Ex-principal accused of abusing 5-year-old autistic student canned from new charter gig as special education coordinator
A special education coordinator who was accused of abusing a 5-year-old autistic student at a Catholic school has been fired from her most recent job at a Bronx charter school following an inquiry by The Washington Post. Mary Ellen Sanchez, the former principal of St. Joseph School in Bronxville, was accused of beating, violent grabbing […]
NYC can’t open any more charter schools, regulator complains
Gov. Kathy Hokul and the state Legislature will come under pressure next year to lift New York City’s charter school caps after New York state education officials on Wednesday allocated the last of 14 “zombie” slots that lawmakers reluctantly approved last year. The SUNY Charter Commission voted to allow the high-performing charter school networks of […]