New York City public schools’ age cutoff has never made much sense to me. In the rest of the country (and at most NYC private schools) children must turn five by the fall, or even summer, to enter...

Public school parents are mobilizing against anticipated education budget cuts which would cause teacher layoffs, overcrowding in classrooms, and otherwise adversely affect public schools. The...

Gifted & Talented offer letters will be mailed by June 17, according to a letter sent to principals today by the Department of Education. Families who applied online will receive the letter by...

Schools and parents from 59th Street to the top of Manhattan Island have banded together in SUN, Schools Unite Network, to promote school safety and to reduce and prevent crime among kids.  SUN...

Letters to families of four-year-olds hoping to gain a slot in a public pre-Kindergarten program will be sent this Friday, June 10, two weeks later than the usual Memorial Day weekend notice, and...

My sophomore came home from school the other day and declared that he was sick and tired of working on the same practice paragraphs over and over for the English Regents exam. He was bored of test...

“Do you have a child-centered marriage?” someone asked me last week. My initial response was, “I was not aware there was any other kind.” Turns out, most therapists (at least the ones I Googled)...

The City Council "will do everything in our power to prevent teacher layoffs," Speaker Christine Quinn vowed today after the second of three education budget hearings the Council is holding this...

Dear Judy, My son has been assigned to a high school he doesn't want to attend. How does the appeals process work? Queens  Mom Dear Queens Mom, While the initial high school placements are made...

The end of the school year is in sight, and the lingering light is already messing with my kids' bedtimes, even before the joyous anarchy of vacation has set in. These past few bright evenings,...

Q:  I have gone to the same summer camp upstate since I was 9 years old.  Every year, I see some of the same people, and we've become like family.  Last summer, I was a junior counselor, and this...

Upper West Side parents learned at the District 3 Community Education Council meeting on Wednesday that PS 9 will phase out its popular gifted and talented  program and will not admit incoming...

Parents of children attending New York’s public elementary schools get countless letters from the Department of Education. Below is a letter folks like us should receive but never will. Dear...

Dear Judy, I have several questions about the G&T testing process. First, the DOE lost the test taken by one of my twins and it took a long time to find it. I checked with the school where it...

The morning of Mothers’ Day, word spread quickly through the neighborhood: a blaze had been set sometime overnight on the playground of PS 29. Outside, a clump of parents and children pressed...

The Department of Education today announced a do-over of this year's elections for community and citywide parent councils, and set a new voting schedule for both the advisory and the official...

This year's 5th graders will find out on Friday, May 20 where they will be going to middle school next fall. That's according to the newly updated admissions calendaron the Department of Education...

The Daily News reports today that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio launched a "Save our Teachers" website designed to help parents, and concerned citizens, take action against the mayor's proposed...

May 10 is the deadline for families of nearly 8,000 students who qualified or elementary school gifted and talented programs. Some 4,000 incoming kindergartners qualified this year,  many more than...

Q:  Our son is a junior, and his college counselor has given him a list of about 10 schools he should consider.  Some are a short drive out of NYC, while several are outside the state.  I know...

More than 8,200 8th graders are still sweating out this year's high school admissions process, waiting to hear where they have been acceptedfor September, and it's now time for current 6th and...

Mayor Mike Bloomberg presented his nearly $66 billion final budget today, and confirmed he plans to eliminate 6,000 teaching  jobs -- 4,278 through layoffs and about 1500 through...

UPDATE: May 11: Advocates for Justice, a public interest law firm, issued this clarification statement today regarding the education council elections: May 12th deadline set for resolution of...

Families of the nearly 8,000 students who qualified for kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade gifted and talented programs for next fall are busy weighing their options and ranking their choices...

Dear Judy I am at sea. We just realized that finances will not allow my daughter to continue at the  private school where she is  finishing 8th grade. What can we do find a public high school at...