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Good morning, Mike here with Chalkbeat New York.
After months of negotiations, the fine print is finally out on New York’s long-expected move to delay New York City’s deadline to comply with the state’s class size law. Mayor Zohran Mamdani will get two extra years to get the city to 100% compliance, allowing him to spread out the expenses and claim hundreds of millions of dollars in savings this year. Now, instead of getting 80% of classrooms citywide under the caps by September, the city will only need to hit 70%. There was also one unexpected feature of the deal: a pay bump for some educators in schools that received exemptions from the class size law. Read more in today’s top story.
We also have the latest for you in the fast-growing backlash to screen time in schools. New York’s state teachers union passed a resolution urging school districts to ban screen time for students in prekindergarten to second grade, including for online assessments. The union’s stance is the latest sign of how quickly public opinion has soured on screen use in schools, particularly for the youngest kids. Read more here.
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What We’re Reading
NY cellphone ban takeaways: Students paid more attention, bullying declined: survey, New York Daily News
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