NYC School Chancellor: Kamar Samuels
Should parents be worried about our next chancellor? Mamdani promised to end mayoral control of the nation’s largest school system and give families and educators more of a say. Let’s…
Combat hate by institutionalize hate! S6639A
Gov. Hochul signed into law S6639A on December 22, 2021 requiring the collection of certain (Asian) demographic information by certain (every) state agencies, boards, departments and commissions. It may sound…
Capping NYC school class sizes when student population is dropping is to help… you guessed it.
Update July 12, 2023: Co-Sponsor of S9460 (2021-2022) Robert Jackson asked the Independent Budget Office to do an assessment of the bill. its “unintended consequences” is likely 17,700 new teachers…
School Calendar Game: 180 days of education
Senator Addabbo sponsored S7574 Diwali bill which passed as a school holiday. In the new 2023-2024 school calendar, it’s not there. It will be on October 20, 2024. State mandates…
NYC’s education department spent $18 million on DESSA, then ditched it.
Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA) measures cognitive and interpersonal competencies. In July 2021, the city awarded a three-year, $18 million contract to Aperture Education to do social and emotional assessment…
NYC School spending up 33% as enrollment dropped over 10% since 2016.
Spending per student totaled $37,000 per student in 2022. Why pay more for less?
Oklahoma eyes first US religious charter school after Supreme Court rulings
U.S. Supreme Court backs public money for religious schools in CARSON, AS PARENT AND NEXT FRIEND OF O. C., ET AL. v. MAKIN (Maine) and ESPINOZA ET AL. v. MONTANA…
Charter schools need space; Catholic schools closing.
Infrastructure exists. What is wrong with this picture?