Announcements

A Recovery For All Of Us: Mayor De Blasio And Schools Chancellor Porter Announce Historic Return To School For All New York City Students In September

May 24, 2021

Marks the lifting of pedagogical hiring restrictions, rollout of new staffing programs to recruit and hire new teachers, and reopening town halls

Chancellor Porter Announces Expansion of Schools Serving Halal Meals Pilot Program

May 17, 2021

Pilot program expansion adds 11 schools certified to serve halal meals, for a total of 43 schools citywide

Chancellor Porter Launches Five-Borough Family Engagement Forums

May 14, 2021

Over the next month, forums will be held in all five boroughs to gather feedback and answer questions from school communities on the Executive Budget and school reopening

Chancellor Porter Launches the 15th Annual NYC School Survey

May 10, 2021

Students, parents, and staff members can complete the survey until June 11

Mayor de Blasio Appoints Meisha Porter Chancellor of NYC Schools as Richard A. Carranza Departs

Feb 26, 2021

Chancellor Carranza Kicks Off 2021 Community and Citywide Education Council Elections

Feb 1, 2021

Application period for seats on Community and Citywide Councils opens today, February 1; For the first time, all NYC parents are eligible to vote

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

Jan 18, 2021

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

Chancellor Carranza Launches Parent University, New Online Resource for Families

Nov 24, 2020

Chancellor Carranza Announces Ninth Annual Big Apple Awards Honoring Outstanding Teachers

Nov 6, 2020

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

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

Jun 26, 2020

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

May 13, 2020

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

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

May 1, 2020

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

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

May 1, 2020

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

Feb 21, 2020

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

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

Feb 18, 2020

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

Chancellor Carranza Launches the 14th Annual NYC School Survey

Feb 11, 2020

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

Chancellor Carranza Celebrates Respect for All Week

Feb 10, 2020

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

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

Feb 10, 2020

$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

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Accelerated Expansion of 3-K for All

Feb 5, 2020

City will now serve 26,000 three-year-olds across all five boroughs in 2020-21 school year

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Success of Community Schools: Increased Academic Outcomes Across City

Jan 28, 2020

Independent, three-year research report finds Community Schools significantly improve graduation rates and test scores; reduce chronic absenteeism and disciplinary incidents