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Private and parochial schools a boon to city's bottom line, audit finds
Without parochial systems and other options, an extra $4.1B would be needed to educate all kids  Staten Island Advance/Irving SilversteinBarbara Bortle Gainey, foreground, says study confirms what...
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New Yorkers oppose mayor's choice for schools, poll shows
51 percent surveyed say magazine exec does not have right experience to be chancellor Associated PressCathie Black speaks while Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks on during a news conference at City Hall...
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Black to be made schools chancellor, official says
State education commissioner expected to grant waiver Monday The state's education commissioner will grant media executive Cathie Black a waiver Monday to serve as chancellor of the nation's largest...
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A curious shift in Staten Island's PTA leadership
More men are shaking the stigma and taking the role of president Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-HammelGeorge Leicht, with his 14-year-old son Christopher Dileone, is PTA president at the Hungerford...
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Incoming NYC schools chief visits 2 more schools
NEW YORK -- The future head of New York City's public school system is continuing her tour of the schools she will lead. Magazine executive Cathie Black visited two Queens elementary schools today....
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City schools' new No. 2 will meet Monday with Staten Island parents
Shael Polakow-Suransky will introduce himself during CEC 31 soiree at the Petrides School, Sunnyside STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The recently appointed second-in-command of the city Department of Education...
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Teachers at 4 Staten Island schools targeted for closure make plea to...
'Soft landing' sought for 37 instructors Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimoSt. Mary School in Rosebank is among four Staten Island schools that the Archdiocese of New York will cease to subsidize....
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As controversy continues, Mayor's pick for NYC schools chancellor asks for 'a...
The incoming chancellor of the city's public school system is asking the public to give her a chance to show that she can do the job. Publishing executive Cathie Black defended her skills and...
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Judge rules in favor of Staten Island parents on cuts to yellow school bus...
But Department of Education vows an immediate appeal Advance file photoNearly 3,000 Island students lost their free rides to school due to planned cuts to yellow bus service.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A...
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Let the yellow buses roll for seventh-, eighth-graders on Staten Island,...
Parents, pols win suit vs. city, which will appeal STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A state Supreme Court justice ruled yesterday that the city's decision to take away yellow bus service from thousands of...
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New Schools Chancellor Cathie Black's incoming No. 2 has 'honest dialogue'...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The incoming second-in-command for the city Department of Education faced one of his first challenges last night since his new post was announced: facing the criticisms of...
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Showdown nears on release of NYC teacher ratings
NEW YORK -- A lawsuit over whether to release performance ratings for 12,000 New York City schoolteachers based on student test scores is headed to court this week. The city Department of Education...
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Staten Island judge's yellow-bus decision won't stand, mayor vows
Supreme Court Justice John Fusco has ruled that city Department of Education was wrong to deny yellow-bus service to seventh- and eighth-graders on Staten Island. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you thought...
View ArticlePoll: Public blames grad rates on college students
The public pins most of the blame for poor college graduation rates on students and their parents and gives a pass to colleges, government officials and others, a new Associated Press-Stanford...
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U.S. education chief to meet incoming NYC Schools Chancellor Cathie Black
NEW YORK -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is in New York City for a meeting with the publishing executive who is poised to take over the city's public school system. Duncan says he will meet...
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Staten Island Catholic Schools Spelling Bee has students tackling tough words
But i-n-o-c-u-l-a-t-e is just what the doctor ordered for Rain Cinco, an eighth-grader at St. Patrick School STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rain Cinco credits the hours she spent online studying commonly...
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New chancellor calls job 'a dream' as she tours borough schools
Former Hearst Magazines chairwoman Cathie Black started work today as chancellor of the nation's largest public school system, visiting classrooms and expressing enthusiasm for her new job despite...
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New York Gov. Cuomo taps SUNY to boost private sector jobs
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo is assigning the State University of New York a high-profile role to help turn around the state's economy, after the school got a decade of underfunding and little...
View ArticleJudge rules NYC can release teacher ratings
NEW YORK -- A judge has ruled that New York City's Department of Education can release performance ratings for 12,000 teachers. Justice Cynthia Kern of Manhattan state Supreme Court issued the ruling...
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NYC to announce tomorrow morning whether public schools will close during...
Upward of a foot of snow expected on Staten Island Staten Island Advance/Irving SilversteinMinerva Place in St. George is still unplowed, two weeks after the Blizzard of 2010.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An...
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