Alex Zimmerman
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.A teacher who faced raucous protests over her public support for Israel filed a lawsuit last week, claiming city officials failed to protect her before students…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.After ChatGPT exploded in popularity, New York City’s public school system quickly pushed back on the powerful chatbot, arguing it couldn’t help students build …
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Principal Carol Mongiello greeted her students on Thursday morning, crouching under a rainbow balloon archway to dispense plastic sunglasses. The moment carried…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.A top Education Department official overseeing Chancellor David Banks’ signature effort to expand career education is stepping down.Jade Grieve, who w…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Last school year, New York City officials issued a new rule for preschools to help working families. Instead of beginning with limited hours to ease students in…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.When a yellow school bus doesn’t arrive, families can be eligible to get reimbursed for taxis or other transportation costs. But caregivers face yearslong payme…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Long-term suspensions rose during the first half of last school year, fueling a slight rise in students removed from their classrooms, according to long-delayed…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.A top official who oversaw payments to preschool providers amid a crush of delays is returning to become deputy chancellor of early childhood education, officia…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.New York City’s highest-poverty schools could experience an exodus of teachers in the coming years, an unintended consequence of a sweeping class size mandate, …
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.New York City’s Police Department is launching a tip line that would allow all members of school communities to report concerns about safety and mental health, …