New York City Schools

The requirement to receive at least one dose of the COVID vaccine was supposed to go into effect by Sept. 27, 2021.

About a million New York City public school students went back to school Monday in the nation’s largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Tracie Strahan reports.

The New York City schools website where parents answer COVID screening questions for their kids apparently crashed Monday, amid the first-day-of-school influx of students returning to in-person learning. Widespread reports from parents, verified by multiple attempts from News 4, indicated the website was slow to load or simply would not open at all. In lieu of the online screening process,…

NYC School Chancellor Meisha Porter tells NBC New York that she supports the vaccine mandate for educators and school staff as kids head back to class on Sept. 13.

Today is the last day for students to get their vaccines in order to be fully vaccinated before school starts in the fall. NYC is pushing to ensure that children above 12 get vaccinated. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

The former NYC Schools Chancellor, Richard Carranza, was fined a pretty penny after misusing his position as the head of schools to take his wife on an outing to see the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” using a Department of Education discount, it was revealed Thursday. According to the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board, in April 2019, Carranza, who...

Less than three weeks after leaving his post as NYC schools chancellor — saying he needed “time to grieve” his coronavirus losses — Richard Carranza has landed a senior gig with a Silicon Valley educational software firm.

After having its doors closed for months, public high schools in New York City reopen Monday for in-person learning. Meanwhile, New Jersey is taking a slower approach in reopening businesses as per-capita cases rise to a national high, with Gov. Phil Murphy saying more reopenings are unlikely in the short term. (New Jersey has the third-highest average of daily new...

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Matt Brickman, met with Mr. Costa’s fourth grade class at PS 16 Leonard Dunkly in Brooklyn for a virtual weather lesson.

The race to vaccinate 1 million New York City residents in January is underway, with Mayor Bill de Blasio demanding Monday it become a 24/7 operation, as some frontline healthcare workers in New Jersey get their second shots Monday. Meanwhile, Positive cases of the coronavirus have prompted New York City leaders to close more than 100 school buildings on Monday,...

Families have the option of choosing all-remote learning, and a growing number are doing so — 48% as of Friday, up from 30% six weeks earlier

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan, Katherine Creag and Marc Santia report.

Elementary school students went back to classrooms across New York City on Tuesday in a high-stakes test for the nation’s biggest public school system even as the mayor warned that a recent rise in coronavirus cases was “cause for real concern.” With children wearing masks and undergoing temperature checks at schoolhouse doors, students and parents who opted for brick-and-mortar...

Marc Santia, Brian Thompson and Ida Siegal have team coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yet another delay of in-person school for most New York City students Thursday, just days before the re-scheduled restart. Reaction was swift – and mixed, with parents and educators expressing some variation of frustration, concern and relief. There was also confusion. Katherine Creag reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is furloughing his City Hall staff, including himself. The measure, announced Wednesday, is a way to save money due to the budget constraints brought on by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. The news comes as New York City’s already delayed school year launched its remote start Wednesday, a soft opening intended to serve as...

A number of New York City teachers are calling for this school year to be fully remote. Katherine Creag with the latest.

Earlier this month, the city’s largest teachers’ union threatened to strike — and that could still on the table if its agreements with de Blasio on how to safely welcome educators and kids back to in-person learning disintegrate further.The union’s at-time fractious relationship with City Hall has been made that much more tense by looming layoffs — 22,000 city workers,...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced ventilation action teams that will inspect all New York City classrooms before the start of the school year. Tracie Strahan reports.

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.