Pre-K

Planned Closure of Elmhurst Hospital Day Care Leaves Parents With Emergency

Queens’ Little Elms Child Care Center — which operates rent-free at the city hospital — was relied upon by staffers and locals with few area options.

By Christine Chung February 10, 2020

Years of insufficient state funding and closure of private pre-K programs cited among reasons for looming shortage of special education slots.

By Yoav Gonen and Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat January 30, 2020

Pay for teachers in publicly funded but privately run programs would rise by October 2021 to $69,000 — on par with first-year public school teachers.

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat November 18, 2019

The tentative pact marks the second recent labor agreement aiming to bring the teachers’ pay in line with their peers who work in public schools.

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat October 3, 2019

The mayor of America’s biggest city touts accomplishments from Pre-K to policing as he readies for the campaign trail. Here’s how he’s delivered.

By Yoav Gonen, Rosa Goldensohn and 3 more May 15, 2019