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WNYC's education reporter Beth Fertig looks at the school budget cuts and other education news, plus principals weigh in on their budget-cutting options.

The state teachers union has sued New York's Board of Regents and the education commissioner in an effort to stop the implementation of a new system of teacher evaluation that relies more on student performance in standardized tests.

Meet another student in our Senior Snapshots series, which offers a look at some of the New York teenagers getting their diplomas this month.

Student grades are up at struggling Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School – a school with low graduation rates. But federal funds that school administrators credit with helping the recent transformation now hang in the balance.

Teachers were spared from layoffs after the city reached a deal with the union and Department of Education last week — but principals were told Monday they have to shed $178 million from their budgets in the fiscal year starting next month.

Meet another student in our Senior Snapshots series, which offers a look at some of the New York teenagers getting their diplomas this month.

Meet another student in our Senior Snapshots series, which offers a look at some of the New York teenagers getting their diplomas this month.

A state judge on Tuesday heard the teachers union's argument against the city's plan to phase-out or close 22 failing schools beginning this fall.

Meet another student in our Senior Snapshots series, which offers a look at some of the New York teenagers getting their diplomas this month.

The city, the teachers union and the NAACP will square off in court Tuesday over plans to let 19 charter schools take space in the same buildings as regular schools. And, like most things in New York City, the feud is largely about real estate.

Seven out of 14 failing high schools the city wants to close posted higher on-time graduation rates last year — and advocates who have sued to keep the schools open says that's a good sign.

New York City high school students are graduating this month. In our Senior Snapshots series, WNYC profiles a few students who learned what it takes to succeed in school and graduate despite facing numerous challenges.

Ahead of a court date Tuesday, the city has been revising plans for charter schools it plans to move or expand inside buildings with regular schools.

Thousands of city workers rallied outside City Hall on Tuesday, following a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed budget cuts to teachers, childcare, parks and library workers.

New York city's high school graduation rate continued to improve last year, with 61 percent of students who entered ninth grade in 2006 graduating on time last June.

When it comes to public education, everyone from President Obama to Mayor Bloomberg is clear about the need to raise standards. One hundred New York City public schools have begun experimenting with the new standards that will soon be required by New York State.

New York students will begin taking their Regents exams this week. But this is the last year they can take the exams in a foreign language.

The advocacy group that won billions of dollars in extra aid for the New York City schools is running out of money for itself.

The state's education department plans to award a no-bid contract for building a data system to the same company that built New York City's ARIS system for tracking student achievement. The company, Wireless Generation, is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, where former schools chancellor Joel Klein now works.

Public Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is asking the public to remain patient as the City Council and Mayor continue to negotiate the city budget - and whether or not teachers really will be laid off.