Can Success Academy transfer a charter to the CEO’s husband? A court may ultimately decide.

NYC schools won’t see their budgets cut next year, even if they’re projected to have fewer students. Kamar Samuels said extending the “hold harmless" policy aims to provide stability.

The announcement represents a win for supporters of private school choice, who have been lobbying Democratic governors to join the federal program.

NYC paid $723 million in private tuition for students with disabilities last year. 71% were white.

Students across New York couldn’t log into state math exams Wednesday morning, raising fresh questions about the transition to computer-based testing.

On the campaign trail, Mamdani said complying with the state’s class size law “has too often been a negotiation.” Now, he’s trying to negotiate a delay.

The jubilation of Dylan’s return has been mixed with frequent reminders of the looming threat of immigration enforcement facing him and other ELLIS students.

After 10 months in federal custody, Dylan Lopez Contreras was released. Dylan was the first known NYC public school student detained by ICE.

Chancellor Kamar Samuels is reshaping the Education Department’s leadership — but not starting from scratch.

After two months leading the nation’s largest school system, Kamar Samuels is poised to unveil his leadership team as a flurry of senior deputies step aside.

Racist comments caught on a hot mic thrust a small Upper West Side middle school into the spotlight — and prompted city officials to reverse their plans to close it.

It adds up: On top of the snow day and several professional development days keeping kids home from school, NYC’s shorter school day means kids in the five boroughs are in class less than national cou...

Zohran Mamdani said he selected Samuels because of his knowledge of the city’s school system and track record of seeking ambitious changes.

Eva Moskowitz wants to transfer a Bronx charter school to her husband, raising eyebrows from state officials

The string of eleventh-hour nominations have been viewed by Adams’ critics and supporters alike as an effort to stymie Mamdani’s Democratic Socialist agenda.

Education Department officials erroneously told principals that students found with items like scalpels or switchblades would face automatic arrest.

The waitlist for child care vouchers swelled to 10,000 children, forcing low-income working parents to rely on unstable care. Can Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani fix the problem?

Zohran Mamdani campaigned on ending mayoral control of NYC schools. Eric Adams has already ceded some of it.

NYC officials quietly issued thousands of exemptions to class size law. Did your school get one?

Cuomo and Silwa want to expand kindergarten gifted classes. Mamdani prefers to keep programs starting in third grade. A new analysis uncovered lagging enrollment in the current program.

Mamdani wants to rethink gifted and talented in NYC schools. The program has already seen big changes.

After a major charter school rally, two state senators are calling for an investigation into whether schools pressured families, staff, and students to attend.

Mayor Eric Adams’ comments come after the Trump administration threatened to hold up federal grant funding to NYC because of the city’s policies on transgender students.

State law requires New York schools to have 180 instructional days. But this year, New York City students are only in class for 176 days.

Asked how he would improve New York City’s highest-need schools, Zohran Mamdani offered few concrete policy ideas.

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Marc Kagan shares his memories teaching Zohran Mamdani at Bronx Science.

Marc Kagan shares his memories teaching Zohran Mamdani at Bronx Science

Normally, in the final month of school, students at ELLIS Prep worried about moving to the next grade or graduating. This year, they wondered: “Is a masked person going to grab me off the street?”

With the state’s new ‘bell-to-bell’ ban, NYC schools are getting a cash infusion for cellphone storage. Find out how much your school is getting.

A Common Sense Media study found that prominent teacher assistants that use AI generated recommendations that appeared to be rooted in racial stereotypes based on students’ names. About a third of teachers report using AI weekly, according to a recent survey.

Nearly two years after NYC officials embraced a series of special education reforms mandated by a federal judge, the city has not followed through on most of them.

Alex Zimmerman, reporter at Chalkbeat New York, reports on the ongoing issue of segregation at specialized high schools, and how the mayoral candidates say they'd like to tackle it.

“It’s right to ask the mayor, ‘Where the heck is this?’” one government transparency advocate said.

All NYC schools, from elementary to high school, will now have to use city-approved reading programs to help struggling readers.

A lack of air conditioning and Election Day could complicate efforts to move some school activities indoors.

Addison Wang was initially skeptical of spending so many of his high school days on an apprenticeship. Here’s what changed his mind.