Beth Fertig

Last year, an investigation by WNYC found that students with learning disabilities and other special needs were less likely to be enrolled in these promising new schools.

As the school year comes to an end, some New Yorkers are still hoping to open new charter schools.

The category "other" will now be an option for mixed-race students when they fill out school forms. 

The city won't need to build any new power plants until at least 2012, thanks to greater energy savings.

The number of City third graders in danger of being held back next year has fallen for the second year but a greater percentage of fifth graders could be in academic trouble.

A developer named by Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg will make his recommendations for revising the World Trade Center memorial design.

Abolishing the city's community school boards hasn't helped empower parents in the system, according to one new study.

This week we've been taking a look at how disabled students in New York City are less likely to graduate than any other group of students.

This week we're taking a look high school graduation rates for New York City's special education students, and how they lag behind their peers statewide. 

The two former City police officers convicted of killing eight people while moonlighting for the Lucchese crime family were sentenced to life in prison.

Across New York State, about half of all disabled high school students will receive an academic diploma this June.

The MTA is going to explore using video cameras to crack down on graffiti in subway cars.

Roosevelt Island's famous tram won't be back in service until September, at the earliest. 

The Fire Department and the MTA have agreed to provide extra access for firefighters in a deep underground tunnel of the new Long Island Rail Road terminal.

The Fire Department and the MTA have agreed to provide extra access for firefighters in a deep new train tunnel.

Governor Pataki is urging the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation to continue fundraising, despite concerns over the growing costs.

Transport Workers Union Local 100 president Roger Toussaint was released from jail in Lower Manhattan this morning.

The MTA board declined to consider ratifying the contract deal that was approved by the Transport Workers Union on a revote this month.

Members of TWU Local 100 are staging round-the-clock vigils outside the Lower Manhattan jail where their president is serving a 10-day sentence for last year's transit strike.

A faster bus line could be coming to the East Side of Manhattan and to other neighborhoods that are under-served by rapid transit.