NY Education Department leader received $155K pay raise
The pay boost was meant to elevate the salary of Commissioner Betty A. Rosa above that of individual superintendents in New ...
More than 100 NYC educators accused of sexual relationships, communications with students as DOE finally mulls a crackdown
Dozens more New York City public school employees were accused of having inappropriate relationships and communications and ...
NYC public schools are closed on Wednesday: Here’s what you need to know
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City public school students won’t head to campus on Wednesday during a mid-week day off for a ...
NYC education panel pushes back on Trump order to allow ICE in schools with deportations looming
The Trump administration’s Tuesday announcement that federal immigration agents would not face limits on arrests at or near ...
Over 282K students now have an NYC Scholarship Account: What you need to know
More than 282,000 public school students in New York City now have scholarship accounts to help support their future college ...
NYC schools chancellor mum on panel’s migrant support, prompting suspicions
Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos did not show up at an education panel meeting that confirmed the city’s resolve to ...
NYC tells four Brooklyn childcare sites they will have to close, forcing parents to scramble
Four Brooklyn childcare sites were told they are being forced to close — and were notified less than 24 hours before ...
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The ‘fraud’ fueling NYC special education spending
City and state education officials say an "unregulated industry" is driving a dramatic spike in reimbursement claims, some of ...
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Bronx school employee arrested on charges of exposing himself to students, police say
An employee with New York City’s Department of Education was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly exposing himself in ...
Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week’s Department of Education announcement that calls bans a “hoax” and dismisses 11 complaints that had ...