Education & Kids

Pre-K and Elementary

Starting in September, students at Saint Mary Mother of Jesus – Saint Frances Cabrini Academy in Bensonhurst will be attending Saint Peter Catholic Academy, but they won’t have to take a bus or a train to their new school. … Full Article

In the 1999 movie “Music of the Heart,” a violin teacher played by Meryl Streep is faced with the elimination of the music education program from her public school in Harlem. … Full Article

A Bath Beach school for autistic children is holding an open house next week to attract prospective students and increase its enrollment.  … Full Article

If your child will be 5 years old any time in 2013, the deadline to submit an application for kindergarten is Friday, March 1. … Full Article

On February 19, 500 PAL youngsters from all five boroughs of New York City competed in city-wide tournaments during a fun-filled day of games and laughter at the Police Athletic League’s (PAL) Annual Educational Tournament of Champions at their Edward Byrne Center in Queens.  … Full Article

Four months after Hurricane Sandy hit the city, the school system is now back on its feet, according to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, who offered a comprehensive overview of how the Department of Education handled the aftermath of the storm in testimony he delivered before the City Cou … Full Article

New York City school bus drivers who serve tens of thousands of children were back at work Wednesday after a monthlong strike that forced students — many of them disabled — to take taxis, public transportation or car services to school. … Full Article

A Bay Ridge school that has been handing out an “International Brotherhood Award” for more than 100 years selected a recipient this year who has been serving Brooklyn in a variety of capacities. … Full Article

President Barack Obama wants all 50 states to provide pre-kindergarten schools for 4-year-olds, a plan that the White House says will result in better prepared students and ultimately a more educated workforce. … Full Article

Well over a thousand striking school bus drivers, matrons and their supporters poured into Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn Heights on Sunday afternoon to rally and march over the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall. … Full Article