Author: Lucianete Hoffman

U.S. Secretary of Education John King speaks at the 2016 national conference of the Education Writers Association in Boston. John King wants the nation’s schools to be less segregated — …

A recent report by The Education Trust, a nonprofit working on educational justice, reveals that while there has been an improvement in graduation rates at four-year public institutions for all …

Five years ago, the photographer Cassandra Giraldo fell into step with some teenagers on their way to the mall at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. She spent the next several months …

In the rush to launch “universal quality pre-K,” City Hall cleared a number of outfits that didn’t pass the sniff test. City Comptroller Scott Stringer balked, refusing to register a …

New York City will spend nearly $30 million to increase health services and offer other help for the city’s growing number of homeless students, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. …

As educators and school leaders grapple with changes in discipline policy in New York City, “safety” is cited as a primary concern of teachers from schools struggling to shift from punitive discipline structures to …

Mayor de Blasio’s upcoming executive budget sets aside millions in increased funding for social services at Beacon centers in city schools and it includes an extra $5.7 million in 2017 and $16.8 …

For years, a debate has swirled over whether specialized schools should expand their admissions criteria. But that discussion has largely ignored how the Department of Education (DOE) selects students for …