2+ week, 5+ day ago (638+ words) Jewish students in New York City "are scared" about what Mayor-elect'Zohran Mamdani's victory means for their lives on campus, saying that the democratic socialist's win is "a huge blow to the New York City Jewish community." Students from'Columbia University, Barnard University and Baruch College sat down with Fox News Digital, revealing some of the major concerns held by Jewish students ahead of Mamdani's swearing in on New Year's Day. "I think it's a huge blow to the New York City Jewish community," Aidan Herlinger of Baruch College told Fox News Digital. "We're looking at someone who has shouted out the Holy Land Five in a rap song, which he still hasn't taken off his Twitter, he's supported globalize the Intifada, refused to condemn it, and I think that's such a dangerous precedent." "We have never seen a'socialist country'that has actually…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago (365+ words) Enrollment in New York City's regular public schools fell 2% this year, and is sure to keep on dropping " but our political leaders' most likely response will be deep denial. Baseline enrollment in the Department of Education system is well into a long-term decline, dictated by a dropping city birthrate and by an ongoing exodus of younger families; the now-ending migrant crisis only concealed the trend. The obvious, correct response is to right-size city schools: Close down some whole buildings and reduce total staff sizes (teachers and administrators); it's a chance to leave decrepit buildings and improve the overall quality of the instructional force. Of course the United Federation of Teachers fears the change: Fewer teachers means less income from their dues " and a balance-of-power shift as retirees' role in electing UFT leaders increases. Getting the state to impose ever-smaller class…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago (657+ words) NYC Schools Chancellor'Melissa Aviles-Ramos is engaged "in a loving relationship" with the son of a powerful state lawmaker whose support she was counting on to help keep her job under the Mamdani administration, The Post has learned.' Aviles-Ramos" romance with Julian Sepulveda, son of Bronx state Sen. Luis Sepulveda, blossomed before she filed a petition to divorce her husband, multiple sources say. But now that relationship prevents Sen. Sepulveda " an ally of the chancellor " from openly lobbying Mamdani on her behalf, his spokesman acknowledged. Aviles-Ramos, 43, began dating Julian Sepulveda, 33, long before she and ex-husband Samuel Ramos filed for divorce in early 2023, but the married couple considered themselves separated, his lawyer said. Before her marriage ended, Julian Sepulveda wasn"t shy about his affection for the educator. According to a source who shared a screenshot, he posted a selfie on his…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago (646+ words) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team left charter school officials out in the cold while special interests were given influential seats at the table " even though 15% of Big Apple students rely on them. The democratic socialist didn't appoint any officials from the charter sector to his Committee on Youth & Education " one of 17 teams that include 400 people " nor did he appoint members of groups that support merit-based education such as gifted and talented programs and specialized high schools. "It's a mistake for Mamdani not to have people on his transition who advocate for families in charter schools " mostly black and brown students," said Ray Domanico, a senior fellow at the pro-charter Manhattan Institute. "These charter school students in the poorer neighborhoods score higher on the state's standardized exams. It's well documented," said Domanico, who previously worked for the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (522+ words) A New Jersey school district has been accused of ignoring a child's bullying case and trying to silence his family from speaking out about it, according to a new lawsuit. The now 13-year-old plaintiff, who is not named in the lawsuit, claims board members at Montclair Public Schools did nothing to help him during his one and only year in the district, where he faced constant racial and homophobic attacks, NorthJersey.com reported. The boy and his family alleged that the district not only tried to sweep his case under the rug " but they also backed a claim made against the family to scare them from filing any more reports against his bullies, attorney Lawrence Kleiner said. "They made his life a living hell in that school,Kleiner told the local outlet. "The board did nothing except turn around and…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (625+ words) New York City public schools shed another 22,000 students this year, with enrollment plunging 2.4%, the steepest decline in four years, according to preliminary Department of Education data " and experts say this trend will only get worse under incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The startling new numbers follow a post-Covid trend that has seen families hit the exits over the past five years, adding up to a 12.2% decline over the last five years. Insiders see no end to the carnage. "We are bleeding kids," a city high school teacher told the Post. At the start of the 2019-2020 school year, 1,002,200 kids were enrolled in NYC public schools. Today, the total has dipped to 844,400 " a stunning 117,800 drop. Despite the exodus, the DOE budget has ballooned nearly $7 billion since 2019 to $40 billion this year. "Every year is the same story, New York City public schools keep losing…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago (715+ words) A Colorado college student was detained by a police officer earlier this month for striking an elderly man during a campus meeting about approving a Turning Point USA chapter. A Fort Lewis College campus police report details student Megan Elizabeth Hope Mollett being caught on camera and detained by a police officer after hitting local resident Dave Peters, who was celebrating the TPUSA chapter being approved on November 7. The incident occurred after the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College (ASFLC) voted to approve the TPUSA chapter in an emergency meeting. Their decision came after they previously rejected senior Jonah Flynn's proposal to register the group, which had sparked controversy across campus. The police report was filed as "harassment" and Mollett was let off with a warning. According to the police report, the meeting consisted of around 70 attendees with many sharing…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago (261+ words) Dial F for Finished. The city Department of Education wants to phase out the thousands of archaic landlines at its 1,800 schools and is set to seek bids from companies to install a strictly online system. "As our schools, city, and world evolves, we are in the infancy stages of evaluating telecommunications alternatives that would significantly reduce our reliance on traditional landlines," a DOE rep said. "This effort, which focuses on resiliency and reliability, would build a system to withstand disruptions and shorten service restorations should they occur," the representative said. The DOE sent out an information request to potential bidders, a precursor for an official bid for a new telecommunications system. The public notice reviewed by The Post said the DOE is looking to "transition from aging digital PBX [Private Branch Exchange] systems to a unified, resilient, and cost-effective VOI…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (781+ words) I was just a New York City mom with two public-school kids in March 2020. An immigrant from the Soviet Union who arrived at age 6 in 1977, I knew what it means to escape tyranny and find freedom in America. I knew what public education means for families like mine. So when "15 days to slow the spread" turned into months of closed schools, it wasn't just personal " it was a betrayal of everything I understood America to be. I sued Mayor Bill de Blasio in the only lawsuit to reopen schools in New York City. One mom (and many plaintiffs) against City Hall and one of the country's most powerful teachers unions. People thought I was crazy. That lawsuit and my advocacy led me to produce my new documentary, "15 DAYS: The Real Story of America's Pandemic School Closures." The film has been…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (776+ words) A third attempt by students at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego to establish a school-supported Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter was denied by the university's Associated Student Body (ASB) Board of Directors. The decision was announced in an email sent to students by university President Kerry Fulcher Nov. 5. "I felt silenced when I got that email," said Luke Cole, the elected secretary of the chapter and a third-year student at the university. "I felt like I couldn't speak anymore." The email, obtained by Fox News Digital, said the motion was brought to a vote by the ASB Board of Directors and failed to pass after a review process. The email expressed concerns over the organization's Professor Watchlist. According to TPUSA's website, the Professor Watchlist aims to "expose and document" professors who discriminate against conservative students. "While the applicants…...