Announcements

9/29/2016

Chancellor Fariña, NYC Libraries Announce New Initiative to Offer Free Wi-Fi Hotspots to Public School Students and Families

NYC Schools partner with the City’s three library systems, Google and Sprint to bring free, year-long Wi-Fi service to households without internet access

9/27/2016

Independent Research Shows High Satisfaction with Pre-K For All Expansion

Pre-K for All students across all income levels, race, and home language status outpaced growth among four-year-olds nationally

9/26/2016

Mayor de Blasio, Chancellors Fariña and Milliken Announce Elimination of CUNY Application Fee For Low-Income NYC Students

9/22/2016

$20 Million In Private Donations Raised For Mayor de Blasio's Computer Science For All Initiative

9/16/2016

Public Hearings Conducted for 27 New York City Schools That Have Been Identified By the New York State Education Department as Struggling or Persistently Struggling

9/14/2016

Vision Zero: Chancellor Fariña, Commissioner Trottenberg, and Transportation Chief Chan Announce Increased NYPD Enforcement around Schools This Week and Introduction of a New Traffic-Safety School Curriculum

9/12/2016

Chancellor Fariña Announces NYC School Finder to Make the High School Search Process Easier for Families

New digital directory helps students, parents and school counselors find high school choices for applications. Mobile-friendly tool works on phones, tablets, desktops

9/8/2016

Mayor and Chancellor Kick Off First Day of School With New Equity and Excellence for all Initiatives Reaching Over 800 Schools

9/6/2016

Chancellor Fariña Unveils the Dock Street School for STEAM Studies

New Building Provides 330 new seats in District 13. State-of-the-Art facilities include science lab, science demo room, a gymatorium, and a music suite with classroom space and separate practice rooms