Beth Fertig

Duncan said New York is leading the country by adopting more challenging math and reading standards known as the Common Core.

The city and state have been warning the public that this year's tests were much harder, and that far fewer students are expected to pass. 

Chancellor Dennis Walcott said it's "despicable" and "really sad" that the union is "trying to politicize" the results of the new tests for grades 3-8.

A fitted cap with a few holes in it can make a gentle and legal sprinkler out of a regular hydrant that would normally gush when opened. 

 The DEP now sends out teams of young people each summer to tell New Yorkers about the spray caps.

Fourteen candidates for New York City mayor took turns fielding questions from WNYC hosts Leonard Lopate and Kurt Andersen on Tuesday night about how to support the arts during a toug...

The testing company McGraw-Hill came under fire this past spring when there were delays and other glitches in scoring the exams.

Read and listen to Beth Fertig's interview with a top New York City education official who defends the use of test scores while arguing that the city successfully has expanded efforts...

The big change came in 2007, when the Bloomberg administration released its first A-F school report cards.

A Timeline Journey Through the School System Under Bloomberg

Klein is addressing a conference by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools where he follows U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. 

A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said she did know the number of requested appeals for the Regents exams yet but there was batch that required review. 

The 16-year-old was a sophomore when she died.

It's been a frustrating week for the city's high school teachers and principals because of delays scoring the state Regents exams. The city said a new system was supposed to make scor...

Bill Thompson, the former head of the Board of Education and son of a public school teacher, won the endorsement of the teachers union in the race for mayor. Union leaders said they w...

The city's largest labor union is slated to make an endorsement in the mayoral race on Wednesday, after members of the United Federation of Teachers meet to consider the Democratic ca...

After seeing high school graduation rates improve under his watch, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the slight decline on Monday as a sign that the city is holding steady despite the ...

Gifted and Talented offers were finally sent to families on Friday, and just over half of the applicants received seats - a far lower percentage than in previous years. The Department...

Sixth graders at the Scholars' Academy in the Rockaway's now have a permanent record of their experiences following Sandy: a documentary they produced with the help of professional teaching artists.

Screened high schools sometimes take students who don't meet their tough admissions criteria, according to an audit by the City Comptroller which found flaws in the city's matching system.