Popular lunch options coming back to NYC public schools
The items initially cut included chicken dumplings, French toast sticks, and burritos.
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The items initially cut included chicken dumplings, French toast sticks, and burritos.
For teachers, this massive curriculum shift requires hours of training and hands-on instruction.
If fewer kids eat lunch because of this, that could lead to less federal money coming in -- meaning more cuts.
When kids fall behind on their reading, it can be easy to blame the school, the teachers or even the curriculum, and while sometimes bad instruction is to blame, undiagnosed dyslexia can be at the heart of the issue.
For parents of special needs children, options and access are limited. The city's Department of Education is trying to change that.
One study shows 93% of K-12 parents in the city believe their child is at or above grade level in reading. The reality is just 55% of students are.
Literacy is at the core of education, and yet the number of students who can't read, or are below grade level, is staggering.
November can be a stressful month for eighth graders in New York City public schools as they prepare to apply to high schools.
