The crisis of student mental health is much vaster than we realize
The change was gradual. At first, Riana Alexander was always tired. Then she began missing classes. She had been an honors student at her Arizona high school, just outside Phoenix. But last winter, after the isolation of remote learning, then the overload of a full-on return to school, her grades were slipping. She wasn’t eating […]
12 HOT TIPS FOR PRINCIPALS
Starting as a new Principal or Head of School is both exciting and challenging whether it is your first principalship, or a new Principal’s role in a different school. I hope you are ready to enjoy an exhilarating, stimulating and challenging learning curve. Here are my 12 HOT TIPS to help you lead like a […]
NYC schools Chancellor David Banks lays out $205 million plan to improve special education
New York City schools Chancellor David Banks laid out his first comprehensive plan Thursday for improving special education in the nation’s largest school system, pledging a $205 million investment to expand several popular programs for students with disabilities and creating an advisory council to drive future reforms. Nearly 200,000 students with disabilities receive legally mandated […]
Computer science classes have an equity issue. Some NYC educators are trying to change that.
Computer science teacher Shanua Newton-Rodriguez is hoping to lead by example. A woman of color who grew up in the Bronx, she wants to see more students who look like her learning Java, Python, web design or other coding skills. But for many students in the nation’s largest school system — particularly girls, Black students, […]
73% of NYC high schools don’t have a newspaper. Efforts are growing to fill in the gaps.
Emely Ou Feng dreams of being an investigative journalist one day. But the 16-year-old hasn’t had many opportunities to pursue that goal at school for a simple reason: Her Brooklyn campus doesn’t have a student newspaper. “Ever since I guess my freshman year I sort of knew that I want to be a journalist,” said […]
NYC school bus delays reach highest level in five years, City Council analysis shows
School bus delays spiked this fall to levels higher than any point in the last five years, according to figures revealed during a City Council hearing Monday, representing a growing hardship for families who depend on yellow buses to ferry their children to school. Last month alone, there were nearly 14,500 school bus delays, lasting […]
Cuts to NYC schools will stand after appeals court overturns budget redo
More than $370 million in cuts this year to schools across the five boroughs will stand after an appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City lawmakers won’t have to vote again on the education department budget. The ruling overturns a lower court’s high-profile decision asking for a budget redo because of a procedural violation. […]
In NYC, public schools are often the main source for youth mental health care
By law, public schools are required to provide a fair and appropriate education to all students – including those with mental health challenges. But what happens in reality is that families are forced to navigate an incredibly complex system, in a process that can take years to obtain the right services for their child. A […]
