On February 9, the Panel for Education Policy will meet to vote on the future of the 25 schools up for phase-out and closure. Hearings are held at the schools; in some cases parents and students...

Classroom Visitation Checklist - Autism Spectrum Disorders By Bonnie Sayers The best time to visit a potential classroom for your child on the Autism Spectrum is when school is in session. This...

The Education Department is taking some steps to address the city's annual pile of nightmare stories about kindergarten enrollment. But the underlying issue of too many kids for the number of seats...

Middle school applications are due Friday! We have a new video with tips on how to apply and 15 new reviews to help you make your choices. Manhattan Manhattan East, the Institute for...

A dozen schools on a list of 47 targeted as "struggling" earlier this fall are now slated for closure, Chancellor Dennis Walcott said today, with more school closures to be announced tomorrow.  The...

Three West Harlem secondary schools are on the chopping block for poor performance and in danger of being closed. All three schools are, or will soon be, sharing buildings with charter schools...

September is a long way away, but if your child turns five in 2012 it's about time to apply to elementary school. Applications are available at each school Jan. 9 and are due March 2. You must...

The departure of half the core teaching staff at an elite Upper West Side elementary school has roiled parents who worry test prep is destroying the school’s creative spirit. In July, close to...

Can parents from schools with active Parents Associations help others from less-advantaged schools learn such basics as how to set up a PTA, run a fundraiser, or establish themselves as a...

Monday morning update: We've just learned that there will be another public hearing about PCBs in schools this week on the Upper West Side called by Community Board 7. Here's the notice: Youth,...

At PS 24 in Sunset Park, 90 percent of the students are Latino and many are still learning to speak English. But, instead of giving them English-only instruction PS 24 offers a dual language...

It’s a beautiful day. Do you know where your kindergartner is playing?   Unfortunately, too many of them are inside, parents say. And often they're not playing.   Some schools confronted with...

While some families are occupying Wall Street Friday night (Oct. 21) with a sleepover, other public school parents are looking ahead to  a Nov. 8 election day occupation of Governor Cuomo's office...

Nine schools in Manhattan's District 2 and 11 schools in District 10 in the Bronx are so overcrowded that they cannot accept incoming zoned students in some grades. In all, the Department of...

If your four-year-old didn't get a seat in a pre-kindergarten program in Round 1 or Round 2 of admissions this year  -- and thousands did not -- there are many seats still available, especially at...

District 3 is holding an elementary school fair to showcase its 21 public elementary schools. On Saturday, Oct. 15, principals,  teachers, students and parents will be on hand to talk up their...

The Department of Education identified 20 elementary and middle schools as "struggling" and targeted for "early engagement conversations" the first step in a process that could result in their...

Whether you are starting high school as a 9th grader or as a senior, there are things you can do right now that will prepare you for college. Here are some quick tips that can help you without...

Fewer than half of the four-year-olds who applied during the the second round of pre-kindergarten admissions in July got seats in public school programs, according to statistics released late...

Dear Judy:   My son starts his senior year in high school this September. Now that January Regents are re-instated, he will probably have only one or two classes left to acquire enough credits to...

Ed note: After two years of blogging from the pre-K and kindergarten corners of her school in Brooklyn, Claiborne Milde will also be "stepping up" and moving on to different endeavors. Here's her...

Brooklyn New School already has large classes but most NYC teachers will be facing crowded classrooms next fall. Now that school is out, principals are wrestling with how to slice at least 2.5%...

Parents and guardians of students who live in District 3 on Manhattan's Upper West Side may apply to seven new elementary school magnet programs—if they submit applications by Friday, July 15,...

Three days before the deadline to register for gifted and talented programs, a few parents are uncertain about where their children have been admitted.  Two parents told us they were not allowed to...

Capping off days of protests against proposed budget cuts to the city's school system, the Alliance for Quality Education and other advocacy groups today delivered seven 50-foot petitions with more...