David Banks, seen at a Congressional hearing on education while he was still NYC Education Chancellor, said late last month he was going to retire at year end but now says he is leaving Oct. 16 and blames it on Eric Adams who demanded he leave early. His brother Phil Banks, deputy mayor of public safety said on Oct. 7 he is also resigning from the Adams administration. ( Photo: Associated Press) Two Banks Brothers, Once Part of Adams Inner Circle, Heading to Exits in Ongoing Turmoil Two of the Banks brothers, who were once part of the inner circle of Mayor Eric Adams, have resigned amid at least four federal... News 07 Oct 2024 | 02:17
Schools Chancellor David C. Banks, Deputy Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, and Mayor Adams, September 26, 2024. ( Photo: NYC Mayors Office Instagram) Dep. Ed Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Named to Replace Banks, Day Before Hizzoner Indicted “Ring out the old, ring in the new” go the lyrics of the wonderful 1974 George Harrison song, “Ding Dong, Dong Dong.” If... News 30 Sep 2024 | 03:37
Coach Jake standing nexts to his various championship soccer balls, in the entrance hallway of Amsterdam Avenue’s MLK Jr. High School. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) “Coach Jake” Overcame Troubled Past to Become Winningest H.S. Soccer Coach in NYC History Martin Jacobson, the beloved soccer coach of Amsterdam Avenue’s Martin Luther King Jr. High School, points out that “everything... Education Guide 27 Sep 2024 | 12:43
NYC Planning a School Cellphone Ban for February, Principals Say New York City, the nation’s largest school system, is considering a plan to ban cellphones in its roughly 1,600 schools starting... News 21 Jul 2024 | 04:16
Scholarship winner Jack Lamson graduated from his high school in Cato, NY this year after suddenly losing his vision during his junior year. ( Courtesy of Lighthouse Guild) Lighthouse Guild Boosts Students Who are Blind with Scholarship Initiative Nothing used to set Jack Lamson apart from anybody else. Going into his junior year, his life was incredibly normal. He was... News 12 Jun 2024 | 01:18
Construction inside the former Ascension School where the Department of Education wants to move West Prep middle school is well underway the West Side Spirit found during a recent visit even though a final vote on the pending move by the DOE won’t come until May 22. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Controversy Rages as DOE Plans to Move West Prep Academy into Shut Down Catholic School Controversy is rocking West Prep Academy, an Upper West Side Middle school that the Board of Education plans to move to the... Home 22 Apr 2024 | 05:15
Students have only recovered about one third of what they lost during the pandemic, according to the latest studies. Source: The Educational Opportunity Project, Stanford University and the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University As Pandemic Deficits Persist Should Kids Hit Summer School Instead of Summer Camp? “Zoom school.” The sound of it still sends chills up the spine of some parents and, more unfortunately, some students are... Voices 11 Apr 2024 | 11:57
Jamie Gass and Christ Sinacola are the authors of “Restoring the City on the Hill.” Photo: Amazon Education Is Failing America’s Future by Forgetting Its Past Last year, eighth grade test scores in civics and U.S. history hit record lows. The decline didn’t start with pandemic school... Voices 04 Feb 2024 | 04:58
In happier times, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew and Mayor Eric Adams at City Hall after the city reached a new contract agreement with the public school teacher’s union in June. Now the union is suing to halt budget cuts. Photo: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY Teachers Union Sues City to Stop School Budget Cuts New York City’s teachers union is suing Mayor Eric Adams in an attempt to halt nearly $550 million in school budget cuts,... News 29 Dec 2023 | 05:41
Dept. of Ed. Distributing Narcan to NYC Public High Schools But Rollout Lags Nearly one third of public high schools that should have been stocked with naloxone for the first time at the start of the... Education Guide 02 Oct 2023 | 10:35
The historic Roosevelt Hotel in mid-town Manhattan was turned into a shelter for many newly arriving migrant families over the summer. Photo: Beau Matic An Influx of Migrant Children Tests the Preparedness of NYC Schools NEW YORK (AP)–Damien, age 5, was giddy with excitement as he left a Manhattan homeless shelter, sometimes running and skipping... Education Guide 01 Oct 2023 | 11:53
Ann Kirschner, the new president at Hunter College, meets with students at the start of the fall semester. The college with 24,000 students is one of the most diverse student bodies in the country, she says. Photo: Courtesy Hunter College Tech Entrepreneur Turned Educator Tackles New Job as Hunter College’s New Pres From the outside, Hunter College looks more like a Manhattan office tower than a university. But step inside and it is instantly... News 25 Sep 2023 | 12:34
Boarding School: The Upside to Being a “Captive Audience” While public or private day schools are considered the go-to by many parents and students moving ahead into middle and high... Education Guide 14 Sep 2023 | 01:21
An American high school senior who grew up in NYC’s Chinatown travels to Indiana as part of an international exchange program this past summer and learns to cope with racism both overt and unintentional, for the first time. Photo: Courtesy Vanessa Chen What a Cultural Exchange Program Taught Me About Responding to Racism In the heat of the Indiana sun, a cold sweat ran down my spine. With my mouth agape and adrenaline coursing through me, I... Education Guide 13 Sep 2023 | 03:20
Tensions flared at an Aug. 9 parent meeting over how selective New York City high schools choose their students. ( Aaricka Washington / Chalkbeat) Debate Over Admissions to NYC’s Selective High Schools Heats Up At Parent Meeting Debate over how selective New York City high schools choose their students erupted Aug. 9 as members of a parent advisory... News 15 Aug 2023 | 11:24
