It's time for 7th-graders to be thinking about applying to high school. The Department of Education announced key dates for rising 8th-graders including its annual series of July high school...

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Monica Disare on June 27, 2016 When people think of Coney Island, they often picture a beachline with brightly colored roller coasters and hot dog stands, but...

Applying to middle school—a process that begins in the fall of 5th grade—can be stressful if you don’t know what you’re doing. It’s very important that you stay on task. My name is Nathaniel Cain...

Some charter schools hold public lotteries. Coney Island Prep held its first lottery in 2009. Abigail Kramer is a public policy journalist at the Center for New York City Affairs and the parent of...

Our 6th-grade blogger Nathaniel Cain checks in with a report after his first full week of middle school in Brooklyn. On Thursday, the first day of school, I was VERY, VERY nervous. I didn't know...

AQE Lobby Day in Albany (Photo Courtesy of Alliance for Quality Education) Last week, activists hoping to avert budget cuts in New York public education — cuts that will have a direct and lasting...

P-Tech Principal Rashid Davis, shown speaking to prospective students at a fair in February, was at last week's supplementary round fair. If you are one of the 8,000 8th graders who were rejected...

Chancellor Walcott cooks waffles at PS 10 in Brooklyn. (Photo courtesy of homedecornews.com) Like Dennis Walcott, I have made good on a promise to cook waffles in a public school.  And like...

Lenny Trerotola introduces the high school admissions process to families of middle school students. (Photo by Erica Baum) Next year's high school applicants will learn where they have been...

A 16-month prep course designed to help low-income middle school students prepare for the city's elite specialized high schools will be cut nearly in half from 16 months to three beginning in 2012,...

Yellow school buses will roll on September 8, the first day of school this year. If your children are among the 150,000 who ride the bus, or if you have a special needs child who is transported in...

Newcomers to New York City public schools, and students with unresolved placement problems, can bring their transcripts and other records needed for school registration to special enrollment...

The 2012 school admissions season is upon us! Because of New York City's system of school choice, 5th and 8th graders spend the fall deciding where to apply to middle or high school. Families of...

Confused about the high school admissions process? Department of Education enrollment officers will be traveling to each borough twice in October, offering evening information sessions to families...

Parents of prospective kindergartners in some New York City neighborhoods tour elementary schools the way families elsewhere visit colleges, (although they may not bring their 4-year-olds...

Update Monday, Oct. 31: GothamSchools reports that Eva Moskowitz cut her presentation short on Saturday after parents protests disrupted the meeting. Opponents of the plan outnumbered parents who...

"The fact that everybody wants it, that doesn't mean all that much." So said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Oct. 17, explaining why he had decided not to extend the "millionaire's tax." Some public...

Parents attending parent-teacher conferences this week may be hearing talk about the “Common Core” and wondering just what it is. At a Department of Education presentation in October, David...

Parents are skeptical that parent involvement will improve with the reorganized Division of Family and Community Engagement (FACE), headed by Bronx parent Jesse Mojica. It's the third time that the...

Mayor Bloomberg recommends that you visit a school before enrolling in kindergarten. So why won't some schools let parents in? "We recommend that you call schools of interest to schedule a time...

There is an inherent irony in this artistic mecca we call New York City when it comes to the Education Department's arts education policies. Insideschool's own Judy Baum reported that although...

Parents of kids with lopsided abilities despair of finding the right educational fit: for the math whiz who has dyslexia; the child with a photographic memory who can’t sit still; the ace...

The Department of Education has not updated its zone maps to reflect zoning changes on the Upper East Side, lower Manhattan and the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, so parents who call 311 to find...

Boys and Girls High School is a failing school by many standards. The New York City Department of Education gave it a grade of “F” on its 2011 Progress Report. Only 45.7% of students graduate in...

Kindergarten options in Brooklyn are as diverse as the borough itself. In the largest districts, schools are packed and most families attend their neighborhood schools. Others have room for...