Here’s What Carmen Fariña’s Top Deputies Have on Their Plates This School Year
Release Date:
09/21/2017
As the person responsible for 1.1 million students, 75,000 teachers and 1,800 schools, Chancellor Carmen Fariña can’t have eyes everywhere.
Education
Private Managers of Public Schools, Charter Leaders Enjoy Extra Buffer From Public-Records Laws
Release Date:
09/21/2017
When Success Academy officials read the news last month that board chair Daniel Loeb had made a racially charged comment about a New York State senator, what did they do next?
Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’
Release Date:
09/20/2017
As the former top lawyer for Success Academy, Emily Kim had a hand in almost every aspect of New York City’s largest and most controversial charter-school network — from negotiating lunch times for schools in shared buildings to defending Success in...
New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Just days into the new school year, there are already problems with the food served to New York City’s 1.1 million students.
New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Teachers in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in charter schools, meaning they are gone for more than 10 days in a typical 180-day school year, a new research paper has found.
Some NYC K-12 Schools Cross $50,000-a-Year Mark
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Five years ago, parents gulped when the price for attending some private K-12 schools in New York City hit $40,000 a year.
New Pre-K Center Slated to Open on Upper East Side in 2019, Officials Say
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A universal pre-kindergarten center with 180 seats is coming to East 76th Street, providing spots in a neighborhood clamoring for more pre-K options, DNAinfo New York has learned.
Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Concussions among young people are seen as a silent epidemic. As student athletes begin the next season of activities, experts say parents should get their children tested for brain injury before they even step on the field. Health reporter Erin...
The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
Release Date:
09/19/2017
New York City officials have announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. This came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address...
Opinion: Who Gets to Define Campus Rape?
Release Date:
09/18/2017
Who should have the right to define rape: survivors who have experienced sexual violence or those who are accused of perpetrating it?
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