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How to Apply for Summer Food Benefits for NYC Kids

Feb. 24, 2025, 3:20 p.m.Feb. 24, 2025, 3:20 p.m.

Families can get $120 per child through the Summer EBT program, which is open for applications through Sept. 3, 2025.

Katrena Perou, executive director of Inspiring Minds (right) with Andrea Ishmael, of Brooklyn's Research and Service High School, who participated in the organization's "IMconnected Shark Tank" contest with a plan to connect elders and teens through dance classes, game nights, and other activities. (Image courtesy of Katrena Perou)

Education

Kids Lose: Broken System Delays Funds to School Nonprofits

Dec. 15, 2023, 3:49 p.m.Dec. 15, 2023, 3:49 p.m.

There’s a 15-step process from when an organization learns it’s won a city contract to when payments can be made. Officially it’s already estimated to take up to a year, but that timeline has further stretched out, organizations say.

Charter Schools

Some NYC Charter Schools Shrank During COVID, but Sector Keeps Growing Overall

Dec. 5, 2022, 7:04 p.m.Dec. 5, 2022, 7:21 p.m.

The reasons for enrollment declines are complex, and appear to include the lure of new school construction on one hand, and the high cost of living on the other.

Public Schools

Asylum-Seeking Students Reshape Charter School in Queens

Nov. 28, 2022, 8:52 p.m.Nov. 28, 2022, 8:52 p.m.

Staff jump in to provide education and many other essentials for an unexpected influx of some six dozen migrant youth.

Education

School Policing Questioned as Students Return to Classrooms Amid Pandemic Stress and Security Revamp

Aug. 22, 2021, 7:48 p.m.Aug. 22, 2021, 8:35 p.m.

The restarting of fully in-person classes means a comeback for thousands of school safety agents alongside a million students to city public schools amid pandemic stress. That’s reignited a raging debate over what role cops should have in classrooms.

Schools

Eric Adams Faces a Schooling on Major New York City Education Issues

July 7, 2021, 11:28 a.m.May 30, 2024, 1:44 p.m.

Will the presumed next mayor be friendly to charter schools? How will he get along with educator unions that didn’t endorse him? How will he tackle integration? Here’s a look at how it could all shake out.

Campaign 2021

Mayoral MATH: How Andrew Yang’s Money Helped Start Manhattan Charter School

March 10, 2021, 9:01 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

The former test-prep company owner, known for his “MATH” cap, once donated big bucks to a new charter school — and suggests he’s open to more of them. He’s at odds with most mayoral candidates and the UFT.

Schools

Tens of Thousands of Child Care Slots De Blasio Promised to Working Parents Still Missing

Oct. 18, 2020, 9:57 p.m.Oct. 18, 2020, 10:58 p.m.

The mayor’s new Learning Bridges program was supposed to provide kids through eighth grade a safe place to learn when they’re not attending in-person classes. But more than four out of five slots have yet to be created.