Department of Education

Schools

Six NYC Families on What It Will Take for Fully Remote Students to Return to School

April 5, 2021, 8:01 p.m.April 5, 2021, 11:05 p.m.

Here’s how some families are weighing the decision about whether to return kids to their physical classrooms.

NYPD

Proposed Reforms to School Policing Would Limit Arrests, Use of Handcuffs and Hospital Transfers

Feb. 17, 2021, 8:10 p.m.Feb. 17, 2021, 8:18 p.m.

City Council are considering a slate of bills Thursday meant to significantly change the role of school policing.

Special Education

What’s Working And What Isn’t? Help Us Report On Special Education Solutions in New York City

Dec. 21, 2020, 1:00 p.m.Dec. 21, 2020, 10:28 a.m.

THE CITY and Chalkbeat are teaming up to report on what’s working and what’s not in the world of special education — and we want to hear from you.

Education

NYC Announces Sweeping Changes to Middle, High School Application Process

Dec. 18, 2020, 3:10 p.m.Dec. 18, 2020, 3:18 p.m.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on Friday said that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced them to dramatically alter the public school issions process.

Education

Students on Rikers Island Locked Out of Remote Learning Video Chat With Teachers

Dec. 16, 2020, 10:34 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

For the hundreds of young adults in city jails working toward a high-school diploma, educational and other much-sought programming has been devastated by the pandemic.

Education

Parents From Long-Shuttered Public Schools Warn: Get Ready for Stress and Tears

Nov. 18, 2020, 9:54 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:46 a.m.

Thousands of kids enrolled in southern Brooklyn have already been living with school shutdowns for more than a month, as students citywide now them in all-remote learning.

Education

Most NYC Students Are Learning Online, But The City’s Virtual Teaching Strategy Remains Elusive

Nov. 16, 2020, 8:54 p.m.Nov. 16, 2020, 8:55 p.m.

On a given school day, up to 800,000 students are expected to sign in for remote learning from home — but New York City has yet to put forward a detailed strategy to help schools improve online instruction.

Education

NYC Public Schools Have Lost 31,000 Students This Fall, Preliminary Data Show

Nov. 12, 2020, 5:47 p.m.Nov. 12, 2020, 5:47 p.m.

Public school enrollment is falling at schools across New York City, according to data obtained by Chalkbeat. School rosters have already lost about 3.4% of students compared with last year.

Education

New York State Changes Course on Plan to Address Backlog of Special Education Cases

Oct. 20, 2020, 1:01 p.m.Oct. 20, 2020, 5:33 p.m.

Officials rescinded a proposal to allow non-lawyers to oversee special education complaints in New York City.

Schools

Many COVID Test-Seekers Lost in Translation at City-Run Testing Sites, Say Staff

Aug. 24, 2020, 7:28 p.m.Aug. 25, 2020, 10:42 a.m.

With schools about to urge testing for symptomatic students, parents with limited English face special challenges in obtaining swabs.

Department of Education

Six NYC Families on What It Will Take for Fully Remote Students to Return to School

Proposed Reforms to School Policing Would Limit Arrests, Use of Handcuffs and Hospital Transfers

What’s Working And What Isn’t? Help Us Report On Special Education Solutions in New York City

NYC Announces Sweeping Changes to Middle, High School Application Process

Students on Rikers Island Locked Out of Remote Learning Video Chat With Teachers

Parents From Long-Shuttered Public Schools Warn: Get Ready for Stress and Tears

Most NYC Students Are Learning Online, But The City’s Virtual Teaching Strategy Remains Elusive

NYC Public Schools Have Lost 31,000 Students This Fall, Preliminary Data Show

New York State Changes Course on Plan to Address Backlog of Special Education Cases

Many COVID Test-Seekers Lost in Translation at City-Run Testing Sites, Say Staff

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