The pandemic is essentially over, right? For some, yes. For others, not so much. It was only June when unvaccinated Canadians were finally allowed to leave the country, for reasons unclear to anyone. The vaccine doesn't prevent transmission, so.
The Department of Education is reassigning roughly 1,000 staff members and $100 million in related resources from its Central Division and Borough-Citywide Offices to further assist schools and invest the resources they need.
Schools Chancellor David Banks unveiled a multi-agency initiative last week that seeks to strengthen bilingual education, consolidate enrollment and offer families supplies and transportation.
A report provided to POLITICO by the New York Equity Coalition found the state graduation rate has been on the rise since 2016, but said those numbers may be inflated by exemptions and flexibility granted during the pandemic.