Cayla Bamberger
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Education and youth issues reporter @nydailynews.com Tips to: cbamberger@nydailynews.com
Scoop: NYC public schools' artificial-intelligence policy is coming, and it's expected to ban the use of gen AI for students in 2-K thru 8th grade for this school year, according to NYCPS official slides shared in briefings this afternoon www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/01/n...
NYC public schools to ban generative AI for students in elementary and middle school
The policy also bans individual devices in 2-K through 2nd grade.
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Some 16,600 students suspended or briefly removed from class were disciplined multiple times over the audit period, according to @nyscomptroller.bsky.social 4 in 10 had no record of support or interventions www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/27/n...
NYC public schools’ disciplinary actions fail at-risk students: audit
Over four school years during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 16,600 students — or 30% of all 54,600 students who were suspended or briefly removed from class — were disciplined multiple ti...
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Mamdani’s administration said the city was paying for far more internet coverage than necessary, and could secure internet service for students who need it at a much lower cost.
Mamdani cuts costly Adams-era school internet deal, citing waste
Mamdani’s administration said the city was paying for far more internet coverage than necessary, and could secure internet service for students who need it at a much lower cost.
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ICYMI, I joined WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show last week to unpack the results of the NYC public school system's recent survey of students, and what over 357,000 of them think about issues ranging from boredom to safety to vaping: wnyc.org/browse/shows...
Students Weigh in on School Issues | WNYC
New York Daily News education and youth issues reporter Cayla Bamberger talks about the results of the DOE's recent survey of more than 350,000 NYC public school students.
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Mamdani doubles 3-K expansion plans, adding 2,000 new seats this fall
Mamdani doubles 3-K expansion plans, adding 2,000 new seats this fall
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Gov. Hochul fends off critics over tax credit program that helps families pay for private school
Gov. Hochul fends off critics over tax credit program that helps families pay for private school
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State Sen. John Liu (D-Queens) said that if Gov. Hochul follows through on her pledge, he would consider introducing legislation that would prevent New York from participating.
New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 5mo agoNew York to join federal tax program aiding nonprofits that help families pay for private school
NYC public schools, Columbia impacted by huge student data cybersecurity breach
NYC public schools, Columbia impacted by huge student data cybersecurity breach
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Investigations into NYC child fatalities stymied by lack of access to critical records: DOI
Investigations into NYC child fatalities stymied by lack of access to critical records: DOI
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Gov. Hochul expected to announce handshake deal on N.Y. state budget
Gov. Hochul expected to announce handshake deal on NY state budget
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White students make up 12.5% of NYC public school students with IEPs, but they are 71% of students receiving public school funding to attend private schools. These inequalities were anecdotally clear before - now we have this staggering data. Excellent reporting by @alexzimmerman.bsky.social.
NYC spent $723 million on private tuition for students with disabilities. White students benefited most.
NYC paid $723 million in private tuition for students with disabilities last year. 71% were white.
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NYC to open hip-hop high school, specialized programs for students with disabilities
NYC to open hip-hop high school, specialized programs for students with disabilities
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Gov. Hochul may not be ready to tax the rich, but more money for NYC schools is on the table
Gov. Hochul may not be ready to tax the rich, but more money for NYC schools is on the table
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This story made our wood today.
John Annese@johnannese.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew from me, with a crucial assist by @caylabam.bsky.social: A Queens HS principal accused of sexually harassing and abusing staffers and a student will have criminal charges dropped if he retires and finishes sex offender treatment. He still faces EDNY lawsuit. www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/02/c...
New from me, with a crucial assist by @caylabam.bsky.social: A Queens HS principal accused of sexually harassing and abusing staffers and a student will have criminal charges dropped if he retires and finishes sex offender treatment. He still faces EDNY lawsuit. www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/02/c...
‘Creepy’ Queens principal accused of sex abuse to get charges dropped if he retires
William Bassell, 67, who faces misdemeanor sex abuse and forcible touching charges in addition to a blockbuster civil lawsuit, will get a “adjournment contemplating dismissal,” meaning the charges aga...
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With student A.I. use/abuse now ubiquitous, professors and teachers are killing off take-home essays and papers. Students are writing inside the classroom, often by hand. It's part of the big rethink happening on tech and learning. My new report here: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)
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State testing system glitches lock out NYC students ready to take standardized tests www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/29/s...
State testing system glitches lock out NYC students ready to take standardized tests
The glitches were so disruptive that some schools decided to throw in the towel and delay the test to another day.
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NYC Council is debating a law that would set time limits on young people's social media use as concerns grow over its effects on mental health www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/21/n...
NYC Council debates limiting social media time for young people amid mental health concerns
The bill would prohibit social media companies from allowing young people on their platforms for more than one hour per day, unless waived by a parent or guardian.
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The first day of NYC public school will be unusually late this fall, according to the official 2026-27 school year calendar released today — forcing families to scramble for child care at the end of summer break. www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/21/n...
NYC public school classes will start late next school year, on Sept. 10
The first day of New York City public school will be unusually late this fall, according to the official 2026-27 school year calendar released Tuesday — forcing families to scramble for child care at ...
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As NYC launches free child care for 2-year-olds, Mayor Mamdani will open most of the first 2,000 seats in programs that operate on a full-day year-round schedule, he’ll announce at a press conference later today in Brooklyn. www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/09/m...
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AI guidance for NYC public schools is out and, as the DN reported yesterday, includes a "traffic-light" system to help teachers and principals make informed decisions about AI in education. Here's what it says — and doesn't say: www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/24/n...
NYC public schools OK AI use in lesson plans, not grades or discipline
The guide marked the first time New York City public schools has offered real decision-making support around artificial intelligence in the classroom.
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NYC public schools to release guidelines for AI use in classroom
NYC public schools to release guidelines for AI use in classroom
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NEW: More than 11,000. That’s how many US citizen children have a parent who has been detained under Trump, our new data analysis shows. When Doris Flores was separated from her four-month-old who was still breastfeeding, she turned to her pastor for help. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
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At the City Council's NYC Public Schools budget hearing, Chancellor Kamar Samuels announces AI guidance coming tomorrow: "Our work to leverage technology responsibly continues with our foundational AI guidance, which will be released tomorrow and will include opportunities for community input."
Dylan Lopez Contreras, the first known NYC student detained by federal immigration authorities as part of President Trump’s mass deportation agenda, has been released after nearly a year in custody www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/18/d...
Dylan Lopez Contreras, NYC high school student, released after 10 months in ICE detention
Dylan Lopez Contreras, a Bronx high school student who fled persecution in Venezuela, was arrested last spring at a routine immigration hearing.
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Chancellor Kamar Samuels is moving ahead with a broader plan to close or relocate UWS schools — as miffed parents question why they haven’t been afforded a second chance.
One Upper West Side school was saved after a hot mic flap. Now parents want their schools saved too
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Mamdani launches $100M 3-K expansion including NYC’s wealthier neighborhoods
Mamdani launches $100M 3-K expansion including NYC’s wealthier neighborhoods
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Gov. Hochul said that she provided Border Czar Tom Homan today w/ "the names of a number of students who are in detention that we would like to see released." The Daily News asked the governor's office for that list, but they declined to share it.
Gothamist@gothamist.com · 7mo agoTrump's border czar says he won't launch immigration blitz in NY, according to Gov. Hochul gothamist.com/news/trumps-...
The NYPD has released body-cam footage of officers encountering DHS agents after last week’s federal immigration arrest of Columbia U student Ellie Aghayeva www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/06/b...
Body-cam video shows NYPD response to fed agents’ arrest of Columbia student
Columbia Acting President Claire Shipman has said that DHS agents “misrepresented” that “they were police searching for a missing child.”
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NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels picked his cabinet today, w/ a seasoned education official as his top deputy and major changes to the way superintendents are overseen: www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/05/k...
NYC schools chancellor Kamar Samuels taps top deputy, shakes up superintendent oversight
Samuels appointed Danielle Giunta the first deputy chancellor of the city’s public schools.
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