Education
Education
Opinion: Without mayoral control, everyone is in charge of NYC schools, and no one is responsible
State legislators should remember the lessons of the past and extend mayoral control for another four years.
Education
Opinion: No child belongs in a box – or a broken school system
The Solutions Not Suspensions bill lets schools address students’ behavioral challenges early and consistently through evidence-based interventions, not punitive or exclusionary discipline.
Heard Around Town
NYC electeds back NYU faculty union with strike looming
Non-tenure track professors have been negotiating a contract with the downtown college for more than a year.
Education
Opinion: On the road to student loan forgiveness, New Yorkers need assistance
New York City should step up in response to the Trump administration.
NYN Media
Opinion: New York needs to require recess
At least 30 minutes of play per day for elementary school students would boost kids’ health and help Hochul hit her budget goals.
Nonprofits
A charter school leader says Trump administration policies are putting pressure on Black students
In an NYN Q&A, Dr. Curtis Palmore of United Charter High Schools reflects on DEI as Black History Month celebrates 100 years.
Heard Around Town
Stavisky fumes about equal opportunity program funding cuts
The chair of the state Higher Education Committee said Gov. Kathy Hochul needs to restore funding for college programs for disadvantaged students.
Opinion
Opinion: Mamdani should focus on diversity and enrichment over ‘gifted and talented’
Our research shows that many NYC parents don’t prioritize academic rigor based on test scores when considering which schools are best.
Heard Around Town
The Rita Joseph fan club speaks out
The advocacy coalition New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools is circulating a letter to call for Council Speaker Julie Menin to keep Joseph as Education Committee chair.
Policy
Hochul, side by side with Mamdani, announces plan to roll out universal child care
The governor’s path to universal child care starts with statewide pre-K and funding for 2-Care in New York City.
Opinion
Opinion: It’s time for abundance in specialized high schools
Almost 29,000 middle-school students take the SHSAT entrance exam each year, but only 5,000 of them gain admission to the city’s specialized high schools. Why not create more schools?
Opinion
Opinion: The 40-year debate over school governance
Should the mayor be in charge of the city’s schools?
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Education
The education challenges the Mamdani administration faces
A wholesale end to mayoral control of schools will not be among them, despite what Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said on the campaign trail.
New York City
Mamdani to name Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor
The Manhattan superintendent will lead the nation’s largest public school system.
Opinion
Opinion: Jewish CUNY students still need support
The next mayor should keep that in mind as he appoints members of the CUNY Board of Trustees.
Opinion
Opinion: New York must stop shortchanging schools with yesterday’s data
The state’s Foundation Aid formula must be tweaked to ensure New York City schools are getting enough funding.
Opinion
Opinion: The next step toward Universal Child Care is free 2-Care for All
New York City ultimately needs to establish free, universal child care starting at birth, but the first step should be free child care for every 2-year-old.
Policy
Report: 154K NYC public school students were homeless last year
The number has continued to climb, and it has topped 100,000 for 10 years.
Opinion
Opinion: SCOTUS and Project 2025 supercharged censorship. New York must push back.
The Freedom to Read Act would require schools to maintain inclusive and diverse library collections and stop local school boards from banning books.
Opinion
Opinion: New York is one of the top 10 worst states for sex ed. Here's how to fix it.
The Healthy and Safe Students Act would require comprehensive sex education instruction for public and charter school students in grades K-12.
