Black children in particular are disappearing from the city, and many families point to one reason: Raising children here has become too expensive.
Tag: Education Department (NYC)
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New York City’s Pre-K System Was a Model. Now Employees Say It’s a Mess.
Problems in the city’s early childhood divisions run deep and could threaten the quality of free preschool, according to current and former staff members.
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How a Windfall of Special Education Funding Benefited Hasidic Schools
New York has paid companies millions of dollars to help children with disabilities in religious schools. But the services are not always needed or even provided.
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More Than 104,000 NYC Students Were Homeless Last Year
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.
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Bring Back Competitive Admissions? Some NYC Middle Schools May Not.
After a pandemic moratorium, city leaders are letting school superintendents decide whether to bring back some admissions requirements that critics say feed racial disparities.