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4 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney |Alex Zimmerman |Sarah Darville |Dale Mezzacappa

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Thousands of low-income New York City families could see their child care vouchers abruptly yanked away if the state doesn’t add nearly a billion dollars to the program in the coming budget, advocates and city officials have warned in recent weeks.

4 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Alex Zimmerman |Sarah Darville |Dale Mezzacappa |Jessie Gomez

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Minutes before an education panel was slated to vote on IT contracts worth more than half a billion dollars, one of the losing bidders made an unusual plea to delay the decision. Despite warnings from city officials about setting a dangerous precedent, the Panel for Educational Policy listened.

4 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Sarah Darville |Dale Mezzacappa |Jessie Gomez |Liza Gross

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. More coverage of school safety. Stories about what students are really learning in the classroom. And less focus on the most politically fraught topics in education. That’s what New Yorkers indicated they wanted from their education news in a survey conducted last December for Civic News Company, Chalkbeat’s parent organization.

4 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Dale Mezzacappa

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system. KaTiedra Argro has been on a mission: restore her school’s reputation as a premier Philadelphia educational institution where young women hone their skills, excel as leaders, and find their voices. The principal of the Philadelphia High School for Girls spent last fall visiting 48 elementary and middle schools to recruit students.

1 month ago | chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney |Mila Koumpilova |Becky Vevea |Dale Mezzacappa

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. The deadline to apply for New York City’s Summer Youth Employment program will be extended by two weeks to March 14, city officials said Friday. The program, open to any young person between 14 and 24 in New York City, sets up participants with paid summer jobs across a range of industries.