New York City has 18 of the 50 richest PTAs in the nation, according to a report by the Center for American Progress. “These (50) schools serve about one-tenth of a percent of the nationwide...

Actor Matthew Modine started a chat with middle school students at Brooklyn's New Horizons School, MS 442 on Wednesday by turning off the overhead fluorescent lights to reduce energy. “I feel...

The Department of Healthand the Department of Educationhave announced that eight additional schools will closestarting today, Friday May 22nd, in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. The eight schools,...

State Education Commissioner David Steiner has given the Department of Education's space planners a case of the jitters. On March 31, Steiner overturned the city’s plan to move Brooklyn East...

Over 400 of the city's public schools burn a type of heating oil that is known to injure New Yorkers' health, according to a 2009 report by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Though just one...