School bus strikes utility pole, fire hydrant in NJ

Emergency crews were on the scene of a school bus crash in Montclair that left the bus driver with non- life-threatening injuries. None of the children aboard were injured, said police.

Black studies curriculum in NYC schools

The New York City Department of Education is also overhauling its teaching of black history in city public schools for students K-12 in all 5 boroughs.

New library branch opens in Brooklyn

The new branch will serve the DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, and Farragut neighborhoods, which have never had their own public library.

NJ students learn about Indigenous Peoples' Day

The Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City usually has Columbus Day off. But this year, all kids in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade learned not about the mythology of Christopher Columbus but the reality of Lenape tribes living in the New York-New Jersey area centuries ago.

NYC vaccine mandate for school staff survives court challenge

A federal judge rejected a request to temporarily block New York City's vaccine mandate for Education Department employees because she couldn't "ignore the harm" if schoolchildren were exposed to COVID if she gave temporary relief from a mandate meant to protect them.

Unvaccinated teachers, health care workers lament loss of employment

New York City school teachers and state healthcare workers who didn't get the coronavirus vaccine are now out of a job. They're frustrated that they lost their employment. But the CDC and state and local officials are clear about the need to fight the pandemic.