The Definitive Guide to New York Education & Parenting

Gary The Creator Nov 3, 2026

New York City's Public Schools Have 187,000 Fewer K-12 Students Than in 2013 - The Steepest Drop Comes After Fifth Grade.

A new report from Comptroller Mark Levine finds K-12 enrollment down 19 percent since 2013-14, with sixth-grade classes 15 percent smaller than kindergarten and charters, private schools and homeschooling explaining little of the loss.

News & Updates

Gary The Creator Nov 2, 2026

New York City Starts Testing AI With High Schoolers This Month. Most Districts Across the State Still Have No AI Policy at All.

Students and parents asked New York City on Wednesday to extend its AI pause to high schools before a pilot reaching up to 50,000 teenagers begins. Outside the city, fewer than half of the state's 678 districts have a written AI policy, and Albany has issued no guidance.

The Playbook

Gary The Creator Nov 1, 2026

The PSLF Employer Rule Is Dead - What New York Teachers on the 10-Year Track Should Do Now

The government quietly dropped its last appeal, so school districts stay qualifying employers. The deadline that can still cost teachers years of credit is the SAVE plan switch.

Parent Support

Gary The Creator Oct 30, 2026

Homeschooling in New York Runs on One Regulation, Four Reports and a Test - The First Quarterly Report Is Due in Mid-November.

A parent's guide to 8 NYCRR 100.10: the notice, the IHIP clock, quarterly reports, the annual test and the Edmeston fight over who can give it.

Closing a Harlem School Takes an Impact Statement and a Hearing - Outside New York City, State Law Makes Both Optional

Community Voices

Gary The Creator Oct 29, 2026

Closing a Harlem School Takes an Impact Statement and a Hearing - Outside New York City, State Law Makes Both Optional

Buffalo held four listening sessions on its closure plan, and the law required none of them. Albany should make Education Law 402-a mandatory before enrollment decline closes more buildings.

The Standard Guides

Gary The Creator Oct 29, 2026

CUNY Enrollment Rises as Bachelor's Graduation Rate Falls

CUNY reported 3.2 percent enrollment growth this fall and about 27,000 more students than in 2022. New York City's own performance report shows what happens to those students after they enroll.

Business & Operations

Gary The Creator Oct 28, 2026

Federal Scholarship Credit Rules: Comments Due Dec. 1, Hearing Dec. 15, and New York's Jan. 1 Election Deadline

Treasury's scholarship tax credit rules take comments through Dec. 1, with a hearing Dec. 15. Here is what the rules leave to New York, what they forbid, and how districts, scholarship groups and parents can weigh in.

News & Updates

Gary The Creator Oct 28, 2026

Before You Vote Nov. 3: What Hochul and Blakeman Have Actually Committed To on Schools

Neither campaign posts an education plan. Here is what Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman have each put in writing on phones, meals, child care, scholarships and school aid, and where each has said nothing.

The Standard Guides

Gary The Creator Oct 27, 2026

The Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Closes Jan. 14: Who Qualifies and What It Asks For

The Jackie Robinson Foundation's 2026-27 scholarship pays up to $35,000 over four years and closes Jan. 14. It requires U.S. citizenship, a CSS Profile and a careful read of the fine print.

The Playbook

Gary The Creator Oct 27, 2026

Paid Time Off to Vote on Nov. 3: Why Most New York Teachers Don't Qualify, and When You Do

New York pays up to two hours to vote, but only when your shift swallows the polling day. Here is which school schedules qualify and why notice must reach your district by Thursday, Oct. 29.

The Playbook

Gary The Creator Oct 27, 2026

New York Lets Teachers Remove a Disruptive Student - The Law Gives the Principal 48 Hours to Decide

Education Law 3214(3-a) gives every New York teacher the power to remove a substantially disruptive student, with 24-hour and 48-hour deadlines and tight limits on when a principal can overturn it. Here is how to use it.

News & Updates

Gary The Creator Oct 26, 2026

The Supreme Court Took a Maryland Magnet-School Case: Its Question Is One New York's Federal Courts Already Answered

The justices will decide what parents must prove to challenge race-neutral admissions policies. The Second Circuit's 2024 answer already governs two suits over New York City's specialized high schools.

New York Made School Meals Free: Washington's Benefit Cuts Could Leave Albany Holding the Bill

Five Scholarship Deadlines New York Seniors Hit Before December 15

Albany Was Told Preschoolers Were Waiting for Special Ed Services - Nearly Two Years Later, Four Fixes Are Half Done

New York City's Public Schools Have 187,000 Fewer K-12 Students Than in 2013 - The Steepest Drop Comes After Fifth Grade.

New York City Starts Testing AI With High Schoolers This Month. Most Districts Across the State Still Have No AI Policy at All.

The PSLF Employer Rule Is Dead - What New York Teachers on the 10-Year Track Should Do Now

Homeschooling in New York Runs on One Regulation, Four Reports and a Test - The First Quarterly Report Is Due in Mid-November.

Closing a Harlem School Takes an Impact Statement and a Hearing - Outside New York City, State Law Makes Both Optional

CUNY Enrollment Rises as Bachelor's Graduation Rate Falls

Federal Scholarship Credit Rules: Comments Due Dec. 1, Hearing Dec. 15, and New York's Jan. 1 Election Deadline

Before You Vote Nov. 3: What Hochul and Blakeman Have Actually Committed To on Schools

The Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Closes Jan. 14: Who Qualifies and What It Asks For

Paid Time Off to Vote on Nov. 3: Why Most New York Teachers Don't Qualify, and When You Do

New York Lets Teachers Remove a Disruptive Student - The Law Gives the Principal 48 Hours to Decide

The Supreme Court Took a Maryland Magnet-School Case: Its Question Is One New York's Federal Courts Already Answered

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