by Jennifer Freeman Can you call an activity “planning” if it consists of playing catch-up with old problems (years of chronic underfunding of school construction) while ignoring new ones (massive...

The long-anticipated death of print has two new late-September heralds: First, the imminent demise of the New York Sun, which may fold this week unless a deep-pocketed sponsor, un-scarred by market...

If you've spent all week wondering whether paying some teachers not to teach improves the over-all quality of instruction, or if you have been too engrossed in the Times Magazine’s annual College...

Both the Sunand the Times today take up the thorny issue of 'excessed' teachers, after a UFTpress conference and volleys of emails and other communication between DOEand UFT leadership. Of the...

The economy's dominating the national news, and on the civic landscape, the proposed across-the-board 2.5% budget cuts requested by Mayor Bloomberg could translate to $185 million in cuts to the...

Three 6-12 schools already exist in Brooklyn's District 15 -- The Secondary Schools for Law, Journalism and Social Research, in the old John Jay High School building -- to mixed reviews, but the...

Should teachers at schools destined for closure double down and teach with greater vigor -- or slouch into oblivion? An article by Jennifer Medinain today's Times highlights the apparently...

The NY Sun yesterday cited DOE enrollment numbers, concluding that "P.S. 87 on 78th Street would be at 50% capacity if only neighborhood students zoned for the school attended." The way that this...

Saturday was one of those perfect Indian summer days. The beach beckoned; the greenmarkets overflowed with pungent basil and ripe produce; tourists marched in droves over the Brooklyn Bridge to see...

West Side parents famously covet seats at strong local elementary schools; the DOE, well aware of the constant demand, is "floating" two rezoning proposals to address the District 3 crunch,...

A feature in today's Timesshowcases rising efforts by many colleges and universities to diminish the influence of the SAT exam in college admissions; scholars and journalists have repeatedly...

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers came to Brooklyn Tech this weekend for the high school fair, with lines that wrapped up Fort Greene Place and along Fulton Street. More than 19,000 people attended...

Wall Street may be flailing but this week, many city teachers and principals are flush, thanks to bonuses based on the school progress reports.There also still seems to be enough cash left...

In a disturbing, cross-town coincidence, NY1 reports that students at three high schools have been exposed to pepper spray this week, with more than two dozen kids evaluated for complaints ranging...

The first step in our family's New York City public high school search did not involve delving into our growing piles of books, papers and test prep brochures, gathered at various information...

Chancellor Klein and UFT president Randi Weingarten announced this morning that more than 6,000 elementary and middle schools educators will receive cash bonuses in reward for their schools’...

The DOEhosts its all-city high school fair this weekend at Brooklyn Tech; see this article in the current Insideschools alert for a nuts-and-bolts guide to beginning the high school admissions...

Classes in more than half of the city's schools are growing larger, according to a new report by the New York State Department of Education, despite Contracts for Excellence funding directed at...

Special education students are facing even more significant problems than the busing issues  that continue to keep them spending almost as many hours en-routeto school as in the classroom. Despite...

The same sixth-graders who were in their first week of middle school, seven years ago today, are in their first month of college.  2001's first-graders are now eighth-graders; the children who fill...

With the news that the Obama campaign aims to double federal dollars for charter schools in concert with the McCain camp's established charter-school support (along with its concerted push for...

Yes, the new-school dust is still swirling, but for families of eighth-graders, the high school admissions process looms large on the horizon. Much of what you've heard is true: The process is...

To herald the new school year, the newslast week was filled withfirst day of school stories. Articles spotlit new schools, new charter schools, andcharter school networks new to New York; others...

It may be less than two miles from principal Josh Klaris' former elementary school, PS 183, to the brand-new DREAM Charter School—opening today with a visit by Chancellor Joel Klein—but the...

Who doesn't want more arts education for our city's students? Parents as Arts Partners, via the Center for Arts Education, brings the creative process to thousands of kids and families every year....