Ben Chapman
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New York, NY, United States
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New York City Hopes Phonics Will Save It From National Reading Crisis
The nation’s largest school district plans to upend its reading curriculum and implement mandated lessons to reverse low literacy rates. → Read More
Schools Are Tackling Mental Health This Summer
Services offered by schools, which are making use of federal Covid-19 relief funds, include access to social workers and mental health providers. → Read More
Schools Test New Lunch Dishes With Blunt Kids as Judges. ‘The Seasoning is, Um, Not the Best.’
Districts nationwide are revamping fare by relying on the brutal honesty of students → Read More
Biden Administration Overhauls Title IX Rules on School Sexual Discrimination
Students and school employees could soon be able to file grievances for allegations of all sex-based discrimination, rather than just those of sexual harassment and assault, the Education Department said. → Read More
Summer-School Students to Wear Masks in Some Places Where Covid-19 Cases Are Rising
Districts say requirements will protect children and staff from rapidly spreading variants. → Read More
Texas Shooting Spurs Schools Nationwide to Revisit Tightening Security
School officials say they are seeking to protect students and staff and to reassure families that classrooms are safe. → Read More
What We Know About the Texas School-Shooting Victims
At least 19 students and two adults were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. → Read More
Who Are the Victims of the Texas School Shooting?
An outpouring of grief and anger shrouds Uvalde as families mourn and share memories of the children and teachers killed in the massacre at Robb Elementary School. → Read More
School Districts Are Struggling to Spend Emergency Covid-19 Funds
Districts have yet to spend 93% of $122 billion sunk into the K-12 education system last year under the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, according to data compiled by the U.S. Department of Education. → Read More
Police Search for Suspect in Brooklyn Subway Shooting
A manhunt is under way for the person who shot and wounded 10 people on a busy New York City subway train and platform Tuesday morning. → Read More
Schools Avoid Mask Mandates in Regions With Omicron BA.2 Surge
New York City and Philadelphia, as well as more than a dozen counties nationwide deemed a high-level threat by the CDC, say they have no plans to remask students despite the spread of the new Covid-19 variant. → Read More
In Brooklyn’s ‘Little Odessa,’ Russian-American Neighbors Stand With Ukraine
Pro-Ukraine signs dot one of the largest Russian and Ukrainian communities in U.S., Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. → Read More
Getting Kids to Wear Masks in Class Was Tough, Removing Them Can Be Just as Difficult
As the final school districts lift their mask mandates, conflicts continue among some parents, schools and teachers. → Read More
In Manhattan’s ‘Little Ukraine,’ People Gather to Denounce Russian Invasion, Find Solace
Members of the community broadly condemn the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and talk of strengthening ties to Ukraine. → Read More
Schools Lift Mask Requirements, Change Covid-19 Rules as Omicron Recedes
Districts are rapidly rolling back Covid-19 policies that have built up over nearly two years, with many eyeing a return to more normal classroom life and operations. → Read More
New Orleans Begins Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate for All Students
School districts elsewhere, including in Los Angeles, San Diego and Washington, D.C., are also seeking to add requirements for coronavirus vaccines. → Read More
Schools Battle Covid Pandemic Disruption for Third Academic Year
Educators are looking for ways to help children who face learning loss, as well as setbacks in social-emotional development. → Read More
Schools Confront a Wave of Student Misbehavior, Driven by Months of Remote Learning
Districts across the U.S. report that students are acting out more often in the return to in-person learning. Some schools are responding with more counseling, increased patrols and fewer suspensions. → Read More
Oxford High School Shooting in Michigan Leaves Three Dead, Eight Injured
A 15-year-old suspect is in custody after the shooting at a high school about 40 miles north of Detroit, law-enforcement officials said. → Read More
Top Candidate to Run New York City Schools Has Long Championed Disadvantaged
David Banks, who established public schools for boys in disadvantaged areas, could be appointed to the job of schools chancellor as soon as this week, according to people close to New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams. → Read More