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This is the sound of the New York City school system. P.S. Weekly explores pressing issues facing students and teachers in the Big Apple. The Bell's team of high school audio producers work alongside Chalkbeat's seasoned education reporters to bring you stories, perspectives, and commentary you won't get anywhere else. Episodes air Thursday mornings.
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S3E10 Inside the Diversity Program at One Selective NYC High School
A decade after NYC launched its Diversity in Admissions program, demographics have shifted at competitive campuses such as Bard High School Early College Manhattan.Bard now sets aside half of its…
S3E9 When the School Bus Doesn’t Come: One Family’s Saga
Constant delays. No-shows. Missed class. Roughly 145,000 New York City students, 43% of whom have disabilities, rely on yellow bus service to get to school each day. It’s a sprawling system with…
S3E8 Inside One Push to Diversify NYC's Teacher Workforce
New York City’s teachers don’t reflect the students they serve, but one recent public school grad is trying to do his part to shrink that gap.Students of color make up the vast majority of the…
S3E7 Away Game: Students Who Play Sports for Other Schools
What if your high school doesn’t offer your favorite sport? Today’s disparities in access to sports teams stem from a policy pushed by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to replace large high schools…
S3E6 What's the Price of Success (Academy)? Former Students Open Up
As Success Academy turns 20 this year, former students of New York City’s largest charter school network share their stories in this episode of P.S. Weekly.Success Academy reshaped what free…
S3E5 When Two Schools Become One
The nation’s largest school system is shrinking, and one way city officials are tackling the drop: ramping up school mergers. New York City schools enrolled 793,000 K-12 students this school year,…
S3E4 Live from SXSW EDU: How Our Reporting is Making a Difference
This week on P.S. Weekly, we’re featuring an episode of Miseducation, a podcast about inequities in New York City schools also produced by The Bell.Several of our student reporters recorded this live…
S3E3 Is AP Calculus Pointless? A Teacher Defends His Subject
To many New York City students, Advanced Placement Calculus feels impractical, full of information they won’t use in their day-to-day lives — though it’s become a status symbol for some high…
S3E2 The Invite-Only School Admissions Test You Don’t Know About
With an acceptance rate below 10%, Hunter College High School is one of the most competitive public high schools in New York City. It’s also one of the least diverse. Hunter’s 15.3% student poverty…
S3E1 Exclusive Interview with Chancellor Kamar Samuels
Welcome back to P.S. Weekly, a student podcast created in collaboration between Chalkbeat and The Bell!In our first episode of Season 3, The Bell’s high school reporters landed an exclusive interview…
S3 We're back with Season 3!
P.S. Weekly is back with Season 3! The Bell’s high school reporters have once again teamed up with Chalkbeat New York’s veteran education journalists to bring you pressing issues in New York City…
S2E11 Exclusive Interview with Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos
In this special back-to-school episode of P.S. Weekly, New York City schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos shared her thoughts on pressing education issues including the cellphone ban, restorative…
S2E10 What Do NYC Teens Think of the Mayoral Candidates?
What is happening with the youth vote during this year’s mayoral race? Are New York City’s young people tuning in? Are the candidates reaching out to young voters? And why hasn’t education been a…
Preview: Young New Yorkers and The Mayor’s Race
The race for New York City’s next mayor is in full swing, but do teens know what’s going on?Next week on P.S. Weekly, student journalists Roberto Bailey and Jojo Fofana are delving into the upcoming…
S2E9 Are NYC Schools Preparing Future Voters?
Why do so many young people lack the fundamentals of civics knowledge? Is the education system adequately preparing future generations for active participation in democracy? Do New York City teens…
S2E8 One Student’s Struggle with “School Refusal” After COVID
It’s been five years since COVID shut down New York City schools. How are kids faring with the aftermath? How do they talk about the pandemic – or not? The fallout is often framed around “learning…
S2E7 Reduce, Reuse, Revolt: How Students Are Fighting Climate Change
What is the state of youth climate activism in New York City? The momentum of the climate protests at the start of the 2019-20 school year may have slowed since the pandemic, and many students remain…
S2E6 Stalled: Why Schools Are Restricting Bathroom Access
Cutting class. Fights. Vaping. School bathrooms have long been notorious for all sorts of illicit behavior. And in response, many schools now significantly restrict access to bathrooms or are adding…
S2E5 Can Writing Teachers Fend Off AI?
There’s no way to ignore the rise of AI in schools. Students are embracing it. Educators are battling it. Policymakers are trying to get ahead of it. There's no turning back.But are there some…
S2E4 Why Do Teachers Leave? We Investigate
When schools have high rates of teacher turnover, students lose connections to trusted educators, and new teachers who fill the openings are often less experienced. Producers Mateo Tang O’Reilly,…
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