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Keep up the purge of worse-than-worthless NYC educrats
Just three weeks into the job, Chancellor David Banks is cleaning house by purging de Blasio lackies from the city Department of Education. Keep it up!
NYC parents blast belated TikTok school shooting threat warning
City parents said the Department of Education should have warned them earlier about a TikTok school shooting threat -- and that the late notice left no time to consider keeping...
NYC schools chief announces she's stepping down as chancellor
New York City schools Chancellor Meisha Porter said she will be taking the helm at a new Bronx nonprofit organization once mayor-elect Eric Adams assumes office.
Park Slope teacher: School banned my 'Proud Zionist' T-shirt but allows BLM garb
Jeffrey Levy, a teacher at MS 51 in Brooklyn, said school Principal Neal Singh ordered him to stop wearing his "Proud Zionist" t-shirt in the building.
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.
NYC schools chief robocalls to plead with parents over attendance
If NYC DOE's has been trying to reach you about school attendance, you're not alone. Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter voiced a robocall that has been sent to thousands of city...
NYC students go without mandated services because of staffing shortage
The scenarios were among more than 50 provided to The Post by a teacher who compiled them this week from colleagues who wanted to remain anonymous.
Teaching more black history is fine — turning schools into 'everything is racist' is not
That the city Department of Education is developing an improved black history curriculum shouldn't be the least controversial.
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 4, 2021
New York Post readers sound off on Gov. Hochul's new hire in favor of defunding the police and Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter's black studies program.
NYC teachers union calls for increased COVID-19 testing for staff and students
The city's teachers union called on the mayor and his education agency head to increase the frequency of COVID-19 tests for staff and students
De Blasio loses to UFT, must allow teachers exemptions to vaccinations
In a blow to Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate for teachers, an arbitrator has ruled the city needs to provide jab exemptions for staff with medical conditions or religious...
Employment status of up to 36K unvaccinated NYC DOE staffers in limbo
The status of up to 36,000 unvaccinated Department of Education workers remains in jeopardy this week amid ongoing talks between the city and union representatives.
Chancellor goes maskless at Queens school despite mandate
During a Wednesday tour of a Queens elementary school, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter went mask-free for a time.
In settling special-needs case, NYC shows how little de Blasio really cared about 'equity'
For proof that Mayor Bill de Blasio's talk of "equity" in education was always hollow, consider NYC's humiliating settlement resolving a 2017 lawsuit over the DOE's failure to provide federally...
DOE's pricey post: Critics question new $241K bureaucratic position
The Department of Education has appointed Manhattan Executive Superintendent Marisol Rosales to serve in the post at a hefty salary of $241,000 a year, officials said.
What took so long for NYC DOE to address its dysfunction?
The Post asks why did it take a group of whistleblowers and a front-page story in The Post for the DOE to investigate what students and teachers sneeringly called “the...
NYC's outrageous failure to offer decent public-school options
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his DOE have done all they can to smother charter-school growth, and especially to stomp on the Success network.
DOE chancellor attends school vaccination site kickoff in the Bronx
School Chancellor Meisha Ross-Porter was on hand to greet shot seekers at the Bronx Writing Academy, one of four school sites that are now offering vaccine services.
Nearly 1,800 sign petition supporting pro-Palestinian NYC principal: organizer
Middle school 136 principal Amanda Bueno was criticized for expressing pro-Palestinian views using school email. Now, she has thousands of supporters in her corner.
Letters to the Editor — May 25, 2021
The Issue: A Brooklyn principal who sent an e-mail asking teachers and parents to support Palestinians. Where does MS 136 Principal Amanda Bueno come off urging parents and staff to...