Beth Fertig

To move kids away from computer screens, a new wave of learning programs is emphasizing hands-on activities. Like building stuff.

Less than 10 percent of teachers and other staffers without permanent assignments opted for buyouts this fall.

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Instead of relying solely on test scores to determine which students needed summer school, education officials told school districts to let teachers and principals decide.

With teacher tenure under scrutiny, the New York City teachers union claimed more teachers leave the system because of disciplinary action than previously reported, even if few teache...

A new salvo has been fired in the fight over teacher tenure. A group led by former TV anchor Campbell Brown filed a complaint in New York state court, arguing that tenure laws are pre...

The transition from one part of the world to another is filled with anticipation, conflict and drama.

Why are so many low-income and minority kids getting second-class educations in the U.S.? That question is at the center of the heated debate about tenure protections and who gets them.

Medicare's trust fund is projected to have money until 2030, four years longer than predicted last year.

A group of New York City parents said they joined in a lawsuit over the state's tenure rules on Monday because they think their children are not getting what they deserve at school. 

Schools with vulnerable or troubled students should be getting more door alarms installed next year as a way to prevent them from leaving the building undetected.

The lobbying group that urged the state to support charter schools spent almost $6 million on advertisements this spring. Backers of the city's pre-k expansion were also heavy spenders.

What makes the best of the city's small high schools so good? A new report concludes size alone doesn't cut it.

Faculty at the Bronx middle school where one student fatally stabbed another did not know about any bullying problems involving the two students.

Mayor de Blasio is encouraging families that haven't nailed down all of their summer plans to sign up for a few thousand seats that are still available in summer enrichment programs.

But the problems at Intermediate School 117 aren't that different from those of any other struggling school in a tough neighborhood.

The city's top education official is heading to Spain for vacation next week. And the mayor will be just across the sea in Italy. Their spokespeople said their deputies will be fully ...

New York City's Department of Education is raising the minimum requirements for the job of district superintendent with an eye towards strengthening the chain of command — and support...

The Bronx 14-year-old's case is likely to proceed quickly now because of his age.

Sometimes it's the art class that connects a student to school. And that's why the city is adding 120 new arts teachers at targeted middle and high schools next year.