Julian Shen-Berro

David Banks will step down as New York City schools chancellor on Oct. 16, months earlier than expected, and Melissa Aviles-Ramos will take over.

New York City middle school applications will open about a week later than anticipated, after technical issues with the city’s MySchools portal forced officials to push back the start date. Here, a family walks by John F, Hylan P.S. 257 Magnet School of the Performing Arts, during first day of school celebrations on Sep. 5.

Early childhood workers across New York City will see their wages rise under a tentative agreement reached between the city and organizations representing preschool employees and providers, officials announced Wednesday.

A New York City education panel is expected to vote on a roughly $17 million contract that would transition the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test to a computer-based model. The exam is the sole metric of admissions to the city's eight specialized high schools, including Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan.

Dozens of cultural arts organizations flocked to Lincoln Center on Tuesday for a celebration of arts education in the city’s schools that featured a performance by dancers from the Juilliard School.

Council Member Rita Joseph holds a preliminary budget hearing for the Education Committee.

The Panel for Educational Policy will again postpone its vote on an upcoming contract for the Specialized High School Admissions Test. The test is the sole metric of admission to the city’s eight specialized high schools, which include the Bronx High School of Science.

A record high of more than 146,000 students lived in temporary housing during the 2023-24 school year.

The Panel for Educational Policy was slated to vote on a proposed revision to a 2009 regulation concerning student privacy, but members want the public to weigh in.

A new City Council bill would require the New York City Education Department to report annual figures on the number of school librarians across the public school system.