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Elite New York High School Admits 8 Black Students in a Class of 781

The city’s eight specialized high schools are regarded as crown jewels but also symbols of segregation. The number of Black ...
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Mamdani, as New York City Schools Struggle, Appears To Be Pushing a Risky New Education Strategy

The democratic socialist frontrunner to lead the city would end mayoral control of the schools, which are now spending $89 billion a year.

NYC public schools boss admits ‘restorative justice’ discipline policy needs work — but is here to stay — as police incidents spike

The head of city public schools admitted the Department of Education’s controversial shift away from traditional discipline ...

Soft ‘restorative justice’ discipline policy a bust in NYC public schools — as police incidents balloon to 4,200 this year: study

The New York City Department of Education’s $100 million push to implement “restorative justice” instead of stricter school ...
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40 NYC schools will get 5,000 new after-school seats this fall. Here’s the list.

Mayor Eric Adams wants to add 20,000 free after-school seats in the coming years, with 5,000 coming online this fall.
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NYC schools racing to reduce class sizes to spend $400M, hire thousands ...

Ahead of a key deadline to reduce class sizes, New York City’s sprawling school system will spend upwards of $400 million as it races to fill 3,700 new teaching positions by the fall, new data ...
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Glen Cove schools welcomes new principal, assistant principal

Liza Carfora takes the position as principal at Landing School, and Victoria Franco as assistant principal at Glen Cove High ...

New after-school programs rolled out for NYC parents; here’s the complete list

New York City released the first 40 sites of a citywide after-school expansion Tuesday— with the ultimate goal of making it universal. The announcement builds on news in April that Mayor Adams would ...