In an open letter to Mayor Eric Adams, UFT President Michael Mulgrew wrote, "Rather than support teachers as they help tens of thousands of immigrant children, you have made their jobs more difficult." https://t.co/K2iUPupE7f
In a statement circulated not by the DOE but by a public relations firm, Schools Chancellor David Banks says the mayor made the decision to speed u Banks' departure:
Schools Chancellor David Banks acknowledged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized his cell phones last week — one of several raids conducted by the FBI at the homes of officials in the Adams administration.
“The FBI did, in fact, come to my home, and they took my phones. I can't speak about what anybody else has done or any other aspects of the investigation,” Banks said on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show Thursday morning.
“I have been told by my lawyers that I’m absolutely not a target in this investigation, and I’m going to do everything I can to cooperate with the investigation. Outside of that, it would be inappropriate for me to speak about any of the additional details beyond that. But they did come to my home. They did take my phones. They did not search my home, and that was about it,” Banks said.
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A testy @DOEChancellor avoids questions about the FBI raid at the home he shares with his fiancé Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and the raid at the home of his brother Deputy Mayor Phil Banks - but says "if there's any other comments...it'll be happening tomorrow"
New: NYC DOE gave teachers strict guidelines to implement the Illustrative Math curriculum coming to high schools and middle schools citywide this fall -- leaving them with virtually zero flexibility.
The guidelines include a list of "DON'Ts" and "NEVER do"s.
NEW: Queens superintendent reveals Algebra 1 Regents scores dropped 14% at schools that piloted the hated Illustrative Math curriculum.
"We saw a decline across the city," she told parents.
NYC DOE has refused to divulge the results.
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A trend that, if it continues, would dramatically reshape NYC's school system. Here are @NYC_SCA's most recent school enrollment projections, which predict a PreK-12 population of 662,000 in 2032 -- a drop of 230,000 students in 10 years.
The city Department of Education’s draft class-size implementation plan for the coming school year, which it released in May, includes $182 million for schools to reduce class sizes for the coming school year. This is good news. https://t.co/uKh9V4xVMs
.@DOEChancellor says he's "tired" of the debate about segregation in specialized high schools. "It’s not a place and space that the mayor and I decided we wanted to lean into. That is why we have tried to build out other new, academically rigorous programs."
.@DOEChancellor announces 75% of seats at ElRo, NYC Lab, Baruch, Museum School, Millennium, Clinton will be reserved for Manhattan students starting this admissions cycle.
N.Y.C. Rent Board Sets Increases of 2.75% for One-Year Leases. Mayor Eric Adams defended the increases while Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, criticized them: "This will exacerbate our city’s existing crises of rising homelessness and evictions." https://t.co/5WbVhhbN2X