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1 week ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Amy Zimmer |Alex Zimmerman |Jessie Gomez |Melanie Asmar

How do teachers captivate their students? Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask great educators how they approach their jobs. Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free monthly newsletter How I Teach to get inspiration, news, and advice for — and from — educators. In late 2023, New York City Education Department officials approached historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela to be the lead scholar on a new curriculum focused on Jewish American history.

Feb 20, 2025 | current.org | Alex Zimmerman |Mike Janssen

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters. In response to a blizzard of executive orders from President Donald Trump, the Public Broadcasting Service recently erased a series of videos made in partnership with New York City Public Schools focused on LGBTQ history. This week, the city’s Education Department found a new home for them: its own website.

Dec 18, 2024 | route-fifty.com | Alex Zimmerman

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City’s top financial watchdog is demanding the Education Department cancel plans to expand the use of a reading tutor powered by artificial intelligence until the agency adopts clearer policies on the technology in schools. On Tuesday, Comptroller Brad Lander called on the department to withdraw a $1.9 million contract with Maryland-based EPS Learning from consideration.

Nov 8, 2024 | thecity.nyc | Alex Zimmerman

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Tracey Collins, Mayor Eric Adams’ romantic partner, has quietly retired from a senior position at the Education Department amid allegations that she didn’t show up to work and failed to disclose luxury travel benefits. Collins — who received a significant promotion and a roughly $50,000 raise after Adams took office in 2022 — wrapped up her last day of work on Nov.

Sep 25, 2024 | thecity.nyc | Julian Shen-Berro |Michael Elsen-Rooney |Alex Zimmerman |Amy Zimmer

One day after schools Chancellor David Banks abruptly announced that he will retire at the end of the year, he and Mayor Eric Adams tried to project an air of calm as they formally introduced the woman who will lead the Education Department. Melissa Aviles-Ramos, the highest-ranking Latina in the public school system, has been instrumental in her work with migrant students, Adams said, even as he celebrated Banks’ nearly 40-year career in the city’s schools.