Announcements

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

Chancellor Carranza Celebrates College Awareness Day

Jan 10, 2020

Schools across New York City will participate in college- and career-themed events, building on City’s record-high college enrollment

Chancellor Carranza Launches Applications For Second Cohort Of Bronx Plan

Dec 18, 2019

Cohort One celebrates investments including $13 million in capital projects and 500 teachers receiving hard-to-staff differential

Chancellor Carranza Announces Record 447 Million Dollar Investment in High-Quality Arts Education

Dec 13, 2019

Annual Arts in Schools Report shows $14 million increase in arts education spending and record number of arts teachers

Chancellor Carranza Announces Substantial Gains In Student Reading Within First Two Years Of Universal Literacy Initiative

Dec 12, 2019

Year Two Universal Literacy Evaluation shows impacts of coaching on student literacy

Chancellor Carranza Announces 72 Percent Increase In Students Taking Computer Science Since Launch Of Computer Science For All

Dec 11, 2019

Record number of students received Computer Science education Record number of teachers trained through Computer Science for All initiative

Mayor de Blasio And Chancellor Carranza Announce 13 Million Dollar Grant To Strengthen Instruction For Multilingual Learners

Dec 11, 2019

Five-year grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation facilitated through the Fund for Public Schools will help strengthen instruction for multilingual learners at 45 schools

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Rename Queens Elementary School to Honor Hector Figueroa

Dec 11, 2019

The Héctor Figueroa School opened at the start of the 2019-20 school year

Chancellor Carranza New York Yankees And Stonewall Inn Announce Second Annual Yankees-Stonewall Scholarship

Dec 11, 2019

Application is open until March 1, 2020, and scholarships will be awarded to one senior from each borough

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Record High 48782 New York City Students Enrolling in College

Nov 21, 2019

College enrollment hits record high of 62 percent of graduating students, an 11 percentage point increase since the start of this administration

Statement From Chancellor Carranza On Parent Leader Racially Insensitive Remark

Nov 19, 2019

Chancellor Carranza And President Grillo Announce Expanded Inspections And Remediation Of Common Spaces In Schools

Nov 13, 2019

Cafeterias and libraries have been stabilized and will be remediated by the end of the school year

Mayor de Blasio Announces Start of Construction of New 306 Seat Steam Pre-K Center in Corona Queens

Oct 31, 2019

Scheduled to open in Fall 2021, this state-of-the-art Pre-K Center will offer STEAM educational programming in partnership with the New York Hall of Science

Chancellor Carranza Announces Record 498 High Schools Participating in College Application Week

Oct 22, 2019

Initiative promotes college and career culture across every borough

Chancellor Carranza Announces Eighth Annual Big Apple Awards Honoring Outstanding Teachers

Oct 18, 2019

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

De Blasio Administration Announces Record Increases in School Internet Capacity

Oct 16, 2019

Ten-fold increase in minimum speeds at all schools will support advanced instruction

Chancellor Carranza Announces Appointment of Julie L. Shapiro As Chief Executive Officer Of The Fund For Public Schools

Oct 10, 2019

Experienced nonprofit leader will engage philanthropic community and expand opportunity for New York City’s 1.1 million students

De Blasio Administration Announces Community-Centered Public-Private Challenge to Open 20 New Schools and Transform 20 Existing Schools Across 5 Boroughs

Oct 4, 2019

$32 million public-private partnership with initial support from XQ Institute and Robin Hood will transform learning at 40 schools