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The new website includes a policy FAQ, toolkit and examples that school districts can use to design their own policies to ...
School is out for thousands of New York students, but school districts have a big assignment on their plates this summer.
The U.S Department of Education is withholding $464 million dollars in grants that were set to be distributed to public ...
If California has shown us how to fail at fire prevention, New York is the nation’s paragon of failing at educational improvement. New York’s families have noticed. Enrollment in the state’s public ...
It's the first time New York students will have the day off for the Lunar New Year since a new state law was signed in 2023. In 2024, the holiday fell on a Saturday.
Along with the loss of its promising Partnership schools, the Bronx is taking another hit. All Hallows High School, which I profiled for City Journal in 2019, will close after 115 years. The school ...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing for a "bell-to-bell" ban on cellphone use in schools statewide. The ban aims to create a distraction-free learning environment and address concerns about ...
NEW YORK – New York state is banning realistic active shooter drills in schools. In a recent meeting, the state Board of Regents agreed with parents, activists and lawmakers who claimed the ...
Simms starred at Morehead State from 1975 to 1978 and closed his college football career with 5,545 passing yards and 32 ...
I have always assumed that if an experimental, student-led form of education works, something magical occurs; everybody ...
Twenty-one New York schools -- including 16 in the Big Apple -- were recognized Monday by the federal Department of Education as "Blue Ribbon'' stand-outs for their academic achievements.
New York lawmakers have reached a deal to ban cell phones from “bell to bell” in all public schools statewide, Gov. Hochul announced.. Starting this September, all school districts will have ...