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Department of Education

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NYC Schools Get $2 Billion From Washington. Here’s What’s at Risk if Trump Defunds the DOE.

March 12, 2025, 4:45 p.m.April 4, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Recent threats of federal spending cuts and department shutdowns could mean billions in lost funds for NYC schools.
School safety officers greet students outside P.S. 146 in Manhattan after their first day of the classes
Posted inEducation

NYC School Safety Force Drops by Almost a Third

March 11, 2025, 2:36 p.m.March 11, 2025, 5:35 p.m.
The declines have been driven by high attrition during the pandemic, slow hiring and a $37,000 annual starting salary.
Posted inDepartment of Education

NYC Schools Restore LGBTQ Videos Yanked by PBS Following Trump Executive Order

Feb. 19, 2025, 5:02 p.m.Feb. 19, 2025, 5:02 p.m.
The videos, made in partnership with NYC public schools, profiled key historical figures like Audre Lorde and Bayard Rustin.
Posted inHow to New York

How to Serve on Your Local School Council in NYC

Jan. 9, 2025, 8:28 p.m.Jan. 9, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
Applications open soon for Community Education Councils, or CECs, where parents weigh in on school zone boundaries, academics, school budgets and more.
Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, Dec. 17, 2018.
Posted inEducation

English Learners Rarely Get Into City’s Specialized High Schools. This Student Came Achingly Close.

Dec. 5, 2024, 4:56 p.m.Dec. 5, 2024, 4:57 p.m.
A change made to public schools’ Discovery program in an effort under former Mayor Bill de Blasio to boost the numbers of Black and Latino students at specialized high schools created an eligibility rule that may be excluding those very students.
Mayor Eric Adams watches the Thanksgiving Day Parade with Tracey Collins, Nov. 23, 2023.
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Tracey Collins, Eric Adams’ Partner, Retires Amid ‘No-Show’ Job Investigation

Nov. 8, 2024, 4:26 p.m.Nov. 8, 2024, 4:26 p.m.
The mayor’s girlfriend, who received a significant promotion and a roughly $50,000 raise after Adams took office in 2022, ended work on Nov. 1.
(R-L) New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and Schools Chancellor David A. Banks at Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.
Posted inEducation

Next Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos Says She’ll Have Mayor Adams’ Back

Sept. 25, 2024, 6:10 p.m.Sept. 25, 2024, 7:02 p.m.
“I want you to see me as a symbol of stability,” said Aviles-Ramos, who was quick to cast herself as an ally to the istration in the midst of several federal investigations.
Schools chancellor David Banks speaks at the opening of the newly-renovated P.S. 487 in the South Bronx.
Posted inEducation

Schools Chancellor David Banks Announces He’s Retiring Amid Federal Investigations

Sept. 24, 2024, 8:15 p.m.Sept. 25, 2024, 6:57 a.m.
Federal agents visited David Banks’ home the day before school started and seized his phones as part of a broader investigation into of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle.
Posted inDepartment of Education

A Tech Firm Ditched a Power Lobbyist — and Called on the Schools Chancellor’s Brother

Sept. 9, 2024, 2:13 p.m.Sept. 9, 2024, 2:23 p.m.
Saferwatch worked with Corey Johnson, the former City Council speaker, to get its security app in schools. He says he had no clue that Terence Banks, brother to David Banks and Deputy Mayor Philip Banks, ended up replacing him.
Posted inDepartment of Education

English Test Scores Dip as Schools Chancellor Pushes New Reading Programs

Aug. 22, 2024, 12:39 p.m.Aug. 22, 2024, 12:39 p.m.
A Chalkbeat analysis found that districts that used the new curriculums saw proficiency rates drop by 3.5 percentage points. Districts that didn't had a smaller decline.

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