teaching

This past year, a child in my preK class had major surgery and was out for several weeks. When he returned, we transformed a corner of the classroom into a doctor’s office. He played there every day for a week, administering bandages and shots to his curious patients. The nearby water table became a place […]

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 […]

Want to get certified in data analytics before you graduate high school? Thanks to a new partnership between New York City schools and Google, students at some schools around the five boroughs may soon be able to. The tech industry giant will serve as the first tech-anchor employer partner for FutureReadyNYC, a career-readiness initiative that […]

Outfitted with paper chef hats, a group of students at Brooklyn’s P.S. 958 were getting ready on a recent afternoon to launch a mock restaurant, wiggling on the classroom carpet in anticipation of their first wave of customers. The students had been preparing since February, touring their surrounding Sunset Park neighborhood to learn what types […]

How does the state determine whether schools are doing well or if they are struggling and need extra support? Before the pandemic, state officials relied on standardized tests and high school Regents exams to figure out how well students were doing, along with other factors, such as graduation rates. But the public health crisis paused […]

Tens of thousands of New York City students were among the millions of victims who have had their personal information compromised through the recent MOVEit data breach, education officials said Friday. A security vulnerability in the file-sharing software MOVEit — widely used by private companies and governments to safely transfer documents and data — has […]

More than one-third of New York City’s preschool children with disabilities did not receive all of the extra support they’re entitled to in the last school year, according to a report released Tuesday morning. The report, by advocacy organization Advocates for Children New York, analyzes the most recently available city data for the 2021-22 school […]

Which New York City schools have cafeterias with salad bars? Which serve halal meals? Which have gardens? The education department quietly launched a school kitchen dashboard last month, giving parents and students a chance to learn what their schools offer. The website is part of a larger vision Mayor Eric Adams shared Tuesday about teaching […]