Students across New York couldn’t log into state math exams Wednesday morning, raising fresh questions about the transition to computer-based testing.
After 10 months, Dylan, the first NYC high school student detained by ICE in Trump's 2nd term, has been released.
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Here's what Norma Vega, the principal of Dylan's school ELLIS Prep, which has played a key role in the efforts to rally behind him, said:
This piece makes some sharp critiques, but the argument that more school spending pushes families to leave NYC is puzzling, + discounts the ways NYC's school budget already serves as social safety net, incl: ~$2B for free 3-K/Pre-K, >$600m for free meals, free dental/vision at 100s of schls, etc.
Last week, Dylan Lopez Contreras returned to his Bronx high school after 10 months in ICE detention. It was a day full of joy, and also inescapable reminders of the threat of immigration enforcement still facing Dylan and his classmates: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
Scoop! NYC Chancellor Kamar Samuels is pulling four controversial proposals from Wednesday's PEP vote:
- Opening of 'Next Gen,' the city's first AI-focused HS
- Closing middle schools at P.S. 191 and Manhattan School for Children
- Relocating Center School
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NYC is about to release a long-await AI policy for schools. But over the past 2+ years, as AI use has grown, schools have had to figure out their own approach to confronting AI. Here's what some are doing + what the city might learn from them: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
Among the popular "industry credentials" in Philly schools: a 2-hour online ladder safety course that most employers who ask people to climb ladders would be required to offer anyway. Good work by @rebeccaredelmeier.bsky.social on what's going wrong in high school. www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...
I spent six months at ELLIS last year as they navigated Dylan's detention and many other challenges. Here's a lot more about this remarkable school: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Mayor Mamdani announcing at a press conference today that the "default model" for the new free 2-K program will subsidize child care 8am-6pm, year-round, in contrast to the default of 8am-2:20 pm, September-June for the 3-K and Pre-K programs.
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NYC is proposing a new, selective-admissions, AI-focused high school in Manhattan's D2, w/ support from Google + Open AI. Hundreds of parents have already sent letters expressing concern. PEP votes next month on the proposal. Via Lizzie Walsh:
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