Michael Elsen-Rooney is an Education Reporter at various esteemed publications. He covers a range of topics including education, special education, and higher education, with a focus on social issues, immigration, and the impact of the coronavirus on the education system. Michael's work has been featured in notable outlets such as Chalkbeat, The 74 Media, and Yahoo News, among others.
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By: Michael Elsen-Rooney
A change made to public schools’ Discovery program in an effort under former Mayor Bill de Blasio to boost the numbers of Black and Latino students at specialized high schools created an eligibility rule that may be excluding those very students.
By: Michael Elsen-Rooney, Alex Zimmerman
New York City's Education Department is offering to restart special education services for thousands of private school students, but they have to waive their right to sue in exchange.
By: Michael Elsen-Rooney
A change made to public schools' Discovery program in an effort under former Mayor Bill de Blasio to boost the numbers of Black and Latino students at specialized high schools created an eligibility rule that may be excluding those very students.
By: Alex Zimmerman, Michael Elsen-Rooney
To receive the services, families have to sign a waiver relinquishing their rights to file a legal complaint against the city Education Department.
By: Michael Elsen-Rooney
Students enter Pan American High School in Elmhurst, part of the Internationals Network geared towards newly arrived immigrants. Network leaders shared how they're preparing for President-elect Donald Trump's administration.
Twenty years later, some of those changes have paid off, but segregation and inequality remain baked into the system, a recent convening found.
By: Michael Elsen-Rooney
New York City's school board voted Wednesday to approve a contract to computerize the entrance exams to specialized high schools, including Stuyvesant.
P.S. 103 has three music teachers for its roughly 800 students, allowing every student to get music instruction and for the school to support both a choir and band.
By: Michael Elsen-Rooney
Student members of the Youth Journalism Coalition pose for a picture in April. The coalition's Journalism for All initiative announced its first class of 30 high schools on Friday, Dec. 20.
By: Michael Elsen-Rooney
In the nation's largest school system, 12- and 13-year-olds go through a process that many say is as stressful — or more so — than applying to college
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