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Your Child’s Birth Month Matters: NYC Students Born in November and December Are Classified With Learning Disabilities at Higher Rates

Education

Your Child’s Birth Month Matters: NYC Students Born in November and December Are Classified With Learning Disabilities at Higher Rates

Denise Clay, a Brooklyn parent, is homeschooling her 4- and 6-year-old sons who have December and September birthdays, respectively. PHOTO CREDIT: Amy Zimmer/Chalkbeat.By Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/04/your-childs-birth-month-matters-nyc-students-born-in-november-and-december-are-classified-with-learning-disabilities-at-higher-rates/] Brooklyn mom Ellen Baxt worried that her still-napping 4-year-old daughter wasn’t ready
Facing Low Enrollment, Achievement First Shuts a Crown Heights Elementary School

Announcements

Facing Low Enrollment, Achievement First Shuts a Crown Heights Elementary School

Parents pleaded with Achievement First officials to keep their Voyager elementary campus open. PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Barnum/ChalkbeatBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/31/facing-low-enrollment-achievement-first-shuts-a-crown-heights-elementary-school/] The Achievement First charter network is shuttering a Crown Heights elementary school, saying it is simply too under-enrolled to be
NYC Spends A Record $28K Per Student, But The State Is Footing A Smaller Portion Of That Bill

Education

NYC Spends A Record $28K Per Student, But The State Is Footing A Smaller Portion Of That Bill

Spring Creek Educational Campus. Nigel Roberts/BklynerOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/27/nyc-spends-a-record-28k-per-student-but-the-state-is-footing-less-of-that-bill/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on January 27, 2020 Gov. Andrew Cuomo has touted the state’s record-high spending on education during
After Years of Parent Advocacy, NYC is Piloting Dyslexia Screening Tool at Two Brooklyn Schools

Central Brooklyn

After Years of Parent Advocacy, NYC is Piloting Dyslexia Screening Tool at Two Brooklyn Schools

Imagine Mural at PS130. Bklyner fileOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/10/after-years-of-parent-advocacy-nyc-is-piloting-dyslexia-screening-tool-at-two-brooklyn-schools/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Yoav Gonen, THE CITY on January 10, 2020 This is part of an ongoing collaborative series between Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.
Letter To The Editor: Here’s Why Urban Dove Needs To Find A Different Location

Education

Letter To The Editor: Here’s Why Urban Dove Needs To Find A Different Location

East 21st Street in Midwood. Liena Zagare/BklynerIn response to our articles about Urban Dove charter school renting school space [/you-dont-belong-here-charter-schools-move-to-midwood-splits-jewish-community/] from the East Midwood Jewish Center, and the controversy that has caused [/hasidic-neighbors-protest-emjc-rabbis-installation-over-charter-school-controversy/] in the immediate neighborhood, we have received a letter to the editor from Laurie Mermelstein. Mermelstein
After a Wave of Anti-Semitic Violence, NYC Schools Plans Curriculum to Combat Hate

Borough Park

After a Wave of Anti-Semitic Violence, NYC Schools Plans Curriculum to Combat Hate

First Lady McCray and Chancellor Richard Carranza visit Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn for a discussion on anti-Semitism and hate crime prevention on Friday, January 3, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/03/after-a-wave-of-anti-semitic-violence-nyc-schools-plans-curriculum-to-combat-hate/?utm_source=republish&
Same Classroom, Different Salaries: Special Education Pre-K Teachers Earn Dramatically Less than Their General Education Co-teachers

Bensonhurst

Same Classroom, Different Salaries: Special Education Pre-K Teachers Earn Dramatically Less than Their General Education Co-teachers

Classroom 12 at HeartShare Taranto in Brooklyn relies on a rotating mix of substitute teachers and other staffers ever since the special education teacher left for a higher-paying job at the education department. Christina Veiga/ChalkbeatOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/02/same-classroom-different-salaries-special-education-pre-k-teachers-earn-dramatically-less-than-than-their-general-education-co-teachers/?utm_
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