeping literacy overhaul is stepping down to run a Brooklyn school focused on students with reading challenges.
The situation raises concerns that technical snafus could prevent scores of high school applications from being considered.
The move to pull the contract came just one day after Comptroller Brad Lander raised objections to the AI tool, which listens to students as they read and offers feedback.