By next fall, the majority of students in New York high schools will not be required to pass the state’s Regents exams to earn a diploma.
Xaverian plans a new wing with classrooms, labs and a chapel, with construction starting this year and completion set for 2027.
Teens developed games, animations and social media campaigns to educate the public about the challenges of energy conservation.
Students and staff from Poly Prep Country Day School packed food and produce then dropped them off at One Love Community Fridge.
Before Kamar Samuels took the helm of the nation’s largest school system, he set in motion plans to shutter three small middle school programs.
St. Patrick’s Catholic Academy, 401 97th St., hosted its 10th Annual STEM Olympics on Thursday, Jan. 29.
James Madison High School, the educational institution with an accomplished list of well-known alumni, celebrated its centennial on Oct. 24.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. The incident raises questions about potential holes in the city’s
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. Education department officials say they’ve purchased 30,000 HEPA purifiers, and
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. When the coronavirus first forced New York City school buildings
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. Only 280,000 students attended in-person classes in the first month
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. When the pandemic disrupted school in the spring, Brandie Gogel
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. The city has already closed 100 public schools and 200
Hundreds of New York City public and private schools were closed Tuesday in neighborhoods with flare-ups of coronavirus cases as city and state officials continued discussing the possibility of shuttering
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that he has asked the state for permission to close schools and reinstate restrictions on nonessential businesses in nine Brooklyn and
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. As New York City’s middle and high school buildings reopened
The two largest school districts in the U.S. are rolling out ambitious and costly plans to test students and staff for the coronavirus, bidding to help keep school buildings open
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. Hundreds of thousands of New York City students are heading
This story was originally published on Sept. 21 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. City educators filed
Monday’s return to New York City schools wasn’t the one anyone planned for. For most, it wasn’t a return at all. Only pre-kindergarten and some special education students were scheduled
Mayor Bill de Blasio is confident that New York City will meet a revised timeline to bring public school students back to classrooms within the next two weeks, following closures
New York City’s already-delayed school year started remotely Wednesday in a soft opening that served as a prologue to the return of students to physical classrooms next week. Even as
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New York City postponed the start of its school year by several days to allow more preparation to reopen classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, announcing a delay Tuesday after teachers
New York schools can bring children back to classrooms for the start of the school year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday, citing success in battling the coronavirus in the state
With nonessential businesses closed and hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers out of work due to the novel coronavirus crisis, the city’s Department of Education is making free meals available