NYC launches ‘campus revival’ program to upgrade neglected school buildings
For years, students and staff at Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence in Brooklyn had a recurring complaint about their aging school building: There were no working water fountains. Staff and students tried in vain to get them fixed, and Principal Enrique Garcia resorted to stockpiling bottled water to hand out to thirsty students. […]
New lawsuit targets program to diversify NY’s college STEM majors
A prominent conservative legal foundation is backing a new lawsuit challenging a New York state program that seeks to increase the enrollment of “historically underrepresented” students in college science and technology programs on the grounds that it excludes some white and Asian American students, according to legal filings. The Pacific Legal Foundation is taking aim […]
Moms for Liberty came to the Upper East Side. Protesters may have outnumbered guests.
Protesters may have outnumbered participants in Moms for Liberty’s Thursday night town hall on the Upper East Side. The right-wing organization’s event, which according to organizers was sold out, attracted ire from politicians and parent activists across the city. As about 100 people rallied outside toting signs reading “Mom against fascism,” “Queer people have kids […]
NYC rolls out long-awaited school bus tracking app
New York City is finally rolling out a long-awaited school bus GPS app citywide – four and a half years after officials first announced the plan. The NYC School Bus App, developed in partnership with the rideshare company Via, allows caregivers of the roughly 150,000 students who ride a school bus every day to track […]
Hochul proposes more than $800 million funding increase for NY schools, 4-year extension of mayoral control
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed a more than $800 million increase in funding for the state’s public schools, while also calling for a four-year extension of New York City’s polarizing mayoral control system. The proposals came Tuesday as Hochul presented her $233 billion 2025 state budget, building on the hundreds of policy initiatives announced last […]
$9.6 million headed to NYC schools serving homeless students after funding formula change
New York City will send more than $9 million in additional funding to schools serving high shares of homeless students, after updating its policy for how students living in temporary housing are counted, according to the city’s Education Department. The change comes after Comptroller Brad Lander sent a letter last month warning roughly 21,000 students […]
School funding, mayoral control, class sizes: Education issues to watch in Albany’s new session
With New York state’s legislative session set to begin in January, lawmakers are preparing to tackle a slate of contentious issues that could hold serious ramifications for New York City students. The fate of the city’s school governance structure will once again be up for renewal, pushing Mayor Eric Adams to make his case in […]
Gov. Hochul wants New York schools to embrace the ‘science of reading.’ Will they?
Eight months after New York City announced a major literacy shakeup, Gov. Kathy Hochul sketched out one of her own on Wednesday that may encourage districts across the state to adopt new reading curriculums. The effort comes amid growing pressure for officials to boost literacy, as dozens of states have enacted efforts to improve reading […]
