Parents at a January 2020 Community Education Council meeting ( Photo: Christina Veiga/Chalkbeat) How to Serve on Your Local School Council in NYC New York City parents: Do you want to get involved in local and citywide education policy? An opportunity is just around... News 12 Jan 2025 | 05:02
Some Manhattan schools worry that the new congestion pricing tolls will have a negative impact on schools, discouraging teachers from working in the district and discouraging outer borough and uptown kids from attending schools below 60th St. ( Photo: Chalkbeat NYC) Education As congestion pricing begins, some Manhattan school communities worry over long-term impact For the first time on Jan. 6, some New York City families and educators commuting to school by car faced a $9 toll upon entering... News 06 Jan 2025 | 07:15
High School seniors taking an exam. ( Photo: Narek75) Good Riddance to Regents Exams; But What Should Replace Them? “Oh no,” a student in my 11th grade English Language Arts class groaned dramatically. “Anything but Regents prep!” As a... News 07 Nov 2024 | 07:33
Mayor Eric Adams, back in the blue room at City Hall at his weekly press briefing, but was not flanked by his usual assortment of deputy mayors as he was before his indictment on Sept. 26. He said he has discussed a school cell phone with his new education chancellor, but nothing is imminent. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) No School Cell Phone Ban in Near Future as Adams Takes Go Slow Approach Mayor Eric Adams won’t be pushing to the city’s new education Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos to move quickly on any cell... News 22 Oct 2024 | 06:52
David Banks, seen at a Congressional hearing on education while he was still NYC Education Chancellor, said late last month he was going to retire at year end but now says he is leaving Oct. 16 and blames it on Eric Adams who demanded he leave early. His brother Phil Banks, deputy mayor of public safety said on Oct. 7 he is also resigning from the Adams administration. ( Photo: Associated Press) Two Banks Brothers, Once Part of Adams Inner Circle, Heading to Exits in Ongoing Turmoil Two of the Banks brothers, who were once part of the inner circle of Mayor Eric Adams, have resigned amid at least four federal... News 07 Oct 2024 | 02:17
Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, Deputy Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and Mayor Adams, September 26, 2024. ( Photo: NYC Mayors Office Instagram) Dep. Ed Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Named to Replace Banks, Day Before Hizzoner Indicted “Ring out the old, ring in the new” go the lyrics of the wonderful 1974 George Harrison song, “Ding Dong, Dong Dong.” If... News 30 Sep 2024 | 03:37
Maud Maron, a member of the Community Education Council in Manhattan’s District 2, was reinstated to her post by a federal judge on Sept. 3 after city officials previously removed her for allegedly violating city regulations governing the conduct of parent leaders. Here, Maron sits on stage at an event hosted by the right-wing group Moms for Liberty. ( Photo: Michael Elsen-Rooney / Chalkbeat) Judge Reinstates Controversial Parent Leader Who Was Ousted from District Education Council Months after schools Chancellor David Banks removed a controversial parent leader from a Manhattan education council, a federal... News 06 Sep 2024 | 02:26
NYC Planning a School Cellphone Ban for February, Principals Say New York City, the nation’s largest school system, is considering a plan to ban cellphones in its roughly 1,600 schools starting... News 21 Jul 2024 | 04:16
New York City schools Chancellor David Banks, center, interacts with students on the last day of school on June 26, 2024 at P.S. 165, The Robert E. Simon School, in Manhattan. ( Photo: Julian Shen-Berro / Chalkbeat) Ban on Cellphones in NYC Public Schools Could Come Within Weeks New York City schools Chancellor David Banks may announce a cell phone ban for the nation’s largest school district “within... News 27 Jun 2024 | 04:38
Scholarship winner Jack Lamson graduated from his high school in Cato, NY this year after suddenly losing his vision during his junior year. ( Courtesy of Lighthouse Guild) Lighthouse Guild Boosts Students Who are Blind with Scholarship Initiative Nothing used to set Jack Lamson apart from anybody else. Going into his junior year, his life was incredibly normal. He was... News 12 Jun 2024 | 01:18
As part of a new initiative aimed at combating antisemitism, New York City eighth graders will learn more about the Holocaust through field trips to Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, officials announced Thursday May 23. ( Julian Shen-Berro / Chalkbeat) To Combat Antisemitism, NYC 8th Graders Will Visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage As part of a new initiative aimed at combating antisemitism, New York City eighth graders will learn more about the Holocaust... News 24 May 2024 | 02:14
Construction inside the former Ascension School where the Department of Education wants to move West Prep middle school is well underway the West Side Spirit found during a recent visit even though a final vote on the pending move by the DOE won’t come until May 22. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Controversy Rages as DOE Plans to Move West Prep Academy into Shut Down Catholic School Controversy is rocking West Prep Academy, an Upper West Side Middle school that the Board of Education plans to move to the... Home 22 Apr 2024 | 05:15
Students have only recovered about one third of what they lost during the pandemic, according to the latest studies. Source: The Educational Opportunity Project, Stanford University and the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University As Pandemic Deficits Persist Should Kids Hit Summer School Instead of Summer Camp? “Zoom school.” The sound of it still sends chills up the spine of some parents and, more unfortunately, some students are... Voices 11 Apr 2024 | 11:57
NYC Schools Chancellor Banks addresses surging islamophobia and anti-Semitism in schools, says students who misbehave will face “tangible consequences.” ( Photo: NYC Public Schools Press Office) Chancellor Outlines New Plans to Combat Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Public Schools New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks said at a “virtual ethnic media roundtable” on Jan. 22 that he is stepping up... News 07 Feb 2024 | 12:51
Jamie Gass and Christ Sinacola are the authors of “Restoring the City on the Hill.” Photo: Amazon Education Is Failing America’s Future by Forgetting Its Past Last year, eighth grade test scores in civics and U.S. history hit record lows. The decline didn’t start with pandemic school... Voices 04 Feb 2024 | 04:58
