Here’s why NYC public schools are closed Monday
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City public schools will be closed on Monday, March 31, to both students and staff for a ...
A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment
There is a war raging across the United States on the role of religion in public life, and Ryan Walters is at the center of ...
Their Catholic School Went Broke. They Found Another. It Went Broke Too.
The girls of St. Barnabas had to scramble to find a new high school. All Hallows rescued them, opening its doors to girls for ...
NYC Summer Rising deadline is Friday: 10 things to know before you apply
The deadline to apply for Summer Rising is Friday. In this 2022 photo, fourth-grade students in the Summer Rising program at PS 52 in Dongan Hills drafted up their own constitution and were making ...
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City Council approves Parkchester school site to help meet class size mandate
The City Council voted Wednesday to approve a site for a new primary school in Parkchester, part of an ongoing effort to ...
NYC Public Schools closed Monday for Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr
New York City Public School students will enjoy a long weekend in observance of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr. The special ...
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5 ways NYC is tackling drowning rates among Black youth
NYC invests $5.5 million to address drowning disparities affecting Black children, who face 1.5 times higher drowning risk, ...
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Thousands of NYC families could lose child care vouchers amid nearly $1 billion funding shortfall
The child care voucher program is facing a perfect storm of budget threats, and may need nearly a billion dollars in extra ...
These Are the Students Targeted by Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Over Campus Activism
The Trump Administration estimates at least 300 international students have had their U.S. visas revoked over alleged ...
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What do New Yorkers want from education news? Here’s what a new survey tells us.
That’s what New Yorkers indicated they wanted from their education news in a survey conducted last December for Civic News ...
Exposing the past: Why we're writing about NY police misconduct records | Column
In 2024, we published Driving Force, an investigation into police officers' reckless driving and crashes, based on findings from this cache of documents. It resulted in state lawmakers introducing a ...