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Queens Parent Newsletter - Jan. 11, 2017

This is the Jan. 11 issue of the Queens parent newsletter.

Manhattan Parent Newsletter - Jan. 11, 2017

This is the Jan. 11 issue of the Manhattan parent newsletter.

Queens Parent Newsletter - Feb. 10, 2017

This is the Feb. 10 issue of the Queens parent newsletter.

Potential Trump voucher scheme could cost New York City schools half a billion dollars a year in federal support for poor students

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after-school academic and enrichment programs if President-elect...

Trump Administration Voucher Scheme — a Threat to New York City Children

Students in more than 1,200 New York City schools would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after-school academic and enrichment programs if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal...

Bronx Parent Newsletter - Jan. 6, 2017

This is the Jan. 6 issue of the Bronx parent newsletter.

Spending more improves education

New research from the National Bureau of Economics confirms what teachers have always known: Money does make a difference for schools, and districts with large proportions of high-need students need comparatively more money than districts with fewer...

Columbia graduate students vote to unionize

Exercising a new federal right to organize, graduate students at Columbia University have voted to form a union.

Students with disabilities to receive testing support

Students with disabilities will have an easier time requesting accommodations during tests, starting on Jan. 1.

Civil rights complaints to federal DOE doubled since ’08

The number of annual complaints reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office has more than doubled in the past eight years, rising from 6,364 in the 2009 fiscal year to 16,720 in 2016.