New York City keeps trying to shrink class sizes—because who wouldn’t want that? But here’s the catch: the plan assumes there’s room to make it happen. And there isn’t. Schools are packed, buildings are old, and new ones take years to build. Not to mention finding land in a crowded city is like winn
The Anchorage School District finished its spring break with a balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2027, but the path to that balance was paved with hard cuts. Facing a $90 million shortfall at the start of this cycle, leaders had to make decisions none wanted. They trimmed administrative costs and cut
The NYC Department of Education is asking for a massive $41. 2 billion budget for the next year. This is a huge chunk of the entire city's budget. But school officials say it's not enough. They want hundreds of millions more. Why? They need to hire 4, 000 more teachers to meet a new class size law.
