Andrew Cuomo
Politics
What’s not in Cuomo’s budget?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's wide-ranging budget address left out several legislative priorities.
Education
Personality
Behind the Board of Regents’ request for $2.1 billion in school aid
Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa explains their request for $2.1 billion in school aid.
Health Care (Archived)
Policy
Setting the Agenda 2019
With Democrats in control in Albany, here’s an in-depth rundown of what’s up for debate.
New York City
Policy
Albany’s education to-do list
Charter schools may be neglected, but teacher evaluations and mayoral control are back on the agenda.
New York City
Policy
A decade ago, schools were promised more aid. Next year, it could arrive.
Why newly empowered Democrats will fight to increase school funding in the upcoming budget.
Education
Opinion
New York City high schools should expand vocational education
New York City high schools should expand vocational education to train students for the jobs of the future.
Education
Policy
Teacher evaluations, yeshiva oversight and the Excelsior scholarship
Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Assembly Higher Education Chairwoman Deborah Glick explain what’s happening with teacher evaluations, yeshiva oversight and the Excelsior scholarship.
Education
Policy
Beyond eliminating the admissions test
Beyond eliminating the admissions test for NYC’s specialized high schools: Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and City Councilman Mark Treyger weigh in.
Education
Policy
Specialized high schools and race
Will New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to eliminate the entrance exam make education more fair for minorities?
New York City
Policy
Simcha Felder’s outsized impact on education
From yeshiva oversight to speed cameras outside schools, Simcha Felder is driving the debate.
New York State
Policy
Senate incumbents face the consequences of the teacher evaluations fight
State Senate incumbents face the consequences of the teacher evaluations fight as New York's teachers union is targeting the lawmakers who failed them during session.
New York State
Politics
Maloney and Teachout share an obscure alma mater
Sean Patrick Maloney and Zephyr Teachout went to the same small New Hampshire high school.
Education
Opinion
New York’s assault on educational equity
Exempting yeshivas from educational requirements violates the First Amendment.
Education
Politics
Will SHSAT debate help Liu or Avella?
Will the debate around the admittance process to New York City’s elite public high schools help John Liu or Tony Avella?
Education
Opinion
Opponents of diversifying specialized high schools ignore facts
Attacks on de Blasio’s plan to reform admissions are mostly bogus.
Education
Opinion
My journey shows why specialized high school admissions must change
Today, as a state legislator I find myself in an interesting position; I am often in the middle of key debates regarding the segregation of our city’s schools. And I wonder how it is we are still wrestling with the same divisive issues that dominated our country more than 60 years ago.
Education
Opinion
The way to diversify specialized high schools is to open more of them
Let’s end the zero-sum competition between ethnic groups in New York City's specialized high schools and create more opportunities for everyone.
New York City
Policy
A guide to the controversy around NYC’s specialized high schools
An explainer on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed change to admissions for New York City's specialized high schools and why it has triggered strong opposition.
Criminal Justice
Politics
2018 Session Countdown
Election season is heating up across the state, but there's still work to be done in Albany.
New York State
Opinion