There’ll Be Health to Pay | Leina Gabra

In New York, the “reinstate and compensate” movement treats mutual obligation as akin to tyranny.

thebaffler.com

Cashing In

A Queens superintendent is slapped with a $5,000 fine for co-owning a company that did more than $1.5 million in business with NYC schools since 2023.

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It’s Time to End the Test That’s Grotesquely Segregating NYC Schools

The SHSAT is a wildly unfair method of evaluating students disguised as a merit-based system.

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Mamdani pushes specialized school admissions reform

Black students received about 3% of offers to the city's eight specialized high schools.

ny1.com

'Inept and Corrupt'

An ex-Brooklyn school superintendent has raked in $224,000 as a consultant in NYC while working top jobs in Connecticut and New Jersey, where he faces accusations of fiscal malfeasance and fraud.

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Troubles for Kamar Samuels & NYC schools

Charges of contract improprieties have put Kamar Samuels in danger of being New York City’s shortest serving schools chancellor since Cathie Black resigned after 95 days back in 2011.

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Mamdani’s education agenda: After 6 months in office, the mayor’s vision for K-12 schools remains hazy

A Mamdani spokesperson said the administration is focused on gathering community feedback before issuing sweeping new policy proposals.

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Some NYC Public School Students Still Sweltering Without AC in Gyms, Auditoriums and Cafeterias - City Limits

The city’s "AC for All" initiative, launched in 2017, aimed to bring air conditioning to every public school classroom. But the policy doesn't require the city to verify whether the units are function...

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School's Out

Why so many days off?

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Hochul’s schools sellout subverts public education

Gov. Hochul’s decision for New York to join President Trump’s federal tax credit program for private school vouchers panders to the private school lobby at the expense of public schools and educationa...

nydailynews.com

Enrollment is declining in NYC schools. Expect more school closure fights.

Public school enrollment is down by 160,000 students across the school system since 2020.

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How Moms and Dads Can Help Mamdani Guide New York City Schools

Mamdani can make significant reforms to amplify parental voices using existing powers.

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How Moms and Dads Can Help Mamdani Guide New York City Schools

Mamdani can make significant reforms to amplify parental voices using existing powers.

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A Bronx early childhood education center has been empty for 3 years. NYC is paying the bill, but hasn't filled the seats

At least 27 early childhood education centers across the city are vacant, NYC's deputy chancellor of the Division of Early Childhood Education said.

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Susan B. Edelman (@susanedelman2)

Parents at a Manhattan middle school on the chopping block allege NYC violated the law on use of federal funds.

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'He can do what’s best for his own kids.'

NYC Chancellor Kamar Samuels chose a prestigious private institution over a public school for his son's early education.

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What’s Ahead for New York City Schools Under Mayor Mamdani

As he prepares to retire from teaching, Professor David Bloomfield discusses the pressures and expectations facing the mayor as he leads the nation’s largest school system on “The Thought Project” pod...

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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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NYC students to spend about 20 fewer days in school than national peers. Learning likely suffers.

It adds up: On top of the snow day and several professional development days keeping kids home from school, NYC’s shorter school day means kids in the five boroughs are in class less than national cou...

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NYC Schools at a Crossroads: Law, Equity, and Power

Podcast Episode · CUNY TV's One to One · 02/10/2026 · 28m

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Learning to protest, fight the feds and train for campaigns to 'Tax the rich!'

Labor unions and activist groups supporting Mayor Mamdani's political agenda to gather for all-day workshop in a Manhattan public high school near City Hall .

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One to One - NYC Schools at a Crossroads: Law, Equity, and Power - CUNY TV

Sheryl McCarthy speaks with CUNY professor David Bloomfield about federal pressure on New York City schools, including the Trump administration’s investigation into policies protecting transgender stu...

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Mamdani must bring back our snow days!

When extreme weather hits, our schools get it wrong.  There’s a lot of winter left. Last Monday’s widely disparaged non-snow day for public school students was not Mayor Mamdani’s fault. Even…

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Remote learning redux has parents longing for solution to packed NYC schools calendar

Some teachers asked students to write a poem about the snow and leave school early to get artistic inspiration.

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