Author: Amy Zimmer

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Some New York City students who have lost, damaged, or otherwise non-working school-issued OMNY cards have been waiting over a month for replacements, parents and educators said. They are especially concerned that the delays could hurt attendance for recent immigrants, who might fear that jumping a turnstile to get to school could lead to deportation.Education Department officials insist, however, that new cards — which they receive from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — can be delivered within a week of requesting…

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.In Stuyvesant High School’s sixth-floor library, about a dozen students brainstormed how to raise money to buy equipment or assistive technology for students with disabilities.They talked about whether artificial intelligence should be used in diagnosing cognitive differences (they decided against that). They discussed their ongoing project to examine language used in special education. They even delved into the debate between nature versus nurture.In some ways, it was just another Thursday at Stuyvesant High School, where after-school clubs were abuzz with…