Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.It was the beginning of the school day at the beginning of the school year at the beginning of the millennium. Millions of American children were in…

City Councilman Jumaane Williams was elected Tuesday as New York City’s next public advocate, the bully pulpit that holds no enforcement power but can amplify issues deemed important to New Yorkers.Williams, who has been on the City Council since 2009,…

Hundreds of New York City high school students rallied outside of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Manhattan headquarters this afternoon to protest budget cuts that would eliminate free student Metrocards.The students came from all corners of the c…

Gov. Paterson said the education coalition that sued him today “don’t care about anybody but themselves.”Alan Lubin of NYSUT, part of that coalition, said raising the charter cap to 400 would be “ridiculous.”Peter Murphy of the state charter associatio…