Schools that missed their enrollment targets won’t have to return millions in funding midyear back to the Education Department. Some principals say it’s a ‘blessing.’

By the time I was 11, toxic comments and content had begun to feel routine.

A wave of teacher departures and curriculum shifts under Columbia Secondary School’s new principal has led to growing discontent erupting this month with student-led protests.

While ELLIS Prep’s principal celebrated the accomplishments of graduates, she also paused to acknowledge the ongoing ICE detention of ELLIS student Dylan Lopez Contreras.

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s school plans include advocating for shared governance, addressing issues like homelessness, and examining the specialized high school admissions test.

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

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

“There's not even somewhat of a consensus on this race,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew said. “It is split all over the place.”

NYC invested millions of dollars outfitting every public school classroom with air purifiers at the height of the pandemic. But they have uses beyond COVID. Is your school still using them?

Supporters say mayoral control of public schools ensures accountability. Detractors say it’s anti-democratic. What do NYC’s mayoral candidates think?

‘They thought no one would miss him. That was a mistake.’ Now, this Bronx school community is rallying around a student detained by ICE.

‘They thought no one would miss him. That was a mistake.’ Now, this Bronx school community is rallying around a student detained by ICE.

The subway is the one place where I’m just another person moving through the city.

In a new “habeas corpus” filing, the lawyers for Dylan, a Bronx high school student detained by ICE, claim immigration officials violated his due process rights.

A NYC public school student’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz of immigration authorities detaining migrants in courthouses in an effort to speed up deportations.

A NYC public school student’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz of immigration authorities detaining migrants in courthouses in an effort to speed up deportations.

Chalkbeat created a searchable table showing how many new teachers were assigned to each of the 741 schools given new hiring funding by the city.

Some students with disabilities in NYC public schools are serving longer suspensions — sometimes by several weeks — than legally allowed, a problem that disproportionately affects Black students.

A state education official revealed that some districts are tapping virtual learning to support immigrant students frightened to attend school.

Reducing class sizes may require thorny tradeoffs, including enrollment caps at popular schools or pushing for waivers. How will the mayoral candidates approach the mandate?

NYC mayoral candidates generally like Eric Adams’ reading curriculum overhaul. Math is a different story

In Manhattan’s District 2, and other parts of the city, new efforts have sprung up to unseat candidates backed by the polarizing local advocacy group PLACE.

“A formula once considered among the most progressive in the nation is now being dismantled,” one advocacy group said. City schools will still receive a Foundation Aid increase, however.

Under the policy, school districts across the state will have until this summer to craft their implementation plans and must begin enforcing them at the start of next school year.

The seven new schools are part of a multiyear flurry of openings that city officials hope will reinvigorate the system at a time of faltering enrollment.

Education Department officials are hoping that education-focused programs at high schools can help the city creatively address a historic teacher hiring challenge.

In the waning months of Eric Adams’ first term, NYC is pushing for big changes to middle school reading and math. Will they last?

They have long been an unfunded mandate in New York. Let’s change that.

What’s the state of ethnic studies in New York City schools? And how does recent political opposition from the Trump administration threaten its expansion?

Education Department officials have said the city will need to hire between 7,000 and 9,000 new teachers this year to meet a major class size deadline.

What if the solutions to NYC’s high school inequities come from the students who’ve lived it?

“It's hard sometimes to distinguish test prep from genuine instruction, but this really looks a lot like test prep,” one expert said.

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took a tour of Vertex Partnership Academies founded by Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

NYC schools get $2 billion from Washington. Here's what's at risk if Trump defunds the Education Department.

Officials ignored a Bronx principal who raised alarms over lack of school police. Then a student was stabbed.

“I let a lot of casual racism slide, even until middle school, because I didn’t have anyone to look up to or tell me that it was wrong,” one student said. “I just had to endure it.”

As some schools have been waiting several weeks for student OMNY card replacements, families and educators worry about migrant students with non-working cards.

Top officials have been pushing for years to shutter P.S. 25, NYC’s smallest school with just 53 students. On Wednesday, education officials voted to close it.

The long-awaited hearing aimed to give lawmakers a chance to publicly question New York City Education Department officials on the state of school diversity efforts.

Seven federally funded employees working on the city’s public health emergency preparedness, vaccine outreach and tuberculosis control were terminated over the weekend.

LGBTQ history videos find new home after PBS pulls content due to Trump executive orders

Families and educators across New York City have held conversations with their kids in recent weeks about what to do if they encounter immigration agents outside of school.

The city Education Department has not sent any systemwide communication to families or educators, and it hasn’t issued specific guidance for administrators about Trump’s executive order.

The federal grant freeze fueled widespread confusion about which programs will be affected. Experts say the freeze may be illegal.

Capping enrollment is one of the only ways that some of New York City’s most crowded schools can make progress toward meeting a state class size law.

Application black hole? Some NYC high schools warn families they can’t see auditions or essays

Mayor Eric Adams made a last-minute call this year to switch Monday, Dec. 23, to a day off. Will he do the same for next year’s school calendar and cancel Friday, Jan. 2?