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Brooklyn state Sen. Zellnor Myrie recently introduced legislation for the state’s Office of Children and Family Services to conduct a feasibility study for universal after-school.

The next total solar eclipse in the state will not occur until 2079.

Carolyne Quintana, a deputy chancellor who oversees the department’s signature literacy initiative, is leaving at the end of the school year.

This year, fifth and eighth grade students will shift to computer-based state exams. Some educators worry the move will affect performance.

The data comes as state education officials are engaged in a multi-year effort to rethink high school graduation requirements.

Mayor Eric Adams is cutting nearly $7 million from NYC’s after-school program, scrapping about 3,500 seats at a time when interest in programs is on the rise.

Maha Hasen has made it her mission to bring computer science to Fordham High School for the Arts and reach more girls.

Federal law that protects the educational rights of homeless children and youth under 21 says young adults should be enrolled in school immediately, but the city is not meeting this requirement, advocates say.

The change follows updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The early childhood cuts, if reversed, would be the latest item slashed by Adams in recent months to get restored thanks to what city officials describe as an improving budget picture.

The schools chancellor said he had “no interest in serving as a chancellor in a system where you don’t really have the authority to make real decisions.”

The Professional Performing Arts School, a Manhattan public school with such alums as Jeremy Allen White, Alicia Keys, and Britney Spears, is losing its theater program.

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