Talking about 'giving back' is easy -- yet too often, between the talking and the doing lies a deep gulf of good intentions. But volunteering doesn't have to mean giving up a career or sacrificing...

Our question about the Community Education Council vote drew an anemic response -- in itself, perhaps a reflection on the Department of Education'sfledgling effort atonline parent engagement. About...

The Department of Education has earned a reputation for making under-the-radar announcements in school 'slack times' -- often, just as a vacation begins. In its recent announcement of a $ 2.5...

It's Friday, and time for theInsideschoolscommunity poll. This past week, we asked about bullying in school, and the majority voice was clear -- zero tolerance for any kind of bullying, actual or...

Jacob Mnookin stood on the edge of the boardwalk in Coney Island, greeting the families who had come to witness the inaugural lottery for Coney Island Prep, south Brooklyn’s first charter school....

When Community Education Councils (CEC) candidates walked into school cafeterias and auditoriums across the city this month to declare why parents should vote for them, they got a shocking reality...

At a jam-packed and raucous meeting on Monday night, the Community Education Council of District 28 in central Queens passed a unanimous resolution recommending the immediate removal of Dr. John...

Yesterday, the City Council members called on state legislators to establish a process by which charter schools are sited in public school buildings. Charter schools, which receive public money but...

Half of the teachers working in American classrooms today could retire over the next decade, according to a reportfrom the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, a non-profit,...

April's a busy season for New York City's 78 charter schools, which currently serve 18,000 students. This coming school year, 24 new charters will open, and charter-school advocates tout high...

Parents who responded to our high-school choice poll have strong opinions on the matter: More than half say there aren't enough good schools for students and families to choose from, with demand...

The Department of Educationhas decided to back down on its planned closing of three neighborhood schools and creation of charter zones without Community Education Council approval, the subject of...

The Post, the Times cityroom blog, and GothamSchools all highlight Comptroller (and mayoral hopeful) William Thompson's testimony on outsized Department of Education budget overruns, which he...

While thousands of parents and students showed up at the supplementary round high school fair on Tuesday, many of the schools on the Department of Education list of available seats were not...

In the Daily News, Merideth Kolodner profiles a familywhose talented, accomplished son was not matched with any high schools on the first admissions round, echoing comments we're hearing from...

(See the bottom of the post for an afternoon update from the DOE) Upper East Side families zoned for the long-shuttered elementary school PS 151 do not have a zoned school for their children and...

It's admissions season at the Department of Education -- another week, another deadline. This week,parents of 2009 pre-Kindergarten students must submit applicationsfor the coming year; links here...

Most 6th-graders aren't yet thinking about high school, but students who aspire to attend the city's most selective high schools, should start planning now. The Specialized High School Institute, a...

Immigrant parents want to participate in their children's school, but too often experience barriers that make it difficult to do so, according to a 52-page report released today by Advocates for...

In April, just a few weeks away, all charter schools in New York City will hold lotteries to select their students for the 2009-2010 school year. Most of the new charter schools, however, still...

This fall 24 charter schools are expected to open across New York City, bringing the total number of city charter schools to more than 100. Although classes don't begin until next August or...

Harlem parents seeking alternatives to their zoned public schools will find options at the Harlem Education Fair on Saturday, Feb. 28. Unlike the city's Department of Education fairs, which only...

Four weeks into the new kindergarten application process, parents and officials at some of the city's 800 elementary schools report a bumpy start. Parents say they are being turned away from...

More than half of the readers who responded to our poll said that parents who didn't speak English were involved in their child's school. But the biggest segment, 28 percent, said that non-native...

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer weighs in on the mayoral control debate, with areport that urges strengthening Community Education Councils (CECs) and increasing their independence, by...