The students had all recently failed the English Language Arts Regents exam, according to families and staff.
‘There have been unacceptable incidents of antisemitism in our schools,’ Banks told members of Congress. But he also defended the record of the nation’s largest school system.
Students presented their ideas for dealing with the teen mental health crisis, bias toward immigrants, and rats at a youth version of the famous Aspen Ideas Festival.
The announcement set off alarm bells for school integration advocates, who worry it could roll back progress diversifying several high-demand schools.
Banks previews the message he plans to take to Congress for a hearing on responses to antisemitism in school.
As NYC students figure out college plans, many are scrutinizing how administrators respond to campus activism.
By far, this marks the city’s largest commitment to date to replace the dwindling pandemic aid.
Black and Hispanic students have historically had far less access to sports. The situation has led one school’s dean to file a federal civil rights complaint.
Schools are supposed to give parents of students in temporary housing free MetroCards each month. But problems with distributing them are leading to absences and fare evasion tickets.
The city school system, like districts across the country, has dealt with a surge in tensions following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of the Gaza strip.