Nearly a year after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill to cap class sizes in New York City at 20 students for kindergarten through third grade, 23 in grades 4 to 8 and 25 in grades 9 to 12, the NYC Independent Budget Office released a report suggesting the poorest schools stood to benefit least […]
New York City is in the midst of a migrant crisis. According to reports, more than 100,000 migrants have arrived in the city since spring 2022. Mayor Adams himself has
Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced sweeping changes to the middle and high school admissions process last Friday, a decision they said goes beyond the racial impacts of the current health crisis to try to address longstanding inequities in the way schools are funded.
De Blasio announced that starting now, middle schools will implement a one-year pause on admissions screens. The Department of Education will also roll out several changes to the high schools admissions process over the next two years.
âI like to say very bluntly, our mission is to redistribute wealth. A lot of people bristle at that phrase â that is in fact the phrase we need to use. We have been doing this work for seven years to more equitably redistribute resources throughout our school system,â de Blasio said at a press event Monday.