Patricia Willens

A former advisor to Mayor Bloomberg warned against demonizing teachers in the battle for teacher evaluation systems, better work conditions, and job security. She also cautioned teach...

The teachers' strike in Chicago has put the strongly held and competing views of education reform into the national headlines. SchoolBook sets the scene ahead of an on-air conversatio...

On WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show, reporter Beth Fertig explains the latest on the cheating scandal at Stuyvesant High School.

SchoolBook is poised for another year of the best news, data and conversation about the city schools, with a particular focus on its readers and listeners. That means you.

Reformists of different stripes staked out their territory on the air and online this week. SchoolBook updated its data to reflect the latest scores, school numbers and survey results.

More than 40 percent of teens in a recent survey said they felt "addicted" to their cellphones. The founder of Common Sense Media offers advice for parents who want to set boundaries ...

Stanley Teitel, the principal of Stuyvesant, will step down Sept. 1, the Education Department announced Friday afternoon. Officials provided few details on the resignation, but said a...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have taken the religion and "family background" of special education students into account.

New York is joining other states in reworking the way it certifies teachers, emphasizing classroom evaluation over written exams. WNYC's Brian Lehrer hosts a lively conversation.

Speaking on WNYC, the city's chief academic officer, Shael Polakow-Suransky, said the city was opening its hot line this week for parents of special education students ahead of this f...

The schools chancellor has promised to distribute high-needs students fairly across the school system. This comes after years of complaints from school communities that feel over burd...

Calls and comments streamed in when WNYC asked about the recent news of cheating at Stuyvesant High School. Several former Stuyvesant students said cheating was fairly widespread and ...

Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott wants to open 20 health and mental health centers in middle and high schools throughout the city, he told the City Council at a budget hearing. Th...

The shortened week brings lots of school events and news, from budget cuts threatening critical after-school programs to borough-wide meetings on how to use the summer to better prepa...

Using everyday experiences and current events helps students master classroom material, especially if they feel emotionally connected to the issue, educators said at Tuesday's SchoolB...

Four high school students from the Caribbean arrived this year at a high school in the heart of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with zero knowledge of the history of tension between the blac...

Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, made the case on WNYC on Wednesday that a proposed career and technical high school diploma would not be easier to obt...

WNYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show" used Spring Break to catch up on the latest education news.

WNYC asks its own Beth Fertig and Rob Gebeloff of The New York Times to analyze the teacher data reports and the impact of their release on "All Things Considered." They offer a thoug...

A sampling of concerned readers weigh in on the question of how to judge a teacher's performance in a fair and systematic way.