At the South Bronx Preparatory school, the traditional "three Rs" have been joined by a fourth: rappin'. The middle school is home to the Urban Art Beat, an after-school program where students learn the history and craft of hip hop.
Kindergarteners at Public School 58 tell their teacher "bonjour" when they…
Maria Torres recalled the day 10 years ago, when she and a few others she c…
When P.S. 209 principal Jacquelyn Cannon died in May, parents, teachers and students wanted to make sure the Bronx school retained the spirit of its much-loved leader. Now they're vying to honor the "mother of the school" by renaming P.S. 209 and part of 183rd St. in her honor.
An old vacant gym at a Williamsburg middle-school has been transformed into…
The ousted principal of Brooklyn's Arabic language and culture school reapp…
Gym class and recess have become a shrinking part of the New York City public school curriculum over the last three decades.
The city's 28,000 subsidized home child-care providers soon could become part one of the city's most powerful unions. The workers, who have no vacation days or pensions, are voting on whether to be represented by the United Federation of Teachers.