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Jun 2026

‘People Are Still Very Unnerved’: Advocates Ask City to Establish Protocols for ICE Sightings Near Schools

Advocates and a Brooklyn City Council member are asking the city to create a set of guidelines for how schools should respond to the presence of ICE agents nearby, and…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

04

Jun 2026

Climate and Environment Education Featured Government Housing and Homelessness

Some NYC Public School Students Still Sweltering Without AC in Gyms, Auditoriums and Cafeterias

The city’s “AC for All” initiative, launched in 2017, aimed to bring air conditioning to every public school classroom. But the policy doesn’t require the city to verify whether the…

ByEsther Glazer 0Comments

06

Oct 2025

Education Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Transportation

A New School Year is Here—And So Are School Bus Delays

Approximately 150,000 New York City children ride buses to school, including around 66,000 students with disabilities and students living in temporary housing. When there’s a problem with bus service, these…

ByDaniel Parra 5Comments

19

Sep 2025

Education Immigration Opinion

Opinion: Immigrant Youth Are New York’s Future. It’s Time We Invest Like It

“If we expand those investments, five years from now, we can have a larger generation of students—especially Black, brown, and immigrant youth—prepared and inspired to lead.”

ByMolly Delano 2Comments

30

Oct 2024

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Q&A: High School Journalists Interview City Council Education Chair, Rita Joseph

Councilmember Joseph answered questions from CLARIFY student reporters about her priorities for the school system, DOE leadership, addressing the homelessness crisis facing over 100,000 students, school lunches, cell phone bans,…

ByCLARIFY News 6Comments

21

Oct 2024

Education Government

CEO’s Sentencing is Latest Chapter in Complex History of NYC School Food

Legal problems have plagued the city’s massive school foods system, but still haven’t derailed a decades-long local campaign to use New York City cafeterias to fight hunger, improve nutrition, reduce…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

04

Apr 2024

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

School Staffers in Shelters Are a Lifeline to NYC’s Homeless Families. Now Their Jobs Are at Risk.

Roughly $12 million in funding that pays the salaries of 100 community coordinators working across the city’s network of homeless shelters is set to run dry this summer, leaving the…

ByMichael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York 0Comments

18

Mar 2024

Education Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Investigations

Newly Arrived Immigrant Youth Face Challenges to School Enrollment

Federal law that protects the educational rights of homeless children and youth under 21 says young adults should be enrolled in school immediately, but the city is not meeting this…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

24

Jan 2024

Education Opinion

Opinion: New York State Needs Comprehensive Sex Ed

“More than 8 out of 10 parents want their kids to get sex education in middle and high school and for their children to learn all things related to STIs,…

ByAle Pedraza Buenahora

ByJessica Reyes 0Comments

08

Sep 2023

Education Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC Schools Must Meet the Needs of LGBTQ+ Youth

“By not requiring schools to have genders and sexualities alliances, or pushing for inclusive curriculum in all schools, the DOE is refusing to take important steps proven to increase the…

ByAmy Leipziger

ByJasmine Hall

ByYun-Hee Proffit 0Comments

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