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Suspensions across the city’s public schools dropped about 8% during the first half of the school year. Long-term suspensions plunged by 22%. Education Department officials chalked up the declines to investments in student mental health support and restorative justice programs. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not include funding for some of those efforts in his preliminary budget. Read more in today’s top story.
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NYC public school suspensions dropped 8% in the first half of the school year
After spiking in the wake of the pandemic, NYC public school school suspensions are falling below pre-pandemic levels.
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