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'The View' co-host's daughter celebrates graduation from swanky prep school with sneering anti-Israel message
The glamorous daughter of "The View" cohost Sunny Hostin celebrated her graduation from her $63,000-a-year New York City prep school with a sneering anti-Israel message -- before she then mocked...
Elon Musk blames elite LA school for brainwashing 'communist' trans daughter into hating him for being rich
“She went beyond socialism to being a full communist and thinking that anyone rich is evil,” said Musk, whose net worth is estimated to be $257.5 billion.
Parents, beware: NYC specialized high schools are coming under attack again
State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt and Assemblyman William Colton (D-Brooklyn) are calling on parents to prepare to mobilize as the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test is under attack yet...
Student makes argument for his own school holiday -- and wins
Suddenly, he's the most popular kid in school.
Students back Texas coach accused of hospitalizing kids off 400-pushup punishment
About 40 students spoke out in support of Texas high school football coach John Harrell, who is under investigation by the school and CPS for an extreme workout that sent...
High school football players hospitalized after coach made them do 400 push-ups as punishment
Several Texas high school football students were hospitalized after they were forced to perform between 300-400 push ups as punishment by their coach, according to local reports.
Brooklyn teen, discouraged from getting into Stuyvesant, now MIT-bound
One Stuyvesant High School senior who was once told getting into the elite magnet school was “practically impossible,” just landed a spot at MIT – and is still waiting to...
Let’s hope GOP nominates Trump, Schiff’s unlawful Twitter threat and other commentary
If independents abandon Trump as they did his midterm candidates, there’s “no chance” he can keep the election even “close.”
Harvard students schooling 'Professor de Blasio' over NYC admission exams, anti-police anger
In his new role as a visiting teaching fellow at Harvard, Bill de Blasio was blasted by a male Hispanic student from Queens who ripped his attempt to end magnet...
David Banks' huge homework fail on city's high-school admissions disaster
Parents across New York City are furious at the results of this year’s high-school-admissions lottery, which saw many teens denied all 12 of their top choices.
NYC parents frustrated by DOE's waiting lists lottery rule change
The DOE first assured parents that kids on waiting lists would get new “random numbers” that might improve their chances.
Person claiming to be student threatens to 'shoot up' elite NYC school: cops
A person claiming to be a student threatened on social media to “shoot up” an elite high school in Brooklyn -- and police are now investigating the sick posts, cops...
Academic sabotage at NYC's famed arts high school
Count LaGuardia HS for the Performing Arts as yet another casualty in the war on excellence. How long will it take new Chancellor David Banks to reverse the school system's...
RIP Larry Cary, a stalwart defender of standards for the city's top high schools
Labor lawyer and education advocate: Larry Cary, a Brooklyn Tech grad who fought hard to ensure that foolish "racial justice" reforms didn't destroy the excellent education they pretend to redistribute.
Schools Chancellor-to-be David Banks continues to offer good sense on what NYC schools need
After eight years of NYC chancellors appeasing the system's vested interests and playing divisive race-baiting games, David Banks' focus on what's actually best for students is a welcome relief.
How Eric Adams can undo de Blasio's damage to gifted and talented programs — and NYC's neediest kids
Mayor Bill de Blasio last month announced his wrongheaded decision to subvert the will of public-school parents and end the Department of Education’s gifted and talented programs. Just as we...
De Blasio's final days are proving disastrous for NYC schools
As the clock ticks down on Mayor Bill de Blasio, his Department of Education is falling apart.
Parents, students in limbo as NYC dithers on high school admissions
Frustrated parents are blasting Mayor de Blasio and the city Department of Education as jittery eighth-graders agonize over this year's up-in-the-air high school selection process.
Inside the sordid world of tutoring kids of NYC's 1 percent
Tutor Blythe Grossberg's book “I Left My Homework in the Hamptons" reveals what elite parents will do to get their kids into Ivy League colleges.
Attacking test-in schools is anti-Asian
Dropping admission standards for the specialized high schools means sending in students who aren't prepared for the rigorous workload, which helps no one and robs others of the challenging education...