Students across New York couldn’t log into state math exams Wednesday morning, raising fresh questions about the transition to computer-based testing.
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...
Students across New York couldn’t log into state math exams Wednesday morning, raising fresh questions about the transition to computer-based testing.
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.
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
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
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Philadelphia teachers say they’re incentivized to push students to earn low-value credentials — like a 2-hour online ladder-safety course — by state and district officials who want to see graduation rates continue to climb.
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...
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...
Facing community opposition, Chancellor Kamar Samuels nixed plans to open an AI-focused high school, close two Manhattan middle schools, and relocate another.
The jubilation of Dylan’s return has been mixed with frequent reminders of the looming threat of immigration enforcement facing him and other ELLIS students.
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.
After 10 months, Dylan, the first NYC high school student detained by ICE in Trump's 2nd term, has been released.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
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:
