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How An Intern Fought Bloomberg Over Cathie Black Emails, And Won

Posted 05.07.2013 | New York

By Sergio Hernandez, Special to ProPublica. In November 2010, I was earning $300 a week for The Village Voice, blogging about unemployed actors w...

Spotlight on School Safety

Christine C. Quinn | Posted 04.15.2013 | New York
Christine C. Quinn

We recognize the devastating impact that arrests and suspensions can have on young people, that's why today, the City Council is holding a hearing that will focus on alternatives designed to keep schools safe while at the same time reducing arrests or suspensions in schools.

More Than 2,300 Children Waitlisted for Kindergarten

DNAinfo | Posted 04.13.2013 | New York

NEW YORK CITY -- More than 2,300 New York City children were placed on kindergarten waitlists for the fall, according to Department of Education numbe...

PHOTOS: Sandy's Destruction At NYC Schools

| Posted 02.27.2013 | New York

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer NEW YORK CITY — Hurricane Sandy ravaged public schools in low-lying areas across the city — and new p...

Back On The Road Again

AP | JAKE PEARSON | Posted 04.22.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — New York City school bus drivers who serve tens of thousands of children were back at work Wednesday after a monthlong strike that fo...

City Plans To Tear Down 2 Schools For High-Rises

| Posted 02.19.2013 | New York

By Emily Frost, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer UPPER WEST SIDE — The city wants to knock down two Upper West Side elementary schools to clear the way ...

Strike Cost The City A Pretty Penny

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 02.19.2013 | New York

NEW YORK -- The city spent roughly $20.6 million in transit cards, taxis and gas mileage to get tens of thousands of stranded students to school durin...

NYC School Bus Strike Is OVER

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS and EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 04.18.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — The monthlong school bus strike that affected tens of thousands of children in the nation's largest school district ended Friday, aft...

Mom Sues To Send Daughter To School Without Vaccinations

| Posted 02.14.2013 | New York

By James Fanelli, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WEST BRIGHTON — A devout Catholic mom is suing the city Department of Education for not granting her ...

15 Cases Of Bed Bugs Found At Queens School Since September

DNAinfo | Posted 02.13.2013 | New York

JACKSON HEIGHTS — Bed bugs have been found in 15 classrooms at P.S. 69 in Jackson Heights since September, according to the Department of Education....

Brooklyn Yeshivas Eschew Laws, Don't Teach English And Math

| Posted 01.24.2013 | New York

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer BROOKLYN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Borough President Marty Markowitz waffled Wednesday over who has...

Mom Arrested After 7-Year-Old Son Brings Loaded Gun To School

| Posted 01.18.2013 | New York

By Aidan Gardiner, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WAVECREST — The mother of a 7-year-old boy who brought a handgun to his Queens elementary school has...

NYC School Bus Strike Is Happening

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.16.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — A strike by New York City school bus drivers that had been threatened for weeks will start Wednesday morning, affecting 152,000 stude...

School Buses Rolling Monday, But Strike Threat Looms

| Posted 01.15.2013 | New York

By Jill Colvin and Jess Wisloski NEW YORK CITY — Yellow school buses began making pickups Monday morning, as the drivers' union prepared for a st...

City Braces For Possible School Bus Drivers Strike

Newsday | Emily Ngo | Posted 03.09.2013 | New York

New York City schools and parents are bracing for a possible strike by bus drivers and bus attendants who say the city's call for contract bids withou...

Students In Displaced Schools Can Attend Nearest One They Can Get To

Posted 11.09.2012 | Home

New York City public school students whose schools were displaced due to Hurricane Sandy can now enroll in the nearest school they can get to, the NYC...

Let New York City Kids Exercise!

Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 01.08.2013 | New York
Taina Bien-Aime

Parents should put pressure on the DOE to publish a complete inventory of physical education curricula, time and space allocated to physical education classes, along with the number of qualified teachers for each school.

Bronx District 9 Parents and Elected Officials to the Department of Education: "Walk in Our Children's Shoes."

Dinu Ahmed | Posted 12.26.2012 | Home
Dinu Ahmed

Frustrated by a decade of ineffectual reforms, Bronx students, parents, community advocates and elected officials, including Senator Gustavo Rivera, led a "Walk in Our Children's Shoes" tour of District 9 schools last Wednesday.

Astoria Characters: The Preacher at the Old Red Church

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.23.2012 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

The Rev. Dwayne L. Jackson is standing tall in the pulpit staring at the empty pews. The First Reformed Church of Astoria, the red Gothic Revival building wedged between the houses of 12th Street like an afterthought, holds 300 faithful.

NYC Still Paying $22 Million For Teachers In 'Rubber Rooms'

Posted 10.16.2012 | New York

The city and teachers' union may have agreed to shut down the usage of "rubber rooms" -- reassignment centers for educators awaiting discipline hearin...

Teacher Paid $75,000 Livestreams Himself Doing Nothing In 'Rubber Room'

Posted 10.08.2012 | Home

Staten Island teacher Francesco Portelos has been streaming live video of his stint in a pseudo Department of Education “rubber room” as he awaits...

Students Have To Pay Valet To Store Cellphones

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 12.04.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- Thousands of teenagers who can't take their cellphones to school have another option, courtesy of a burgeoning industry of sorts in always...

Assistant Principal Exchanged 3,000 Texts With High School Student

Posted 10.03.2012 | New York

A Brooklyn assistant principal is under fire for allegedly exchanging a staggering 2,919 text messages with a high school student in just 91 days. ...

NYC Elementary And Middle Schools Post Mediocre Grades On City's Progress Reports

Posted 10.02.2012 | Home

A record 217 New York City elementary and middle schools received grades of F, D or a third consecutive C on the city’s annual progress reports, pla...

NAACP Alleges Bias At Elite NYC High Schools

Reuters | Posted 11.26.2012 | Black Voices

* Complaint focuses on eight elite public schools * "All that matters is the test" By Jonathan Allen NEW ...