Department of Education
The Rochester City School District (RCSD) announced public hearings to address six schools identified as “Receivership schools” under the New York State Department of Education’s Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) model. Receivership schools must show significant improvements in student achievement, and superintendents are granted increased authority to manage these schools. The six schools include School […]
Over the past three months, 30 historically black colleges and universities across the country have been targeted with bomb threats, and the White House has announced that they’d be eligible for special Department of Education grants. Dietra Trent, who leads the White House’s efforts to support HBCUs, stated: “The bomb threats against HBCUs, particularly concentrated […]
Governor Cathy Hochul announced that New York State will be Creating a center that will be teaching mental health education in public and private schools. There will $2.5 million in funding for training and technical assistance. Students from grades K-12 will be educated on mental health as a part of Youth mental well-being program. To […]
Good news for those with student loan debt, the Department of Education announced that federal student loan payments will remain on pause through the end of January. The payments were set to resume in October. Thanks to the CARES Acts, then from former President Donald Trump, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and President Biden, loan […]
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