Interesting new piece from Kevin Mahnken on how both political parties are coming together around the child tax credit the74million.org/article/long-a…

Since the pandemic, public school enrollment's plunged by more than a million students nationwide. This is forcing districts to consider closing schools on an unprecedented scale. My look at this wrenching process in one city, for ProPublica & The New Yorker: propublica.org/article/school…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams poured cold water Tuesday on an imminent citywide school cell phone ban. "There will be some action in the upcoming school year, but the extent of a full ban, we’re not there yet." chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

do you think you are capable of love despite lying about reading The Power Broker?

New: NYC DOE gave teachers strict guidelines to implement the Illustrative Math curriculum coming to high schools and middle schools citywide this fall -- leaving them with virtually zero flexibility. The guidelines include a list of "DON'Ts" and "NEVER do"s.

Thank you NCPR for sharing our school supplies callout -- we are still looking for teachers to fill this out! @chalkbeatNY northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/503…

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Asked about a horrific, broad daylight killing at yesterday's parade near my home in Brooklyn, Mayor Eric Adams responds, as usual, by praising his administration. "Hat's off to the team." Outrageous.

Me and my colleagues at Gothamist & @wnyc spent the last 10 months poring over 100s of lawsuits filed last year by women who say they were sexually assaulted by city employees while they were held at Rikers Island. My final story is out today. This is what we found, a 🧵:

NYC needs to make historic progress on class size reduction to bring an additional ~20% of classes under caps by next Sept and stay in compliance w/ law. But despite new $ in school budgets, NYC has so far hired fewer new teachers this yr than last. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

St. Louis Public Schools gives families $25 gas cards, uses taxis, rideshares and public transit after school bus contracts fall through, leaving students in limbo buff.ly/4dHuikQ

HEY Y'ALL Votebeat HAS FREE STUFF FOR REPORTERS COVERING VOTING THIS SEASON. Most excitingly: A Slack channel open to journalists in local and non-profit newsrooms with *literally dozens* of experts who can answer instant questions on the record. accounts.muckrock.com/election-hub/r…

For decades, NY school districts swept sex abuse allegations under the rug. Now the bill is coming due with potentially calamitous budget implications for school districts. New from Bianca nysfocus.com/2024/09/05/sch…

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A testy Chancellor David C. Banks avoids questions about the FBI raid at the home he shares with his fiancé Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and the raid at the home of his brother Deputy Mayor Phil Banks - but says "if there's any other comments...it'll be happening tomorrow"