P.S. Weekly

About P.S. Weekly

This is the sound of the New York City school system. P.S. Weekly explores pressing issues facing students and teachers in the Big Apple. The Bell's team of high school audio producers work alongside Chalkbeat's seasoned education reporters to bring you stories, perspectives, and commentary you won't get anywhere else. Episodes air Thursday mornings.

Publisher

Chalkbeat + The Bell

Category

kids & family · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Mar 2024

Latest episode

30 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 37 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Jun 2026

   Live: Student Reporters Reflect on Covering NYC Schools

   It’s a wrap on P.S. Weekly’s third season, and to cap it off, we have a special live-recorded episode from Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch. This season, P.S. Weekly student reporters investigated some of the biggest issues shaping New York City schools, from school mergers to sports access, teacher diversity to equity in admissions, and more. In this episode, the students behind those stories take the mic to reflect on what they learned, what surprised them, and how their reporting a...

2. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Inside the Diversity Program at One Selective NYC High School

   A decade after NYC launched its Diversity in Admissions program, demographics have shifted at competitive campuses such as Bard High School Early College Manhattan. Bard now sets aside half of its seats for students from low-income households. But changing admissions is only the first step toward true integration. The larger question: What is being done to support these students once they’re enrolled? P.S. Weekly producers Zoe George, a senior at Bard, and Rayleen Laloi, a junior at the Brook...

3. 

   4 Jun 2026

   When the School Bus Doesn’t Come: One Family’s Saga

   Constant delays. No-shows. Missed class. Roughly 145,000 New York City students, 43% of whom have disabilities, rely on yellow bus service to get to school each day. It’s a sprawling system with 9,000 routes operated by more than 50 different companies at a cost of more than $2 billion a year. But sometimes, the buses don’t arrive at all. Parents are often unable to track buses or contact busing companies, forcing many families to pay out of pocket for cabs or keep their kids home from ...

Inside a recent episode

Away Game: Students Who Play Sports for Other Schools

Published 21 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The suit highlighted that access to sports is essential for helping students maintain mental and physical health, and necessary for access to community building, teamwork skills, and college opportunities. So it wasn't fair that Black and Latino students couldn't have access to a diversity of athletic opportunities. In 2022, the lawsuit was settled, and that's what created the All Access Program, which lets students join sports teams at other schools if their own didn't offer what they wanted to play. And how exactly does it work? So like in my case, like my school didn't offer cross country. So in the PSAL all access program, there's like four different types of programs. […]

Who has been a guest on P.S. Weekly

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Roberto Bailey
• Jojo Fofana
• Jasmyn Centeno
• Annie He

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

42

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

71