Q: My daughter is currently attending a private school and is beginning her junior year.  She was told that if she transfers out to a public school she will be able to take more AP and honors...

The Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) has scheduled two meetings in late August to address unfinished business from its August 16  meeting that was cut shortin response to a  parent-led protest...

The deadline to apply for upper grade Gifted and Talented programshas been extended from August 27 to September 17, according to an update on the Department of Education's website. Acceptance into...

TheCenter for Leadership and College Preparation, affiliated with Bank Street College of Education, offers educational opportunities both to high-achieving students and to struggling students. The...

Parents bounced from table to table at a Harlem school fair on Saturday, filling up tote bags with pamphlets and eagerly asking about admissions requirements. Harlem has one of the highest...

Last night, hundreds of parents attended a forum dedicated to overcrowding issues at elementary and middle schools in Chelsea and the Village. The meeting, sponsored by the Community Education...

A parent of a District 15 fifth-grader wrote us about middle-school tours, and the people who offer them.  While experiences vary from person to person, parent OR child, this parent's observations...

Insideschools.org has learned about an overlooked bit of bureaucrat-ese that deserves wide exposure -- and considerable challenge as well, especially given the Chancellor's recent endorsement of...

Today marks the launch of the third annual school learning environment survey through which the DOE aims to hear from 1.5 million New Yorkers -- parents, students, teachers, and other schools...

In a column unfortunately slated to run during the opening weekend of school vacation, NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof wakes up at last to the schoolyard bell: Education is the issue, and the key to...

While awaiting word from the city's specialized high schools this week, I found myself saying meaningless words to my anxious 13-year-old:``If we lived in the suburbs,'' I told him, "You and your...

Eighth-graders across the city learned this afternoon whether they had been offered seats at the city's specialized high schools, including the eight testing schools, for which student take the...

This weekend, the DOE is hosting a fair for New High Schools, at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn -- but they still haven't published a complete, official list of all the new high schools that...

Historically, most New York City high school students have been eligible to earn Local or more rigorous Regents diplomas. But reforms set in motion over a decade ago by New York State Regents now...

DOE officials have announced the phase-out of Brandeis High School, one of the last remaining "comprehensive" -- ie, large and struggling -- high schools on the Upper West Side. Current students...

Rejection isn't easy to take, no matter how it arrives. When my toddler son didn't get accepted to a neighborhood pre-school more than 10 years ago, I was new to the concept of competition for...

The Education Committee of the New York City Council convened a hearing yesterday on the DOE's nascent reorganization of special education. It's the third planned reorganization of special ed since...

Today at noon, Mayor Bloomberg will give his annual budget address-- the last before the November election. The mayor's budget is expected to include 23,000 job cuts, nearly a billion in new taxes,...

This afternoon, the DOE announced that 26 schools will take occupancy on 22 new or improved sites in Sept. 2009, including six entirely new school buildings. Part of the Mayor's $13 billion, 5-year...

About 27,000 eighth graders and their parents will learn next Thursday, Feb. 5, whether they will be offered seats at the city's eight specialized high schools, based on the results of the SHSAT,...

I always know when the New York State tests are coming up, and not because I hire tutors or visit the many websites that offer practice tests and tips, including the state education department. It...

Earlier this week, DOE announced a new data-management system for special education studentsin the city's schools. Hard on its heels comes news, thanks to GothamSchools' Philissa Cramer, that DOE...

Middle-school families across New York City now join the ranks of high-school applicants and their parents: The waiting game is in full flower, with everyone on tenterhooks, hoping for good news...

Public charter schools straddle an uncertain divide -- with public money, they often serve targeted constituencies, from the consistently underserved to families looking for cultural connection and...

Yesterday, the DOE announced the phaseout and eventual closure of Bayard Rustin High School in Chelsea. No new 9th graders will be permitted to enroll in September 2009. The news landed hard on...