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NYC students guilt-tripped into participating in remote-learning simulation – on their day off – after snow day tech issues
Big Apple families are being guilt-tripped by the city into joining a remote-learning simulation on their kids’ day off to better prepare for an emergency after a technical meltdown during a February snow day. Students and families have been asked to voluntarily log into their school systems at a pre-scheduled time slot on June 6 to engage in the non-instructional activity. But they also are being warned that the set-up will work best only with their help, saying the more who participate, “the more accurate and useful” the resulting crucial data will be — infuriating some parents already miffed about the winter...
NYC Public Schools Announces Next Phase Of Class Size Reduction For 2024-2025
New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) is proud to announce the release of the draft version of the second annual Class Size Reduction Plan for the 2024-2025 school year. In this plan, district-level targets have been set to improve the percent of classes at or below the new class size caps by 3% across all districts. Principals are being given a menu of optional implementation strategies to select from to meet this goal, including using new funding to hire staff, repurposing space, optimizing teacher programming, reallocating existing funding, and utilizing virtual learning. They will have flexibility in how they utilize these strategies or others, working with superintendents and school communities.
UPDATE: Braddock Park Pre-School Trailers Controversy
Earlier this week, Hudson TV published several emails obtained from North Bergen resident Robert Walden pertaining to the more than two decades old controversy surrounding pre-school trailers positioned on County land in Braddock Park. Walden maintains the trailers are illegally placed in the park. Mr. Walden contacted Hudson TV today...
'It is hard as hell': For 1 in 5 students, the college experience includes raising a child
Every year, roughly 19 million Americans attend college — and more than 4 million of them do so while also raising a child. That’s the journey of student parents. Across the country, from community colleges to nationally renowned universities, student parents are balancing it all: class, jobs, housework and child care.
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Kearney grad prepares for life in Ivy League, New York
KEARNEY – Avery Aller, a recent graduate of Kearney High School, is headed to the Big Apple and the Ivy League this fall. She was accepted to Columbia University and may look at studying political science. “I love New York City. I have a lot family that used to...
Clarke defeats Wantagh for baseball title
Two of Nassau County’s most successful baseball programs over the past 25 years squared off this week in an epic championship series, with Clarke defeating Wantagh in Tuesday’s decisive third game at Farmingdale State College, 5-0, to claim the Class A title. Senior Nick Berasti went the distance,...
East Rockaway reaches title game
Nassau County, with tremendous support from the New York Jets, has cracked the code for high school girls who want to play football. For the East Rockaway flag football team, it has already found success just three short years into the program’s history. Coached by Fred Cange, the Rocks finished with a 9-3 record and made it all the way to the Nassau Conference II title game before falling to Plainedge, 19-7, on May 20 at Long Beach Middle School.
Stretch Of Busy Road Named After 6 Fallen Veterans Who Graduated From Northern Westchester HS
A stretch of a well-traveled road in Northern Westchester has been dedicated to six fallen veterans who graduated from a nearby high school, officials announced.A section of Route 121 in Lewisboro will now be known as the “John Jay High School Veterans Memorial Highway” following a ceremony he…
Reynoso, actor Anthony Ramos donate $40, 000 for after-school theater program at Bushwick Campus
Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own!. Brooklyn Borough President, Antonio Reynoso and Bushwick-born-and-raised, GRAMMY Award-winning actor and arts advocate Anthony Ramos Wednesday night, May 15 teamed up to bring free, year-round after-school theater education back to Bushwick Campus.
HS baseball: St. Peter’s to play Archbishop Molloy in CHSAA Intersectionals starting Tuesday
St. Peter’s will try to become only the sixth team from Staten Island to claim a CHSAA Intersectional baseball crown when the Eagles face Archbishop Molloy of Queens in best-of-three series starting Tuesday night at 7 at Fordham University in the Bronx. Game 2 will be played Wednesday at...
A Brooklyn ‘gifted’ school wins first waiver to opt out of NYC’s literacy curriculum mandate
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.After a Brooklyn school’s yearlong fight to be exempt from New York City’s sweeping reading curriculum mandate, officials have quietly granted their request.The Brooklyn School of Inquiry, a K-8 gifted and talented program known as BSI, is the first school to win permission to sidestep Chancellor David Banks’ signature literacy initiative requiring all elementary schools use one of three city-approved reading curriculums.The decision to grant a waiver comes at a crucial moment. Nearly half of the city’s 32 local school districts adopted new curriculums this...
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