Staten Island Borough President: Tottenville High School Student Honored With Petrides Award for Excellence in Math & Science
Editor’s note: We previously covered another award that was announced by the borough president,…
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Staten Islanders Rally Against Gifted & Talented Program Changes For NY
BP Fossella, Staten Island Parents to Rally in Opposition to Any Changes to Gifted &…
11 Schoolyards To Public Playgrounds, East New York – Lower East Side Affordable Homes, Challenging $351M Grant Axed For Emergency Preparedness, New Commissioner of Int’l Affairs, Helping Parents W Mental Health Issues, Quality of Life Program Expansion: Mayor Adams
11 Schoolyards To Become Public Playgrounds, East New York Affordable Homes, Affordable Senior Housing Lower…
Another Public School Student Detained By ICE, Lowest Reported Quarterly Overdose Deaths, Affordable Homes In Brownsville, Early Childhood Education Investments, Rise Up NYC Returns, Benefits On Your Block, Concrete Recycling Facility Closed: Mayor Adams
Another Public School Student Detained By ICE, Lowest Reported Quarterly Overdose Deaths, Affordable Homes In…
Critical Childhood Ed Funding, Sergeants Benevolent Contract, Nightclub Tragedy,NYC Reads/ NYC Solves Expansion
Critical Childhood Ed Funding, Sergeants Benevolent Contract, Surveys Site Of Jet Set Nightclub Tragedy, Honoring Victims…
Department Of Education Cuts At Its Civil Rights Office Likely To Negatively Impact Vulnerable Students Facing Discrimination For Years To Come
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years…
New York City Values, New York City Strong
New York City Values, New York City Strong Editor’s note: We’ve previously covered the…
Lawsuit To Recover $80M, DOJ Case Suspension, Bronx Quality of Life, Child Care Center Leases, New Housing
Lawsuit To Recover $80M, DOJ Case Suspension, Bronx Quality of Life, Child Care Center Leases,…
School Choice Vouchers Tend To Drain Funding From Cash-Strapped Area Public Schools – Don’t Lead To Better Education Outcomes
Trump order boosts school choice, but there’s little evidence vouchers lead to smarter students or…
Education Proposals Revealed In State Of The City Address: Banking In Schools, Free Swim Lessons, Fatherhood Initiative
Banking in schools, free swim lessons: education proposals in Adams’ ‘State of the City’…
SCHOOL Act Introduced In Senate To Protect, Expand Educational Freedom
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces the SCHOOL Act for Educational Freedom Editor’s note: Staten Islander previously…
Attention Friends Of Educators, School Administrators: Nominations Now Being Accepted For Patrick F. Daly Award
Editor’s note: Staten Islander News covered this award nomination period last year as well. About…
Key Education Programs Previously Funded With Temporary Stimulus – $500 Million To Be Permanently Funded By NYC, Expanding Access To Subsidized Child Care
MAYOR ADAMS, SPEAKER ADAMS PROTECT OVER $500 MILLION IN KEY EDUCATION PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED WITH…
Protecting Homeschool Families From Needless, Cumbersome Regulation: School Choice, ESAs, Why It Matters
School Choice Programs Need a Firewall for Homeschoolers School choice is here to stay, so it’s…
Sen. Sanders, Other Pols Promise Not To Intervene In Case Of UPS Workers Strike For Collective Bargaining To Obtain Better Working Conditions, Wages, Healthcare, Retirement
In Letter to Teamsters, 28 Senate Democrats Commit to Not Intervene in Case of UPS…
BP Fossella Announces Nominations Being Accepted For Patrick F. Daly Award 2023 – Eligible Educators Include Teachers, Guidance Counselors, Assistant Principals, Principals
BP Fossella Announces Patrick F. Daly Award For 2023 Award honors fallen principal, nominations currently…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Rallied With Writers Guild Of America At Times Square Paramount Building Demanding Fair Contract Negotiations, Better Pay, Working Conditions For Writers
GILLIBRAND RALLIES WITH WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA AT TIMES SQUARE PARAMOUNT BUILDING TO DEMAND FAIR…
Why Are There So Few Teachers Who Are Black Men In NYC Schools?
Why are so few Black men teachers in New York City? Amaya McDonald, NYCity News…
National Right To Work Act Bill Reintroduced By Sen. Rand Paul – Act Makes Unions Unable To Charge Dues To Workers Who Choose To Forego Representation, Weakening Unions Ability To Fund Themselves
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces National Right-to-Work Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul…
2023 Is Community, Citywide Education Council (CCEC) Election Year: Vote For Your Education Council Members
2023 Community and Citywide Education Council Elections Elections 2023 Community and Citywide Education Councils (CCECs) The…
Barbara Ehrenreich Brought Light To Worker Inequality, Her Work May Have Helped Reinvigorate Unions
Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement…
Did You Know? Education Department Announces Special Program For PSLF (Loan Forgiveness) Candidates Shortly Before Deadline (Which Has Now Passed)
Overshadowed by the legal challenge-ridden Executive Order forgiving loans for all students regardless of career,…
Application For Middle, High Schools Extended After MySchools Website Crashes
NYC’s middle and high school application deadline extended after website crashes Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat New…
Gifted & Talented Applications Move Up In NYC, Earlier Application Deadlines Than Previous Years
NYC’s ‘gifted and talented’ application timeline moves up Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York Nov 30,…
Wagner College Partners With Amazon To Offer Business Management Courses To Employees On Staten Island
Wagner College, Amazon pioneer certificate partnership, providing upskilling opportunities to local Amazon employees New custom…
NYC School Spending Highest In Nation; Do Students Perform Better?
New York schools see a big disconnect between spending and test scores. Why? Matt Barnum,…
Chancellor Porter and City Council Announce Historic $4 Million Investment in Language Access For All
NEW YORK – On Tuesday, November 30th, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter and City Council announced…
Staten Island’s Concord High School Re-Envisioned Initiative Offers All Community Residents New Education Pathways
BP Oddo, NYC Department of Education’s District 79 and 31, Concord HS, Coop Tech announce…
NYC’s Gifted and Talented Program Is Out; What’s Next For Students Wanting Accelerated Learning? Experts Weigh In
by Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York Originally published at Chalkbeat.org on Oct 21, 8:00pm EDT…