"Millionaires have got to pay!" chanted public school children, parents, and teachers, who gathered for a protest outside of Gov. Andrew  Cuomo's Manhattan office on Tuesday and called for an...

Parent-teacher conferences, being held at most high schools tonight and tomorrow, offer families the opportunity to meet teachers and learn how their children are doing in class. But it's hard for...

The A-to-F letter grades on the city's 2010-2011 Progress Reports for high schools are as confusing as ever but don't dismiss the reports as useless. There's a ton of interesting information if you...

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...

Confused about choosing a high school? Insideschools has produced a series of videos on our YouTube channel to help. We give advice on how to make the most of the high school fairs, which are...

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...

Can a high school student ask to be removed from the military recruitment database? How much school can a pregnant teen miss for prenatal care? As part of The New York Civil Liberties Union annual...

A standing-room-only crowd greeted Department of Education presenters at the first of six Gifted & Talented information sessions, held Oct. 5 on the Upper West Side.  It was a "friendly, lively...

The Success Charter Network, run by former city councilperson Eva Moskowitz, is setting its sights on three neighborhoods in Brooklyn where it plans to open schools in 2012: Cobble Hill,...

Dear Judy, Our neighborhood school (in Brooklyn) does not have outdoor recess time. The children never have a chance to play outside. Every day they must sit in the cafeteria for 50 minutes in...

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...

Public libraries are letting children and teens off the hook for fines for overdue books. In a welcome-back to school outreach to city kids, the New York Public Library System, (NYPL) Brooklyn...

Interested in next year's Gifted and Talented programs? If your child will enter kindergarten through 3rd grade in fall 2012, you may register beginning today, Sept 26, for G & T testing in...

Eighth-graders and parents: If you're not already in the throes of a high school search, now is the time to kick into high gear. Every 8th-grader -- and 9th-graders who want to change schools --...

The Department of Education is holding a series of sessions in October for parents of students with special needs to explain the new electronic IEP forms which outlines the services a student...

Applying to middle school in New York City is usually not just as simple as enrolling in your neighborhood school. Many districts offer a choice of schools and students must fill out an...

Parents of 8th-graders: Get a jump-start on high school admissions. Come to a meeting tonight of the Citywide Council on High Schools.  Lenny Trerotola, executive director of high school...

Half a dozen middle schools are experimenting with an unusual approach to teaching new immigrants English: Children write stories about their own lives and read them out loud in front of an...

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...

Your 5-year-old is guaranteed a seat in kindergarten whenever you register—whether months in advance, the first day of school or even after the school year has begun. Most schools offer tours in...

Parents who are dissatisfied with their child’s school placement for this year may have a shot at a charter school. Insideschools has found a handful of charters - most of them new ones -  that...

There are hundreds of other schools in the city from which to choose. You may list up to 12 schools on your application.  Some schools, called screened schools, require high grades and good...

What are the specialized high schools? More than 25,000 students take the specialized science high school entrance exam (SSHAT) to vie for 5,000 seats at the specialized high schools, also called...

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%...