{
  "id": 18323714,
  "title": "NYC sends 30% of students with emotional disabilities to segregated schools. Is this program a way out?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nyc-sends-30-of-students-with-emotional-disabilities-to-segregated",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-05T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chalkbeat",
    "slug": "chalkbeat",
    "url": "https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/11/05/nyc-path-program-helps-with-emotional-disabilities-in-classrooms/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New York City's Path program, aimed at helping students with emotional and behavioral difficulties, has been sending about 30% of its 8,000 students classified as having emotional disabilities to separate, special-education schools. This approach, which focuses on understanding the motivation behind behavior rather than punishment, has shown promising results but remains a small-scale initiative.",
  "summary": "This is part one of a two-part series. At the beginning of last school year, a second grader in Emily Levin and Christina O’Connell’s class at P.S. 105 in Far Rockaway kept walking out of the classroom during lessons. When students repeatedly refuse to stay where they are supposed to be —…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}