Reema Amin
Chalkbeat New York
New York, United States
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With greater access to devices, NYC teachers are folding more tech into instruction
After COVID closed schools three years ago, the city spent more than $360 million on 725,000 iPads and Chromebooks, giving students greater access to devices. → Read More
As 3-K expansion pauses, NYC hires consultant to study where to move seats
The study comes after Mayor Eric Adams decided earlier this year to halt expansion of free preschool for 3-year-olds, reversing course from former Mayor Bill de Blasio. → Read More
To boost enrollment, CUNY waives application fee for NYC high school seniors
The move could boost enrollment at CUNY’s undergraduate schools and programs as college enrollment remains below pre-pandemic levels. → Read More
Mental health safety net for youth: Adams outlines vision to catch kids in crisis
The needs are high: About a fifth of children ages 3 to 13 had one or more mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral problems in 2021, according to NYC health department data. → Read More
NYC to match LGBTQ+ youth with ‘supportive’ summer jobs, officials say
The program comes at a time when LGBTQ+ rights have taken center stage nationally, as conservative states have proposed anti-LGBTQ+ laws, including banning discussion of sexuality and gender identity in classrooms. → Read More
NY’s budget has $100M for academic and mental health programs. Schools still don’t have the money.
Half of the money was to be used during this school year and the other half for the 2023-24 school year. But a lengthy bureaucratic process has delayed the money from reaching schools. → Read More
NYC bought 725K devices for remote learning. Now they’re trying to count them — and all school tech.
The education department has set out to find and track all of its technology, including the 725,000 devices purchased for roughly $360 million during the pandemic. → Read More
Adams creates new City Hall office for child care, early childhood education
The office’s creation comes as the education department’s own early childhood office has faced intense scrutiny over the past several months under Adams’ leadership. → Read More
Banks to create “working group” in response to NYC class size law
Banks revealed the plan Wednesday while outlining the financial costs of lowering newly required class sizes over the next five years. → Read More
COVID vaccine mandate dropped for city employees, visitors to NYC public schools
The city’s vaccine mandates had invited various legal challenges and pressure from unions, including the United Federation of Teachers. → Read More
NYC’s education panel grows with new mayoral appointees and elected members
In hopes of bringing more parent voice to the Panel for Educational Policy, which is largely controlled by the mayor, state lawmakers required the panel to have more parent members. → Read More
After COVID paused Regents exams, graduation rates for NYC’s English language learners surged
The effects of that policy could become clearer soon, as the state prepares to release graduation rates from the 2021-22 school year, when the Regents exams were back on. → Read More
NYC Mayor Adams reverses course on $80 million schools cut in preliminary budget
After a bruising battle last year over school budget cuts, Mayor Eric Adams reversed course Thursday on a plan to slash an additional $80 million from schools that lost students. → Read More
Hochul’s 2023 education agenda: high-dosage tutoring, college access, student mental health
In Hochul’s State of the State address on Tuesday, she outlined her education priorities, including improving student mental health services, boosting school funding, creating high-dosage tutoring, and strengthening college access. → Read More
Norm Fruchter, leader in NYC and Newark education equity movement, dies at 85
Fruchter died on Jan. 4 after a car struck him in late December near his Brooklyn home. He was on the front lines of some of the most pivotal social and educational battles of the past half century. → Read More
Goodbye, Regents? A New York commission mulls high school graduation requirements
The long-simmering discussion often centers on how New York is one of just 11 states that requires high school exit exams and that, despite a rising graduation rate, diploma requirements may be hurting the state’s most disadvantaged students. → Read More
Education issues to watch in Albany: School funding, mental health, future of mayoral control
As districts continue to recover from the impacts of the pandemic, New York state lawmakers will be pressed to address several issues facing schools, including funding and mental health. → Read More
Rising inflation adds $800M to cost of fully funding New York’s main school aid formula
Advocates said they don’t expect lawmakers to renege on their promise of fully funding Foundation Aid, which sends more money to school districts with higher-need students. → Read More
NYC promises affordable child care to undocumented families through voucher program
The $10 million initiative aims to help the influx of asylum-seeking families from South America who have come to New York City over the past several months. Previously, undocumented families were not eligible for subsidized child care. → Read More
NYC’s pre-K program will soon have seats for all children with disabilities who want one, mayor says
Mayor Eric Adams sharply criticized the system under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, charging that the lack of access for hundreds of students with disabilities “was just wrong” and meant that New York City’s lauded universal preschool program was never truly universal. → Read More