Melissa Aviles-Ramos taking over as NYC schools chancellor, Eric Adams announces
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that Melissa Aviles Ramos, vice chair of the city's Board of Education, will succeed retiring David Banks as chair of the board. Aviles Ramos, vice chancellor for family and community engagement and external relations, will assume the role at the end of the year, when Banks is […]
Newsom signs bill requiring schools to restrict cellphone use in California schools
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California to ban smartphones in public schools
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill, along with many others, into law, meaning school districts across the state will be forced to limit or ban cell phone use in public schools. This bill: AB3216The bill was authored by Republican Rep. Josh Huber and approved in a bipartisan vote. The bill states that schools “must […]
New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks to step down amid federal investigations
New York City Superintendent of Education David Banks, the head of the nation's largest education system, offered to resign at the end of the year on Tuesday. Banks' decision to resign came after federal agents seized his cellphone and other devices earlier this month. Associated Press Other New York City officials also reportedly Subject to […]
Newsom Signs Bill Restricting Smartphones in Schools
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill on Monday that “requires all school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education to adopt policies limiting or banning smartphone use by July 1, 2026.” This law: AB3216The bill, known as the “No Phone Schools” bill, would expand existing laws that give local school officials the […]
Democrats Want ‘Climate Literacy’ In Schools As Actual Literacy Slips
Democrats have been pushing to increase “literacy” regarding climate change-related materials in American schools, yet students' actual literacy performance is poor. Party Education Platform “Climate literacy” has been submitted to elementary, middle, and high school students in the United States on multiple occasions, emphasizing the need for students to be able to understand and interpret […]
NYPD investigating after men seen masturbating near schools
This week on the Upper West Side, parents are holding on to their kids a little tighter after two men were recently spotted masturbating outside two schools. Administrators at Central Park Montessori, a preschool and preschool program on West 91st Street, sent a notice to parents on Wednesday about a disturbing incident that occurred the […]
Growing number of NYC students feel unsafe as gang activity, bullying uptick in schools: survey
While Chancellor David Banks spoke of a bright future for New York's public schools this week, surveys of the city's students paint a darker picture: More students are reporting being bullied, feeling unhappy and at risk. In a city education bureau poll of 355,105 elementary, middle and high school students conducted this spring, 51% said […]
Chicago schools reportedly instructed teachers to give migrants passing grades regardless of performance
A new report says Chicago Public Schools teachers were told by school officials to give immigrant students passing grades and promote them to the next grade “even if they showed serious academic deficiencies.” WGN News The paper reported that “several” teachers from various schools in the district had contacted them and exposed the disturbing trend. […]
Embattled NYC schools chief David Banks recites Nelson Mandela’s favorite poem
The city's embattled superintendent of education delivered a thin speech in his annual address on Tuesday that offered no metrics on student achievement, before bizarrely having the audience recite a poem that Nelson Mandela “recited every day during his incarceration.” The famous poem “Invictus,” written by English poet William Ernest Henley in 1875, includes lines […]