Michael Elsen-Rooney
New York Daily News
New York, NY, United States
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NYC’s Public Schools Athletic League to open access to all 25 sports to every high-schooler citywide by spring 2023
The initiative, part of a larger plan to expand sports access in the wake of a long-running lawsuit, will allow students without a particular sport in their own building to try out for that team at a nearby school. → Read More
NYC West Indian Day parade makes joyful return after two-year COVID hiatus: ‘Great day for America’
The festivities have been marred by violence in past years but Mayor Adams said on Monday that there have been no shootings tied to the celebration this year — and credited a collaboration between multiple city agencies for keeping the unrest in check. → Read More
Kids’ math and reading scores dropped during the pandemic: national test data
Thursday’s release of a standardized test offered annually to students across the country offers the most comprehensive look yet at the educational impact of the pandemic and subsequent shift to remote learning. → Read More
NYC Council to vote on resolution calling for restoration of $469M in school budget cuts
The resolution, which would be non-binding, asks Mayor Adams to submit an official budget modification to add $469 million back into the Education Department’s budget — enough to make up for cuts to the nearly 1,200 schools that have lost enrollment during the pandemic. → Read More
NYC Education Dept. moves forward with new dyslexia program amid legal budget limbo
The Education Department sent nearly $1 million on Friday to two public elementary schools piloting a new approach to supporting kids with reading challenges. → Read More
Former Bronx middle school teacher sentenced to three years in prison for raping 13-year-old student
Jonathan Pol, 31, learned his fate in Bronx Criminal Court. → Read More
Mayor Adams, NYC Council in talks to restore $250 million to slashed school budgets: sources
The proposed deal, which is not yet finalized, would replace a $215 million cut to schools included in the budget that the City Council and Adams passed in June, and add $35 million on top of that. → Read More
How NYC sets up kids with emotional disabilities for failure: ‘I had more kids in the correctional system than I had graduates’
The best student at Sunset Park’s Lillian Rashkis High School reads at what his mom estimates is a fifth-grade level and still doesn’t know his multiplication tables. → Read More
New law renewing mayoral control of NYC schools could mean more marathon education panel meetings
Currently, the city’s Panel for Education Policy meets once a month, voting on multiple proposals from across the five boroughs to close, merge or co-locate schools at each session, among other matters. → Read More
NYC high school students will get free passes to Planet Fitness this summer
The memberships, which city teenagers can apply for online or in-person with a parent or guardian at any Planet Fitness location, are valid through Aug. 31. → Read More
Queens student, 15, found with two guns, ammo at school
School safety agents stopped and searched the student at York Early College Academy in South Jamaica, Queens, just before noon Wednesday. → Read More
$100 million cash infusion will help parents get quality child care in NYC
A collaboration between the Robin Hood Foundation and the Adams’ administration, will fund professional development and salary bumps for childcare workers, add more seats in “childcare deserts,” and help the city build a single, streamlined application portal parents can use to apply to multiple programs. → Read More
NYC public school students don’t need COVID-19 vaccines to go to prom: Mayor Adams
The announcement reverses a previous Education Department rule requiring proof of inoculation in order for city teens to attend their high school graduation dances. → Read More
Advocates push NYC Education Dept. to hire more shelter-based staff to help homeless students get to school
Last school year, 64% of students living in shelters were marked chronically absent, compared to 28% of their peers in permanent housing. → Read More
NYC kids return to robotics tournament for first time in three years after COVID-19 cancellations
The tournament — which asks teams from across the city and region to design a new robot each year to compete in a game designed by organizers — has been cancelled the past two years because of COVID-19. → Read More
Bronx gunfire kills teen, 16, ‘young woman with a bright future’; NYPD commissioner blames shooting on ‘brazen criminals’
The shooting erupted near University Heights High School’s South Bronx Campus on E. 156 St. near St. Ann’s Ave. about 1:45 p.m., police sources said. → Read More
Mayor Adams prevails in court to keep NYC school mask rule for kids under 5
The city’s youngest children must continue to wear face masks in school after a Manhattan judge stepped in late Friday to uphold Mayor Adams’ mandate on the controversial issue — for now. → Read More
NYC’s schools forever changed by COVID-19
A forced year-and-a-half long experiment in remote learning and the cascading economic, medical and emotional fallout of the pandemic left an indelible mark on the kids, educators and → Read More
NYC to offer combination summer school and camp again to 110,000 students
The “supercharged” new version of the program will offer access to 110,000 kids in kindergarten through eighth grade this year, while extending the hours for middle school students to 6 p.m. → Read More
NYC’s school chancellor says high school admissions rules will not change this year
After hinting that he might once again shake up an already recently-revamped high school admissions process just days before Friday’s application deadline, schools Chancellor David Banks announced Wednesday that he’s decided to stick with the original rules for now. → Read More