Many Teaching Fellows are owed up to $4,500 for participating in an intensive summer training program. City officials blamed bureaucratic snafus for the delayed payments.

The club served middle school students who often take on adult responsibilities at home, like meal preparation.

The second-in-command weighed in on how long it will take reading curriculum mandates to pay off, hiring challenges connected to the class size mandate, and Zohran Mamdani’s education proposals.