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NYC plans new school spaces, teachers to comply with class size law as enrollment drops
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (725+ words) Published Jun 11, 2026 at 4: 27 p. m. ET Modified Jun 11, 2026 at 5: 11 p. m. ET The Mamdani administration plans to spend more than $1 billion to hire new teachers and construct new space at school buildings to comply with New York's new class size law, even as overall…...
Mamdani announces first group of free 2 K providers, applications open next week
1+ week, 6+ day ago (444+ words) Published May 29, 2026 at 2: 30 p. m. ET Modified May 29, 2026 at 3: 32 p. m. ET The Mamdani administration has announced which preschool providers will welcome the inaugural group of 2-year-olds for the city's free 2-K program in September. Parents are now able to review the first group…...
Washington Heights students try digital detox with schools' 'Screen Break"
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (851+ words) Published May 28, 2026 at 6: 31 a. m. ET Thousands of students and educators in Upper Manhattan are in the midst of a digital detox this week as part of a collective effort to reduce the reliance on screens. "We all have seen it, the…...
NYC gets more funds for homeless, foster and English-learning students
3+ week, 1+ day ago (511+ words) Published May 20, 2026 at 3: 56 p. m. ET Education advocates are cheering changes in the state funding formula for school aid that would increase support for city students who are homeless, in foster care or learning English. State funding for New York City schools…...
Mamdani touts better options for NYC parents as preschool enrollment stagnates
3+ week, 2+ day ago (967+ words) Published May 19, 2026 at 12: 17 p. m. ET Overall enrollment in New York City's preschool programs has remained relatively flat even as Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes a new push to market them using ads and his considerable reach on social media. Mamdani on Tuesday…...
Mamdani adds more free preschool slots for 3-year-olds as parents await offers
3+ week, 3+ day ago (463+ words) Published May 18, 2026 at 1: 17 p. m. ET Mayor Zohran Mamdani is adding more free preschool seats for New York City's 3-year-olds this fall, doubling his initial commitment, for a total of 2, 000 new slots. The additional seats will help rectify problems across the city's…...
Mamdani becomes latest mayor hoping to fix NYC's special education system
3+ week, 6+ day ago (784+ words) As he tries to solve New York City's budget crisis, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is following in his predecessors' footsteps by vowing to rein in the practice of taxpayers covering the cost of private tuition for students with disabilities. Under federal…...
State audit finds gaps in NYC schools' oversight of tech and student data
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (619+ words) Published May 9, 2026 at 4: 13 p. m. ET New York City's public schools system struggles to track which technology its schools use, report breaches on time and notify families when student data is compromised, the state comptroller's office found in a recent report. Comptroller…...
Is learning to read in NYC schools getting in the way of reading whole books?
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1071+ words) Published May 9, 2026 at 11: 01 a. m. ET When Bronx teacher Jessica Beck began teaching two decades ago, middle schoolers in her English class often read 20 books a year. Under the city's new, mandated literacy curriculum, however, she's hoping to get through four books…...
Bronx high schoolers say vibes were off with 28-year-old posing as student
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (744+ words) Published May 7, 2026 Teens at Westchester Square Academy in the Bronx said they're on edge after a 28-year-old woman allegedly attended class pretending to be a student for weeks. "I was literally, like, terrified," said Jamie Demmitt, 14, a first-year student at…...