If the suit is successful, it would become harder for schools to suspend students for long periods of time.
I’m no longer fighting Silicon Valley’s best efforts to capture human attention. Now, I battle boredom, and that’s a winnable fight.
Episode 7 of P.S. Weekly explores the state of youth climate activism, ranging from apathy to action, and one Manhattan student’s push to get her high school to compost.
Under federal law, schools are not allowed to suspend students for long stretches if the behavior in question is linked to their disability. A Chalkbeat investigation found schools have been breaking the rules for years.
The detailed list comes more than a month after New York City officials announced they are approving an additional 3,700 teachers to lower class sizes.
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Overall, Adams’ executive budget proposes roughly $18.3 billion in city funding for the Education Department’s operating budget, a $670 million increase from this year.
After fierce community pushback, the Education Department plans to phase out M.S. 394 over three years instead of closing it all at once.
Episode 4 of P.S. Weekly tackles teacher turnover and how turbulent relationships between teachers and administrators might be a major contributing factor.
For decades, these clinics have provided a wide range of health care to students, offering vaccines, teeth cleaning, or help for mental health struggles, all at no cost.
The Education Department is using an emergency contract to buy 15 X-ray machines, circumventing the regular purchasing process.
Multiple parents reported problems with the election site Friday morning, including parents appearing on ballots for seats for which they are not running.
For children of immigrants, including those with undocumented parents, the college financial aid process comes with great hurdles and anxieties.
Education Department officials are hoping that programs like one at Brooklyn International can serve as a model to help the city creatively address a historic teacher hiring challenge.
In an exclusive interview, Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos explained why she believes middle school math curriculums should be standardized despite outcry from the teachers union.
The mayor’s reading and math curriculum mandates will cover all middle schools by fall 2027. It will likely fall to his successor to implement them.
Schools in other parts of the state faced problems administering the standardized exams, but officials say the problems have been fixed.
Harlem was home. Then a trip to Korea helped me understand the two cultures that shaped me.
City officials spent nearly half a billion dollars installing AC units. But the cost of repairing and replacing them now falls on individual school budgets.
City officials also promised to help stabilize Head Start providers facing funding threats from the Trump administration.
The abrupt removal of Superintendent Brendan Mims angered community members who said he’s pushed the district forward academically.
The state budget is overdue as lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul haggle over spending plans and other policy questions.
Some families cited a lack of affordable housing. Others were searching for better schools.
The lawsuit from 16 Democratic state attorney generals and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is part of a salvo of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s education directives.
Kristin Cahill, a principal in New York City, reflects on a new role for schools in a changing society.
Episode 2 of P.S. Weekly explores the patchwork approach New York City takes to sex education and why students are demanding a different approach.