Announcements

1/18/2021

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Record High Graduation Rate, Record High College Enrollment

Graduation rate rises to 78.8 percent, increase of 10 percentage points since the start of the administration

11/24/2020

Chancellor Carranza Launches Parent University, New Online Resource for Families

11/6/2020

Chancellor Carranza Announces Ninth Annual Big Apple Awards Honoring Outstanding Teachers

Students, Families, School Staff, and Community Members Invited to Nominate Outstanding Teachers from Across New York City

6/26/2020

Chancellor Carranza Delivers Message Of Gratitude During Visits Across The City On Last Day Of 2019-20 School Year

5/13/2020

Chancellor Carranza Announces Record High Percentage Of Families Receiving Top Choice Pre-K Offer

90 percent of families receive offer to one of their top three choices; 77 percent receive first choice offer

5/1/2020

Mayor de Blasio And Chancellor Carranza Announce "Let's Learn NYC" A New Television Program From WNET To Support Remote Learning

Beginning Monday, May 4, the new educational public television program for young learners will air weekdays at 11:00AM EST on THIRTEEN

5/1/2020

Mayor de Blasio And Chancellor Carranza Announce Adjusted K=12 Citywide Grading Policy For 2019-20 School Year

2/21/2020

Mayor de Blasio Chancellor Carranza and Commissioner Campion Announce Mental Health and Social Services for Department of Education Employees

Expanded NYC Employee Assistance Program will increase access to mental health and quality of life services for DOE employees and their families

2/18/2020

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Celebrate Success on National Evaluation Systems of Pre-K for All

National program assessment systems find Pre-K for All leads to positive outcomes for students

2/11/2020

Chancellor Carranza Launches the 14th Annual NYC School Survey

Students, parents, and staff members can complete the survey until March 31

2/10/2020

Chancellor Carranza Celebrates Respect for All Week

Schools across New York City will participate in Respect for All Week, culminating in National No One Eats Alone Day

2/10/2020

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Paul Simon Music Fellows Program Benefitting NYC Public Schools' Music and Arts Curriculum

$1 million grant will fund a fellowship with 40 middle and high school music teachers over two years; additional fellows will be selected in subsequent years