City education council elections bring polarizing national issues to local school districts
Starting last Friday and running through May 9, the city’s Community Education Council elections now underway give public school parents a chance to vote on district panels that will represent their interests to their local superintendent. Parents, local residents, and business owners, and even high school seniors are eligible to run for positions on the 11-member CECs, […]
Enrollment at NYC’s transfer high schools tanked during the pandemic. Can it rebound?
Alyssa Cartagena stopped attending school after giving birth a year ago. She had no babysitter, and going back felt insurmountable. But a small alternative high school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side helped pull her back in. The program, Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School, boasts an on-site day care center operated by the education department. […]
At our parent-teacher conferences, students lead the way
Each fall and spring, families and schools across the country take part in “parent-teacher” conferences. Filing in and out of classrooms (or Zoom rooms), educators and parents talk about student progress, participation, and social development. The children and teens who are the subject of the conference are not usually in the room. At the Newark […]
Summer Rising applications are now open. Here’s everything you need to know.
Applications open Monday for New York City’s free, sprawling summer program for children in kindergarten through eighth grade. The program was first launched in 2021 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, using federal COVID relief money, as a way to help children ease into school following remote learning. The rollout of the program was bumpy, but for […]
Electric buses, green job programs: How NYC’s sustainability plan affects schools
New York City public schools will draw more energy from solar panels and provide students with broader climate education and green job training programs. Mayor Eric Adams touted these developments on Thursday when unveiling his new sustainability plan, outlining dozens of initiatives aimed at alleviating the harmful impacts of climate change and pollution. By next month, […]
I know what it’s like to struggle with bad credit, so I piloted a youth personal finance course
During my freshman year at Brooklyn College, there were credit card companies lined up, eager to earn the business of students. Enticed by various rewards programs and sales pitches that only told part of the story, many students signed up for one or more cards without understanding the repercussions of late payments. Lacking basic financial […]
Timeline fast tracked for rethinking Regents exams and other grad requirements
The fate of New York’s storied Regents exams — and other changes to high school graduation requirements — may be decided sooner than anticipated, state education officials confirmed Monday. After years of discussing how New York’s graduation policies should change, officials launched a special commission last year to present recommendations to the Board of Regents by the […]
Meet the principal of NYC’s first district school exclusively for students who struggle to read
In September, New York City’s education department plans to open the city’s first traditional public school exclusively devoted to students with dyslexia and other reading issues. The new school, called South Bronx Literacy Academy, is the culmination of years of advocacy from a handful of parent advocates who watched their own children flounder without adequate reading instruction […]
