2019 News clips
NY education issues to watch in 2020 legislative session
By Rachel Silberstein, Times Union
December 30, 2019
Big Tech and public schools are spying on your children
By Adam Sullivan, The Gazette
December 19, 2019
Democratic presidential hopefuls are promising to ramp up funding for public schools
By David S. Knight, The Conversation
December 18, 2019
Schools Monitor Kids with Vape, Sound Detectors and Now Facial Recognition
By Rachel Silberstein, Times Union
December 17, 2019
Which Brooklyn PTAs Raised the Most Money Last School Year?
By Meaghan McGoldrick, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
December 10, 2019
Budget Deficit or Not, Teacher Unions Prod State: Pay Up on School Funding
By Crystal Lewis, The Chief
December 9, 2019
Clear Backpacks, Monitored Emails: Life for US Students Under Constant Surveillance
By Lois Beckett, The Guardian
December 2, 2019
Livingston Public Schools Hacked With Ransomware, Classes Delayed
By Reena Roy, and Scott Rapoport
November 25, 2019
College Board Student Search Program Under Fire For Selling Prospective Students’ Information
By Camille G. Caldera, Harvard Crimson
November 15, 2019
Colleges Accused Of Buying Student Information Just To Boost Their Own Admission Rankings
By Ali Bauman, CBS New York
November 13, 2019
Student Data, Privacy, and the Internet Age
By Disability Inc., A Podcast from INCLUDEnyc
November 12, 2019
For Sale: SAT-Takers’ Names, Colleges Buy Student Data and Boost Exclusivity
By Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal
November 5, 2019
School apps track students from the classroom to the bathroom, and parents are struggling to keep up
By Heather Kelly, Washington Post
October 29, 2019
CPS Strike: Chicago Teachers Union wants class size caps. Are smaller classes worth the cost to taxpayers?
By Kim Geiger, Chicago Tribune
October 22, 2019
NYC to open 20 new schools, overhaul 20 more with new design competition
By Michael Elsen-Rooney, New York Daily News
October 3, 2019
FERPA Compliance in the Digital Age: What K-12 Schools Need to Know
By Erin Cunningham, EdTech Magazine
September 26, 2019
Bill de Blasio suddenly changes tune on testing for elite high schools
By Julia Marsh and Selim Algar, New York Post
September 25, 2019
Is New York state about to gut its student data privacy law?
By Valerie Strauss & Leonie Haimson, Washington Post
September 11, 2019
Not enough fun and games in gym
By David Russell, Queens Chronicle
August 29, 2019
Addition, no subtraction, of seats
By Victoria Zunitch, Queens Chronicle
August 29, 2019
Comité recomienda acabar con programas para niños superdotados en escuelas
By Edwin Martinez, El Diario New York
August 27, 2019
Parents of NYC students can now remove addresses from charter school recruitment mailing lists
By Michael Elsen-Rooney, New York Daily News
August 27, 2019
Gentrification Leading to Overcrowding DPS Classrooms
By Michael Roberts, Westword
August 19, 2019
Salaries ‘gone wild’: Carranza cronies pocket pay hikes as high as 35%
By Susan Edelman, New York Post
August 17, 2019
Over 900 city classrooms tested positive for exposed lead paint
By Selim Algar, Khristina Narizhnaya and Bruce Golding, New York Post
August 1, 2019
Out of 7,000 Potential NYC School Sites, Special Task Force Says Only 2 are Viable
By Alexandra Alexa, 6sqft
July 30, 2019
New York City Is Hunting for School Space
By Leslie Brody, Wall Street Journal
July 29, 2019
NYC advocates say school construction plans fall short
By Michael Elsen-Rooney, New York Daily News
July 29, 2019
Advocates Say NYC’s $8.8 Billion Plan to Address School Overcrowding Isn’t Focused on the Right Fix
By Jacqui Neber, NYMetroParents
July 26, 2019
School-fundraising portal vanishes — along with cash
By Micaela Macagnone, The Villager
July 23, 2019
Struggling with Overcrowded Schools and Large Class Sizes, City Advances $8.8 Billion Plan
By Samantha Handler, Gotham Gazette
July 16, 2019
NYC Families and Elected Officials Rally for Smaller Classes at City Hall
By Erin DeGregorio, The Red Hook Star Revue
July 1, 2019
Queens public schools continue to battle overcrowding as city expands campuses boroughwide
By Carlotta Mohamed, QNS
June 18, 2019
Ants in an ant farm’ — Queens schools contend with chronic overcrowding
By Phineas Rueckert, Queens Daily Eagle
June 17, 2019
Report: City urged to reduce class sizes in public schools
By Annalise Knudson, Staten Island Live
June 12, 2019
‘Neither equitable nor excellent’: Advocates rally to demand de Blasio prioritize overcrowding
By Zipporah Osei, Chalkbeat
June 12, 2019
Citizen Rally Requests Pushing Small Classes
By Epoch Special Correspondent Yuting in New York, Epoch Times
June 12, 2019
New York City urges City Council to promote small class teaching
By Yu Ting and Tang Cheng, New Tang Dynasty Television
June 12, 2019
See Which NYC Schools Eat Lunch Before 10 a.m.
By David Brand, City Limits
June 11, 2019
Education Dept. Finds Privacy Violation in Charter Network’s Discussion of Student
By Mark Walsh, EdWeek
June 5, 2019
Charter school honcho Eva Moskowitz leaked student’s disciplinary record after his mom criticized repeated suspensions, federal investigators find
By Stephen Rex Brown, New York Daily News
June 4, 2019
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, an Elementary School Overcomes City Efforts to Close It
By Paola Pérez, New York Times Student Journalism Institute
May 30, 2019
P.S. 25, A Brooklyn Elementary School with Just 82 Students, Will Remain Open
By Jacqui Neber, New York Metro Parents
May 17, 2019
Lower class size and school integration go hand in hand
By Shino Tanikawa and Leonie Haimson, New York Daily News
May 17, 2019
The Little School That Could: P.S. 25 Eubie Blake Will Remain Open
By Megan McGibney, Bklyner
May 16, 2019
NYC reverses plan to close P.S. 25, a Brooklyn elementary school with just 82 students
By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat
May 16, 2019
Success Academy released psychologists’ notes about a former student. Now, the family has filed a federal complaint.
By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat
May 9, 2019
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion
By Nellie Bowles, New York Times
April 21, 2019
On Jails and Schools, De Blasio Admin Faces Questions About Closed Meetings
By Jarrett Murphy, City Limis
April 4, 2019
Some Parents Worry More Pre-K May Mean Less Space for Everyone Else
By Jessica Gould, WNYC
April 3, 2019
Overcrowding in NYC Public Schools: A Growing Problem
By Edwin Martinez, Translation by Casiano, Voices of NY
March 28, 2019
Denuncian alza de hacinamiento en salones de escuelas públicas de NYC
By Edwin Martinez, El Diaro
March 28, 2019
Queens councilman poses new local high school as remedy for ‘fundamentally wrong’ enrollment system
By Max Parrott, QNS
March 25, 2019
Mayoral-Control Hearing Sparks Divergent Views
By Crystal Lewis, The Chief
March 25, 2019
University pre-K expansion threatens critical partnership, school directors say
By Paul Stremple, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
March 21, 2019
Parents Advocate for More Democratic Community Education Councils
By Megan McGibney, BKLYNER
March 19, 2019
AOC has some advice for parents
By Liza Featherstone & Jessica Blatt, Jacobin
March 19, 2019
De Blasio’s School Control Faces New Questions From Albany Democrats
By Ross Barkan, Gothamist
March 14, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez, Local Pols To Talk Public Schools At Queens Event
By Maya Kaufman, Patch
March 14, 2019
Senate Bill Proposes Smaller Class Sizes for High Poverty School Districts
By Meghan Sackman, Next City
March 14, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez, Local Electeds to Discuss Public Schools at Town Hall Meeting in Jackson Heights Saturday
By Meghan Sackman, Jackson Heights Post
March 4, 2019
Kansas City Data-Sharing Effort Showcases Ballmer Group’s Strategy
By Benjamin Harold, Education Week
March 4, 2019
Another School Reform Failure: When Will We Ever Learn?
De Blasio cancels embattled, high-cost Renewal school program
Parents say city’s new admissions plans will hurt boys more than girls
Selim Algar, New York Post
February 18, 2019
What Amazon Infiltrating America’s School System Might Look Like
Ankita Rao, Vice
February 8, 2019
Black, Hispanic students still struggling despite rising graduation rates
Susan Edelman, New York Post
February 2, 2019
‘It Is a Disgrace That Our Public Schools Are So Poorly Funded’: CounterSpin interview with Kent Wong on LA teachers strike
Janine Jackson, FAIR
January 25, 2019
Why 30,000 Los Angeles teachers are ready to strike over huge class sizes
Valerie Strauss & Leonie Haimson, The Washington Post
January 10, 2019
