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Anastasia Coleman, the special commissioner of investigations for the district, wrote the report on Jan. 26, addressing it to the chancellor of New York City Public Schools. It was released ...
The 1975 Supreme Court decision O'Connor v. Donaldson limited involuntary psychiatric hospitalization to those who posed a danger to themselves or others. Many states passed legislation following the ruling, including New York, which passed its Mental Hygiene Law in 1978, allowing involuntary hospitalization of people with mental illness if they were considered a danger to themselves or others.
A “homeless” UCLA lecturer who railed against the university, saying his $70,000 paycheck was too low to live in Los Angeles, claims he was placed on leave because of his remarks toward the ...
Allynwood Academy, formerly the Family Foundation School, was a private, co-educational, college preparatory, therapeutic boarding school located in Hancock, New York. [1] The school was in operation from 1984 through 2014, when it closed due to declining enrollment amid a raft of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse allegations made by alumni ...
Last year, a record 119,320 NYC students—roughly one in nine kids enrolled in public schools—experienced homelessness, according to Advocates for Children of New York. Most out-of-town trips ...
A reassignment center (also known as a rubber room) is a type of holding facility administered by the New York City Department of Education for teachers accused of misconduct while awaiting resolution of their misconduct cases. [1] [2] As of 2007, the city had thirteen reassignment centers. [3]
Bruce Ritter was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Hamilton Township.His father died in 1931 when he was four, and his mother struggled financially during the Great Depression of the 1930s, raising five children on a widow's pension and a series of odd jobs.
A Netflix docuseries spotlighting abuse allegations at a long-shuttered boarding academy for teens in rural northern New York has prompted dozens of new complaints to the local prosecutor and a ...