When a Queens principal threatened to suspend students for following provocative Instagram accounts, did he go too far? Students from The Bell’s journalism program discuss.
The decision derives from a 2001 memorandum from former Education Commissioner Richard Mills, calling for districts to “end the use of Native American mascots as practical.”
The university had requested an emergency order from the Supreme Court to stop the state court decision that ruled the university has to accommodate the YU Pride Alliance, a student group on campus, due to New York City’s anti-discrimination law.
The first day of school started with Mayor Adams and Chancellor David Banks welcoming students into a traditional K-12 system that has about 100,000 fewer students than it had before the pandemic accelerated an enrollment decline that began in the 2015-2016 school year even as the city’s population grew.