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But on Monday, Mr. Banks said there had been “many rumors and misinformation” about what happened. “Violence, hate and disorder have no place in our schools,” Mr. Banks, who himself attended Hillcrest in the 1970s, said at a news conference. “They feel a kindred spirit with the folks of the Palestinian community,” Mr. Banks said, adding that the “notion that these kids are radicalized” was irresponsible. On Monday, Mr. Banks and other city leaders attempted to quell the mounting online backlash against students at the school. Some Hillcrest students had openly discussed their plans in the lead-up to Nov. 20, the two teachers said.

Persons: David C, Banks, “, ”, Eric Adams, ” Melinda Katz, councilwoman, Queens —, “ What’s, Eric Dinowitz, Mr, Adams, Donovan Richards, Muhammad Ghazali Organizations: Queens, Hillcrest High, Israel, New York Post, Hillcrest, Twitter, City, Jewish, of Education, ”, Department of Education Locations: York City, Israel, Queens, Hillcrest, borough’s, “, San Francisco, “ Palestine, New York City, Jamaica, ”

☆ A Record 119,300 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Troy Closson | More About Troy Closson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The number of homeless public school students in New York City reached an all-time high of 119,320 last school year, according to new data released Wednesday, as migrants crossing the southern border continued to flock to the city. The statistics — which include children in shelters, hotels, relatives’ homes and other transient places — illuminate the challenges for Mayor Eric Adams’s administration in handling the rise in homeless students. New York City’s homeless student population is now larger than the entire traditional public school system of Philadelphia. Now, about 1 in 9 New York City students are homeless. In one section of the Bronx, more than 22 percent of students were homeless.

Persons: Eric Adams’s Organizations: New York Locations: New York City, York, Philadelphia, Bronx

☆ Smaller Classes? At Elite Schools, Some Parents Say ‘No Thanks.’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Troy Closson | More About Troy Closson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When lawmakers forced New York City last year to reduce public school class sizes, many parents celebrated a long-awaited victory. At New York’s high schools, classrooms would shrink to 25 students over the next several years, down from 34, coming close to class sizes in some suburban districts. But what would typically be a major selling point for a school system has transformed into an emerging battle. A growing number of families who want their children to attend the city’s most selective institutions, including its coveted crown jewels like Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, worry their odds could decrease at popular schools with packed classes and little extra space. The anxieties reflect perennial fights over elite school admissions, one of the most fraught issues in New York’s school system, the nation’s largest.

Organizations: New, New York City, Bronx Science Locations: New York, Stuyvesant, New

☆ As States Confront a Reading Crisis in Schools, New York Lags Behind
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Troy Closson | More About Troy Closson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But at the state level, New York, once a national leader in education reform, is behind, according to a growing chorus of experts, families and educators. They say leaders are doing little to meet the moment, leaving students like Alejandro to struggle when districts resist change. New York’s declines in fourth grade reading scores were double the national average last year on a major national test, leaving it tied in 32nd place with five other states. More New York parents have begun raising the alarm at local school board meetings. Lawmakers have pushed for Albany and the state Education Department to take a stronger hand.

Persons: Alejandro, ” “, ”, Dia Bryant Organizations: Lawmakers, Department, Education Trust New Locations: New York, York, Albany, Education Trust New York

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