Q: My son is going into his senior year of high school and we are starting to look at different colleges. Thinking about where he can get in, academically, is just one part of the story. My son is...

Check your mail box or computer. Pre-K placement letters were sent out on Friday, May 28, according the Department of Education's Office of Student Enrollment. If you applied duringRound 1 of pre-K...

The state legislature has approved a bill to raise the charter cap from 200 to 460 over the next four years.  By a vote of 45 to 14, the State Senate approved the bill this afternoon.  Earlier...

Students appealing their high school placement for next year must submit their completed High School Match Appeal Form to their guidance counselor no later than Tuesday, June 1.   Students only...

Election season for Parent/Parent-Teacher Associations is underway in schools across the city.  According to Chancellor's Regulation A-660, elections for the positions of president, recording...

Anxiety and uncertainty continues to grow as principals grapple with the bad news that cuts to next year's school budgets are likely to be "sustantially larger" than the 4.9 percentslash in...

Last week was an exciting one at PS29, as Mayor Bloomberg and Rachael Ray visited the schoolyard to hold a press conference announcing greater support for school gardensand school nutrition in New...

The Department of Education announced today that 980 rising kindergartners who are waitlisted at their zoned schools are getting alternate placements for kindergarten in September.   "Every child...

The wait is almost over for students applying to middle school. On Monday, May 24, decision letters will be available for schools to pick up and distribute, according to an email sent to principals...

There's more bad news in store for the city's principals. Nearly 500 schools will have their 2010-2011 budgets docked the amount of money owed by families for unpaid school lunches. Principals of...

Sixty-five families whose children werewaitlisted for kindergarten slots next fall at two popular District 3 schools, PS 87 andPS 199, got unexpected and ultimately inaccurate news about their...

Q:  My son's high school college counselor was very negative about his chances of acceptance into college. He is a junior, and has an average in the low to mid 80's. He doesn't test well so his...

The proposed relocation of Clinton School for Artists and Writers into the American Sign Language and Dual Language Secondary Schoolbuilding will not be voted on by the Panel for Educational...

At the first PTA meeting of my son’s high school this fall, I showed up, like so many new parents, eager to participate and learn more about what to expect for the next four years. I was somewhat...

The Panel for Educational Policyis scheduled to vote on several school co-locations at its monthly meeting tomorrow, May 18. Also on the agenda for the May meeting are a slew of Department of...

Advocates for students with disabilities are often at odds with the Department of Education about how those children can be best served in the city's public schools. But today a parent advocacy...

I am sure I was not the only principal huddled around a computer, trying to listen "between the lines" during the Chancellor's address about the budget last week. Unfortunately, there was no more...

Two weeks ago my friends and I sent in our deposits to the colleges of our choice and put an abrupt end to the lengthy "college process." But for many parents and students reading this blog, the...

Dear Judy We're considering moving to get into a better school zone for my son to attend a public kindergarten program in Fall 2011. By when do we have to move to establish residency for the...

The state's education department and teachers' unions have reached an agreement that will change the way teachers are evaluated. Under the new system, teacher' ratings would be linked to how well...

Charter schools continue to dominate education news. With millions of dollars of Race to the Top money at stake, the push to raise the New York State charter cap is gaining momentum, thanks to a...

It's been a bumpy ride this spring for kindergarten enrollment in tiny District 1, New York City's only full choice district, located on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Parents claim that kindergarten...

Mayor Bloomberg last week announced his 2011 fiscal budget and the outlook for the city's school teachers -- and its classrooms --is grim. The budget calls for the elimination of 6,414 teachers...

My twelve-year-old has been asking one too many questions lately about high school admissions, even as I’ve tried to shield him from all discussions and preserve whatever innocence might possibly...

While more than 6,600 8th graders are still sweating out this year's high school admissions process, it's time for the roughly 80,000 students in next year's class of 8th graders to start thinking...