department of education
NYC teacher’s groups push anti-Israel walkout by hundreds of public school students
A group of about teens holding signs and wearing face masks marched from their campus in the East Village to the Department of Education headquarters.
DOE head condemns pro-Palestine walkout planned for NYC schools Friday
Department of Education Chancellor David Banks condemned a citywide pro-Palestinian student walkout planned for Friday.
NYC schools could use gyms, other spaces to comply with class-size mandate as critics blast 'disaster in the making'
The city's education department have released a set of 12 suggestions for principals to stay in compliance with the state’s class size mandate and bring up their share of the...
Parents rip NYC DOE after schools urge kids to sign in — on their day off — to test remote learning after disaster
Big Apple families are being guilt-tripped by the city into joining a remote-learning simulation on their kids' day off to better prepare for an emergency after a technical meltdown during...
Special needs teacher caught sexually abusing student on camera — but the school didn't monitor the video: suit
Classroom cameras at a costly taxpayer-funded boarding school for autistic, mentally ill and emotionally disturbed students captured a biology teacher sexually abusing a boy – but no one monitored the...
Charter schools want NYC to share its 'Do-Not Hire' list of pervy teachers
A charter-school advocate wants to close a loophole that allows predatory teachers fired by the city Department of Education to land classroom jobs in charter and private schools.
NYC families on 3-K waitlist fuming at lack of clarity as parents now face lengthy commutes
Thousands of Big Apple families have been waitlisted for the city's free 3-K program -- and many are fuming at what they say is a lack of clarity about the...
House lawmakers flunk ‘so-called’ university presidents over spike in campus antisemitism
A House education panel gave “so-called” university presidents failing grades on Thursday for allowing antisemitic encampments to spread on their campuses this spring — part of demonstrations which in some...
New York City school spending has gone insane
New York City is spending billions more on its public schools despite falling enrollment, notes a new Citizens Budget Commission report, headed to a jaw-dropping $39,304 per-pupil in Fiscal Year...
NYC yet to launch promised school safety tip line as weapons seizures, attacks soar
The Adams administration has yet to publicly launch a school safety tip line promised at the start of the academic year, The Post has learned.
Mother and son DOE employees scammed NYC school for kids with disabilities: probe
A mother and son duo employed by the city Department of Education scammed a Manhattan public school for kids with disabilities out of nearly $8,500, investigators found.
Defiant French teacher who was fired over sex allegations after texting NYC student 28K times loses teaching job — again
An audacious French teacher who was fired by the Department of Education for sexually-charged accusations is finally gone from the charter school where she has been working, The Post has...
NYC spends billions more on shrinking school system: analysis
New York City is pouring billions of dollars more into its public school system despite enrollment cratering by nearly 100,000 students since 2020, an analysis released Wednesday reveals.
DOE never investigated 'Kill the Jews' chants at Brooklyn HS, despite Banks claims to the contrary: lawyer
City schools Chancellor David Banks denied reports of heinous "Death to Israel" and "Kill the Jews" chants at a Brooklyn high school during a congressional hearing this week -- but...
Schools watchdog begs DOE to ban teacher-student texting in effort to stop sex abuse
Electronic sexual grooming by educators is an ongoing threat to students in NYC public schools -- despite dozens of pleas from school investigators for DOE to stop student-teacher cell-phone contact,...
NYC teacher fired after texting student 28K times, sex allegations, is now teaching at different school: 'Can't f--king touch me'
Dulaina Almonte, a French teacher at Harry S. Truman HS in the Bronx, sent a female student a staggering 28,075 late-night texts over 14 months as kids gossiped that she was...
Chaos reigns on Southwest Airlines and more: Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2024
Going south, fast I can’t understand why people are abusing boarding instructions (“Shady Southwest passengers are abusing the preboarding process — and fellow flyers are furious,” May 8). They shouldn’t...
Antisemitic graffiti found at NYC elementary school while schools boss claims to Congress incidents dealt with in 'appropriate fashion'
A hateful message saying "F*** the Jews. Free Palestine" has been scrawled in blood red ink onto the wall of a Brooklyn school.
NYC schools boss defiantly insists antisemitic incidents have been dealt with in 'appropriate fashion' during grilling by Congress
DOE Chancellor David Banks grilled by Congress on Wednesday over his response to egregious incidents of antisemitism in New York City schools.
Chancellor Banks must tell Congress that antisemitism is a huge problem in NYC public schools
Wednesday, NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks will testify before Congress. He needs to admit the truth: The system he oversees has a massive antisemitism problem.