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Migrant families moving to and from the Roosevelt Hotel ahead of reaching a 60-day shelter limit, January 5, 2024.

Migrant Families and Schools Brace for Wave of Shelter Evictions

Jan. 8, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 8, 2024, 1:54 p.m.

Thousands of migrant families with school-aged children in city shelters will reach the end of their 60-day time limit starting Tuesday. What happens next is unclear.

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.

Principal Erica Ureña-Thus speaks at P.S. 398 in Jackson Heights in October 2022.

Queens

Principal ‘Covered Up’ After Second Grader Brought Knife to Target Classmate, Say Parents

Nov. 14, 2023, 8:02 p.m.Nov. 15, 2023, 1:42 a.m.

It was days after a student allegedly planned to attack another kid he considered a romantic rival — and then allegedly threatened other kids who saw the weapon — before any official word went out from the school.

Eric Adams

Eric Adams Ordered NYC Schools to Shelter in Place Due To Flooding. No One Told Principals.

Oct. 2, 2023, 8:43 p.m.Oct. 3, 2023, 8:33 a.m.

The first time many school s heard about a shelter-in-place directive was when a top Education Department official emailed at 1:56 p.m.to tell them it “has been lifted.”

Public Schools

NYC’s High School issions Process Opens Oct. 3. Here’s What Families Should Know.

Sept. 29, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 28, 2023, 3:26 p.m.

The complex and controversial process can be daunting, here’s some information that can help.

Education

NYC Public Schools Tested 1,500 Students For Risk of Dyslexia After Mayor Adams Push

Sept. 14, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 13, 2023, 7:40 p.m.

Students in 133 schools that serve about 63,000 students were given secondary screeners during the last school year that identify students who are at risk of dyslexia or other reading challenges. The effort, while relatively small, is set to be expanded.

Public Schools

Enrollment Drop and Fiscal Cliff Loom as NYC Starts School Year

Sept. 7, 2023, 1:40 p.m.Sept. 7, 2023, 1:41 p.m.

Five things to watch out for as classes begin for the city’s more than 900,000 public school students.

Schools

City Education Officials Let Failing Yeshivas Languish for Years, Newly Released Records Show

Aug. 7, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 7, 2023, 9:50 a.m.

Letters obtained by THE CITY via lawsuit show the Department of Education concluded as early as 2018 that some religious schools stinted on secular education but didn’t intervene. Those four schools still fail to meet the bar, the city recently determined.

Education

Federal Judge Orders NYC to Fix Special Education Service and Payment Delays

July 19, 2023, 5:46 p.m.July 19, 2023, 5:46 p.m.

The Department of Education must take 40 specific actions to resolve decades-old delays in providing or paying for special education services to students.

Yeshivas

Eighteen Yeshivas Are Failing To Provide Secular Education, City Finds

June 30, 2023, 7:49 p.m.July 5, 2023, 1:48 p.m.

Detailed reports show significant deficiencies at four schools, including no English instruction at all. The Department of Education is fighting to keep similar findings sought in a lawsuit by THE CITY under wraps.

City Department of Education

Migrant Families and Schools Brace for Wave of Shelter Evictions

Kids Lose: Broken System Delays Funds to School Nonprofits

Principal ‘Covered Up’ After Second Grader Brought Knife to Target Classmate, Say Parents

Eric Adams Ordered NYC Schools to Shelter in Place Due To Flooding. No One Told Principals.

NYC’s High School issions Process Opens Oct. 3. Here’s What Families Should Know.

NYC Public Schools Tested 1,500 Students For Risk of Dyslexia After Mayor Adams Push

Enrollment Drop and Fiscal Cliff Loom as NYC Starts School Year

City Education Officials Let Failing Yeshivas Languish for Years, Newly Released Records Show

Federal Judge Orders NYC to Fix Special Education Service and Payment Delays

Eighteen Yeshivas Are Failing To Provide Secular Education, City Finds

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