Mike Elsen-Rooney
@michaelelsenroo.bsky.social
Covering NYC public schools for @chalkbeat.org
At one Manhattan HS for newcomers, enrollment is down ~200 students this year, the school’s superintendent said last week.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
At one Manhattan HS for newcomers, enrollment is down ~200 students this year, the school’s superintendent said last week.
A little more election-eve news for NYC schools: Enrollment is down 2.4%, the largest drop in 4 yrs. Seems likely immigration played a role - the influx of 50K migrants propped up NYC’s enrollment the last 3 yrs, but that’s ground to a halt under Trump.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A little more election-eve news for NYC schools: Enrollment is down 2.4%, the largest drop in 4 yrs. Seems likely immigration played a role - the influx of 50K migrants propped up NYC’s enrollment the last 3 yrs, but that’s ground to a halt under Trump.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Mamdani announcing a teacher recruitment plan where NYC will offer tuition assistance, mentorship, other support to prospective teachers in exchange for commitments to stay at least 3 years. Class size law requires thousands of addl teacher hires in coming years
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Mamdani announcing a teacher recruitment plan where NYC will offer tuition assistance, mentorship, other support to prospective teachers in exchange for commitments to stay at least 3 years. Class size law requires thousands of addl teacher hires in coming years
Eric Adams’ first schools Chancellor David Banks shares his thoughts on the last year of Adams’ tenure as news comes he won’t seek a second term. Via @alexzimmerman.bsky.social:
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
September 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Eric Adams’ first schools Chancellor David Banks shares his thoughts on the last year of Adams’ tenure as news comes he won’t seek a second term. Via @alexzimmerman.bsky.social:
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Always a pretty wild reminder of the scale of NYC’s school system to see the class of new teachers assembled in the same place
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Always a pretty wild reminder of the scale of NYC’s school system to see the class of new teachers assembled in the same place
Enraging story from @alexzimmerman.bsky.social. NYC hasn’t paid its ~1,000 Teaching Fellows the entire 7 weeks they’ve been working this summer, forcing some to go into debt to cover rent and food. This at a time the city is trying to hire in historic numbers: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
July 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Enraging story from @alexzimmerman.bsky.social. NYC hasn’t paid its ~1,000 Teaching Fellows the entire 7 weeks they’ve been working this summer, forcing some to go into debt to cover rent and food. This at a time the city is trying to hire in historic numbers: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
What happens w/ mayoral control of NYC schools (up for renewal in 2026) is going to be really interesting if Mamdani wins. And fwiw Mamdani himself gave perhaps the most clearly anti-mayoral control response of all the mayoral contenders we asked about it: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
June 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What happens w/ mayoral control of NYC schools (up for renewal in 2026) is going to be really interesting if Mamdani wins. And fwiw Mamdani himself gave perhaps the most clearly anti-mayoral control response of all the mayoral contenders we asked about it: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Bronx HS student Dylan’s first public statement from ICE detention - where he remains: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
June 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Bronx HS student Dylan’s first public statement from ICE detention - where he remains: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Scenes from an NYC HS student walkout + rally in Union Square protesting the Trump administration’s erosion of democracy.
May 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Scenes from an NYC HS student walkout + rally in Union Square protesting the Trump administration’s erosion of democracy.
The Trump administration is attempting to take away all of Maine's federal education funding because it refused to comply with demands like these ⬇️
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/04/11/t...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/04/11/t...
April 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Trump administration is attempting to take away all of Maine's federal education funding because it refused to comply with demands like these ⬇️
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/04/11/t...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/04/11/t...
In the days following Trump's EO targeting schools' support of LGBTQ+ students, as many NYC families anxiously awaited reassurance from the city (www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...), City Hall debated, then nixed idea of issuing a strong statement, per @emmagf.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In the days following Trump's EO targeting schools' support of LGBTQ+ students, as many NYC families anxiously awaited reassurance from the city (www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...), City Hall debated, then nixed idea of issuing a strong statement, per @emmagf.bsky.social
Inbox: The UFT says it will ask NYC's mayoral candidates to do the educational equivalent of a ride-along to be eligible for the teachers union endorsement.
March 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Inbox: The UFT says it will ask NYC's mayoral candidates to do the educational equivalent of a ride-along to be eligible for the teachers union endorsement.
Outside Chelsea CTE HS, where Mayor Adams is set to make an announcement on CTE programs, several HS students from NYC iSchool, which shares the building, are protesting.
February 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Outside Chelsea CTE HS, where Mayor Adams is set to make an announcement on CTE programs, several HS students from NYC iSchool, which shares the building, are protesting.
Schools are working hard to reassure families it's safe.
And while Eric Adams has encouraged immigrant families to come to school, some educators said Adams' growing closeness w/ Trump + refusal to criticize Trump directive allowing ICE arrests in schools undercuts that message:
And while Eric Adams has encouraged immigrant families to come to school, some educators said Adams' growing closeness w/ Trump + refusal to criticize Trump directive allowing ICE arrests in schools undercuts that message:
January 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Schools are working hard to reassure families it's safe.
And while Eric Adams has encouraged immigrant families to come to school, some educators said Adams' growing closeness w/ Trump + refusal to criticize Trump directive allowing ICE arrests in schools undercuts that message:
And while Eric Adams has encouraged immigrant families to come to school, some educators said Adams' growing closeness w/ Trump + refusal to criticize Trump directive allowing ICE arrests in schools undercuts that message:
2-K For All? @ny4childcare.bsky.social and @unhny.bsky.social launch a campaign for free universal two-year-old care in NYC.
January 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
2-K For All? @ny4childcare.bsky.social and @unhny.bsky.social launch a campaign for free universal two-year-old care in NYC.
And this one that puts into perspective how progressive NYC's in-district school funding formula is. In the rest of the state, there's little guarantee higher-poverty schools get more $$ per student than lower-poverty ones, but in NYC, there's a steep line.
November 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
And this one that puts into perspective how progressive NYC's in-district school funding formula is. In the rest of the state, there's little guarantee higher-poverty schools get more $$ per student than lower-poverty ones, but in NYC, there's a steep line.
Some helpful graphs in this study on NY school funding - like this one showing the progressiveness of NY's state funding formula (directing more $$ to districts w/ more student need) is completely offset by wealthier districts raising more $$ from local taxes. cee.tc.columbia.edu/media/center...
November 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Some helpful graphs in this study on NY school funding - like this one showing the progressiveness of NY's state funding formula (directing more $$ to districts w/ more student need) is completely offset by wealthier districts raising more $$ from local taxes. cee.tc.columbia.edu/media/center...
And a little snippet of the HS directory from 1961…just a little different.
November 18, 2024 at 2:54 PM
And a little snippet of the HS directory from 1961…just a little different.
Some fascinating history from @jenjennings.bsky.social at today’s conference on NYC HS admissions, including this NYT letter to the editor from David Dinkins in 1986.
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Some fascinating history from @jenjennings.bsky.social at today’s conference on NYC HS admissions, including this NYT letter to the editor from David Dinkins in 1986.
Hi Bluesky! I cover NYC public schools for @chalkbeat.bsky.social. Excited to be here.
Sharing a little news from NYCPS just a couple mins ago: enrollment in NYC public schools stayed pretty flat this year, dropping .1% after rising slightly last yr for the first time in a while.
Sharing a little news from NYCPS just a couple mins ago: enrollment in NYC public schools stayed pretty flat this year, dropping .1% after rising slightly last yr for the first time in a while.
November 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Hi Bluesky! I cover NYC public schools for @chalkbeat.bsky.social. Excited to be here.
Sharing a little news from NYCPS just a couple mins ago: enrollment in NYC public schools stayed pretty flat this year, dropping .1% after rising slightly last yr for the first time in a while.
Sharing a little news from NYCPS just a couple mins ago: enrollment in NYC public schools stayed pretty flat this year, dropping .1% after rising slightly last yr for the first time in a while.