NYC Planning a School Cellphone Ban for February, Principals Say New York City, the nation’s largest school system, is considering a plan to ban cellphones in its roughly 1,600 schools starting... News 21 Jul 2024 | 04:16
In happier times, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew and Mayor Eric Adams at City Hall after the city reached a new contract agreement with the public school teacher’s union in June. Now the union is suing to halt budget cuts. Photo: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY Teachers Union Sues City to Stop School Budget Cuts New York City’s teachers union is suing Mayor Eric Adams in an attempt to halt nearly $550 million in school budget cuts,... News 29 Dec 2023 | 05:41
Laguardia HS of Music & Art and the Performing Arts, the inspiration for the “Fame” movies and television series, is searching for a new principal again as its incumbent who took over in 2019 said she is leaving on March 2. Photo: Christina Veiga / Chalkbeat “Fame” Is Fleeting: Principal of Laguardia H.S. Steps Down Suddenly Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos, principal of Manhattan’s famed LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts, is leaving... News 20 Feb 2023 | 11:00
