Yasmeen Khan

New York City is adding another 17,000 pre-kindergarten seats, enough to cover every 4-year-old, the city said. Parents can apply now.

The Fair Housing Justice Center filed the complaint after white people were told apartments were available — on the same day prospective black tenants were told they weren't.

The teachers union and a non-profit group helped organize schools across New York City to protest the governor's plans.

A funeral mass was held Tuesday for the former archbishop, who was then entombed at Saint Patrick's Cathedral.

Egan died Thursday at 82. He retired in 2009 after nine years of leading the Archdiocese of New York.

The warmer temperatures in this week's forecast should at least be enough to get a break from those puffy down jackets and melt those piles of black snow.

United Nations officials say gains have been made around the world toward women's rights, but they have been slow and uneven.

Holistic admissions criteria may only modestly diversify the racial make-up at New York City's most competitive high schools. A new approach would benefit one group, however: girls. 

New York City Council members claim overcrowding in the public schools is a result of bad math: available space is overcounted, projected student demand is undercounted. Go figure.

At one high school campus, leaders of sexual health workshops unpacked what it meant to have personal agency when saying yes to sex, and how to handle no.

A contract to expand internet access in New York City schools as well as proposals for sharing school space moved forward despite concerns. Oh, and the cell phone ban was lifted.

New York City denies violating federal law, but agrees to changes to expand high school sports options for girls. 

New York City principals challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo on his plan to rely more on outside evaluators when reviewing teacher performance.

The Department of Education will manage admissions to both public school and community-based pre-kindergarten, moving closer to the city's vision of creating a unified system.

New York City is expanding dual language programs to attract more and different kinds of families to schools. Most are in Spanish but there are plenty of other languages too.    

For the record, Chancellor Carmen Farina is no fan of giving more weight to test scores when it comes to teachers' evaluations and she isn't shy about saying so.  

When applying to kindergarten, there's an extra step New York City families must take if they want to get their child into a bilingual program.

Plenty of New York City school children made the most of their snow day in textbook fashion, with sledding, snow ball fights and hot chocolate. Schools re-open Wednesday.

Snow days for the New York City public school system do not come easily, but with forecasts predicting two feet of snow and wind gusts up to 65 miles per hour, yes: school's canceled.

Parents and educators unhappy with "test mania" say state tests are taking the joy out of learning. And they're not going to sit back and watch.