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Upper East Side

May 15, 2013

Parents Protest Proposed Admissions Plan for New UES Middle School

The Department of Education wants the student body to meet "unprecedented" criteria, critics say.

TriBeCa

April 25, 2013

DOE Plans to Move Beloved P.S. 150 to Chelsea, Outraging Local Parents

The plan would force students to bus from TriBeCa to the new Foundling School in Chelsea.

Long Island City

April 22, 2013

Waitlisted Queens Parents May Ship Children to Brooklyn Catholic School

A lack of school options has some LIC parents considering other neighborhoods — for school, or to live.

New York City

March 28, 2013

Suspensions Drop Dramatically at City Schools

Suspensions are down dramatically after a policy change made schools more lenient.

Hell's Kitchen & Clinton

March 04, 2013

New Pre-K Program at P.S. 51 Gives Parents More Options in Hell's Kitchen

The program is the neighborhood's second, along with P.S. 111.

Jackson Heights

March 04, 2013

Jackson Heights Population Boom Leaves Families Without Pre-K Seats

As with much of the city, many Jackson Heights pre-K programs have more applicants than seats.

New York City

February 26, 2013

New Photos Show Extent of Sandy Devastation at City Schools

The photos show the extent of devastation that Sandy wreaked on city public schools.

New York City

February 25, 2013

20 Schools Will Get New Software Engineering Programs, City Announces

Twenty high schools and middle schools will house new software engineering programs, officials said.

West Village

February 25, 2013

Village Kids May Gain 'Play Street' Despite Neighbors' Noise Concerns

Part of Grove Street could be closed to traffic every weekday during the school year.

New York City

February 14, 2013

Echoes of Bloomberg Heard in Obama's State of the Union

President Barack Obama took a page from Mayor Bloomberg in his State of the Union speech.

Upper East Side

February 12, 2013

Upper East Side Parents Speak Out Against Charter Schools at P.S. 158

P.S. 158 parents say they want a DOE middle school, not another charter school, in their building.

Chelsea

February 11, 2013

New School Options Arrive in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen

New schools are set to open to handle the area's growing population.

Park Slope

February 11, 2013

Park Slope Rezoning Shifts School Landscape

The neighborhood is getting a new K-5 school in the fall of 2013 to ease the space crunch.

Carroll Gardens

February 11, 2013

Parents Search for Smaller Classes in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens

As coveted schools become crowded, more parents are preferring places with smaller class sizes.

Sunset Park

February 11, 2013

Red Hook, Sunset Park Schools Adapt to Shifting Demographics

An influx of immigrants has schools bursting at the seams, parents say.