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Opinion: New York's kids are falling through the cracks between our agencies
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (341+ words) New York City Council Member Althea Stevens tours Community Voices Middle School on July 28, 2023. John Mc Carten/NYC Council Media Unit Tease: The Portal software platform connects people across different New York City agencies and nonprofits who serve the city's…...
Immigrant students aren't letting a more dangerous postsecondary landscape shrink their dreams
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (795+ words) Lucero, WHEELS Class of '26, is a community environmental leader and proud Futures Ignite student. She's going to St. Lawrence University this fall. Katie Nu'ez-Rodriguez By Laurel Dumont, NYN Media New York Nonprofit Media spoke with Molly Delano, executive director of…...
Opinion: Require all New York employers to offer paid family leave
1+ week, 4+ day ago (352+ words) Anne Marie Brady speaks at a rally in April about the need for paid family leave for adjunct faculty at NYU. Grae Bowen By Anne Marie Brady, Rusty Bartels and Ruth-Mc Adams As contingent (i. e. , adjunct, part-time and full-time non-tenure-track) faculty…...
Significant progress" made with Tier 6 reforms in state budget
2+ week, 3+ day ago (411+ words) United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew has been on the front lines of Tier 6 reform for years, and he helped get the changes included in the very late state budget. City & State caught up with him about the hard-won…...
Making the Case for Career-Centered Learning in Higher Education
2+ week, 3+ day ago (127+ words) Shepard Hall, The City College of New York Joann Huang By City & State Partners That work helped deepen our understanding of how public higher education contributes not only to individual student outcomes, but also to workforce development, economic competitiveness and…...
The 2026 Trailblazers in Higher Education
2+ week, 6+ day ago (411+ words) City & State New York By City & State Higher education isn't as straightforward as it used to be. These days, students and their families are weighing more carefully than ever the upfront costs against the long-term value of a college education....
Study: Universal pre-K may reduce child neglect
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (323+ words) Jessica Pac knows firsthand the transformational impact of universal pre-K. With the help of New York City's program, she completed her Ph D in social work at Columbia University while also parenting two children. "We went from spending maybe $20, 000 a…...
NYC public school grads have raised $1 million for their fellow alumni to attend college
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (200+ words) NYC public school grads love to rep their school " and donate to current students. NYC Kids RISE New York City public school alumni gave more than $1 million in the last three years towards future college scholarships for students attending the…...
Getting "jazzed" telling New Yorkers about city jobs on social media
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (768+ words) Yume Kitasei is leading the New York City department that serves all the other agencies. New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services By Annie Mc Donough and Alisha Allison Yume Kitasei spent her first day as New York City's…...
Report: Absenteeism, lagging test scores, school transfers soar for homeless NYC students
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (783+ words) Frequent school transfers, high rates of chronic absenteeism, reading and math scores significantly below grade level " these are just some of the disparities that the more than 154, 000 New York City public school students who experienced homelessness last school year contended…...