NYC schools boss defiantly insists antisemitic incidents have been dealt with in ‘appropriate fashion’ ....

Schools Chancellor David Banks testified before Congress on antisemitism in New York City public schools on May, 8, 2024. ; Banks was questioned by lawmakers about the decision to reassign and not fire former Hillcrest High School principal Scott Milczewski after antisemitic incidents at the Queens school. ; Rep. Elise Stefanik said it was “very concerning” that Milczewski was promoted to director of instruction. ; A riot in the halls of Hillcrest High School over a Jewish teacher supporting Israel.

NYC schools boss to step down later this year after federal agents seized his devices

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Ex-NYC school food boss Eric Goldstein gets 2 year-sentence in chicken bribery case

Eric Goldstein faced a possible 6½ years, but a Brooklyn judge cut him and his three co-conspirators a break Monday — after the corrupt school boss and his poultry-peddling friends pleaded that the...

NYC students become school funding bosses

How should the city’s public schools spend their money? Ask the students. ; Teens at 48 city high schools are getting the chance to say where $2,000 in school funds go in a new, citywide civics lesson. ; The Civics for All Participatory Budgeting Project gives $2,000 for high school students to identify priorities and direct spending on programs approved by their school community. ; Projects, such as new computers, outdoor gardens or updated school bleachers, will be proposed by students, voted on by their peers and funded this spring.

Hundreds of NYC school buildings have space to lower class sizes, says teachers union boss

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NYC teachers union boss blasts DOE program cuts amid coronavirus

The New York City teachers union boss ripped City Hall for cutting critical school programs while spending billions on central administrators in a pointed statement Thursday afternoon. “We all know there are tough budget times ahead, and new sources of revenue have to be found,” said United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew. “But according to its own filing with the state, the New York City school system spends more than $6 billion every year on central administration.” ...

NYC schools boss bends on remote learning due to low attendance

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NYC schools boss to step down later this year after federal agents seized his devices | Education

NYC schools boss to step down later this year after federal agents seized his devices The... the school year got off to a good start.” A former teacher, principal and founder of a network...

David Banks, NYC schools boss, to step down after federal agents seized his devices

the school year got off to a good start.” A former teacher... public school system, the nation’s largest, since Adams... the school system. Banks’ brother, Philip, is a former police...

Anti-Israel teaching assistant fired from NYC elementary school

elementary school teacher, 24, busted for 'making out' with... his boss, Superintendent David Cintron, as a “spineless... “There is no place in NYC or in the NYC Public Schools for anti...