Beth Fertig

The city is proposing to give a small number of students who have been held back at least once a chance of moving ahead to the next grade if they fail their state exams again this sum...

Students and parents said on Thursday that Joel Morales was bullied in his East Harlem neighborhood and at school before he hanged himself on Tuesday in his apartment.

It's Memorial Day weekend, and while some people may be planning a brief escape or time to relax, the three-day holiday is also an opportunity for learning about history.

The city's new social media guidelines for teachers shouldn't cause too many changes, according to tech-savvy educators at the NYC iSchool. But they do wonder about some online games ...

An estimated 133,080 applications were submitted for 14,600 available seats in this spring’s random admissions lotteries, according to the New York City Charter School Center. The Cha...

The city can start hiring new teachers and administrators to fill positions at 24 schools that will be closed and reopened by September, under a deal reached with the teachers' and pr...

A study finds that as many as 15 percent of students miss at least one school day in 10, doing harm to their academic progress, but they go largely undetected because of the way schools measure attendance.

At the urging of a State Supreme Court judge, the Education Department and the unions representing teachers and principals will seek fast-track arbitration to decide whether the city ...

Unions representing the teachers and principals went to court to block the city from letting go of any staff members at the 24 schools it plans to close and reopen this fall. They acc...

Students in the chorus and orchestra at P.S. 176 in Brooklyn included an antibullying song in their spring repertoire: "Mean" by Taylor Swift. In an interview with WNYC's Beth Fertig,...

Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and his deputies told members of the Panel for Educational Policy Thursday night that the city will not require the 24 schools slated for turnaround to le...

Educators know many kids lose interest in school in the middle years when the work gets tougher and distractions increase. WNYC’s Beth Fertig reports on how one group is trying to kee...

Business Mentors May Help Middle Schoolers Stay in School

City principals say their teachers will have to spend more school days than usual scoring state exams this year because of budget cuts to a pot of money that was used to keep teachers working late to score the exams.

The New York State education commissioner, John B. King Jr., pulled a series of questions from this year's eighth-grade English Language Arts exam, after an uproar about a question in...

During the spring break we posted photos submitted by several principals after WNYC had requested that principals send us pictures from their offices with some object of meaning. We're looking for more.

Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott says he is trying to find more seats to accommodate the 22 percent increase in children who passed the tests for gifted and talented programs this...

A new report finds students in certain well-off neighborhoods have more access to high-performing middle schools than students from low-income communities in the Bronx and Brooklyn. T...

The city's Department of Education released the data after letters were sent to families this month.

New York City principals are expected to create a culture of leadership in their buildings. Their offices say something about their personal style. Take a look at a group of principal...