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Sackets Harbor Central School District Superintendent Jennifer Gaffney poses with first-grade students during a school parade on May 16, 2025.
Sackets Harbor Central School District Superintendent Jennifer Gaffney poses with first-grade students during a school event on May 16, 2025.
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School & District Management Q&A How One District Fought to Get a Family Out of Immigration Detention
Jennifer Gaffney, the superintendent of the Sackets Harbor Central school district in New York, says leaders must do what is right for students.
Ileana Najarro, May 22, 2025
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Chiefs signs and logos are at Massapequa High School in Massapequa, N.Y., on April 25, 2025.
Chiefs signs and logos are at Massapequa High School in Massapequa, N.Y., on April 25, 2025.
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Federal Trump Wades Into DEI Fight Over Native American Mascots in Schools
Scholars and Native American activists have long pushed back on schools’ use of such images.
Brooke Schultz, April 28, 2025
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Hope Benner holds her daughter Liberty Benner, 6, as President Donald Trump speaks at a reception celebrating Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House, March 26, 2025, in Washington.
Hope Benner holds her daughter Liberty Benner, 6, as President Donald Trump speaks at a reception celebrating Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House, March 26, 2025, in Washington.
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Teaching Schools Find New Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month, a time dedicated to remembering the trailblazers who gave all women the right to vote and honoring women's many contributions to U.S. education, science, technology, policy, and more.
Jennifer Vilcarino, March 28, 2025
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Teaching Profession Video ‘It’s Not All Rainbows and Butterflies’: SEL in the Early Grades
A veteran teacher reflects on how the classroom (and the kids) have changed, and on what's needed to fix education.
Jaclyn Borowski & Sam Mallon, March 4, 2025
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Clayton Hubert is an art teacher who wears many hats as an educator, including driving the school bus each morning, as seen here on Jan. 16, 2025, in Lamberton, Minn.
Clayton Hubert, an art teacher, wears many hats as an educator, including driving the school bus some mornings, as seen here on Jan. 16, 2025, in Lamberton, Minn. Many teachers say the expectations of the role have grown far beyond classroom instruction.
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Teaching Profession Teaching in 2025: ‘Every Day Is a Crazy Day. It’s Fine.’
The profession is changing, and it's more challenging than ever. Resilient teachers are adapting. But at what cost?
Sarah D. Sparks, Caitlynn Peetz Stephens & Ileana Najarro, March 4, 2025
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Mathematics New York City's New Curriculum Gets Caught in the 'Math Wars'
An initiative aimed at raising student achievement doesn't give students enough practice with foundational skills, some say.
Sarah Schwartz, February 7, 2025
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.
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Federal Trump Chooses Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary
Kennedy has espoused misinformation around vaccine safety, including pushing a discredited theory that childhood vaccines cause autism.
The Associated Press, November 14, 2024
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Illustration of a silhouette of a person standing on a white path that drops off into a cliff. The other side of the cliff shows a flag on the path where it picks up.
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Student Well-Being & Movement Are Schools Responsible for Students Who Avoid School? A New Lawsuit Says Yes
A class action argues that the New York City schools aren't adequately supporting students with disabilities who are school-avoidant.
Brooke Schultz, October 10, 2024
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5 min read
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Student Well-Being & Movement This District Is Enlisting a Powerful Ally in Preventing Youth Suicide
School nurses are often left out of school district planning on mental health resources. But they can serve as a front line of support.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, October 3, 2024
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Marissa Bateman, a 2nd grade teacher at P.S. 107 in Brooklyn, leads students through a lesson using the Wit and Wisdom reading curriculum on June 11, 2024, in New York City.
Marissa Bateman, a 2nd grade teacher at P.S. 107 in Brooklyn, leads students through a lesson using the Wit & Wisdom reading curriculum on June 11, 2024, in New York City. The Big Apple's reading mandate just entered its second year.
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Reading & Literacy How the Largest School District Is Adjusting to the Science of Reading
Shifting practice in New York City, a balanced literacy stronghold, poses special challenges.
Sarah Schwartz, September 30, 2024
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Reading & Literacy Video Implementing New Reading Materials Is Hard. How This Principal Got Buy-In
A NYC principal explains how she implemented the Wit and Wisdom reading curriculum in her school. The first step was teacher buy-in.
Kaylee Domzalski, September 30, 2024
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David Banks, chancellor of New York Public schools, answers a question during a House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing on antisemitism in K-12 public schools, May 8, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
David Banks, chancellor of New York City public schools, answers a question during a congressional hearing on antisemitism in K-12 public schools on May 8, 2024. Banks is expected to resign amid a federal corruption investigation.
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School & District Management NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks Plans to Resign Amid Federal Investigation
The hand-picked head of the nation’s largest school district is expected to resign amid a federal corruption investigation.
Cayla Bamberger, September 24, 2024
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Law & Courts Court Revives Asian-American Groups' Challenge to New York City Selective Admissions
New York's program has sought to increase representation of Black and Latino students in its selective high schools.
Mark Walsh, September 24, 2024
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5 min read
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Mathematics Video This Basketball Board Game is Getting Students Engaged in Math
By making math a fun, sports-based game, students of all levels are engaging with the subject.
Catriona Ni Aolain, August 15, 2024
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