An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media. Source: New York Times
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Catholic School Teacher Says She Was Suspended for Surrogate Pregnancy
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2025
Jadira Bonilla, a kindergarten teacher at a Catholic school in southern New Jersey, was told she might have violated her contract, according to an email shared with The New York Times. Source: New York Times
They Held a Rally for Charter Schools. Then Came the Backlash.
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2025
A large demonstration — and a hostile response — could signal a resurgence of a political battle over the publicly funded but privately run schools. Source: New York Times
Students and Teachers: How Is the School Year Going for You?
By Gotham Rex on November 14, 2022
Tell us about it. Source: New York Times
חסידישע מוסדות געבן נישט קיין עדיוקעשאן, אבער באקומען א שפע פון רעגירונגס געלטער
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2022
די חסידישע מוסדות אין ניו יארק האבן גענאסן פון 1 ביליאן דאלאר אין רעגירונגס געלטער דורכאויס די לעצטע פיר יאר אבער מוזן קיינעם נישט אפגעבן קיין דין וחשבון וואס מען לערנט ביי זיי Source: New York Times
In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Yeshivas Flush with Public Money
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2022
New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight. Source: New York Times
Covid and N.Y.C. Schools: Back to Class, and Finally Back to Normal?
By Gotham Rex on August 18, 2022
The city Education Department has ended most Covid restrictions for students, although teachers still have to be vaccinated. Source: New York Times
New York City Can Reinstate School Budget Cuts, Court Rules
By Gotham Rex on August 10, 2022
With the first day of school in New York less than a month away, the city is caught up in a contentious legal battle over whether to cut school funding. Source: New York Times
A Judge Halts New York City School Budget Cuts, For Now
By Gotham Rex on July 26, 2022
Parents sued the city over plans to cut money to schools that have lost students, even as the mayor and City Council try to make a deal to restore funds. Source: New York Times
Albert Vann, Who Built a Black Power Base in Brooklyn, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2022
As a legislator for four decades, he led voter registration drives and challenges to redistricting that rattled the political establishment. Source: New York Times
Charlotte Frank, Shaper of New York City Curriculums, Dies at 93
By Gotham Rex on June 7, 2022
She pushed for universal kindergarten, modernized sex education and barred textbook teaching of creationism. Source: New York Times
Class Sizes Set to Shrink in New York City Schools, but at What Cost?
By Gotham Rex on June 3, 2022
A bill approved by state lawmakers to shrink New York City class sizes would cost millions, and its passage reignited a longstanding debate about whether the move would help students as intended. Source: New York Times
Rochester Teacher Suspended for Telling Students to Pick Cotton
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2022
Parents at a school in Rochester, N.Y., said Patrick Rausch, a white social studies teacher, had also instructed his seventh-grade students to call him “massah.” Source: New York Times
NYC Ends Pandemic Mandates Despite Concerns That It Is Moving Too Quickly
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2022
Masks will no longer be required in public schools and proof-of- vaccination is no longer required for many indoor activities. Source: New York Times
‘Attempted Security Threat’ Disables Software at Some New York Schools
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2022
The outage in a platform used by teachers and students has caused another disruption for a system that has had its share amid the pandemic. Source: New York Times