Schools Are Required to Offer Free Period Products. Where Are They?
A lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education alleges that not providing free products amounts to ...
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Middle School Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Possessing ‘Hundreds of Images and Videos’ of Child Sex Abuse
New York City middle school teacher Ross Lanvin was arrested for allegedly possessing ‘hundreds of images and videos’ of ...
Middletown, New Jersey, parents blindsided by plans to close, consolidate schools
Plans to close and consolidate schools in Middletown, New Jersey, have angered parents and students who feel blindsided by ...
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Almost 10 years later, NYC remains in ‘flagrant’ violation of school menstrual products law: lawsuit
New York City’s Education Department has consistently failed to comply with a nearly decade-old law mandating free menstrual ...
NYC public schools boss says mammoth $41.2B budget ask still isn’t enough — wants ‘hundreds of millions’ more
The Department of Education’s mammoth $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is a whopping third of the entire city’s — but ...
300K NYC public school students — nearly 35% — ‘chronically absent’ as grades plummet, spending surges
More than one-third of New York City public schoolkids — or some 300,000 students — were “chronically absent” last year, according to a blockbuster study out Thursday. The bombshell findings come as ...
When is spring break for NYC students? Public and Catholic schools have off on different dates
Spring breaks for Catholic and public schools mark the last time that both groups of students will have a long holiday recess ...
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AWOL kids puts them at risk: NYC public school absenteeism is too high
Too many New York City public school kids are missing too much school and that’s a very big problem. So why, then, is hardly anyone sounding the alarm bells? During COVID we saw that in order to ...