Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced the appointment of Julie L. Shapiro as Chief Executive Officer of The Fund for Public Schools.Continue reading
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced the Imagine Schools NYC Challenge, a public-private partnership to create 20 new schools and transform 20 existing schools across New York City into schools of the future.Continue reading
Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced key efforts to accelerate learning and instruction across New York City Schools for the 2019-20 school year. Continue reading
Mayor Bill de Blasio (right) and Schools Chancellor Carranza will visit schools in all five boroughs today to celebrate academic excellence in New York City on the first day of the 2019-20 school year.Continue reading
Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza announced today that the DOE and School Construction Authority completed its remediation of lead paint in classrooms serving 3-K, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade students. Continue reading
Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced the most comprehensive and affirming Guidelines for Supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive Students for New York City schools to date, and the Department of Education’s first-ever Guidelines on Gender Inclusion.Continue reading
Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray, and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced for the first time in New York City’s history that all students will have access to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Restorative Justice (RJ) practices and, when needed, earlier intervention from clinical social workers. Continue reading
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Speaker Corey Johnson, and Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced addenda to the Birth-to-Five RFP and Head Start/Early Head Start RFP.Continue reading
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced 9,518 families are receiving offers to free, full-day, high-quality 3-K for All across 12 community school districts from Harlem to Hollis.
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Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced the launch of the 2019 Summer Meals program, providing free, nutritious breakfast and lunch options at approximately 1,200 sites across the City from June 27 to August 30, 2019.Continue reading
Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza (pictured) announced that 65,251 families will receive an offer for free, full-day, high-quality Pre-K for All today.Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza kicked off the first day of Pre-K and 3-K for All applications by announcing that 47 new pre-K Dual Language programs will open across the City this fall. Continue reading