
Michael Elsen-Rooney
Education Reporter at Chalkbeat New York
Education reporter @ChalkbeatNY | Formerly @NYDailyNews, @teacher_project, @HechingerReport, high school teacher | [email protected]
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2 days ago |
chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Bronx high school Principal Norma Vega stood on stage on a sweltering morning earlier this week surveying the 50 graduating seniors seated in front of her. Clad in blue and white caps and gowns, many also wore colorful sashes representing the countries they left behind, like the Dominican Republic and Mali, just years earlier, often with little English.
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chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney |Alex Zimmerman
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. A polarizing local advocacy group lost ground in a closely watched Manhattan parent council race following a backlash over an effort to curb transgender sports access, according to election results released Monday.
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chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. In his first public statement since being detained by immigration authorities last month, Bronx high schooler Dylan Lopez Contreras expressed anger over his surprise arrest and gratitude for the outpouring of support he’s received.
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chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney |Jessie Gomez |Melissa Brown |Gabrielle Birkner
Beyond High School is our free monthly newsletter covering higher education policy and practices in Colorado. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox early. Daniela Ibarra is one of the more than seven million students nationwide who rely on free federal money to go to college.
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chalkbeat.org | Michael Elsen-Rooney
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. This is part of a series in which Chalkbeat asked the mayoral candidates questions about important education issues that will likely define the next four years. The primary is June 24, with early voting from June 14-22. How New York City’s next mayor will respond to threats from President Donald Trump has become an animating question in this year’s mayoral campaign.
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