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A teacher on Long Island is accused of making inappropriate and racist comments towards a special needs student. Greg Cergol talks with the family.

Disturbing allegations have surfaced out of a Long Island high school, where a teacher has been accused of making racist and inappropriate remarks toward a special needs student.

The NYPD is promising a beefed-up presence outside of three Manhattan schools impacted by shootings, and police said that gangs are behind each of the shootings. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

NYPD officials believe the shootings across Manhattan on Tuesday were gang-related, News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

The victim was said to have been shot at least three times. Video posted to the Citizen app showed a heavy law enforcement response. Here’s what we know so far.

Three shootings near Manhattan schools in a span of five hours on Tuesday — which led to the schools being put on lockdown — were connected, according to the NYPD. The first gunshots rang out just before 10 a.m. on the Upper West Side, outside Martin Luther King High School on Amsterdam Avenue between West 67th and 68th streets. Police…

April Wise, a bus driver for Tecumseh Local Schools in New Carlisle, Ohio, is being hailed a hero after keeping a student from being hit by a car. The school district hopes sharing the video will remind drivers to use caution when driving near school buses.

Bart Palosz was bullied for years. More than 25 reports were filed. His parents begged the school district for help. He showed up for his first day of high school his sophomore year — and died before the sun rose the next day.

The family says their daughter is afraid to go to school because kids don’t want to be near her after they deemed her dark skin as “dirty.” NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

ChatGPT is an impressive but controversial writing tool that can generate paragraphs of human-like text.

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist Violeta Yas visited her own elementary school, Roosevelt School #7, in Garfield, NJ along with Telemundo 47 Meteorologist Tairy Ynoa. Violeta and Tairy spoke to third, fourth and fifth graders about weather science and how they put together a forecast.

The Central Regional School Board held its first meeting since a 14-year-old girl took her own life days after a brutal attack in the school hallway. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

After one Long Island school district announced in January that it would be employing armed security guards on school campuses, another district is now following in its footsteps.

Parents of students in New York City Catholic schools may need to make new plans for their children come the fall, as 12 schools within the Archdiocese of New York will be closing their doors at the end of the current academic year, the superintendent said.

School was cancelled for the day after specific threats were made by the MSU shooter. Chris Glorioso reports.

There are new allegations of bullying at a New Jersey high school surfacing less than two weeks after video was shared on social media showing students engaged in a hallway attack on a 14-year-old girl — who later took her own life.

Students at Ridgewood High School may soon be starting their days 35 minutes later. Jen Maxfield reports.

The superintendent of the New Jersey school district where a 14-year-old freshman died by suicide 48 hours after video of bullying surfaced online has resigned, a day after funeral services were held for teenager. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

Four students have been charged in connection with an attack inside a New Jersey high school hallway that took place just days before the victim in that incident, a 14-year-old girl, took her own life.

Four students have been charged in connection with an attack inside a New Jersey high school hallway that took place just days before the victim in that incident, a 14-year-old girl, took her own life.