NYC spikes proposals to open AI-focused high school, close Manhattan middle schools
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NYC DOE has spent $5B on rent to private landlords since 2010
The New York City Department of Education has wasted over a staggering $5 billion in taxpayer funds on…
How NYC’s elite high schools discriminate — on mayor’s orders
Yi Fang Chen’s son certainly had the grades to get into New York City’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School.…
EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani administration powers forward with solar panel push in NYC schools
The Mamdani administration is celebrating a sweeping effort to install solar panels across New York City’s public school…
2026-27 NYC school calendar proves the system doesn’t care about learning
Parents are rightly furious over the city public-school calendar for the school year starting this fall — but…
After Israeli flyers in NY high school placed in urinal, board president faces calls to resign
JTA — The school board president in a heavily Jewish suburb of New York City is facing calls…
Ugly antisemitic act taints NY’s tony Scarsdale HS
Flyers posted by tony Scarsdale High School’s Israel Culture Club were torn down and dumped in school bathroom…
How grading ‘equity’ is destroying NYC’s schools
As a New York City public high-school teacher, I’m all too aware that our grading standards have been…
2026-27 NYC school calendar release expected next week, chancellor says
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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pathetic ‘science of reading’ fiasco
Credit Gov. Kathy Hochul with recognizing that New York needs to drastically up its game when it comes…
Here are the promises Zohran Mamdani broke in his first 100 days in office
He’s Zo-ing back on his word. Many of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s lofty campaign promises have already bitten the…
More absences, lower grades: NYC leaving the educational needs of homeless students behind, report finds
Children in NYC schools walk the halls, hoping to get the best education the city has to offer.…