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Rita Joseph, NYC Council’s ed committee chair, talks school budgets, curriculum mandates, and more
With another budget cycle on the horizon, Joseph has her eyes on a number of priorities, including securing permanent funding ...
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The sharp divide over technology use in schools
March 13, 2020 marked the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and forever transformed traditional educational systems with the ...
NYC public schools brace for increase in anti-migrant rhetoric after Trump’s election
While Trump’s message failed to resonate with a majority of residents in New Yorke — close to 68% of voters casting their ...
Ex-Aide to Eric Adams Discussing Possible Plea Deal With Prosecutors
One of New York City Mayor Eric Adams's ... However, the investigation has sent shockwaves through City Hall in recent months ...
Mayor Adams’s Longtime Girlfriend Retires From Highly Paid Schools Job
Tracey Collins, a high-ranking Department of Education adviser, stepped down amid allegations that her position was a ...
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NYC Mayor Adams’ girlfriend Tracey Collins retires from DOE amid Department of Investigation inquiry into ‘no-show’ job claim
NEW YORK — Tracey Collins, Mayor Eric Adams’ longtime ... Less than a month later, Adams named Aviles-Ramos the city’s new schools chancellor on Sept. 25 after Banks announced he was resigning in the ...
Ex-aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams in plea discussions with federal prosecutors
A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is discussing a possible plea deal with federal prosecutors following his ...
NYC’s schools chief Melissa Aviles-Ramos says all students should speak more than one language
When Melissa Aviles-Ramos, the new chancellor of the New York City public schools, was growing up in the Bronx to a single ...
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Schools to be closed on Dec. 23 for the winter holiday
Monday, Dec. 23, will now be a school holiday, thanks to union advocacy, parental support and a student petition backed by ...
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NYC public schools to get full week of Christmas off
In an early holiday gift to New York City public school families ... Adams said the requirement of 180 days would still be ...
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NYC schools chancellor: My mom pulled me out of the school system I now lead
Melissa Aviles-Ramos said she’s focused on making sure every New York City family’s first choice is a public school.