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...

UPDATE 4:40 p.m. April 7: A new kindergarten waitlist released by the Department of Education shows that close to 1500 students (1492) are actually still on a waitlist, not the 1367 that was...

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...

The "angst-o-meter" we've been gauging in this week's poll spilled out onto the steps of Tweed Courthouse yesterday as parents and advocates gathered to voice their discontent with the recent...

The fight goes on. The MTA has decided to postpone its vote on the issue of student MetroCards, saving the final decision until June. During these next few months it is more important than ever...

District 3 parents got official word late last week regarding the admissions policy for PS 452, slated to open in the PS 44building in September to alleviate overcrowding in a few Upper West Side...

Lower East Side parents from PS 188 and PS 94, a school for students with disabilities, with legal assistance from Advocates for Children of New York, filed a formal challenge to the New York State...

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....

Because I was only working 20 hours a week last summer, I was able to patch together part-time child care and the ASD Nest half-day camp in July into a workable model. This year, with my husband...

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"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...

The Department of Education (DOE) officially added three more to the list of new schools opening in September, 2010. Two were approved this week by the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) at its...

Anybody interested in learning about how the parent councils are working --- or in some cases not working -- around the city should check out NY 1 education reporter Lindsey Christ'sseries on...

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...

UPDATE 3/24: Some 2,000 incoming kindergartners are on waitlists for public school next year. There are 112 schools with waitlists, some in every borough. The longest list belongs to PS 87, on the...

Q: I've just been waitlisted by my first-choice college. Or, as they put it, they are "offering" me a "spot" on the waiting list. Does this really mean anything, or is it just another way of their...