Anticipating challenges to NYC class size law, Banks will launch ‘working group’
Chancellor David Banks plans to launch a “working group” of parents, school leaders, and others to share their opinions and concerns about a new state law that sets stricter limits on class size in New York City public schools. Banks revealed the plan Wednesday while testifying during a state budget hearing focused on education. He […]
What a Community Education Council does and how to join one
If you’re looking to get involved in decisions in your school district, now’s a good time: Positions on the city public schools’ Community Education Councils are up for grabs. Parents, local residents and business owners, and even high school seniors are eligible to join. Community Education Councils, or CECs, can weigh in on nearly every […]
NYC schools want to boost enrollment. It might prove a major challenge.
New York City schools Chancellor David Banks wants to win students back. The nation’s largest school district has hemorrhaged students since the start of the pandemic, with enrollment down about 11% to 813,000 students in grades K-12 since then. Earlier this week, Banks even tweeted: “Increasing enrollment and boosting opportunity for all of our students […]
COVID vaccine mandate dropped for city employees, visitors to NYC public schools
Visitors to New York City’s public schools will no longer have to be vaccinated, ending a year-and-a-half-old rule that had kept some parents out of school functions, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. Adams also announced that COVID vaccines will no longer be required of city workers. That means that more than 1,700 employees who were […]
NYC to introduce pilot program on ageism for high schoolers
New York City officials are launching a new effort to curb discrimination against the city’s oldest residents — by educating some of its youngest. A pilot curriculum jointly operated by the city’s Department for the Aging and Department of Education will introduce the concept of “ageism” to students at 13 Brooklyn high schools, with the […]
Goodbye, Regents? A New York commission mulls high school graduation requirements
New York’s high school students have taken Regents exams since the 1870s. But they could become a relic of the past, as state officials start the final leg of a lengthy process to rethink the state’s graduation requirements. In New York, students are generally required to earn 22 course credits in high school and take […]
NYC promises affordable child care to undocumented families through voucher program
Next month, New York City will begin providing subsidized child care to low-income, undocumented families, who typically can’t access such services because of their immigration status. The $10 million initiative, called Promise NYC, is expected to serve 600 children over the next six months, city officials announced Wednesday. It also aims to help the influx […]
New data shows fewer students per counselor at nation’s schools, but caseloads remain high
The ratio of students to counselors in the nation’s public schools has reached its lowest point in at least 36 years, spurred both by an influx of new counselors and a nationwide decline in student enrollment, according to new data. The dual trends left schools with an average of 408 students for every counselor last […]
