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Parents and educators ask NYC to allow shorter days for toddlers in 3rd grade and preschool: ‘Cruel and abusive’


Parents and educators ask NYC to allow shorter days for toddlers in 3rd grade and preschool: ‘Cruel and abusive’

A rule that prohibits shortened school days and staggered schedules for young children from third grade and preschool age and forces them to be in school six hours a day is “cruel and abusive,” according to some parents and educators. This month, the city’s education department informed school administrators that the little ones – some […]

NYC authorities demand full-day program on first day of preschool


NYC authorities demand full-day program on first day of preschool

Register for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC public schools. Last school year, New York City officials enacted a new rule for preschools to help working families. Instead of starting with limited hours to ease students into the program, they were required to offer a full-day program on the first […]