Tag: Education (Pre-School)

Her Son Was Promised a Special Education Class. He’s Still Waiting.

Taslima Amjad has called, emailed or visited government offices in New York City nearly every day for months, in search of help for her 3-year-old nonverbal son. Her son has physical difficulties and developmental delays and needs one-on-one help and therapy sessions to learn. He also has the right — enshrined in federal law — […]

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New York’s Era of Overspending Ends With a Shudder

After years of heady spending, the budget cuts announced by Mayor Eric Adams last week hit New York City like a punch to the gut: Most libraries would be closed on Sundays. The expansion of the city’s signature prekindergarten program would be delayed. So would efforts to improve New York’s notoriously dirty streets and keep […]

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In an Expensive City, Who Should Get Free Preschool?

Raising a family in one of the most expensive cities in the world involves some advance planning. So when Monika Navarro and her husband had a child last year in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, they budgeted for a few years of expensive child care — banking on the idea that New York City’s free prekindergarten program […]

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What to Know When Applying to Public School in New York City

In New York City, school admissions season, which starts not long after the first day of school, is a chaotic, monthslong frenzy for many families. New York’s school system, the nation’s largest, is split into 32 districts that are home to more than 1,700 public schools, and families often have dozens of options starting as […]

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