It is clear that most students get on – or off – the track to go to a specialized high school long before they sit down to take the SHSAT in September of 8th grade. See how the middle schools rank.
ACS
Program Keeping Convicted Youths Closer to Home Enjoys Success, Faces Cuts
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‘Close to Home’ has hit a few bumps in the six years since the state launched the pilot program. But a proposal to shift costs to the city is the biggest obstacle yet.
EDUCATION
NYC’s Homeless Pre-K Kids with Special Needs Face Steep Barriers to Getting Help
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Only 35 of the more than 6,550 homeless students enrolled in pre-K were in special education – a share that falls well short of citywide averages.
concussions
City Youth Football Teams Unfazed By Study’s New Concussion Alarm
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A study finding that tackle football before age 12 creates life-long health risk doesn’t appear to be generating much soul-searching by private youth teams. And the public school system, whose players are only slightly older, won’t say whether it’s thinking of changes.
Homepage Featured
A Healthy Dialogue, Except on Rezoning, at East Harlem Town Hall
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The mayor and residents engaged on a variety of topics, including NYCHA, youth issues and affordability.
Campaign 2017 Fact Check
Fact Check: Are City Schools Unsafe?
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There’s no one set of numbers to answer the question.
Homepage Featured
Across the Bronx, Cops, Parents, Merchants and Kids Brace for the Inevitable: Summer’s End and a Return to School
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A team of reporters from the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism fanned out across the borough last Wednesday to see how people in stores, parks, police precincts, museums, libraries and, yes, even schools were approaching the last full week of summer vacation and the year that loomed ahead.
EDUCATION
Video: Now that Mayoral Control is Settled, What Challenges Face NYC Schools?
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School leadership, budget and parental engagement are among the areas where the system needs work or help, three experts say.
backpacks
Video: Is Your Child’s Backpack Too Heavy?
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Health experts say kids shouldn’t carry loads weighing more than 15 percent of their body weight on their backs.
de Blasio
De Blasio Unveils Push for Universal 3-K
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3-K for All in NYC”will be the largest such program in the nation—a ‘game-changer’ according to the mayor. But de Blasio warned that pulling it off would be harder than pre-K was.
de Blasio
Confusion and Worry Over Whether School Seats Will Keep Up With De Blasio Rezonings
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Community advocates have been at odds with the city over whether the rezonings will create deeper needs for classroom seats than the city’s school-building plans accommodate.