Conditions to appeal failing scores in Regent exams
Regents exams have been a long debated topic and New York is one of about a dozen states that administers...
School refusal intensifies in NYC
In an estimate presented by Education department officials, 37% of the students in kindergarten through 12th grade could be considered...
DOE officials ask sitting superintendents to join public candidate forums
On Monday, Department of Education officials announced that all sitting superintendents have been asked to join a round of public...
Worker fatally stabs another during fight in Brooklyn supermarket
An argument which broke out between two workers in a Brooklyn supermarket resulted in one man dead and the other...
Regents exams: Proposal would make it easier for NY students to pass
After a third school year disrupted by the pandemic, New York state officials want to allow students to more easily...
Authorities discover major drug smuggling tunnel linking US to Mexico
A sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel equipped with a rail system and electricity was discovered near the US-Mexico border in California on...
FDA, Abbott reach deal to reopen shuttered infant formula plant
Abbott Nutrition, the infant formula manufacturer at the center of nationwide shortages, announced on Monday it had reached a deal...
Draft of new New York congressional lines released by special master
Court appointed special master with the task of drawing New York's new congressional and state Senate maps released a preliminary...
NYC parents push back on shift to special education hearing system
New York City parents have pushed back on an apparent move which would see a shift in responsibility for hiring...
Police remove pit bull from Brooklyn apartment after child was found dead
Police removed a pit bull from an apartment after a child was found deceased on Lincoln Place and Franklin Ave....