The mayor-elect’s campaign was focused on pre-K, but some want a focus on day-care for younger kids. The city’s current system has empty seats but also faces overwhelming demand.
Proposals to put charters in existing school buildings often stir outrage. While teachers are worried about two such moves in Bushwick, few parents attended the public hearings.
Brooklyn leads the city in new cases of HIV, but changes in funding mean local prevention and treatment programs face obstacles in getting their message out.
The city hopes EarlyLearn will make for higher-quality city-funded daycare. Despite funding shortages and doubts about the way contracts were awarded, some agencies and advocates believe the program has promise.
As tabloids celebrate an on-time state budget, a look at what one budget cut at the city level will mean: fewer childcare slots, less school prep for kids and a…
Will charter schools, the age difference between the candidates and Harlem’s changing racial and income demographics determine the outcome of the race between Bill Perkins and Basil Smikle?
