Jessica Gould

3 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Jessica Gould

Advocates for students with disabilities said Mayor Eric Adams’ Afterschool for All plan won't actually be "for all" until the city updates bus contracts to provide late-day service, especially for students in special education. “When the mayor says ‘Afterschool for All,’ he doesn’t mean students like me,” said Lucas Healy, a student with autism who attends the High School for Telecommunications Arts and Technology.

3 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Jessica Gould

Columbia University has discriminated against Jewish students following the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants on Israel and no longer meets accreditation standards, the federal department of education alleged Wednesday. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon wrote in a letter to the commission responsible for accrediting U.S. universities that the Ivy League’s leadership “acted with deliberate indifference” toward Jewish students.

4 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Jessica Gould

It's field trip season for New York City public school students – if the buses show up. Parents, educators and students said they’ve noticed a frustrating trend: School buses scheduled to take kids to zoos, museums or Broadway shows never come, or run so late that trips are canceled. Education department data on the number of missed field trips systemwide showed only a small number of field trips are delayed.

1 month ago | gothamist.com | Jessica Gould

President Donald Trump’s cuts to the federal AmeriCorps agency have forced a Brooklyn nonprofit to scramble for money to cover living expenses for the idealistic young people who help care for children with working parents. The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park supports 54 AmeriCorps volunteers who help families with educational enrichment programs serving some 800 children from 11 public schools.

1 month ago | gothamist.com | Catalina Gonella |Jessica Gould

Facing a chorus of boos along with some occasional cheers, acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman presided over commencement Wednesday morning, capping another turbulent year for a university in crisis and in the Trump administration's crosshairs. Shipman made some of her most pointed critiques yet of the Trump administration with calls to protect international students, preserve free speech and fight for democracy.