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NYC school goes into lockdown over report of gunman, leaving shaken parents railing against phone ban
Police confirmed they received a 911 call about an "unidentified male locked in the school bathroom with a firearm" at the Louis D. Brandeis High School at 9:40 am. The...
Fowl justice for corrupt DOE chicken crook shows NYC's safe for fraud
DOE big Eric Goldstein took bribes to push tainted chicken on kids and is hardly getting punished for it at all. What the cluck?
NYC schools big who took bribes while pushing tainted chicken to kids gets off easy in fowl move
Eric Goldstein -- who took kickbacks from a company that provided kids with oozing chicken laden with metal and plastic -- cried and said his family members "have suffered tremendously...
Mourning the Russian spy-whale and more: Letters to the Editor — Sep. 8, 2024
NY Post readers discuss the death of Hvladimir and more.
Nearly 4,000 'dangerous instruments' seized at NYC public schools last year -- including almost 300 weapons: sources
School safety agents and cops seized 278 weapons during the 2023-24 school year, including guns, brass, knuckles and knives, law-enforcement sources said.
NYC schools chancellor violated free speech rights of parent activist who called out 'Jew hatred': judge
A federal judge, in a hard-hitting ruling, ordered Schools Chancellor David Banks to reinstate parent activist Maud Maron back to her education post -- saying he likely violated her free rights...
Free-speech win: Courts slap down DOE in Maud Maron case
In a win for free speech, a federal judge late Tuesday ordered Maud Maron immediately reinstated to Manhattan Community Education Council 2.
Biden administration dragged to court over sneaky attempt at taxpayer-funded $147B student loan handout
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey argued the Harris-Biden administration is “throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks” with fewer than nine weeks to go before Election Day.
Longtime NYC teacher wins court battle, reinstated after firing over COVID vaccine – but remains barred from school
"I’m not a criminal, and yet they are making me feel like I’m breaking the law,'' Daphne Halkias, 55, told The Post after she was unceremoniously booted from PS-85 in...
Adams fails to name third trustee to oversee billions of dollars in school construction: 'Ignores the law'
The city’s School Construction Authority has made decisions on spending billions of taxpayer dollars over the past year without the required oversight, showing Mayor Adams' "fundamental disrespect for the law,"...
Thousands of NYC special ed students denied services days before school starts
Thousands of private and homeschooled students in need of special education services from the city have been denied crucial resources just a week before school starts.
Disgraced NYC public schools exec who turned blind eye to tainted food begs judge for mercy
The disgraced New York public schools executive convicted of taking bribes and serving tainted food to city kids says his own family is "barely hanging on" — as federal prosecutors...
Sick tale of antisemitism at Origins HS again proves bad educators get free passes in NYC
On Monday, Origins HS Principal Dara Kammerman stepped down from her $170k-per-year position after turning a blind eye to horrific antisemitism at her Brooklyn school.
No vaping in the boys' room: E-cig detectors would be required in NYC schools under bill
E-cigarette detectors could soon be in Big Apple schools, as lawmakers seek to snuff out vaping among youths.
Jewish families, school staffers ask Eric Adams to ban keffiyehs: Symbol of 'hate and violence'
Jewish students, parents and staffers are calling for the city to prohibit Palestinian scarves in NYC public schools ahead of the new school year, claiming they are a symbol of...
Some NYC schools spending massive amounts on per-pupil budgets -- but show dismal results
Some New York City public schools spend up to three times as much per student than the citywide average -- but show dismal results, The Post has found.
Principal of NYC school that faced turmoil over rampant antisemitism is being removed, replaced with Muslim educator
The principal of Origins High School, which was plagued by acts of antisemitism, is being removed and replaced with a Muslim educator.
I quit my stressful job as an NYC teacher — now I make $1K in 2 days as a Hooters girl
From ABCs to double D's.
NYC's new math curriculum doesn't seem to add up
This summer, the city unveiled “NYC Solves,” a new public-school math curriculum aimed at improving math scores by helping kids overcome their supposed “fear of math” — which already had...
NYC official reveals plunging math scores at schools using new DOE curriculum: 'Decline across the city'
All but one of the 29 Queens high schools under Josephine Van Ess' watch used the Illustrative Mathematics -- and saw their average pass rate plunge from 59% to 45%.