Some families and educators in New York City are preparing students for what to do if they run into federal immigration agents outside of school.
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew blasted Mayor Eric Adams over the confusion, calling the shifting guidance “a selfish political ploy.”
Observers raised fears that Adams may face additional pressure to crack down on immigrants and reverberate across the nation’s largest school system.
The Jan. 13 memo allows city workers to let federal agents into public buildings without a warrant signed from a judge if they feel “reasonably threatened” for their own safety or that of others.
New York City this year launched a network of disability pride clubs. Of the 90 schools that have such clubs, Stuyvesant High School’s is the largest.
The lawsuit claimed that some families were unable to access communications about bullying, lead contamination, special education services, and even serious medical conditions.
Exemptions to the city’s reading curriculum mandate have been awarded to schools with unusually high reading scores on state tests.
Trump’s executive order threatens to withhold federal funding from schools that support students in gender transitions or that teach about the prevalence of racism in American life.
Learning doesn’t have to be student-driven to be student-centric.
The push to increase pay for paraprofessionals comes as UFT President Michael Mulgrew is up for re-election this year. Some educators who hope to unseat him have called attention to the issue.
The university intends to redouble its efforts to attract adult learners.
Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos is concerned about the governor’s school funding plan. She also asked Albany for more money to help implement a statewide student cellphone ban.
Adams allocated funding in this year’s budget to add preschool special education classrooms, but he did not renew that funding for next year.
The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress reveal the city’s fourth graders are not recovering from pandemic disruptions at the same rate.
Last school year, just four of the nearly 16,000 students enrolled in specialized high schools were classified as English learners.
Educators are working hard to reassure anxious parents that their kids will be safe in school, but not everyone is getting the message, or reassured.
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