DOE Archives - African Immigrants, African American New Yorkers in Harlem and Beyond

Applications for Gifted & Talented programs to open on May 31st

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks today announced that applications for the expanded kindergarten and third grade Gifted & Talented programs will open next Tuesday, May 31, 2022. … Read More

Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks announce new approach to screen and support dyslexic students

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Photo credit: Michael Appleton New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks announced on May 12, 2022, the largest, most comprehensive approach to supporting public school students with dyslexia in … Read More

City adds 1,000 New Kindergarten and Third Grade seats to Gifted and Talented Program

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Photo credit: WavebreakMediaMicro New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks today announced the expansion of the New York City public school’s Gifted and Talented program serving elementary school students. … Read More

DOE Academic Recovery Plan Fails Immigrant Students and Families say advocates

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Photo credit: Daniel Ernst Following the release of the New York City’s Department of Education’s (DOE) Academic Recovery Plan (ARP), the New York Immigration Coalition Education Collaborative is sounding the alarm regarding the ARP’s lack of sufficient investments in programs … Read More

Getting More Men of Color to Teach Our Children Will Lift Our Communities

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By Carmen Fariña, NYC Schools Chancellor Creating inclusive schools is not only about classrooms having students with a wide range of backgrounds and academic strengths—our teachers should also reflect the City’s diverse workforce and represent different ethnic backgrounds, languages, and … Read More

DOE kicks off free annual summer meals program

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The 2016 Summer Meals program will run from June 29 to September 2 at nearly 1,100 sites across New York City, providing free, healthy breakfast and lunch to millions of children over the summer. Anyone 18 years old and younger … Read More

Chancellor Carmen Fariña kicks College Access for All – Middle School

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Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña kicked off College Access for All – Middle School yesterday, joining a middle-school visit to a college campus through the initiative and announcing the new early college awareness support and resources that all middle schools across … Read More

The 2017 New York City High School Directory is out!

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The New York Department of Education published the 2017 New York City High School Directory two weeks earlier than last year to allow families to begin their high school search earlier. For the first time, the directory published in English … Read More