Happening NOW: New Yorkers Against ICE! We are at 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE abducts immigrant New Yorkers, to demand access to the 10th floor and block ICE vans from leaving. NYers refuse to stand by while ICE abducts our neighbors. Neither should our leaders. #ICEoutofNY

"Real inclusion requires partnering with parents and listening to them about the needs of their children." Amen. You will be missed, Kim Sweet.

Because it's easier to blame the mother than point to evidence-based research on the high heritability of autism. 🙄statnews.com/2025/09/25/aut…

Nearly 130 universities across New York are waiving application fees for the state’s students, Gov. Hochul said Monday. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/1…

Shocking that a record 154K NYC students were homeless last year and our school funding formula doesn't even count them. Our legislation will fix that and ensure every education dollar matches the needs of our neediest kids. Advocates for Children of New York Jo Anne Simon 文雅麗 🟧 nysenate.gov/legislation/bi…

New: The NYC Panel for Education Policy tonight OPPOSED a 5-year contract extension sought by school-bus companies, with just half the 52 companies agreeing to delay layoffs threatened on Halloween. Without a deal by Monday, Mayor Adams will have to provide other transportation

The "shadow chancellor:" Dan Weisberg's last day as 1rst deputy chancellor NYC Public Schools was Aug. 14. Quietly, he started as a DOE consultant on Sept. 5th -- to "train" his successor and help on key programs. He'll work about 15 hours a week through Dec. 31 at $71.42 per

Election Eve news dump from the DOE: enrollment in public schools fell 2.4% this year, according to preliminary and unaudited data. Also: DOE says the city will not claw back funding in the middle of the year from schools with lower-than-projected enrollment.

I wish more school staff were aware of how they tone police parents during IEP meetings. This comic from K at Robot Hugs gets to the point: everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/tone-p…

Long-term suspensions dropped considerably. But Black students and those with disabilities are still disproportionately suspended in NYC schools. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/1…

Exactly.

I'd be curious to know how many due process hearing complaints were filed in District 3 while Samuels was the superintendent. What was the rate of special education compliance? How the most vulnerable students were treated tells me more about how he runs his team than mergers.

“No press:” Mariela Graham, a deputy supt. of NYC Public Schools on the UWS, outrageously ordered that reporters be barred from a PUBLIC MEETING at The Center School last night to discuss a controversial re-location plan. Following instructions, parents manning the door denied entry to

My biggest takeaway from the most recent DoorDash discourse is that they make the SpecEd kids take “life skills” classes and those apparently need to be extended to everyone else.

A federal judge rejected a lawsuit that claimed NYC schools should use a higher standard of proof before suspending students for more than a week. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…

New: ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves. propub.li/4a4V4nR

90% of 9,000 claims were dismissed -- not even reviewed! Unbelievable.

Dr. Linda Davis was on her way to work when an ICE chase tore through her community and ended her life. A federal agency decided to speed through public streets. A teacher paid the price. When ICE operates without real oversight, when it ignores local safety rules, when it acts

During that blizzard, train operators weren’t operating trains… They were operating blind. Signals covered in snow. Stop arms buried. No clear indication of color. No clear indication of position. And while operators were straining their eyes just trying to see what was in

🧵 In early February, I was contacted by a reporter and asked to comment on some content that is included in the NYSUT Science of Reading course mentioned in this article. I had immediate and serious concerns about what I saw, but because the information hechingerreport.org/new-york-ten-m…