Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK - After the Minneapolis School Board voted to sever ties with the city’s police department following George Floyd's death, some advocates are renewing calls for New York City schools to do the same.What You Need To Know:“The same encounters we see on the streets are happening to our children and our babies in our classrooms, we have seen kids as young as five handcuffed by the NYPD in their schools for having a temper tantrum. We do not need police to deal with our children...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK - After the Minneapolis School Board voted to sever ties with the city’s police department following George Floyd's death, some advocates are renewing calls for New York City schools to do the same.What You Need To Know:“The same encounters we see on the streets are happening to our children and our babies in our classrooms, we have seen kids as young as five handcuffed by the NYPD in their schools for having a temper tantrum. We do not need police to deal with our children...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThe Education Department will administer an entrance exam for its gifted and talented programs to four-year-olds this spring -- but it will be the last time.The city’s gifted and talented programs have become a flashpoint in recent years, as Mayor de Blasio has pledged to diversify city classrooms, which are among the nation’s most segregated. Like the controversial specialized high school admissions process, entrance is determined by a single, high-stakes exam -- but in this...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThe Education Department will administer an entrance exam for its gifted and talented programs to four-year-olds this spring -- but it will be the last time.The city’s gifted and talented programs have become a flashpoint in recent years, as Mayor de Blasio has pledged to diversify city classrooms, which are among the nation’s most segregated. Like the controversial specialized high school admissions process, entrance is determined by a single, high-stakes exam -- but in this...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThe city is making significant changes to the middle and high school admission processes due to the coronavirus pandemic — eliminating the use of academic criteria to determine admissions to middle schools this year, but allowing it to continue at high schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Friday. The changes are meant to address complaints the city's admissions policies discriminated against Black and Hispanic students and led to...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHAREThe city is making significant changes to the middle and high school admission processes due to the coronavirus pandemic — eliminating the use of academic criteria to determine admissions to middle schools this year, but allowing it to continue at high schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Friday. The changes are meant to address complaints the city's admissions policies discriminated against Black and Hispanic students and led to...WW…

Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK - Students who opt to return to city schools in-person part time will no longer be guaranteed live instruction on the days they’re learning remotely from home, a last-minute shift aimed at helping alleviate a massive staffing shortage faced by public schools trying to roll out so-called “blended learning.”But the change is likely to frustrate some families. Some students in more crowded schools already will only be able to attend in person once a week. Without live...…Open in Our AppGet the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app.SHARENEW YORK - Students who opt to return to city schools in-person part time will no longer be guaranteed live instruction on the days they’re learning remotely from home, a last-minute shift aimed at helping alleviate a massive staffing shortage faced by public schools trying to roll out so-called “blended learning.”But the change is likely to frustrate some families. Some students in more crowded schools already will only be able to attend in person once a week. Without live...WW…

videos remaining.SHARETwo school staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus on just the second day buildings have been open to teachers.One member of the staff at P.S. 1 and one member of the staff at M.S. 88, both in Brooklyn's School District 15, both tested positive for the virus, the Education Department said.A Test and Trace investigation is underway to determine their close contacts, and staff were given the option to work remotely during that investigation.“School staff have access to free, expedited testing and we’ve encouraged all staff to get tested before they return...…videos remaining.SHARETwo school staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus on just the second day buildings have been open to teachers.One member of the staff at P.S. 1 and one member of the staff at M.S. 88, both in Brooklyn's School District 15, both tested positive for the virus, the Education Department said.A Test and Trace investigation is underway to determine their close contacts, and staff were given the option to work remotely during that investigation.“School staff have access to free, expedited testing and we’ve encouraged all staff to get tested before they return...WW…