Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat
Posted inImmigration
On high alert after President Donald Trump's inauguration this week and worried about his promise to fast-track deportations, scores of immigrant families kept kids home.
Posted inEducation
English Learners Rarely Get Into City’s Specialized High Schools. This Student Came Achingly Close.
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.
Posted inEducation
NYC Extends High School Application Deadline After Tech Glitch
The glitch only affected two schools — Millennium and NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies — but families said that it could have had ripple effects on their rankings.
Posted inTransit
Student OMNY Cards Boost Public Transit Use
Under the new system, kids get up to four free trips a day on cards that can be used 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Posted inEducation
NYC Piloting School Bus Cameras From Company Run by Phil Banks Aide
An Education Department spokesperson said the agency played no role in arranging or organizing the pilot.
Posted inEducation
Next Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos Says She’ll Have Mayor Adams’ Back
“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 administration in the midst of several federal investigations.
Posted inEducation
Schools Chancellor David Banks Announces He’s Retiring Amid Federal Investigations
Federal agents visited David Banks’ home the day before school started and seized his phones as part of a broader investigation into members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle.
Posted inEducation
‘We’re Not There Yet,’ Eric Adams Says of NYC-Wide School Cell Phone Ban
The mayor's comments significantly dial back the message that schools Chancellor David Banks offered just months ago.
Posted inHow to New York
What’s Happening With New York School Enrollment? Five Things to Know
Among shifting demographic trends, there are now nearly as many Asian Americans as Black students in the NYC school system.
Posted inEducation
City Schools Plan Cellphone Ban to Start February, Principals Say
School leaders don’t expect to receive extra money in their budgets — and will have to come up with their own policies.

