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School may technically still be in session, but for many New York City students the year is already over. This week, the hosts explore the strange limbo of June, when Regents exams take over school buildings, classrooms empty out, and serious questions emerge about whether the city’s academic ...

This week on Schooled, Deb, Yiatin and Josh unpack Harvard’s controversial move to cap the number of A grades and what it says about grade inflation from Ivy League campuses to New York City classrooms. The conversation explores whether grades still measure merit, how inflated standards shape st ...

As Albany budget negotiations continue to unfold, NYC Comptroller Mark Levine joins Josh, Yiatin, and Deb for a timely conversation about accountability, education funding, and the forces shaping school budgets. Along the way, he hints at changes he’d like to make and offers a serious warning ab ...

Deb, Yiatin, and Josh sit with City Councilmember Phil Wong who lays out the hot button issues being discussed on the Education Committee like generative AI, the digital state test fiasco, budget issues, and the Gifted and Talented bill he is co-sponsoring.