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Getting ready for back to school season? As schools reopen for the academic year, we hope these stories, resources, and essays help students, teachers, and parents have a smoother transition.
The four-year graduation rate was 83% in 2025 – the highest it’s been since the state started using its current measures in 2007-08.
Gender and sexuality alliances once led the charge for queer student activism. Student reporter Mher Melikyan says it’s time for GSAs to rebrand and reclaim that power.
Credit-recovery programs give students the chance to earn credits they need for the next grade or graduation. But do these second chances to pass give the system permission to fail?
New York City schools are increasingly adopting restorative justice practices, but are students bought into the new approach? A student journalist investigates.
Websder Corneille uses own journey as a Haitian immigrant to build connections with students and their caregivers. His job goes beyond serving students and the school to serving the community
The four-year graduation rate was 83% in 2025 – the highest it’s been since the state started using its current measures in 2007-08.
Tuesday will be the fifth day this school year the district has closed schools due to snow.
Raiza Contreras, mother of the first NYC public school student detained by ICE, will attend the SOTU as Chuck Schumer’s guest to protest immigration enforcement.
Small teams of educators working together to support students and improve their teaching styles could be the key to keeping more teachers in the classroom, advocates say.
The Education Department has used a series of interagency agreements to move important functions to other agencies as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the department.
After months of legal debate and challenges, 17 candidates will vie for four open MSCS board seats. Districts 1 and 9 will be decided by a May 5 primary, since only Democrats are running.
City officials said 8,000 Education Department employees have been working to prepare school buildings to reopen on Tuesday.
New York City schools will have a traditional snow day Monday. Mayor Zohran Madmani made the call on Sunday afternoon as a major storm threatened the area.
After years of families complaining about overcrowding, Queens High School for the Sciences will likely move in the fall. HBCU Early College Prep is also expected to get a new home.
State Superintendent Glenn Maleyko praised the improvement in the high school graduation rate, but said there is more work to do.
Some players had been overlooked by other high schools, about half of the starting lineup is considered undersized, and they represent Kensington, a Philly neighborhood that comes with a reputation.
Indiana legislators are advancing a bill banning cellphones from schools as session comes to a close.
One bill revives part of a proposal vetoed last year. The other is in response to the Evergreen High School shooting.
A new bill would allow some Tennessee private school teachers to get an emergency teaching waiver to teach at a public school but don’t have a bachelor’s degree.
One planning commissioner said he worried the school’s original industrial location could result in a child “ending up underneath a cement truck.”
The Department of Justice is investigating whether parents can take their kids out of classes with “gender ideology” lessons.