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Tune and call in at 10:40 for a conversation about NYC school enrollment! (I will hopefully leave the Olympics wrap-up to the professionals, but stand ready to share my thoughts on that topic as well...)

Girls do better in school than boys on most metrics. But they're not as happy. Michael Elsen-Rooney with Kae Petrin and Liza Greenberg on the worrying disconnect in student well-being. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

In an interview on X/Twitter yesterday, Trump told Elon Musk one of his first acts as president would be to "close the Department of Education," echoing Project 2025 and the Republican Party’s 2024 platform. chalkbeat.org/2024/07/16/pro…

NYC public schools welcomed more English language learners last year as migrant students from Latin America and West Africa helped bring enrollment numbers up. Listen: Michael Elsen-Rooney reports on the shifting demographics in city schools. wnyc.org/story/shifting…

Help me report on how much teachers spend on school supplies! As we head into the new school year, New York Focus and Chalkbeat New York are collecting stories from teachers across the state about what they're spending out of pocket for their classrooms: nysfocus.com/2024/08/14/sch…

Some heartbreaking stories here from New York Daily News reporters who are struggling to pay bills and haven’t gotten a raise in years. These reporters care about every single person in this city. When will the city start caring about them? When will Alden realize how insane this is?

Every NYC school building now has Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses. Is it enough? chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

After stocking every school with Naloxone, NYC is training more educators to use it. via Michael Elsen-Rooney chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

NYC’s top official overseeing career education is stepping down chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

One thing that's become crystal clear writing about education in NYC over the past four years is the importance of sustained public health beat coverage in the city - very excited about this!

By nearly every academic measure, girls in New York City’s public schools are outperforming boys. Yet despite their academic success, girls report far less satisfaction with their school experiences. From Chalkbeat New York: bit.ly/3Xj98DQ

Teachers in NYC only get two paid days to set up classrooms before kids arrive. "They have their own rooms, all day, and have to make it like a second home...It’s unconscionable that the city doesn’t give them sufficient time to do so.” Via Amy Zimmer chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

40% of NYC students this yr saw regular bullying of peers based on race, religion, immigration status, up from 30% in 2019. 32% of teachers were dissatisfied w/ the chancellor, up from 17% in 2019. These + other takeaways from NYC's 2024 school survey: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

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…

Happy first day of school, NYC!! chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

NYT now reporting that, in addition to searching the homes of David and Phil Banks, the FBI also raided the home of a third Banks brother, Terrence Banks, who retired from MTA and now works as a consultant.

Update: DOE got back to me after publication to clarify that while they haven’t yet hit last yr’s hiring total, hiring is ongoing + they’re ahead of where they were at this time last yr. Story is updated.