Author and activist Eric K. Washington (far left), celebrates with New York City Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Council Member Eric Bottcher (far right) on a visit to former Colored School #4 in Chelsea on Tuesday, May 23, following its approval as an official city landmark. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Chelsea Bldg that Housed Last Segregated Elementary School Becomes a Landmark The last racially segregated school still standing, ‘Colored school No.4’ in Chelsea, finally reached landmark status and... News 26 May 2023 | 01:16
Students in Summer Rising program in 2021 which had to turn 45,000 kids away this summer. Photo: Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat Summer Rising Program Rejected 45,000 Kids, Launching Scramble for Child Care Roughly 45,000 children have been shut out of New York City’s free, popular summer program, education department officials... News 26 May 2023 | 11:10
Mayor Eric Adams (at mic) and Department of Education CEO David Brown (right) are pushing a return to a phonics based system, since reading scores in NYC elementary schools have declined under the old system. Michael Mulgrew (left), head of the United Federation of Teachers, said teachers endorsed the sweeping change in the way reading will be taught going forward. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office DOE Pushes Return To Phonics, Citing A Crisis That Shows Half Of Kids Not Proficient In Reading With more than half of the city’s elementary students reading below proficiency levels, the department of education is rolling... News 15 May 2023 | 02:53
Governor Kathy Hochul wants to increase the number of charter schools in New York City by reissuing news licenses to charter schools that have shut down. Ascend is a network of charter schools currently operating in the city. Photo: Flickr. Hochul Compromises On Charter Schools, But Still Pushes For Reissuance of Zombie Charters Governor Kathy Hochul has indicated that she may negotiate a compromise when it comes to charter schools, allowing for the... News 28 Apr 2023 | 02:23
PS 267 on E. 63rd St. where former PTA co-treasurer Marc Haynes was sentenced to 2 1/2 to 5 years in prison for stealing nearly $186,000 from the school’s PTA fund between Oct. 2020 to July 2021. Photo: NY Post/Google Maps. Former PTA Co-President Heading to Prison for Stealing $$$ from UES Elementary School Fund A former co-president of the PTA at an Upper East Side elementary school was sentenced to 2 1/2 to five years in prison after... News 19 Apr 2023 | 04:44
Laguardia HS of Music & Art and the Performing Arts, the inspiration for the “Fame” movies and television series, is searching for a new principal again as its incumbent who took over in 2019 said she is leaving on March 2. Photo: Christina Veiga / Chalkbeat “Fame” Is Fleeting: Principal of Laguardia H.S. Steps Down Suddenly Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos, principal of Manhattan’s famed LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts, is leaving... News 20 Feb 2023 | 11:00
Guardian Angel School on Tenth Ave. and 21st St., which is over 122 years old, will shut its doors for good at the end of the current academic year as part of a new round of closings by the Archdiocese of New York. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Guardian Angel, the Last Catholic Elementary School in Chelsea, to Close Guardian Angel, nearly 123 years old and the last Catholic elementary School left in Chelsea, will shut down at the end of... News 19 Feb 2023 | 07:32
After existing for nearly 160 years, the Immaculate Conception School on East 14th will close at the end of the school year, one of five Manhattan Catholic schools and 12 overall schools that are being closed by the Archdiocese of New York for financial reasons. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Five Catholic Schools in Manhattan to Shut Down at End of Current School Year Five Catholic elementary schools were among the 12 across the New York Archdiocese that will be shutting down at the end... News 16 Feb 2023 | 12:17
Thriving after school and weekend activities have made Harlem School of the Arts a bustling community hub for decades. Currently, it serves between 800 to 1,000 students from 18 months to 18 years old. Photo: Harlem School of Arts Harlem School of Arts, Long a Community Hub, Is Hoping to Become a New K-12 Public School The smudges on the outside of the huge front windows speak volumes to James C. Horton. “If you go look at the glass there’s... Education Guide 10 Feb 2023 | 04:46
The youngest students at Avenue School. Photo: Courtesy Avenues The World School Private Schools “Exceedingly Robust” in Post Pandemic Era At Dwight School on the Upper West Side that serves students from nursery through 12th grade, Vice Chancellor Blake Spahn,... Education Guide 05 Feb 2023 | 05:50
When I tell my college class that I require a public speaking project as part of their grade, the reaction I get is usually akin to the fellow in The Scream. Painted 130 years ago this most famous work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that hangs in the National Museum of Oslo also precisely captures the feeling of dread or terror that most students today have for this assignment. Why I Require Public Speaking in My College Classroom My college students are obsessed about getting A’s in their classes. In this pursuit, they have all the subtlety of a 250-pound... Education Guide 02 Feb 2023 | 12:10
The playground at P.S. 11. Photo: Abigail Gruskin An Influx Of Asylum-Seeking Students — and a Community’s Response When Mario’s two children started school on Friday, October 14, they hadn’t attended a class since March — and that was in... News 04 Nov 2022 | 04:43
Dean Fusto, Head of School for The School of the Blessed Sacrament. Photo: Allison Chernutan ‘The Face of the School Out in the Community’ This June, Dean Fusto took on the role of Head of School at the School of the Blessed Sacrament. The private Catholic school... News 31 Oct 2022 | 10:31
Emmanuel Olushki in his white coat with his DO student mentor Sofia Cedeno. Photo: Barbara Franklin A ‘White Coat’ Graduation Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine recently held a “graduation” ceremony for NYC high school students enrolled in their... News 15 Apr 2022 | 09:32
Headmaster Kim Smith greets students as they arrive for classes at Xavier High School in Chelsea. Photo courtesy of Xavier High School A Year in Leadership at Xavier High Kim Smith’s days are full. “One of the things I started doing my first week, and I’ve kept it up, I greet the boys when they... News 01 Apr 2022 | 04:57
