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Back-to-school checklist: Shop the best Prime Day deals on college essentials for move-in day
July 16, 2024 | 9:00amPrepare for a full education in Prime Day shopping — back-to-school style.
Hochul kicks off 'listening tour' as she mulls statewide ban on phones in schools
July 15, 2024 | 4:31pmHochul still isn’t delving into specifics over what a potential ban would look like, but she says a district by district approach isn’t working.
French-American private school Ecole moving to new Flatiron District home
July 14, 2024 | 6:26pmFrench-American private school Ecole is moving and growing. It signed a long-term lease for 46,000 square feet at Williams Equities’ 120 E. 23rd St., a 1913-vintage, 250,000 square-foot commercial building.
Parents fuming over plans for smoking areas at shelter next to school
July 13, 2024 | 12:53pmThe so-called “low-barrier” shelter -- because of its loose regulations on sobriety and criminal records -- is slated to open on Pearl Street in the fall next door to the...
Nationwide school choice: a winner for Trump — and America's kids
July 12, 2024 | 7:02pmTrump is now tied with Biden on the question of who Americans trust on education policy, according to a June 30 poll from the highly regarded AtlasIntel.
Trump-shaped GOP platform: Rx for economic boom in wake of Biden disasters
July 9, 2024 | 7:41pmThe Republican Party platform, which was heavily shaped by former President Donald Trump, positions him well for November and lays out a path that could ensure basic American freedoms, prosperity...
LI school districts sue social-media companies for 'harm' to adolescents: 'Record levels' of mental issues
July 7, 2024 | 2:47pmThe schools want money to compensate for the cost of hiring mental-health professionals, changing lesson plans to teach kids about the dangers of social media and investigating online threats.
Teacher's union's leftist, anti-Israel agenda bills guised as 'education' likely to pass
July 5, 2024 | 4:24pmThis week, 7,000 loyal National Education Association activists have gathered in Philadelphia for the union’s annual meeting — and, as is depressingly predictable, student achievement and school improvement aren’t their...
Mom issues stark warning about sending your kid to a 'rich school': 'It will ruin them'
July 4, 2024 | 3:08pmThe short but impactful video has been liked more than a million times, and attracted 3.5k comments, with so many sharing similar experiences.
Wayne, NJ schools chief is SORRY for painting ISIS as a terror group
July 4, 2024 | 11:31amPray for the kids of Wayne, NJ: If the “adults” running its schools are any indication, they'll grow up unable to recognize evil, let alone fight it.
'Ride or die' besties allegedly had sex with students while working for school district
July 3, 2024 | 5:29pmIf convicted, the best friends could face up to 25 years in prison or a fine of up to $100,000.
House panel probes Harvard after students protesting Chinese ambassador were removed, allegedly harassed
July 1, 2024 | 12:33pm"As the number of students from China skyrocketed in US universities since 2009, so have efforts by the Chinese government to monitor, control and manipulate them," the House Select Committee...
NY parents should be fined for students chronic absenteeism: poll
June 29, 2024 | 12:31pmMore than half of New Yorkers support fining parents for 10 or more school absences, according to a study conducted by an online education company
NFL owner Robert Kraft donates $1M to Yeshiva University after pulling support from Columbia
June 29, 2024 | 10:39amThe Patriots owner previously announced he was pulling support from his alma mater, Columbia University, over its handling of anti-Israel protests.
Yes, Chancellor Banks: Ban phones in school ASAP
June 27, 2024 | 7:14pmSchools Chancellor David Banks is dead right to move ahead with a NYC cellphone use ban during the school day.
NYC could ring up cellphone ban for public schools in next few weeks
June 27, 2024 | 1:21pmA cellphone ban for New York City public schools could be coming in the next two weeks, Chancellor David Banks told reporters Wednesday.
I 'unschool' my children — they decide what they want to learn and we don't teach them anything
June 27, 2024 | 11:49amNo more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks — in fact, no more teachers at all.
Paris Hilton recalls being 'force-fed medications, sexually abused by staff' at school while testifying in front of Congress
June 26, 2024 | 3:15pmThe "Paris In Love" star and heiress testified at Capitol Hill Wednesday about the abuse children experience in America's welfare systems.
How US slow-walks weapons, how DEI wrecks our universities and other commentary
June 24, 2024 | 6:24pmTeam Biden’s “assertion of normalcy” on arming Israel “is easily refuted,” explains Michael Doran at Tablet.
NYC once banned phones in school —Adams should do it again
June 24, 2024 | 6:11pmTwo decades ago, the Bloomberg administration banned mobile phones in all public schools. As support for mobile-phone bans grows nationally, it's time to revive the policy.