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NYC education panel holds up $517 million in IT spending after losing bidder pleads for delay
The Panel for Educational Policy did not approve a major tech contract proposed by the Education Department, even as Mayor ...
Bronx Times1d
City Council approves Parkchester school site to help meet class size mandate
The City Council voted Wednesday to approve a site for a new primary school in Parkchester, part of an ongoing effort to ...
New York lawmakers get on board with Gov. Hochul’s ‘bell to bell’ school phone ban
The Senate had previously shown some slight disagreement with the Governor’s plan over whether schools should have some ...
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P.S. Weekly at SXSW EDU: Teen journalists on NYC admissions, resources, and real change
P.S. Weekly is a student-produced podcast that casts light on important issues in the nation's largest school system. The Bell's team of 10 student producers who come from different public high ...
Everyone Hates Sidewalk Sheds. Now There May Be Fewer of Them.
Several bills to be passed in the City Council today are expected to change the height, the color and the ubiquity of the ...
Detroit Free Press6d
Student loan options trimmed for cash-strapped students, parents; what to know
The Department of Education explained on its federal student ... meaning both returning borrowers and new applicants will not be able to make payments on or open a student loan repayment account ...
NBC New York14d
Trump pledges to ‘expel rogue actors' in political Justice Department speech
President Donald Trump used a triumphant visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air ... the dismissal of a criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams by saying the charges had handicapp ...
Journal Star14d
20 states, including Illinois, suing over Trump's Department of Education layoffs
Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the Department of Education.
Gothamist14d
4 days in March 2020: Behind the decision to close NYC schools
Six New York City schools closed due to positive cases. School attendance dropped to 68%, down from 85% the day prior. Department of Education Chief Operating Officer Ursulina Ramirez: We had a ...
The Boston Globe14d
Ayotte to replace New Hampshire’s top education official
New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, a socially conservative former GOP gubernatorial candidate known for promoting school choice, won’t be reappointed to a third term as the top ...
ABC News15d
Democratic-led states sue to block Education Department layoffs
A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s layoffs across the Education ... power close the department or dismantle its core work. New York Attorney General ...
Education Week15d
States Sue Trump Over Education Department Firings
New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. The Education Department, since it was created by Congress in 1979, touches nearly every level of the nation’s education ...