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The schools where at least half the student population was Black or Latino were nearly eight times more likely to report low engagement levels or poor attendance — while schools where 25 percent or more of the student population was white show high engagement levels

Imagine being told your child’s school will only be open some of the time. And then being told that it’s going to close completely. And then a few hours later, being told it’ll be open after all because a line on a map didn’t go quite where the school thought it went. For parents at P.S. 101Q in the...

Merchants on the borders of “red zones” say their location may result in customers staying away. News 4’s Gilma Avalos reports.

The final wave of its more than 1 million students return to classrooms for the first time in more than a half year Thursday. Katherine Creag reports.

A federal lawsuit accuses New York City and thousands of other school districts of defrauding special needs students by depriving them of hands-on therapies during the pandemic. According to the lawsuit, school districts across the nation have been improperly collecting federal education subsidies meant to fund things like physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Traditionally, those services are provided...

Parents across the country say that school districts are taking COVID-19 precautions too far when it comes to students with special needs. Chris Glorioso reports.

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. What will an extra eight days do? What did an extra 11 days do…

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 announced Thursday he will delay the start of in-person school in New York City for grades 8-12 until October, bowing to pressure from unions and parents concerned about staffing shortages and other issues. The start of school for K-5 and K-8 schools will also be delayed, but by about a week. Rather than have all public…

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday he will delay the start of in-person school in New York City for grades 8-12 until October, bowing to pressure from unions and parents concerned about staffing shortages and other issues. The start of school for K-5 and K-8 schools will be delayed a week. Katherine Creag with the latest.

A New York City mother is outraged after she says her child’s online classroom was hacked on the first day of remote orientation, with the hackers disrupting the class with pictures and pornography

The DOE says it has strict security to prevent such incidents. The class was immediately taken offline and the incident is under investigation.

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. Starting Oct. 1, through March, every mayoral office employee — nearly 500 individuals — will have to take an unpaid, weeklong (five days)…

After weeks of promising hybrid learning, the city is now racing to fill vacancies, as teachers maintain some schools are simply not ready for re-entry. News 4’s Andrew Siff reports.

The former deputy chief of staff to the New York City Chancellor of Schools pleaded guilty to child enticement and possession of child porn after trading explicit pictures with the 15-year-old boy over email

All mayoral staff will take an unpaid one-week leave, effective next month. The move will save about a million dollars as city struggles to make up a $9 Billion budget deficit. News 4’s Adam Harding 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...

NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

The list comes as one school had to be shut down for at least 24 hours after a second COVID case was confirmed among educational staff in a four-day span, while another school was found not ready for students due to insufficient ventilation

Andrew Siff and Lynda Baquero have team coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.