Dennis Walcott

Throngs of New Yorkers packed the streets Sunday for the ING New York City Marathon.

The chancellor welcomed 254 AmeriCorps members at a ceremony at Hunter College on Friday.

Nearly one in three Manhattan public elementary and middle schools earned ‘A’s on new report cards out Friday.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said that he intends to open 50 new middle schools over the next two years.

Richard R. Green High School has moved out of its cramped Upper East Side location into a big, beautiful new home at 26 Broadway.

The city Department of Education Thursday released a new curriculum with information about 9/11.

A new mandate from the city requires students in public middle and high schools to take sex education classes.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. are among the speakers who addressed violence in Upper Manhattan.

Six donations of $250,000, including one from Mayor Bloomberg, were collected to restore next January's Regents exams, which had been cut by the state.

The teacher's union brought a suit saying the city mismanaged $760 million in state funds meant to reduce class size.

Less than 60 percent of new teachers were granted tenure this year, down from 97 percent back in '06-'07.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott spoke publicly Monday about his support for a plan to have 15 charter schools share space inside public school buildings.

A judge has denied the UFT and NAACP's request for a preliminary injuction preventing the closure or relocation of 22 struggling schools.

The UFT has reached a deal with the city DOE to accept a new teacher evaluation system to ensure city schools stay eligible for federal funds.

Parents are suing the DOE regarding claims of discrimination against the bilingual Lower East Side school.