Julian Shen-Berro

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on June 3, 2024. Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to reports.

New York City families will be able to apply to more than 12 high schools for the first time this year, city officials announced Friday. Here, students walk towards school campus in Elmhurst, New York on Monday, September 13, 2021.

As New York City’s notoriously complex high school admissions process officially gets underway on Tuesday, many families are focused on their kids' randomly assigned number, often called a “lottery” number. Here students are heading to a Queens high school on Sept. 13, 2021.

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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.