Dept. Of Education: Number Of Teacher Discipline Cases Down Under De Blasio
While running for mayor, de Blasio said his predecessor demonized teachers and promised a new era of cooperation with educators.
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While running for mayor, de Blasio said his predecessor demonized teachers and promised a new era of cooperation with educators.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced a $52 million grant to bring social service providers to 40 community schools in high-need neighborhoods.
The trailers, known as Temporary Classroom Units, have been used for kindergaten students for more than 10 years.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Education announced the first wave of acceptances to the city's expanded pre-kindergarten programs Thursday.
The UFT said around 90,000 votes had been cast, with more than 77 percent of those approving the contact.
The mother of an autistic teenager who disappeared from his school and was later found dead has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
The City Council on Wednesday discussed a proposal to keep children from walking away from their schools unnoticed.
Gwendolyn Williams is 4-foot-1 and weighs just 66 pounds.
Nitric acid was spilled in the first floor hallway of the Bread and Roses High School at Edgecombe Avenue & West 136th Street, the Department of Education said.
Department of Education spokeswoman Marge Feinberg told 1010 WINS eight 7th-grade girls at Morris Intermediate School drank an unknown liquid from a water bottle and an Arizona bottle.
Studies have shown that drinking water can help children maintain a healthy weight and stay focused in the classroom. Now, a new study has taken a look at whether water is readily available in schools and if kids are actually drinking it.
An attorney for the family of Avonte Oquendo said Tuesday that the autistic teen had tried to run out of school the very day before he disappeared.
The trailers have been used for kindergarten students for over 10 years, but parents and others claim the trailers have poor ventilation, are moldy and smell like mildew.
Parents of fifth graders at P.S. 117 claim $30,000 is missing from the school's PTA account, handled by last school year's PTA leaders.
The protest was held outside P.S. 321 in Park Slope after hundreds of third, fourth and fifth grade students took the English language arts assessments this week.
Malik Taylor pleaded guilty Tuesday to rape and child endangerment for his encounters with the underage girl.
Whether your child is five or 18, overcrowding in the schools should be of concern to you. How can you fight it? And what should you do for your child while you're fighting?
A Manhattan judge ruled in favor of Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro, saying they're entitled to get their jobs back at James Madison High in Brooklyn.
Lawsuits are being filed this week over Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to move charter school students out of public school space.
If you are considering a Gifted and Talented program for your child, here's what to expect and how to prepare.
Pupils were preparing this weekend to rally in Albany, after Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement this week to deny space to some charter schools.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his administration on Thursday dealt a major blow to nine schools – some of them charter schools – that were hoping to open or expand.
A report released on Tuesday said P.S. 106 elementary school principal Marcella Sills should be fired from her job because she was often absent or late to work.
A Department of Education special investigator has resigned and been banned from future employment with the department, after his superiors claimed that he had engaged in a sexting relationship with a teacher.
Three New York City employees were arrested in separate incidents early Sunday.
