Mayor Adams padded the city payroll with 293 “special assistants” during his first full fiscal year in office – a more than 20% increase over his predecessor Bill de Blasio.

Provides on-the-record comments in pre-election webinar.

Hand washing can’t prevent our thousands of students, faculty and staff at Stuyvesant High from getting infected and infecting loved ones.

In Arizona, Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson has restored a law put into effect by Arizona’s Territorial legislature in 1864 and then reworked in 1901 that has been widely interpreted...

There were strong, mixed opinions Wednesday after Donald Trump appointed Betsy DeVos as education secretary

The reality of the pandemic has seriously hampered plans to reopen California schools as district leaders say they need clear guidance from the state.

Audience members on Trump's side of the room also refused to take a mask when offered one.

Chicago’s mayoral aspirant enriched banks and helped create a financial crisis for the nation’s fourth largest school system.

How will they interpret the past?

“Abbott Elementary” frequently touches on the downsides of charter schools compared to public schools.

He conveniently failed to mention Frank famously died in a concentration camp at the age of 15.

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A poll of roughly 1,200 United Federation of Teachers chapter leaders revealed a near unanimous lack of confidence in City Hall's stewardship of city schools.

For some New York City education policy experts, the mission of reducing class sizes can be likened to a holy grail.

Despite slashing spending on everything from trash pickup to NYPD hiring, Mayor Adams’ revised $110.5 billion municipal government budget projects that the city’s deficit will be larger…

We have a right to expect more serious budget reporting from the country’s leading newspaper.

The city Department of Education used a controversial budget formula to quietly reduce funds public schools are set to receive per-student next year.

A UFT study found that 50% of schools with a high concentration of poverty that receive federal funds, have larger class sizes than state law currently limits.

The Department of Education sent 55 staffers, including Chancellor David Banks, to a four-day conference on STEM education at a hotel near Universal Studios in Orlando last week.

A former White House adviser to former President Barack Obama pleaded guilty to one federal count of wire fraud for stealing more than $200,000 from a charter school network he helped found and...

Charters make it possible to avoid the hard work of integration.

During what is usually a very exciting, busy time for high school seniors, a lot of uncertainty is in the air about what their last year will look like. But a few students have their own plan.

I watched the latest episode of the award-winning “Abbott Elementary” show a few days ago and was pleased to see that the show depicted the predatory nature of many urban charters, as well as their…

The union, which went for Hillary Clinton early in the 2016 presidential campaign cycle to the chagrin of many members, has outlined an endorsement process that will feature "deep engagement and...

Created by the mayor’s allies, the 5Boro Institute seeks to counter concerns that the administration lacks a robust agenda to address the city’s problems.

In the strongest indication thus far that Regents exams are on the chopping block, new...

In announcing that the New York City Department of Education will once again allow the city’s public school districts to “screen” children for middle-school admissions and allow i…

David Banks is serious about turning around New York’s schools. And it’s just one part of his family’s political project.

New York Democrats had a rough 2022. Now, the governor’s fight to confirm a controversial judge is pushing the party toward all-out war.

Adams said religion should be in schools “anywhere possible.”

Yes, it’s a huge challenge. No, it’s not going to “destroy” New York City.

The official course looks different from a previous draft: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.

Find out how much the U.S. spends on public education and how the costs break down per student, by state and by level of government.

Displacement is “demoralizing” says one teacher departing from a Brooklyn middle school. On Friday, City Council members grilled education officials about why they’re shrinking needed resources.

Bronx DA Darcel Clark wants more money for housing and mental health services, noting that crimes like a running subway gun battle that left five wounded and one dead Feb. 13 had to be addressed th…

Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a two-year extension of mayoral control over New York City public schools shortly before such authority would have expired at midnight Friday morning.

The mayor said he hasn’t ruled out closing the largest public schools system in America but that right now, ‘we’re trying to hold the line.’