Schools

Now Gov. Phil Murphy is calling for a statewide ban for cellphones in schools that would ban all K-12 Garden State schools.

It was an unsettling start of the week for students in Montclair, after a weekend social media threat shut down their entire school district. Police said the target of the threat was a staff member at Northeast Elementary School, and the person accused of being behind it was a new teacher on administrative leave. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield...

All schools in New Jersey’s Montclair School District are closed Monday because of a social media threat directed at a staff member, according to Montclair police.

All schools in New Jersey’s Montclair School District were closed Monday because of a social media threat directed at a specific staff member, according to Montclair police. Law enforcement officials believe the threat came from a staff member who is currently on administrative leave, police said. Authorities say administrators were made aware of a potential threat late Sunday made...

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Matt Brickman, made a school visit to Midwood Catholic Academy in Brooklyn, NY. The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders learned about snowflake shapes, different types of clouds and more.

Police responded to a shooting on Monday at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.

Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods.

A budget crisis could force the Mount Vernon City School District to close several elementary schools, leaving students and parents wondering what to do. News 4 New York’s Lynda Baquero reports. 

Some Long Island leaders are pushing back on a state plan to share school resources, which would include staff and programs. The plan is called “regionalization,” and Gov. Kathy Hochul said it would only be an option for districts, not mandatory. But critics say it threatens the quality of education. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A proposed regionalization plan by the New York State Education Department is being opposed by a group of vocal Long Island school board members, parents and elected officials.

Kirabo Jackson, professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University and former economic advisor to President Biden, discusses how education policy in the U.S. may shift under the new Trump administration.

You can find Claudene Wilson serving meals in the cafeteria, doing repairs and comforting crying students.

Parents in a Long Island school district are split on a new strategy to ban cellphones in class. Many agree that they can be a distraction, but some parents say the move to spend $67,000 to fix the recurring problem is a bit steep. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A normal school day at a Long Island middle school now begins with students locking their cellphones up in a pouch and putting it way the entire day. Not all parents are in agreement and the school’s decision has not been without some controversy.

There was outrage and confusion in the East Orange School District after announcing that nearly 100 employees were getting laid off, including some teachers hired as recently as the summer. It followed a heated board meeting Wednesday night regarding an estimated $25 million budget shortfall. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Educators at a New Jersey school district are outraged and say they were blindsided by the decision to eliminate nearly 100 jobs the week before Christmas. Families were left asking what happened to the budget and questioned why teachers were hired over the summer, only to learn just weeks into the school year that their positions would be eliminated.

New York City’s new schools chancellor steps into her role Wednesday, a position vacated when David Banks’ retirement timeline sped up a few months at the behest of the mayor. Melissa Aviles-Ramos, who previously served as deputy chancellor, becomes the highest-ranking Latina in the school system, overseeing the largest public district in the country. In making the announcement, Mayor...

The schools chancellor will be hitting the exits earlier than he expected. the mayor apparently forcing David Banks out amid growing political and prosecution pressures surrounding the Adams administration. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Outgoing New York City School Chancellor David Banks will leave his position much sooner than expected, City Hall announced, leaving the Department of Education in mid-October rather than at the end of the year.

An advocacy group says a Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns.