Sixty-five Chelsea Career and Tech students came into school on August 14 to retake their Regents English Language Arts exams after their answer books literally fell off a truck in June and were never found.

New York City’s attempt to duck its responsibility to properly staff school libraries by getting a waiver of state requirements is a shameful move that would hurt students, particularly those from low-income families who lack books, Internet access...

It has become both common and tiresome to hear some politicians, such as Mayor Bloomberg, blame teachers and teachers’ unions for any problems in the public schools.

The weekly “Moral Monday” protests in North Carolina against a spate of conservative legislation show no sign of abating and have led to about 930 arrests so far this year. One recent demonstration in Charlotte in late August drew some 2,000 people.

New filings in a major special education lawsuit allege that New Orleans schools have ongoing problems in meeting the educational needs of students with disabilities. The filings this summer come nearly three years after the suit was initially filed...

Individual retirees and two major unions representing city workers in Detroit are among those who have challenged the city’s declaration of bankruptcy and its attempt to cut workers’ pensions.

State legislators looking for the best returns on budget investments should focus their efforts on education spending, according to a new report issued by the Economic Policy Institute.

Around 500 UFT members from Brooklyn’s District 20 — and several hundred more students and parents — turned out for the district’s annual Relay for Life event at Fort Hamilton HS in Bay Ridge on June 22.

Edward Summers, as the director of the Kelly Adirondack Research Center at Union College, drives the research agenda for the study of the Adirondack Park. Summers credits his success to his experience in New York City public schools, from a 2nd-grade...