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 […]
Thousands of NYC students lost parents to COVID. Many aren’t getting the help they need.
This story was produced in collaboration with THE CITY, Columbia Journalism Investigations, Type Investigations and City Limits as part of “MISSING THEM,” THE CITY’s COVID memorial and journalism project. Do you know a child who has lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19? Tell us more here. If you know someone who died due to COVID, share their story here or email us at […]
Mayor Eric Adams promises mental telehealth support for all NYC high school students
All New York City high school students will have access to mental health support through telehealth programs, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday, his first major effort to address growing concerns about student wellbeing. “This year we’re rolling out the biggest student mental health program in the country,” Adams said during his annual State of the […]
Losing my Spanish feels like losing part of myself
Spanish was my first language. It was the only language I knew until I was 5 and began school in the U.S. At first, going to school felt scary because I didn’t speak English. I would cry, and explain as best I could that I had a stomachache and needed to go to the nurse. […]
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Job Description THE MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN POSITION DESCRIPTION Job Title: Director of The Koopersmith Family Literacy + Math Program Department: Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility Reports To: Director, Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility Job Type: Full Time Classification: Exempt Date: November 29, 2022 Background: At the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, mutual responsibility is one of our core values. Through […]
NYC high school admissions is overwhelming. It rewards parents like me.
Just before midnight, attempting to make the deadline for extra materials required for admission by some of New York City’s most selective public high schools, I sat watching the upload time for my 13-year-old’s video extend from six minutes to 11 to 15. I’d been trying to upload it for two hours. I’d cleared my […]
