Hiten Samtani

With just a few hours notice, more than 100 parents, children and community members gathered in the schoolyard of Public School 29 John M. Harrigan in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, in a show...

Laura Rodriguez, the deputy chancellor for students with disabilities and English language learners, stepped down on Monday. In a news release, the Department of Education announced t...

While thousands of New York public school students will sit for mandated standardized tests this week, only a handful will be deliberately kept from picking up their No. 2 pencils to ...

Whatever happened to Rebecca Sealfon, the 13-year-old home-schooled student who entertained the nation with her joyful spelling of "euonym" at the 1997 National Spelling Bee finals? M...

At Harlem Renaissance High School, a transfer school, graduating seniors hosted family and members of the community at an expo, where they displayed their work and videos chronicling their journey to graduation.

Healthy food can be a beautiful thing, as an organization of professional visual artists has been trying to get across by using art to help children make better eating choices. You ca...

The Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VI (Kappa 6) and Public School 161 Arthur Ashe, both in Queens, were awarded $100,000 grants by the Target Corporation, as part of a compet...

A post last week -- "Dear Governor: Lobby to Save a Love of Reading" -- by Anne Stone and Jeff Nichols about their New Year's Eve encounter with their son’s third-grade English Langua...