NY spending more on Medicaid than schools — and pays more per person than anywhere in US: report
New York’s spending is multiplying — but maybe not adding up. The state is now spending more on…
The Blogs: A Brooklyn Classroom, October 7, and Everything Between | Gwen Jones-Cintron
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The NYC Council passed a $10k bonus for paraprofessionals. Will the mayor sign it?
You get a raise! And you get a raise! At the New York City Council, everybody gets a…
NYC Council approves $10K checks for teacher aides despite legality concerns
The New York City Council on Thursday approved a bill to send $10,000 in checks to low-paid teacher…
NYC DOE worker and husband busted in $170,000 Bronx school cash scam: DA
A husband and wife team was sentenced for their roles in a scheme that defrauded the NYC Department…
City to expand its special education programs to pre-K
New York City is expanding its existing special education programs into pre-K classrooms for the first time, Mayor…
NYC officials expand pre-K special education programs in time for new school year
Five special education programs will expand into the city’s pre-K classrooms for the first this fall, city officials…
Humanoid Robot Teacher To Be Launched in New York School
At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works.…
Mamdani expands key autism school programs to pre-K amid universal childcare push
Mayor Mamdani is expanding New York City’s most popular special education programs to preschool for the first time.…
New York bans data centres for a year, becoming first U.S. state to impose moratorium
Open this photo in gallery: The New York state Capitol in Albany. The state has passed a moratorium…
Small percentage of Black students given offers to NYC’s specialized high schools
Black students received just 3.5% of the roughly 4,000 offers to NYC’s eight specialized high schools this year,…
Mayor Mamdani casts doubt on NYC Council plan to bolster pay of school paraprofessionals
A controversial bill to provide each New York City school paraprofessional with a $10,000 “workforce stabilization” payment —…