The number of homeless students is rising, especially in Queens, where families have lost jobs during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Education (K-12)”
NYC Middle Schools Will Drop Selective Screens
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2022
Local districts decided whether to allow middle schools to use grades in choosing students. The majority chose to keep a less competitive lottery system that began during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
More Than 104,000 NYC Students Were Homeless Last Year
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2022
The number of students in temporary housing rose by about 3 percent, a daunting figure that does not include the thousands of migrant children who have recently entered city schools. Source: New York Times
Hasidic School to Pay $8 Million After Admitting to Widespread Fraud
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2022
The Central United Talmudical Academy, which operates the largest all-boys yeshiva in New York State, acknowledged illegally diverting money from federal food aid and other programs. Source: New York Times
Bring Back Competitive Admissions? Some NYC Middle Schools May Not.
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2022
After a pandemic moratorium, city leaders are letting school superintendents decide whether to bring back some admissions requirements that critics say feed racial disparities. Source: New York Times
Teacher at Center of Hijab Uproar Sues Olympic Medalist for Defamation
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2022
After a New Jersey second-grader told her mother that her teacher had tried to pull off her hijab, the story went viral on social media. Source: New York Times
How Maulik Pancholy Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2022
Maulik Pancholy sets the table but lets his husband do the cooking. Source: New York Times
Why New York’s Day Care Centers Are Going Broke
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2022
One Montessori school leader has spent $200,000 of her own money to keep underserved children enrolled in her program. Source: New York Times
Hasidic School Is Breaking State Education Law, N.Y. Official Rules
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2022
Issued amid a lawsuit brought by a parent who left the community, the determination could pose a significant challenge to Hasidic Jewish schools. Source: New York Times
The Influential Group Helping Eric Adams Identify a Vision for New York
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2022
Created by the mayor’s allies, the 5Boro Institute seeks to counter concerns that the administration lacks a robust agenda to address the city’s problems. Source: New York Times
Crisis in Iran Inspires a Cartoonist in New York
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2022
Nasrin Sheykhi drew a powerful caricature after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Source: New York Times
In a Reversal, NYC Tightens Admissions to Some Top Schools
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2022
The city loosened selection criteria during the pandemic, policies some parents protested as unfair and others hoped would reduce racial disparities. Source: New York Times
NYC Tests Show Children Gained in Reading, but Lost Ground in Math
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2022
The first standardized test results that capture how most city schoolchildren did during the pandemic offered a mixed picture. Source: New York Times
Re-enactors Worry About Bringing Their Muskets to ‘Wars’
By Gotham Rex on September 16, 2022
A new state law banning guns in certain public places concerns those who like to commemorate famous battles of the past. Source: New York Times
A Closer Look at The Times’s Report on Hasidic Schools
By Gotham Rex on September 15, 2022
Our reporters did hundreds of interviews and read thousands of pages of documents to investigate the shortcomings of secular education in yeshivas. Source: New York Times