Department of Education

P.S. 151 will be getting a new home in the fall. Parents are celebrating, but it took years of dedication to make it happen.

The Panel for Educational Policy voted to move an Upper East Side high school to the Financial District, despite objections.

Cathie Black joked last week that "birth control" was a possible solution to overcrowded downtown schools.

Schools Chancellor Cathie Black called Community Board 1 Chairwoman Julie Menin to apologize for her flip remarks.

The United Federation of Teachers appealed a judge's decision to make 12,000 teachers' ratings public.

A Manhattan judge ruled that the Department of Education's ratings for 12,000 city teachers be released.

Parents expect another surge in lower Manhattan kindergarten applications for fall 2011.

The consultants reportedly racked up millions of dollars worth of fees over the past couple years.

An Upper East Side high school is slated to move to 26 Broadway, but the downtown community objects.

The five-year-old school was recommended for closure by the city for poor performance.

On her first official day as the school's chancellor, Cathie Black hit schools in all five boroughs.

Parents are applauding a move by federal officials to inspect public schools for toxic PCBs.

The city hopes to put a 400-seat elementary school on the current location of the Peck Slip Post Office.

The city should bring in social workers to get to the bottom of the recent uproar at Murray Bergtraum High School.

Latest Upper East Side public school rezoning wins fans, but doesn't please all