arrow A four-year-old, Pedro Garcia, attending school at the Mosaic Pre-K Center in Queens on Sept. 21. Mark Lennihan/AP/Shutterstock
The contract with the educational company that administers the Gifted & Talented test for public school preschoolers narrowly failed to win approval from the city’s education board Thursday, jeopardizing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to hold the test in April for the last time.
The vote on renewing the $1.7 million contract with NCS Pearson came in the early morning hours Thursday after a marathon session of the Panel for Educational Policy, the committee made up of 15 appointed members and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.
City Says 43,000 Students Have Left NYC Public School System This Year
arrow A student at PS 188 in Manhattan in September. John Minchillo/AP/Shutterstock
Enrollment in New York City’s public schools this year has dropped 4% with the exodus of about 43,000 students from the system, including a 9% decrease in kindergarten enrollment alone, according to the city’s Department of Education.
In a pattern seen in many major school districts across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing decline in public school enrollment in New York City, which also reflected falling birth rates, the DOE said in a press release Wednesday.
NYC posted wrong deadlines for specialized high school exam, report says
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
The city Department of Education posted incorrect registration deadline information for the specialized high school exam, causing confusion among parents, according to a recent report. Graduates at Staten Island Technical High School are shown here in this file photo, taken before the coronavirus pandemic. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. There was confusion and panic among New York City parents this weekend, after the city Department of Education (DOE) posted incorrect registration deadlines for the specialized high school exam, according to the New York Post.