Dennis Walcott

Jena Yun from Queens is the only female student and the only public school student on the team.

The extended days are a pilot program, the Department of Education said.

Success Academy Cobble Hill removed the fixtures last summer, without DOE supervision, the agency said.

Rather than keep kids home, parents are sending them armed with a letter excusing them from testing.

Under pressure, the Department of Education withdrew plans to slash the G&T program in P.S. 122.

Parents met with DOE officials Monday to voice concerns over a plan to cut the school's gifted program.

Central Park East II will expand into a middle school for the 2014-2015 school year.

Most of lower Manhattan's elementary schools have placed children on long wait-lists.

The schools were announced by Mayor Bloomberg Tuesday.

The new schools set to open in September include a dozen elementary, one middle and seven high schools.

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

Parents of students in the Queens gifted program want the middle school they say they were promised.

A group of Queens parents confronted Dennis Walcott at a community meeting in Brooklyn Wednesday night.

City officials praised the Community Health Academy of the Heights' new $43.8 million space.

Parents have contacted a lawyer and are considering taking legal action against the city, they say.