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The legality and appropriateness of the New York State Education Department’s attempt to delay access to important student performance metrics is being challenged in a formal appeal of an Empire Center Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request Read More
Nationwide test results revealing major pandemic learning loss have been front page news this month. Read More
A state court judge at a hearing this morning will consider whether to interfere with New York City authority over its own budget by ordering a preliminary injunction that ices a portion of Gotham’s recently enacted FY 23 city budget. Read More
American schools are dealing with an unprecedented mental health crisis spurred, at least in part, by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated school closures Read More
The Legislature last week put a new spin on the debate over “mayoral control” of New York City’s schools by shackling the Big Apple with a costly class-size mandate. Read More
A floor amendment to lift the charter cap that limits the number of charters granted to operate such schools in New York City was rejected by the State Senate last week. Read More
New York school districts whose budgets were defeated yesterday can hold a re-vote in June on the same proposal or a modified one Read More
Due to a quirk in state law, roughly 10,000 mostly low income and minority kids in New York City are being denied the charter school seats their parents covet for them. Read More
The property tax cap has an extraordinary record of restraining tax hikes without unduly straining education budgets. Read More
The number of retired New York City educators who received six-figure pension payouts rose forty-five percent in 2021. Read More