Although the first day of school is just two weeks away, some students, especially those new to the city, still don't know where they will be going to school on Sept. 9. Beginning next Monday,...

Dear Judy, My daughter has been attending school in another state. Now she wants to finish back in the city. She will be going into 11th grade and she's a good student. What are her...

Arts education has taken a backseat in New York City public schools for the past few years. With emphasis placed squarely on improving reading and math test scores, the arts are too often...

Summer break is hardly a vacation for more than 90 schools across the city that will be moving into new locations for the new school year. For some, moving means a home in a brand-new building,...

Yesterday in Harlem, parents, students, and staff of PS 123 protested the move of Harlem Success Academy II into their school building. They contend that  the charter school will prevent their...

Dear Judy, We just got the results of my daughter’s middle school choice process and ended up with a school we did not choose. Is there any way to appeal this placement? Could it be a...

Update: The math scores are out and both state and city education officials have been busy touting the "steady, measured gains" (as opposed to the "steady, moderate" gains on the ELA exam). Across...

Recently, we sat down with James Merriman, the chief executive of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, to talk about the politics and policies of charter schools in New York...

Taking a page from the District 3 playbook, yesterday parent representatives of Manhattan's District 2, joined by the United Federation of Teachers, filed a lawsuit against the Department of...

Space for pre-kindergarten classes shut out of PS 3 and PS 11 in Greenwich Village because of kindergarten over-crowding will be available next fall at 27 Barrow Street, the home of the Barrow...

Last week, we asked what you thought the Department of Education should do if the swine flu continued to spread. Most voters agreed that the system should keep running, with 36 percent of voters...

[Ed Note: New details from DOE added in Update at end of post.] The Department of Education has gathered and analyzed kindergarten waitlist data for Manhattan districts 2 and 3, according to a...

Previous reports at insideschools.org and The New York Times highlighted the shortage of kindergarten seats at high-profile Manhattan schools. However, an informal Insideschools survey completed by...

Morning and afternoon rallies will bracket lawmakers' workdays this Wednesday, May 6, with the focus squarely on kindergarten admissions. This year public school kindergarten admissions feature...

The Department of Education announced on their website that score notifications for applicants to elementary school gifted and talented programs would not be released today, as scheduled, but on...

Only 100 parents attended the District 3 kindergarten lottery last week after the Department of Education announced that many popular schools did not have available seats. “Parents were...

Later today, Chancellor Joel Klein will speak at the Harlem Success Academycharter lottery. Harlem Success, founded by former City Councilmember Eva Moskowitz, can't ever be faulted for thinking...

Talking about 'giving back' is easy -- yet too often, between the talking and the doing lies a deep gulf of good intentions. But volunteering doesn't have to mean giving up a career or sacrificing...

Jacob Mnookin stood on the edge of the boardwalk in Coney Island, greeting the families who had come to witness the inaugural lottery for Coney Island Prep, south Brooklyn’s first charter school....

At a jam-packed and raucous meeting on Monday night, the Community Education Council of District 28 in central Queens passed a unanimous resolution recommending the immediate removal of Dr. John...

(See the bottom of the post for an afternoon update from the DOE) Upper East Side families zoned for the long-shuttered elementary school PS 151 do not have a zoned school for their children and...

It's admissions season at the Department of Education -- another week, another deadline. This week,parents of 2009 pre-Kindergarten students must submit applicationsfor the coming year; links here...

This fall 24 charter schools are expected to open across New York City, bringing the total number of city charter schools to more than 100. Although classes don't begin until next August or...

Harlem parents seeking alternatives to their zoned public schools will find options at the Harlem Education Fair on Saturday, Feb. 28. Unlike the city's Department of Education fairs, which only...

Four weeks into the new kindergarten application process, parents and officials at some of the city's 800 elementary schools report a bumpy start. Parents say they are being turned away from...