Parents have been asking how the kindergarten placement process works; we asked the DOE for details -- and why they advised families to "wait until September" for possible placements at local...

Charging that the Department of Education has broken state law by announcing school closures without community consultation, the New York Civil Liberties Union announced today a lawsuit against the...

Dear Judy, What is the use of taking an Advanced Regents diploma? Do colleges even know what a Regents exam is? Wouldn't it be just as well to take the five basic Regents exams and not bother with...

Elissa Gootman writes today about families whose kids didn't get kindergarten seatsin their local schools, a block and a half from home. We're also hearing from parents whose children haven't been...

The deadline for kindergarten registration has been extended by the DOE to April 20, to accomodate the school vacation in mid-April. Thanks to our commenters for the calendar check, and watch the...

Q. My daughter is a high school junior. We want to start visiting colleges this year, and we want to know of programs or colleges offering scholarships to minority students (we are...

E.D. Hirsch, Core Knowledgefounder and longtime education advocate, asks good questions today in the Times about testing, even as he endorses 'teaching to the test,' provided the test is a good...

Dear Judy, We are in the process of applying for middle schools in District 15. Almost every school we have looked at says (1) they are highly selective with many more applicants than spots and...

Dear Judy, Hi, I want to prepare my four-year-old for the OLSAT. We did not get a date, yet, but I heard it could be next month, and I would like to get him some test prep material or a tutor. Do...

I have an 8 year old daughter who is in the top class; however the teacher told me that she is not interested in reading, writing and math, and is only interested in being social with the other...

Dear Judy,* We tried to register my son for kindergarten last week but were denied because of insufficient documentation. We were given a "tentative" registration but told to return with more...

Maybe Brooks is just going through a particularly promising phase, or maybe I'm seeing him through my Mom's rose-colored glasses, or maybe, just maybe, my little boy with autism is no longer so...

In the latest weekly poll, we asked whether you thought there was too much focus on test preparation at your school. The majority of you said yes, with 33 percent reporting "way too much" test prep...

According to the DOE, kindergarten letters were scheduled to go out to families from individual schools in mid-March. In fact, registration's already underway: It began on Monday, March 16 and...

Citywide gifted and talented programs will open for the first time in Brooklyn and Queens this September, according to an announcement this afternoon by the Department of Education. Until today,...

It can't be pure coincidence that the DOE released a report highlighting gains made by English language learners less than a week after aboisterous mayoral-control hearingin the Bronx. And even...

Today in Albany, the New York State Education Department issued its annual list of schools and districts in need of improvement(SINIs and DINIs, in education jargon.) Because these schools receive...

Gotham Gazette Editor-in-Chief Gail Robinson takes a close look at the potentially thorny path from private parochial school to public charter school. She poses good questions about the fuzzy...

Starting next month, the DOE will test English Language Learnersat every grade level to assess their progress toward English proficiency -- measurements critical to each school's Progress Report,...

In keeping with the news of the week from Washington, we asked readers what they thought of charter schools. The short report: There's no groundswell of opinion -- in any direction. Click hereto...

Much of the public debate, blogbuzz, and press coverage of President Obama'seducation address yesterday has focused on his strong endorsement of charter schools, which are publicly funded schools...

Parents of children born in 2005 -- who will turn four in calendar year 2009 -- can find pre-kindergarten applications, information and school directoriesonline. (A curious disclaimer appears when...

With a snow day to start the week, our poll asking about outdoor play in bitter weather yielded a split response: A plurality of parents said "outside optional" made the most sense, nearly as many...

Pre-K information sessions got underway this week, for parents of children who will turn 4 in 2009. As noted in prior posts, the application will be online this year, and both the application and...

Building on a Post storythat ran on Monday, GothamSchoolsyesterday spelled out real concerns with the DOE's high-price-tag contract with the Accenture consulting firm for efforts ostensibly aimed...