An education department spokesperson said the agency communicated through a press conference and social media. But no one communicated directly to principals.

For juniors and seniors weighing their college plans, the pro-Palestine events and the response by higher education leaders are offering critical information about the cultures of the campuses they...

The complications of SHSAT testing this year make it a great time to move toward something fairer, a former student writes.

The menu cuts have already had significant effects – both on kids who were crushed to lose their favorite lunch foods and on manufacturers struggling with the loss of business.

The calls with union representatives in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn represent an escalation in a power struggle over reopening schools.

The mayor indicated that masking could go away in the fall, but for now schools will stick with face coverings.

The suit asks a Manhattan judge to order the city to restore its funding of schools to last year’s levels.

Amid an influx of asylum seekers, Comptroller Brad Lander warned the city’s current funding formula would exclude roughly 21,000 students living in shelters.

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The outage seemed to prevent many — though not all — teachers and students from logging into Zoom for remote classes.

Students and others from the Youth Journalism Coalition will hold a day of action at City Hall, urging Council members to support a new high school curriculum and expand access to journalism programs.

New York City spent about $40 million on the purifiers. Some experts say they could have gotten more for the money.

The cuts would gut extracurricular programming, thin out supply budgets, and exacerbate an already severe paraprofessional shortage.

Early hiccups in handling reports of COVID cases come at a crucial moment in the city’s efforts to reopen the nation’s largest school system.

The son of a parent activist, Lucas Healy, 13, has begun to find his own voice in the city’s rough-and-tumble landscape of education politics. People in power seem to be listening. 

Some teachers say many students aren’t showing up for classes.

But while parents of fully virtual students are less satisfied than parents of kids attending school in person, most still don’t want to send their children back any time soon. 

Parents who are unconvinced that schools are safe want NYC to offer a remote learning option.

“We do not want to impose additional trauma on students that have already been traumatized,” the chancellor said.

If the city’s infection rate surges past 9% later in August or after the school year starts, schools will be forced to close.

With less than a month before the first day of school, Mayor Bill de Blasio continued to drop hints about the policies for this fall. 

Since New York City is a universal school lunch district, all public school families regardless of income will receive the benefits.

About 100,000 school age children live in households without internet, Stringer estimates.

To the national media, it was a huge story. At James Madison High School, it was a minor disruption.

It’s easy to condemn bad actors. It’s harder to do the work to dismantle a racist system.

High schools were open for less than two months before rising coronavirus rates triggered a citywide school building shutdown in November.

NYC officials promised to release inspection reports of every school by Sept. 4.

The guidance could upend weeks of planning, and city leaders and the teachers union concede it will create a major staffing crunch.

Some NYC schools have decided on their own to shift to remote instruction, or who should quarantine. Meanwhile, Gov. Hochul aims to ramp up ‘test to stay’ after break.

The schools chancellor is urging PTAs to help fund outdoor classrooms. It shouldn’t be this way.

James Madison High School in Brooklyn is going remote Wednesday as its campus welcomes migrant families from Floyd Bennett Field during the storm.

Some teachers feel they don’t know their students well enough to fill out the questionnaire, and many don’t know what comes next. 

Mayor Eric Adams will need to return to Albany next year to retain control of New York City schools. The public can offer an opinion at public hearings.