Some 2000 students and their parents attended last Thursday's supplementary round high school fair, according to aNY1 weekend report that featured an interview with Insideschools' director Pamela...

Last week was a banner one for news coverage of charter schools. The Daily News reported that nepotism and conflicts of interest were rampant at some charters schools, while their oversight was the...

Earlier this week we reported that there were openings at two selective Manhattan high schools, Bard HIgh School Early College and Millennium High School, which were not listed as choices in the...

In a complicated year for high school admissions, Chancellor Klein announced today that 86% of the 80,412 8th-graders who applied for high school were matched to one of their top five choices on a...

Q:  My son is so stressed out with senior year and college applications that he's actually lost his enthusiasm for going to college.  He says he wants to take a year off.  Is this a good idea? ...

Bard High School Early College and Millennium High School, two highly selective high schools in Manhattan, have a lot of seats available for incoming 9th graders. Here's the catch: neither are...

Like many New York City public school parents, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about schools and anticipating the next move. To avoid stressing out my seventh-grader needlessly, though, I...

In a Friday afternoon press release, the Department of Education announced the closing of a Brooklyn charter school, East New York Preparatory Charter School. In February 2009 the school, which...

<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 485 2768 23 5 3399 11.1287 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]-->Recess. The word invites a rush of memories for...

Forums to meet the candidates for the new citywide council for English language learners (CCELL) and the newly reconstituted special education council (CCSE) are underway. Forums in Staten Island...

In the last poll's angst-o-meter, the largest percentage of you -- 44% -- were most annoyed by the Department of Education's delay in sending high school placement letters. And, indeed, the DOE...

This year, state-mandated standardized tests for students in grades 3-8 are being held later than customary -- in April and May rather than in January and March. When the testing schedule was...

The Department of Education has not yet released the numbers of how many 8th-graders were not matched with a public high school for September and we will share the information as soon as we get it...

The nail biting is over for most 8th graders who received their high admissions letter in the mail over spring recess. Unfortunately for some, uncertainty will linger a bit longer. Many 8th graders...

Applications for the Specialized High Schools Institute (SHSI), a free course run by the Department of Education that helps economically disadvantaged children prepare for the Specialized High...

By the time your kid hits eighth-grade in New York City, you should be a grizzled admissions veteran. You’ve already negotiated finding an elementary school or perhaps chosen to live in a certain...

Two regulations that significantly affect parents' participation in schools have been posted by the Department of Education. One, Chancellor's Regulation A-660 Parents Associations and the Schools,...

Q:  My daughter has a 3.70 GPA and has not been accepted to any of the colleges of her choice.  She is on a waitlist but this does not make us feel safe.  Should she be applying to more colleges,...

Dear Judy, I was recently denied the right to observe my daughter in her public high school. I was not given a reason. I contacted the district and filed a complaint with the District Family...

Parent Association officers are now eligible to serve on Citywide and Community District Education Councils. That change is among several described under newly issued Chancellor's Regulationswhich...

April 7 Update:   The Department of Education released an update on April 5 stating that all high school acceptance letters, including those involving schools slated for closure, have been mailed....

"Break a leg, Alan and Laura!" This was the phone message Brooks left on our friends' answering machine the night before the reading of their new musical. It's clear to us now that Brooks...

Letters to some 80,000 8th-graders awaiting news of their high school acceptances will be sent out beginning today, according to Chancellor Klein. Apparently no students were matched to any of the...

New York State Supreme Court Judge Joan B. Lobis ruled that the Department of Education (DOE) acted illegally in moving to close 19 schools, voted on at the January meeting of the Panel for...

March 26 Update -- On the eve of the spring holidays, and a seven day school vacation, the latest update on the DOE's website about the release of the acceptance letters is that there's really no...