Dear Judy, My son is entering 7th grade this fall. Should I be thinking about high school admissions already? What can I do to get prepared? - Thinking Ahead Mom Judy answers: Dear Thinking...

When I heard the disturbing news yesterday that a teacher's aide at Brooks's school had been arrested for child molestation, my neurotic parental instincts kicked in: how did anyone ever talk me...

At a recent middle school event, some of the newly tall eighth-graders looked down at their parents. Many had caught up with the girls who once towered above them. I saw facial hair and giant...

In New York City where about half of the high school students don't graduate in four years, transfer schools, which offer smaller class size, and programs tailored to individual students' needs,...

Last year, the Department of Education's new middle school choice and matching process left too many special needs children who were in CTT (collaborative team teaching) classes out in the cold,...

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...

Families applying to middle school should have letters by now. Since the middle school admissions process varies widely by district, we are curious how smoothly it has gone across the city. A few...

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...

We're hearing from middle school parents who've had happy news from a Manhattan citywide gifted and talented school -- but, as of Monday, hadn't yet had word regarding district G&Ts in their...

Department of Education spokesman Andy Jacob this evening confirmed that families of students applying to middle school for September 2009 will receive placement offers by mail "during the week of...

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, a  number of LaGuardia juniors found out that their math tracks are being abruptly ended. As a junior in trigonometry this year, I was expected to take pre-calculus in the fall, and take...

_ Update _: The scores for New York City schools and charter schools have been posted. Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein celebrated the city's gainson English Language Arts...

With all the attention focused on kindergarten overcrowding, it's important not to forget the middle school students who have yet to be matched with a high school they want to attend. It's time for...

This afternoon at 1 p.m., the Department of Education will present results of the State English Language Arts exam for New York City public school students in grades 3 through 8. These scores help...

[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...

For the past couple of years, the NYC Student Unionhas ended the school year with June workshops at M.S. 51, where many of us went to middle school. In these workshops, we teach 8th-graders, who...

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...

All eighth and ninth graders who applied to high schools should have a placement by today, although they may not all be pleased with their assignment. The 7,455 students who were not matched in the...

After a stormy tenure as principal of MS 8, The New Preparatory Middle School, in Queens, and despite strong supportfrom the Department of Education, Principal John Murphy stepped down yesterday,...

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...

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...

While thousands of parents and students showed up at the supplementary round high school fair on Tuesday, many of the schools on the Department of Education list of available seats were not...

(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...