City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Julie Menin (center) allocated $3 million to the Julia Richman Education Complex. Photo courtesy of Julie Menin’s office UES Education Complex Prepares For Renovations, After $3 Million Funding Boost In 2022, Council Member Julie Menin made a big ask to bolster schools in her district: the city’s allocation of $3 million... News 08 Feb 2023 | 05:13
403 East 65th Street, in June 2022. Photo via Google Maps A New School Building For Tots On the Upper East Side, a former garage will be transformed into a new school building — for the neighborhood’s youngest... News 07 Dec 2022 | 02:26
The playground at P.S. 11. Photo: Abigail Gruskin An Influx Of Asylum-Seeking Students — and a Community’s Response When Mario’s two children started school on Friday, October 14, they hadn’t attended a class since March — and that was in... News 04 Nov 2022 | 04:43
UWS Council Member Gale Brewer (at podium) announced her intent to revitalize the “Schoolyards to Playgrounds” program outside of P.S. 9 on Tuesday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin What If Schoolyards Stayed Open? Schoolyards in all five boroughs boast precious outdoor real estate, with a catch: an overwhelming number aren’t open beyond... News 19 Oct 2022 | 01:03
Teacher Ilana Gatoff (second from right) with some of her students. Photo courtesy of Ilana Gatoff High School Writers on Family, Love and Loss Ilana Gatoff, an Upper West Sider, teaches English as a New Language at the High School of Language and Innovation in the... News 17 Jun 2022 | 03:18
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only... News 16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
Vegan Friday at PS 130 in Manhattan on Friday, February 4, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The Politics of School Lunch Earlier this month, New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched “Vegan Fridays,” a public-school initiative that met with harsh... News 18 Feb 2022 | 10:35
Regis High School. Photo: Emily Mason Regis President to be Fired After Investigation of Sexual Misconduct Regis High School – a prestigious all-boys Catholic school on the Upper East Side – announced plans last week to fire its... News 16 Apr 2021 | 01:59
The Hunter College High School courtyard at lunchtime in pre-pandemic days. Photo: Claire Whitehouse, via Flickr A Troubled Reopening at the ‘Brick Prison’ Hunter College High School usually makes the news for something more positive. The rigorous Upper East Side high school boasts... News 29 Oct 2020 | 01:43
Politically aware: a Manhattan protest in June. Photo: Alexis Gelber A Dystopian School Year I’m not quite certain when I shifted into a dystopian YA novel, but really, that is the only reasonable explanation for 2020.... Voices 20 Oct 2020 | 01:39
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chancellor Richard Carranza and labor leaders observe cleaning practices with at P.S. 59 on Sept. 2. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office An Uncertain School Year Last week, it seems, Mayor Bill de Blasio toppled one large and final barrier to schools re-opening for in-person instruction... News 04 Sep 2020 | 04:34
Introductory post for BlackatBrearley on Instagram. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Black at Private Schools In the midst of a national reckoning on police brutality and racial injustice, alumni and students from some of New York... News 15 Jun 2020 | 09:31
Mayor Bill de Blasio, seen here at a recent 3-K for All event, is caught in a controversy over the future of gifted and talented programs in city schools. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office via Flickr) The Gifted Student Quandary Recent recommendations by the Mayor's School Diversity Advisory Group to change how we identify and teach the city's brightest... News 16 Sep 2019 | 02:44
The Calhoun School, on the Upper West Side, is a member of the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS). ( Photo: Jaden Satenstein) Fight Over School Standards By Jaden Satenstein Although schools may be closed for the summer, emails from private school officials have caused mass confusion... Education Guide 09 Aug 2019 | 05:53
Julie Menin, Director of the Census for New York City, at the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments over the addition of a citizenship question. ( Photo: Courtesy of Office of the Census for New York City) Making Education Count By Jaden Satenstein Although a citizenship question will not appear on next year’s census, officials are concerned that the... News 09 Aug 2019 | 03:27
