Education News Roundup: NYC Parents File Lawsuit Against DOE; AFT Wants to Fully Reopen by Fall

The coronavirus is continuing to batter enrollment in the nation’s largest school system. The number of city kids entering Department of Education middle schools this coming September will drop by roughly 6 percent, the agency revealed Tuesday. A total of 71,500 kids began 6th-grade this academic year. That figure will fall sharply to 65,000 next school year, according to new DOE figures.

Read the full article on the NY Post https://nypost.com/2021/05/11/number-of-nyc-kids-entering-public-middle-schools-to-fall-6-percent-next-year/

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