New York
The announcement set off alarm bells for school integration advocates, who worry it could roll back progress diversifying several high-demand schools.
Banks previews the message he plans to take to Congress for a hearing on responses to antisemitism in school.
As NYC students figure out college plans, many are scrutinizing how administrators respond to campus activism.
Mayor Eric Adams and top police officials continued to claim, with little evidence, that “outside agitators” were behind the encampments.
Listen as student reporters speak with Banks about New York City’s Hidden Voices curriculums, school integration efforts, and more.
A trip to the Arctic inspired Brooklyn Prospect High School’s Caitlyn Homol to create a unit exploring “the relationship between motivation, action, and climate attitudes.”
“It's a fundamentally wrong and unfair practice,” one student said, calling it “affirmative action for the wealthy.”
About 8% of New York City students opted out of the state’s reading test last year, roughly double the pre-pandemic rate.
More school buildings were impacted by Tropical Storm Ophelia than previously known — and the city comptroller faulted the city’s communication during the storm.
The smaller budget is largely the result of expiring federal relief dollars, and Adams’ proposal saves a slew of programs that were on the chopping block.
A Manhattan parent board’s nonbinding resolution to revisit school guidelines on transgender girls' participation in sports raised alarms among trans students and their allies.
El gobierno de Estados Unidos prometió una FAFSA más sencilla para los estudiantes que ingresan a la universidad, pero para muchas familias inmigrantes la solicitud de ayuda financiera ha sido todo lo contrario.
The new financial aid application was supposed to be ‘faster and easier.’ For me, it has been anything but.
“This decision making was clearly rushed,” one lawmaker said. “It's not best practice, but this is where we are.”
By far, this marks the city’s largest commitment to date to replace the dwindling pandemic aid.
Almost 75% of the city’s high schools do not have student publications, according to a 2022 study.
Black and Hispanic students have historically had far less access to sports. The situation has led one school’s dean to file a federal civil rights complaint.
Studies show students who complete federal financial aid applications are far more likely to attend college.
One is participating in an intensive apprenticeship program at Bloomberg and the other dashed off 23 college applications.
Schools are supposed to give parents of students in temporary housing free MetroCards each month. But problems with distributing them are leading to absences and fare evasion tickets.