On Thursday, eighth-graders bound for New York City public high schools received their admission offers. Listeners call in to debrief.
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The Adams administration has made budget cuts that are affecting the number of available seats in 3K and pre-k. Jessica Gould , WNYC/Gothamist reporter, talks about where the cuts leave the progr...
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Coming up on today's show: CHRISTIAN PAZ, senior politics reporter for Vox, offers analysis of California's Senate primary, where Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican (and former LA Dodgers star) Stev...
On the final day of the Presidents' Week mid-winter recess, teachers call in to tell us how they’re doing this year.
Many public school students attempting to log on to the first remote snow day in New York City were greeted with error messages on Tuesday, as families were told to keep trying because the system...
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On today's show: House Republicans have begun the process to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border policy. JACQUELINE ALEMANY, Congressional investigations report...
Celebrated horror novelist TANANARIVE DUE has a personal connection to the now-infamous Dozier School for Boys in Florida. Her great-uncle died at the school in the 1930s under suspicious circums...
Corinne Adams’ son Charlie came home from school with notes from his teacher saying he was doing great in reading. But during the pandemic, Adams had to give him a reading test at home, and she...
Coming up on today's show: NYC Schools Chancellor DAVID BANKS talks about the start of the new school year, including the integration of migrant families, class-size limits, and the new empha...
It's the first day of school for public school students in NYC. WNYC/Gothamist reporter Jessica Gould and Chalkbeat New York reporter Michael Elsen-Rooney talk about how the City is handling re...
Coming up on today's show: DANIEL GRIFFIN, MD, PhD, infectious disease physician with a PhD in molecular medicine, researcher at Columbia, Optum chief of the division of Infectious Disease, presi...
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New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin talks about the priorities of his office and some recent issues, including parental notification and mental health interventions.
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New Jersey has some of the most segregated schools in the nation . A 2017 report by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA found the state's schools were the sixth most segregated for Black students, ...
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The fourth-graders at Claremont Elementary School in Franklin Township, New Jersey already know many of the basic building blocks of a good neighborhood. Days before the end of the school year in...
Coming up on today's show: RITA JOSEPH, New York City Councilmember (District 40) and chair of the Council Education Committee, talks about education funding as the City's budget deadline approac...
This week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a slate of bills targeting what teachers can -- or cannot -- teach in school. Sommer Brugal , K-12 education reporter for the Miami Herald, report...
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Many school districts across the country choose to represent themselves using mascots that dehumanize native cultures and derive pride from harmful stereotypes about them. ON TODAY'S SHOW: JOHN...
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Tune in Thursday, June 15 at 8 p.m. on WNYC to hear the announcement of this year's winner(s). THE LEHRER PRIZE recognizes a standout idea, individual, or organization that has contributed me...
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Black studies is not about inclusion. It’s about disruption – which is why some fear it. Black studies is under partisan attack, not only in Florida but around the country. With the effor...
Coming up on today's show: ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, U.S. Representative (D, NY-13), responds to the State of the Union address and the news from the Capitol and his district. STUART SELBER, a profess...
Coming up on today's show: NANCY SOLOMON, WNYC reporter and editor, host of the Ask Governor Murphy monthly call-in show and the podcast Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery, talks ab...
WNYC/Gothamist senior political reporter BRIGID BERGIN hosts a conversation about how parents' politics are shaped around their kids' futures. Rep. Tom Malinowski On Schools, Parents And The D...
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State education policymakers have approved new regulations requiring New York’s private schools give students a robust education, as allegations mount that some Hasidic yeshivas did not teach b...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. LONG-TERM LOSS OF SMELL FROM COVID (First) | STATE SEN. JOHN LIU ON SMALLER CLASSES AND THE EDUCATION BUDGET (Starts at 3...
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"Parents’ rights" and "parent choice" are slogans the GOP has used to whip supporters into a frenzy, arguing parents should have sizable input, if not control, over what their kids learn. But o...
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On today's show: SARA KILEY WATSON, PopSci's news editor who leads their sustainability coverage, talks about the impact of the lawsuit filed against KLM Airlines over its "Fly Responsibly" ad ca...
The series ends with a final test for the Jaguars at the city championship. After the final point has been scored, members of the team try to assess their success. And what about the success of t...
What does it mean to lead a team in an anti-racist way? After getting strong feedback from Mariah and other players, Coach Mike Salak decides to change his tactics. But as the girls volleyball pr...
Mariah Morgan, a junior at Park Slope Collegiate and setter on the girls varsity volleyball team, was an early proponent of the merger – she helped lobby for it as a member of the Campus Counci...
In one large school building in Park Slope, Brooklyn, there are four high schools with different demographics. Alana Casanova-Burgess , host of WNYC and Futuro Studio's La Brega and host of Keepi...
As the New York State legislative session ends, several education-related changes are making waves. Jessica Gould , WNYC reporter, reports on bills about class size, parental involvement and more...
The Department of Education announced an expansion to the city schools' gifted and talented program. Chalkbeat New York reporter Christina Veiga explains how it will work , what critics are say...
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Today's show: SUSAN GLASSER, staff writer for The New Yorker, CNN global affairs analyst and co-author, with Peter Baker, of The Man Who Ran Washington: the Life and Times of Jim Baker III (Doubl...
Michael Elsen-Rooney , education reporter for the New York Daily News, discusses the latest news in NYC schools including mask mandates, graduation rates, and more. Plus, we hear calls from #P...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy says thanks to a drop in COVID cases, he's ending the statewide mask mandate for schools and childcare facilities next month, although individual school districts ...
Of the many political battles that followed us into the new year, schools remain one of the most prominent. It's become increasingly evident, however, that parents (not their kids) sit at the tru...
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An old threat has returned to classrooms across the country — and it’s made of pages and ink. On this week’s On the Media, hear what it means to ban a book, and who has the right to choose ...
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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. DYSLEXIA 101 (First) | WHY NOT TO CATCH OMICRON FOR THE IMMUNITY (Starts at 31:19) | NYC'S GAMBIAN COMMUNITY LEADS BRON...
Jessica Gould , WNYC and Gothamist reporter, and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky , data reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about the hectic start to 2022 in NYC public schools, from changing testi...
Coming up on today's show: JESSICA GOULD, education reporter for WNYC, and JACLYN JEFFREY-WILENSKY, data reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talk about 2022's chaotic schoolyear start, from changin...
DAVID BANKS , incoming NYC Schools Chancellor and current president and CEO of The Eagle Academy Foundation, talks about his approach to education and the opportunity presented by being selected ...
New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams has made his first big administration announcement: David C. Banks will become chancellor of the city’s public school system. Adams will formally introd...
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Since November 2nd, there has been a rush by commentators and columnists to unpack what happened on Election Day 2021. For some, "critical race theory" appeared to be a successful rallying cry f...
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On today's show: DANIEL GRIFFIN, MD, PhD, infectious disease clinician and researcher at Columbia, ProHEALTH chief of the division of Infectious Disease, senior fellow for Infectious Disease at U...
WNYC reporter Jessica Gould discusses the city’s rollout of DESSA, a mental and emotional health test, as students settle back into school after pandemic isolation.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/screening-city-students-mental-health/
WNYC's Brigid Bergin and Morning Edition host Michael Hill talk about what to watch for as we head towards the start of general election voting in NY and NJ on Saturday.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/there-are-more-early-voting-sites-nyc-including-dozens-schools/
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners about this week in NYC, including COVID safety and he DOI report. He is joined by Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter to talk abou...
Jay Caspian Kang , opinion writer for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine and the author of the forthcoming The Loneliest Americans (Crown, 2021), talks about how he thinks Asian...
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The COVID vaccine mandate for all New York City public school staff is now in effect. Mayor de Blasio says 95 percent of all public school staff have now had at least one dose of the vaccine. Th...
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including that over 90% of DOE employees are meeting today's vaccine mandate deadline; the situatio...