PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOCUS: City spending on tuition and other supports for special needs students under the rubric of Carter Cases continues to rise rapidly.
]Roughly 150,000 special education students in New York City schools receive speech therapy and other “related services.” Many students are supposed to receive one or more services multiple times a week. With hybrid schedules, how many can receive their services in person?
With a growing number of English language learners and an expanding set of programs to assist them, IBO looked at shifts in placements at 1,512 traditional public schools over the four years from 2014-2015 through 2017-2018.
As of June, the Department of Education had 131,199 full-time employees. More than 119,000 served in jobs under the broad classification of pedagogues, which includes roles such as principals, assistant principals, teachers, and teaching assistants also known as paraprofessionals.
Many of the city’s highest-scoring students will likely attend one of the city’s nine specialized high schools. But many high-scorers—including some offered admission to a specialized high school—will attend other schools.
Nearly 400 public schools with grades 9-12 offer advancement placement courses. Course content is very similar across the schools, but some schools weight student grades, potentially turning a B into an A. With appendix table.
The number of students in grades 6 through 12 suspended for breaking school rules has continued to decline in recent years as the City Council and the de Blasio Administration have fostered policies that promote alternatives to keeping students out of the classroom.
Entries for the 33rd annual Water Resources Art and Poetry Contest are now being accepted. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Department of Design and Construction are undertaking a $31 million infrastructure project to upgrade water mains in Washington Heights.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is now a Continuing Teaching & Leader Education (CTLE) sponsor approved by the New York State Education Department. Trout fishing season begins on reservoirs and streams in NYC watersheds.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) celebrated its 34th Annual Employee Recognition Day. DEP and Trout Unlimited hosted a conference for educators participating in the Trout in the Classroom program.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) participated in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)'s "A Day in the Life of the Hudson & Harbor" educational event for over 300 public school students.
DCA, Consulate General of Mexico, and Citi released a report on the first year of the Ventanilla de Asesoría Financiera (Financial Empowerment Window), outlining the program's origin, design, implementation, successes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Using student-level data, IBO tracked how many students enrolled in the 2019-2020 school year, when Covid-19 first hit, returned in the following (2020-2021) school year.
While there’s been much attention to the de Blasio Administration’s expansion of pre-k and 3-k, after-school programs for elementary and middle school students also have substantially increased. We track the rise in enrollment and spending since 2014.
Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs marked United Nations Day by announcing the cohort of classrooms and after-school programs selected to participate in the 2017-2018 NYC Junior Ambassadors program. This program educates participants about the work of the UN.
Report regarding training on student safety protocols for department of education personnel. Report includes: (1) general details on the type and scope of the training administered, (2) the intended audience for each training, and (3) whether training was mandatory
The New York City Independent Budget Office's report analyzing the Specialized High Schools Admissions process and whether admissions results are different by disability status.
This new report by the Office of Bill de Blasio shows that the growing demand for pre-kindergarten seats far outstrips supply across the city. Included in this report are data and analyses of this trend in New York City for recent years, as well as brief recommendations for how to tackle this issue.
This report is a mixed-method study which investigated the extent to which elementary students with disabilities were being recommended for more inclusive settings with their peers without disabilities in the New York City public school system.
LETTER: How much would it cost to have a social worker in every New York City public school? Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer asked—and we answered.
Under the recently adopted fiscal year 2015-2019 capital plan for schools, 62 percent of the 32,560 new seats will be completed within the five-year plan period, including projects that had been funded for design but not construction under the previous plan.
This report determines whether Community School
District 15 complied with applicable Department of Education procedures for purchasing, imprest fund expenditures,
and timekeeping. District 15 generall complied with applicable Department procedures for purchasing. It generall
spent its funds on purchases that were reasonable and necessary for the operation of the schools and facilities.
It did not comply with certain provisions of the Standard Operating Procedures Manual for Financial Management Centers
pertaining to purchasing and inventory management. It also did not always follow timekeeping requirements of the
Chancellor's Regulations. There are several recommendations listed to address the issues in this report.
Letter from DYCD Commissioner introducing consultant report The Beacon Community Centers Middle School Initiative: Final Report on Implentation and Youth Experience in the Initiative.
Among the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development's significant achievements has been preserving and increasing funding for programs despite limited
resources during very challenging financial times. DYCD is particularly excited about the recent expansion of the Out-of-School Time, Cornerstone, and Immigrant Services and Literacy
initiatives.
IBO's testimony to the New York City Council Oversight hearing on immigrant students in New York City Public Schools, with a focus on English Language Learner status.
On 1/26/23 the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Children & Families held a hearing on childcare in the state. IBO Assistant Director Sarita Subramanian submitted testimony on the city’s early childhood programs.
IBO’s Sarita Subramanian discusses New York State and City education aid formulas and how they address student need at a hearing of the State Senate Committees on Education and Budget and Revenues.
IBO Assistant Director Sarita Subramanian's testimony on the city’s early childhood programs, focusing on funding for the city’s 3-K programs, as well as the pace of the city payments to contracted to 3-K and Pre-K providers.
This report, by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, provides a detailed examination of teacher retention in New York City and reveals how it impacts differing boroughs and school districts, including those most impacted by poverty.
A transcript about New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks announcing public-private partnership for career readiness and modern youth apprenticeship program.
A transcript about New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks announcing the official launch of 'Project Pivot' to bring community-based organizations to schools.
A transcript about New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul unveiling plan for First-Of-Its-Kind Job and Education Hub for growing health sector.
A transcript about New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Administration for Children's Services (ACS) Commissioner Jess Dannhauser announcing the 'College Choice' program to help cover cost of college expenses for students in foster care.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today signed two pieces of legislation — the first to support high school students with disabilities as they transition to higher education and a second to reduce unnecessary waste of single-use plastic when ordering take-out or food delivery.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today provided testimony to the New York State Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees, focusing on critical investments in jobs, safety, housing, and care as well as fiscal challenges facing the city.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced the first 50 schools accepted to the Bronx Plan, which was launched in October as part of the UFT contract agreement. The Bronx Plan will support 180 historically underserved schools citywide over the next three years.
Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza kicked off the 2019 Community and Citywide Education Council election cycle today, urging parents to run as part of their effort to empower and elevate the voice of parent leaders, which includes their ongoing five-borough parent forum tour.