Newsclips
NEWSCLIPS 2019-2021
The conflict over conflicts of interest
By Tim Schwab, Columbia Journalism Review
August 18, 2021
Some city schools to ditch 3-foot guidance
By Max Parrott, Queens Chronicle
August 12, 2021
July 30, 2021
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January 3, 2021
Trump Executive Order on Private School Vouchers Denounced as ‘Last-Ditch Effort to Claim Victory’ in War on Public Education
By Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams
December 29, 2020
NYC’s $890M school bus deal lets de Blasio donor avoid pension debt: experts
By Susan Edelman, NY Post
December 12, 2020
Principals union chief says City Hall oversold full-time learning return
By Selim Algar, NY Post
December 10, 2020
NYC officials to ‘assess’ public school students to close ‘COVID-19 gap’
By Natalie Musumeci and Nolan Hicks, NY Post
December 10, 2020
De Blasio advierte que escuelas podrían cerrar el lunes por aumento del COVID-19 en NYC
By Edwin Martinez, El Diario
November 13, 2020
DOE set to quietly ink $900M bus contract
By Nolan Hicks, Susan Edelman, and Selim Algar, NY Post
November 12, 2020
Advocates worry how NYC will safeguard student data in the remote school era
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat
November 11, 2020
Amid Rising COVID Cases and Concerns About Instruction, NYC Parents Face Deadline for Returning Students to In-Person Learning
By Zoë Kirsch, The 74
November 11, 2020
How big (or small) are classes this year? NYC advocates want online and in-person breakdown
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat
October 23, 2020
De Blasio scandal donor lands school bus company bailout amid NYC cash crunch
By Selim Algar, Julia Marsh, and Nolan Hicks, New York Post
October 13, 2020
New York City Partially Compensates School Bus Companies for COVID-19 Shutdown
By Ruth Newton, School Transportation News
October 6, 2020
Francis Lewis Reopens Building for the Fall Semester
By Tony Wu, Francis Lewis News
October 5, 2020
NYC to pay school bus companies $106M for COVID-19 idling
By Susan Edelman, New York Post
October 3, 2020
Overwhelmed Teachers And Overcrowded Virtual Classes: Some Parents Say Remote Learning Is Failing Their Kids
By David Cruz, Gothamist
September 28, 2020
Amid Distance Learning Boom, Ed Tech Companies Profit From Lax Privacy Oversight
By Katya Schwenk, The Indypendent
September 26, 2020
State of Our Schools: Leonie Haimson
By News 12 Bronx Staff, News 12 Bronx
September 24, 2020
Zoom classes can have SEVENTY New York Public School students at a time, under new DOE rule
By Matthew Wright, Daily Mail
September 23, 2020
New York’s Online Class Sizes Could Reach Nearly 70 Students
By Lee Hawkins, Wall Street Journal
September 22, 2020
In-person learning begins for some NYC public school students
By Fox 5 NY Staff, Fox 5 NY
September 20, 2020
Remote classes swelling to ‘unconscionable’ sizes at NYC schools
By Susan Edelman, New York Post
September 19, 2020
Cuomo’s Choice: Tax the Rich or Starve the Schools
By Ross Barkan, The Nation
September 17, 2020
Carranza expands his DOE staff despite looming teacher shortage, layoffs
By Susan Edelman, New York Post
August 29, 2020
Community gardens could play key role in NYC’s outdoor learning plan — if the city lets them
By David Brand, Queens Daily Eagle
August 26, 2020
NYC mayor said 700,000 students are ready to come back to school this fall. Really?
By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
August 12, 2020
Exclusive: NYC Teachers Union Launches Its Own Investigation of School Building Air Quality Amid COVID Threat, UFT President Says
By Zoe Kirsch, The 74 Million
August 5, 2020
NYC Teachers and Parents Are Questioning a Return to School
By Katya Schwenk, Indypendent
August 3, 2020
Two Keys to Solving the City’s School Crisis
By Felicia Kalan, Gotham Gazette
July 31, 2020
NYC Ombudsman proposes to delay opening of schools until October and start only with young children
By Edwin Martinez, El Diario
July 27, 2020
Calls grow louder to use NYC streets for outdoor learning this school year
By Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat
July 24, 2020
The scramble for Edtech–just another data mining operation?
By Andrew Wood, DiEM25
July 23, 2020
Sacrificing the vulnerable: Politicians’ draconian response to New York City economic crisis
By Melissa Miccio, Freedom Socialist Party
July 21, 2020
Students in Crowded Schools Will get Less In-Person Instruction This Fall
By Jillian Jorgensen, Spectrum News NY1
July 10, 2020
School every three days? That could be the new reality of in-person learning in NYC
By Ashleigh Garrison, Chalkbeat
June 26, 2020
Regents to name task force on reopening schools, Rosa says
By Gary Stern, The Evening Tribune
May 27, 2020
Carranza’s claim he can’t cut $34B budget is a lie, advocates say
By Susan Edelman, NY Post
May 16, 2020
To Reopen Schools, The Mayor Needs Smaller Classes — Here’s $570 Million in Potential Department of Education Savings to Get Him Started
By Leonie Haimson, Gotham Gazette
May 12, 2020
‘A Dangerous Idea:’ Public School Advocates Denounce Cuomo-Gates Plan Seizing on Pandemic to ‘Reimagine’ New York’s Education System
By Julia Conley, Common Dreams
May 6, 2020
Cuomo questions why school buildings still exist — and says New York will work with Bill Gates to ‘reimagine education’
By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
May 6, 2020
Cuomo Wants To “Reimagine Education” With Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation
By Sophia Chang, Gothamist
May 5, 2020
Coronavirus-style remote learning could replace old model of education, Cuomo says
By Selim Algar and Carl Campanile, NY Post
May 5, 2020
Cuomo Taps Gates Foundation to Help New York ‘Revolutionize’ Education After Coronavirus
By Lauren Camera, US News and World Report
May 5, 2020
Consider human costs in economic reopenings, Cuomo urges
By Marina Villeneuve and Michael Hill, ABC News
May 5, 2020
New York State Teams With Gates Foundation to “Reimagine Education’ Amid Pandemic
By Evie Blad, Education Week
May 5, 2020
Parents, Teachers, Electeds Blast The Proposed $800M Cuts To Schools, Suggest Trimming Bureaucracy Instead
By Liena Zagare, Bklyner
April 27, 2020
Council members call for NYPD hiring freeze instead of education cuts
By Selim Algar, New York Post
April 27, 2020
NYC should pass all students amid coronavirus shutdown, advocates demand
By Susan Edelman, NY Post
April 25, 2020
City DOE postpones vote on millions in vendor contracts
By Susan Edelman and Kate Sheehy, New York Post
April 19, 2020
Cash-strapped NYC set to pour $700M ‘down the drain’ on idle school buses
By Susan Edelman, New York Post
April 18, 2020
Cuomo undercuts de Blasio’s efforts to close schools until fall
By Sally Goldenberg and Anna Gronewold, Politico
April 11, 2020
New York City Bans Zoom as Privacy Concerns Mount
By Mark Lieberman, Education Week
April 6, 2020
Coronavirus in NY: City spending $5.9 million a day for idled school buses
By Susan Edelman and Melanie Gray, New York Post
April 4, 2020
K-12 education moves to online across New York with uncertainty, inequity
By Sophie Grosserode and Gary Stern, Lohud
March 19, 2020
Bronx principal publicly shames struggling kids, teachers say
By Susan Edelman, New York Post
March 14, 2020
Advocates, Parents and Educators Push for Smaller Class Sizes
By Jillian Jorgenson, NY1
March 2, 2020
Treyger Holds Hearings on Reducing Class Size in Public School
By Shorefront News
March 1, 2020
Calls for smaller class size grow louder: NYC parents, students and educators say there’s a big need to rein in student seats
By Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat
February 28, 2020
New York City Classrooms are Overcrowded, It’s Time for Elected Leaders to Act
By Leonie Haimson, Gotham Gazette
February 27, 2020
Michael Bloomberg’s Disastrous Public Education Legacy
By Leonie Haimson, Indypendent
February 25, 2020
The 2020 Education Power 100
By City & State NY
February 16, 2020
There’s a math test scheduled for Earth Day. Some NY lawmakers want to change that.
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat
February 13, 2020
Using Amazon Echo, Google Home to Learn: Skill of the Future or Bad Idea?
By Mark Lieberman, EdWeek
February 4, 2020
New Mexico’s Data Privacy Efforts Stall, but There’s an Appetite to Pass Legislation
By Patrick Kulp, AdWeek
January 9, 2020
The Trouble with Student Data Privacy Laws
By Katie Fritchen, Security Boulevard
January 9, 2020
10 Things to Know About California’s New Data Privacy Law
By Mark Lieberman, EdWeek
January 6, 2020
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?
By Martin Levine, Nonprofit Quarterly
February 28, 2019
De Blasio cancels embattled, high-cost Renewal school program
By Selim Algar and Bruce Golding, New York Post
February 27, 2019
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
