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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...
public school system with one voice. Adams cited... Banks, who has led the city’s public school system since Adams... the school year got off to a good start” for the city’s nearly 1...
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.
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.
NEW YORK -- Bowing to pressure from Mayor Eric Adams, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday issued a new list of those who will be exempt from paying congestion pricing fees. And to no great surprise, city vehicles will be the biggest beneficiaries. Public workers like police, firefighters and teachers who drive their own cars to work are not going to be happy with the list of exemptions because they didn't make the grade, but transit officials insist drivers will come to like the ...
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...
Classes in NYC public schools begin on September 13. Nearly 60% of Americans support mask mandates and required vaccines for students and teachers in school, according to an Associated...
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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.” ...