NYC Schools

New York City announced a groundbreaking new initiative that seemingly combines summer school and summer camp — as a means to further help children deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in their schooling, emotional health and their socialization. The Summer Rising Initiative is a free program that combines the NYC Department of Education’s academic support and the Department…

The chair of the school’s trustees said the sexually inappropriate behavior with adults in the school community continued even after they asked him to stop, while investigators said no students were part of the alleged inappropriate behavior

The president of Regis High School on the Upper East Side lost his job after allegedly behaving in a sexually inappropriate way with multiple adults in the school community, including some of his subordinates, but no children were said to be involved. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

The opt-in window for New York City schools has closed and some 51,000 students throughout the public system have been given the green light to return to their classrooms for in-person learning later this month. That newest batch of students eager to return to classrooms can do so starting April 26, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday. The welcome…

While tens of thousands of NYC families have decided to opt back in to in-person schooling, hundreds of thousands have kept their decision to continue with remote learning. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

The new NYC School Chancellor promises the new policy will provide families with stability, rather than leave then constantly wondering if their schools would be shut down any day. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

As a supply shortage impacting Johnson & Johnson vaccines could potentially trip up the tri-state race to vaccinate, NYC said how it was changing its school COVID closure policies. NBC New York’s Pat Battle and Marc Santia have team coverage.

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. Carranza will join IXL Learning as chief of strategy and global development, the company said in a statement. The company, which says its…

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.

A plateau of new coronavirus cases has kept New York among the highest caseloads in the country, and concerns about upcoming reopenings are growing louder, especially with the spread of a new COVID-19 strain new New York City. Increased indoor dining capacity, indoor fitness classes resuming, weddings and lifting cluster zone restrictions are some of the economic recovery steps Gov….

NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos and Myles Miller provide team coverage on Rutgers University requiring students be vaccinated in order to return to campus this fall, and NYC’s plan to reopen Broadway.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a new plan to help Broadway get back to business which includes vaccinating the theater community.

New York City announced Wednesday the expansion of the 3-K program to all school districts — the same day that a new window for choosing in-person learning for all public school students kicked off. New York City families who opted out of in-person learning last year while coronavirus cases skyrocketed now have another opportunity to bring students back to class,…

The Times Union of Albany reported Wednesday that the governor had his brother, mother and at least one of his sister’s among those who were tested by top Health Department officials, some of whom were tested several times.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter announced that the City will be putting education money from the COVID-19 stimulus fund to bring free 3-K to all New York City districts by September — allowing for about 16,500 more children across all 32 NYC districts to start school. De Blasio and other City officials said that the…

New York City announced Wednesday the expansion of the 3-K program to all school districts — the same day that a new window for choosing in-person learning for all public school students kicked off.

More than two million people have joined the list of New York residents who are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. The governor said newly eligible people can start signing up for vaccines starting 8 a.m. Tuesday. Currently, everyone age 60 and older can get vaccinated, as well as certain essential workers and people with select health conditions that leave them…

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that NYC office workers can return to the workplace from May 3rd, Ray Villeda reports

Mayor Bill De Blasio announced today that all city workers will begin to return to their offices by May 3.

After a big reopening week for restaurants and businesses across the tri-state area, another massive step in the pandemic recovery is taking place in New York City Monday, even amid the discovery of the first local case of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19. One of those steps is expanding vaccine eligibility to another swath of New Yorkers. People 50 years…