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Yesterday I sat down with new Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos. Of note: she says she's not looking to further re-org/shake up Tweed, and she's open to adjustments to the new math curriculum, which has run into pushback from some teachers and their union: ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

Here's more about Dan Weisberg, his role shaping policy behind the scenes, and why he may be crucial to keeping Adams' promise of stability as Banks exits: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/1…

Excited to speak with Michael Elsen-Rooney at 6pm on IBO’s latest Education Indicators report — join us on Zoom!

The PEP will vote later this month on a $17m contract with Pearson to digitize the SHSAT starting next year. The PEP chair says he’s currently leaning against it. Nice look at the issue from Julian Shen-Berro chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/1…

Here's our story on this: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/1… I hope NYC Public Schools starts opening these events highlighting important initiatives to the whole NYC education press corps.

As NYC confronts an increasing number of very small schools, the city has quietly picked up the pace of school mergers: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/1…

NEW: What would mass deportations mean for children & schools? We can look to what happened in past & multiply that many times over. Raids have profound emotional & academic effects on kids. “It hurt me for a while,” said one 18yo whose mom was detained chalkbeat.org/2024/10/29/tru…

New you can use from Alex Zimmerman + Amy Zimmer!

My phone froze: CPS confirms ICE showed up the school; school staff turned them away, as they didn’t have a criminal judicial warrant.

A few days after Homeland Security cleared way for immigration authorities to make arrests at schools, agents showed up at Hamline Elem in Chicago's Back of the Yards, a mostly Latino immigrant community that had recently distributed know your rights cards hamlinehawks.org/ourpages/auto/…

.Michael Elsen-Rooney and I spoke with migrant parents who were too afraid to send their kids to school this week, in Trump's first days in office. School communities are doing what they can to reassure them, amid a mountain of uncertainty. thecity.nyc/2025/01/24/mig… via THE CITY

Not to mention, the new outreach efforts he’s touting here are funded by $5m in this year’s budget that expires in June - and that Adams didn’t renew in his prelim budget for next year. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

This oral history on de Blasio's decision to shut down schools during the pandemic really took me back. Jessica Gould's radio feature has a great kicker, too. gothamist.com/news/4-days-in…

Come work with Alex Zimmerman, Amy Zimmer and I covering NYC schools at Chalkbeat! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default… Feel free to reach out if you're interested.

NYC education folks: want to see how many of the 3,700 new teachers the DOE is hiring for next year to reduce class sizes are going to your school? See below:

A Bronx high school student showed up at a routine immigration court date in Manhattan last week. ICE was waiting. Please read this one. Immigration enforcement is an education story: chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

“I look at my reporter’s credentials as a passport to talk to anyone, from the governor on down, and shine a light on corners that don’t usually get looked at.” A brilliant and unfailingly generous and kind colleague. We lost a giant today. RIP Tom journalism.cuny.edu/2025/05/in-mem…

DHS agents just denied me entry to the immigration court on Varick St. I identified myself as a member of the press and said I was there to observe. They still didn't let me in, saying I had "no business" there.

A lesser reporter would’ve given up months ago. Chris has continued to hold power to account, doing everything he can to provide NYers with the information they need in a shrinking NYC media market. City Hall needs to reverse this, instead of doubling down.

WATCH: Mayor Eric Adams banning our reporter in the midst of a press conference is outrageous and an assault on freedom of the press