Special-Needs

Opportunity Charter School on West 113th Street wants to expand from a 6-12 school to a K-12 school. 

Theresa Zapken said an assistant principal lied to her about her son being thrown to the ground.

A new District 75 site serving special needs students would be co-located with P.S. 26 and Madiba Prep.

CEC16 worries that too many charters will take away the opportunity to improve traditional schools.

Parents and teachers at P.S. 297 are opposing the proposal for a new Success Academy in the building.

Unique in the city, P.S. 372 teaches general ed. and special needs students together in every classroom.

Local parents are spearheading community involvement in a new public middle school in the West Village.

More than 18 percent of the city's public school students have special needs, according to data.

This year at least 69 students have wandered off school property, a report released Tuesday said. 

Dyasha Smith, 21, choked to death on a muffin in her Cobble Hill school.

The IDEAL School, a K-8 independent school, has opened a high school on West 89th Street.

Eighty-three works from members of the Friendship Circle will go on sale this weekend.

A special needs preschool in Bed-Stuy wants to provide evaluation services to children.

City school bus accidents led to more than 900 injuries last year.

The bus was hit at Metropolitan Avenue and Mt. Olivet Crescent about 9 a.m., officials said.