Education and Youth Issues Reporter

Cayla Bamberger

Cayla covers education and youth for the Daily News. She previously reported on schools for the New York Post and Hechinger Report. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post and Education Week. Her reporting on the COVID pandemic was recognized by Society of Professional Journalists’ Connecticut and Education Writers Association.

New York Fashion Institute of Technology student Annabel Richter (inset) died from a fatal dose of fentanyl in her dorm after it was given to her by a man who raped her as she fell unconscious. (Shutterstock; Instagram)

New York college mandates campus safety officers carry Narcan following death of drugged student who died after rape

October 19, 2026 at 7:12 p.m.

Annabel Richter and her roommate fell unconscious in their dorm on March 18 after suspect Moises Freire, 19, gave them fentanyl-laced drugs, telling them it was pure cocaine.

Families attend a ceremony at the Pentagon to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

For the children of those killed on 9/11, 25 years later the loss is still very personal

September 11, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

The young people whose lives were irrevocably changed on 9/11 want their peers and those born after 2001 to understand that 9/11 was personal, not just the stuff of history...

A student receives her school laptop for home study.

NYC public schools to ban generative AI for elementary, middle school students in September

September 2, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

The policy also bans individual devices in 2-K through 2nd grade.

Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels speaks at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center.

Amid Trump immigration crackdown, NYC schools use comic books to teach kids their rights

June 8, 2026 at 12:11 p.m.

The rights presented in the comic represent a doubling down on New York's sanctuary city laws.

President of Columbia University Nemat Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 17, 2024.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns in wake of Gaza protests

August 14, 2024 at 10:18 p.m.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after she came under fire for her handling of pro-Palestinian encampments, according to an email to students and faculty obtained by the Daily...

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