NYC families can now apply for 2-K. Here’s what you need to know
June 3, 2026
Families can apply on MySchools, the city Education Department’s online portal for school enrollment through June 26.
Families can apply on MySchools, the city Education Department’s online portal for school enrollment through June 26.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW open for the 2,000 seats in the city’s free 2-K childcare pilot program for two-year-olds.
The initial list includes more than 550 home-based and center-based early childhood programs across school districts 6, 10, 18, 23 and 27.
Not every family received their top 3-K choice, but more did this year than in years past, the mayor said.
Families in the transit-poor corridor stretching to Red Hook say they currently travel to distant programs due to a lack of nearby options.
The sites include a converted Brooklyn warehouse which has undergone more than $1 million in construction work but never opened.
OVER 50,000 NEW York families have submitted applications for the city’s pre-k programs for three- and four-year-olds so far this year.
High child care costs and housing challenges are driving NYC families with young children to leave the city.
ON SATURDAY, New Yorkers United for Child Care joined Councilmember Shahana Hanif in Park Slope to gather petition signatures for “2-Care.”
BROOKLYN PARENTS AND ADVOCATES are campaigning for “Universal 2-Care,” a program that would offer free childcare for two-year-olds.
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, a 129-year-old leader in early childhood education, will hold the 100th anniversary of the Yuletide Ball, its annual fundraiser, on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. with
Classroom doors will open for elementary school students next week in New York City, but middle school and high school students won’t return to in-person learning until after the holiday
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“There is something wrong with the system.”
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Some pre-K teachers working for community-based organizations have won a battle in their fight to be paid the same as pre-K teachers working for the city’s Department of Education. The
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New York City officials committed Friday to providing funding in the next budget to create pay parity for early childhood education providers across the city, vowing to strike a deal
The changes increase the minimum amount of funding that the operators will receive, regardless of their student enrollment.
Adding to a groundswell of concern over the New York City education department’s pending takeover of publicly funded preschool and daycare programs, all five borough presidents are calling on the
Pre-K and childcare providers in New York City say that changes to how they’re funded could spell financial disaster.
Pre-K for all? Not so, say a group of teachers and administrators who allege that the city shorts the programs run by community-based organizations — especially compared with the generosity
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After two years of construction and a fair share of controversy, Bay Ridge’s new pre-K center has been completed and is ready to open in time for the new school
Is it time to send your child to school? Applications for the New York City Department of Education free, full-day 3-K for All and Pre-K for All programs opened on
Sign up your kids for pre-k before it’s too late. The deadline to apply for Pre-K for All, an initiative that gives kids free pre-kindergarten education that runs five days
It’s never too early to learn. Deputy Mayor Richard Buery visited P.S. 516, Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School, 4222 Fourth Avenue, on Wednesday, January 18 to spend time with students