Our Feb. 7 Insideschools event "Applying to Kindergarten" is fully booked. All RSVPs are now going on a waitlist. Everyone who is on the waitlist is welcome to come at 8 p.m. for a Q&A session....

Most children in Queens attend their neighborhood elementary schools, and there isn’t a lot of room for shopping around. However, if you are dissatisfied with your zoned school, here are some...

The Department of Education has not updated its zone maps to reflect zoning changes on the Upper East Side, lower Manhattan and the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, so parents who call 311 to find...

Kindergarten options in Brooklyn are as diverse as the borough itself. In the largest districts, schools are packed and most families attend their neighborhood schools. Others have room for...

Applications for public school pre-kindergarten will be available March 5 online and at elementary schools and Education Department enrollment offices. Families must submit applications by April 5....

In a bumper year for public school kindergarten applications, more than 2,400 children are on waitlists at their zoned school. That is 200 fewer than last year at this time, according to data the...

Five Manhattan moms started composting programs in their schools' cafeterias this year that saved 450 pounds of food waste from landfills daily and reduced the volume of cafeteria garbage by 85% in...

Beginning September 1, the Department of Education, will open temporary student registration centers for high school students who are new to New York City, new to its public schools, or who...

Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein may not use his emergency powers to override a state education commissioner's ruling that blocked the expansion of Girls Prep Charter School inside PS 188. Last...

UPDATE: On August 24, the deadline to apply for upper grade Gifted and Talented programswas extended from August 27 to September 17, The Department of Education is accepting applications for...

Dear Judy With all the talk about professional tutoring giving the edge in admissions tests for selective schools and G&T programs, I am beginning to worry. We can’t afford much in the way of...

A front page story in today's New York Times spotlights the practice of deciding a student's "giftedness" based on performance on just one test and points out a lack of diversity of students...

August 5  is the last day of summer school classes for elementary and middle school students  before they take state math exams on August 9 and  English exams the following day, to determine...

Dear Judy My older son will be attending a private Manhattan high school in September, my middle son is 11 and my daughter 9. We are currently in a Nassau County school district but are...

It's been a week since the the City Council Education Committee questioned Department of Education enrollment officials on admissions policies ranging from high school acceptances, to school...

Anxious 8th-graders who are still uncertain where they will be attending high school next fall because theyappealed their high school matches will have to wait a bit longer. The Department of...

With theJune 18 registration deadline looming for the city's elementary school gifted and talented programs, PS/IS 217 on Roosevelt Island is reaching out to eligible applicants in Manhattan and...

The wait is almost over for parents and kids who sweated out this year's round of Gifted and Talented (G&T) admissions. Placement letters are being sent out today, Department of Education...

Thousands of New York City teachers' jobs will be spared, but the city will eliminate pay raises for all teachers and principals for the next two years, Mayor Bloomberg announced earlier...

The wait is almost over for students applying to middle school. On Monday, May 24, decision letters will be available for schools to pick up and distribute, according to an email sent to principals...

Sixty-five families whose children werewaitlisted for kindergarten slots next fall at two popular District 3 schools, PS 87 andPS 199, got unexpected and ultimately inaccurate news about their...

The state's education department and teachers' unions have reached an agreement that will change the way teachers are evaluated. Under the new system, teacher' ratings would be linked to how well...

It's been a bumpy ride this spring for kindergarten enrollment in tiny District 1, New York City's only full choice district, located on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Parents claim that kindergarten...

Mayor Bloomberg last week announced his 2011 fiscal budget and the outlook for the city's school teachers -- and its classrooms --is grim. The budget calls for the elimination of 6,414 teachers...

The due date for Gifted and Talented applications for qualifying elementary school students is Friday, April 30. Among the hundreds who submitted commentsto Insideschools on this topic, some raised...