Emmy-winning education reporter at NY1. NYC public schools graduate. Former newspaperwoman. Fan of pizza and pasta. jillian.jorgensen@charter.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lz4jbqiidc2fA little exclusive this morning: after standardizing reading curricula, the city will also move to standardize the interventions used when children are struggling to learn to read: t.co/TSlkdJ8dhG https://t.co/TSlkdJ8dhG18 Sep 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4jbqiidc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lmwyu5qd7c2kI asked former Mayor Bill de Blasio for his thoughts on former Governor Andrew Cuomo running for mayor. “I don’t think he should be mayor. There you go.”16 Apr 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwyu5qd7c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lhfk32bqm22cAdvocates and school communities say rhetoric from President Trump and fear of increased ICE enforcement are already having a chilling effect on school attendance for recently arrived students in NYC public schools. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2025/02/04/fear-of-ice-is-prompting-some-migrant-students-to-stay-home--educators-and-advocates-say05 Feb 2025 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfk32bqm22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lbzddlztvs2hToday in good Mets omens… at the Thanksgiving Day Parade: the Temptations performing “My Girl,” immediately followed by a float featuring Grimace. Just keep the parade going down to the Canyon of Heroes, I got a good feeling about this. #LFGM28 Nov 2024 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzddlztvs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lbdkp2e5j22uhttps://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/19 Nov 2024 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdkp2e5j22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lbapdws3ts2lPlease give all my great colleagues on the NYC education beat a follow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbapdws3ts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lbapbqacsu2lActually, re-reading this, I don't see a time limit on how long the family can stay in the shelter AFTER their *second* 60-day notice. So could potentially be staying longer than the 120 days I mentioned. (After presumably having moved once following the first 60-day notice.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbapbqacsu2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lbaihcmug22fCity Hall is changing its policy of moving migrant families every 60 days, to allow those with kids in K-6grades to stay 120 days. Says it will save "hundreds of thousands" of $ spent busing kids to their schools - which MANY people warned would happen as a result of this policy18 Nov 2024 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbaihcmug22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lb7t42fgrs2dMore than 146,000 New York City students were homeless at some point during the last school year — an increase of 23% from the year before. That’s one in eight students. https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2024/11/15/one-in-eight-nyc-students-was-homeless-last-year18 Nov 2024 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7t42fgrs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3lb63xf4gtk2pTook a few months but the birds have finally, suddenly, found the window feeder we put up this summer. Mostly house sparrows and house finches, but here’s a black-capped chickadee coming in for a quick bite.17 Nov 2024 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb63xf4gtk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3laz2koz7tc2fI am somewhat skeptical anyone will overtake Twitter, but the reason I opened this account is that the user experience there has gotten worse. So many bots, much of them pushing adult content. An algorithm that, despite years of heavy use, seems not to know me. Etc. https://www.wired.com/story/im-going-to-bluesky-is-the-new-im-moving-to-canada/15 Nov 2024 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3laz2koz7tc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3latuqq6v7t2hNot the most important part of this incredible story but: red wine with lobster????? https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/13/eric-adams-new-world-mall-greco-shao/13 Nov 2024 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3latuqq6v7t2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jillianjorgensen.bsky.social/post/3latsdriyz22hThousands of students who speak little or no English have arrived in city schools over the last few years. Many learn in classes where their native language, often Spanish, is rarely or never spoken. One Lower East Side middle school wants to change that: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2024/11/12/how-one-school-wants-to-help-spanish-speakers-learn-in-their-native-language13 Nov 2024 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:skvevlcbd4irjxkgl4pu2cht/app.bsky.feed.post/3latsdriyz22h