Cofounder and former Executive Director of Young Invincibles Jen Mishory and Skadden Fellow and attorney Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation, a leading progressive public policy think tank with offices in New York and Washington, D.C.
Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved.
On Monday, in a conversation about school safety with invited parent leaders from throughout the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Ms. Fariña emphasized that crime in schools was at its lowest level on record and said they were making investments in...
School districts from Florida to Massachusetts are anticipating an influx of Puerto Rican students displaced by Hurricane Maria and have begun preparations to identify which schools have space and which resources will be needed.
After a successful year, the Department of Education (DOE) will be expanding its Comfort Dog Program by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn
Mayor de Blasio's free school lunch plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to receive.
Details are still emerging about what led Cedeno to allegedly draw a switchblade and plunge it into two of his classmates, but he had faced persistent bullying in a school that some parents say struggled to maintain order.