overcrowding
Japanese town blocking view of Mount Fuji after being overrun by selfie-taking tourists
A Japanese town with breathtaking views of Mount Fuji has become so overrun with selfie-taking tourists that it is putting up a barrier to block the picturesque vista of the...
DOE silent as migrant influx overcrowds UWS school, costs students popular programs: parents
The city Department of Education is turning a blind eye to an Upper West Side public school so overwhelmed by an influx of young migrants from Ukraine, Russia and Latin...
'Loopholes' could foil NYC's new school class-size law: concerned educators
The new class-size reduction law has too many loopholes to make the huge impact some predicted any time soon, concerned educators and advocates told The Post.
Security worker, 23, ID'd as second person killed in concert stampede
A 23-year-old security worker became the second person to die from a crowd rush at an Afrobeat concert in London last week.
Mother of two dead after crowd surge at concert
Eight people were taken to the hospital, four of whom were in critical condition.
Tourists clamor hours before Uluru-Kata rock park closes for good
Hordes of hikers are descending upon a beloved landmark Friday, hoping to score one last walk over the rock. The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia's Northern Territory has been...
Welcome to our hell, de Blasio
He was forced let two jam-packed subway cars pass him by — before finding some room on the third attempt.
Students killed in China school toilet stampede
Two children died and 20 others were injured during a stampede at an elementary school bathroom in central China on Wednesday, according to state media reports. Students at the Number...
Man willingly gets stuffed into a subway car like a sardine
The trains in Tokyo, Japan, are so crowded during rush hour that workers are employed to stuff humans into cars. The sardine-like conditions of these subway cars may seem wild, but for...
Desk-dumping principal gives herself the heave-ho
The Bronx principal who ordered teachers to dump their desks in the trash earlier this month because she didn’t want them sitting in class has chosen to toss herself out...
Desk-dumping principal in hot water for overcrowding school
Desk-dumping PS 24 Principal Donna Connelly is under fire again -- for allegedly doing nothing to prevent her overcrowded Riverdale school from losing a lease for extra classroom space. With...
Inventor of board game Operation can't afford real operation
http://youtu.be/qLgaLGtyha0 John Spinello, who invented the board game Operation nearly 50 years ago, ironically, now needs a real operation -- but the 77-year-old Illinois man can’t afford it. Spinello, who...
DOE refuses to share underused HQ rooms with overcrowded school
Maybe they missed the lesson on sharing. Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and top city educrats are refusing to give up two conference rooms in their Tweed Courthouse headquarters to relieve...
Teachers union gives de Blasio a pass on school overcrowding
The teachers union is going soft on Mayor de Blasio in its campaign to reduce class sizes. During Michael Bloomberg’s tenure at City Hall, the United Federation of Teachers blasted...
City's most crowded school packs in 4 times its capacity
For hundreds of city schools, it’s crunch time. At Walton Avenue School in the South Bronx, some 257 elementary kids attend classes in space meant for 57. That’s a staggering...
Far from the educating crowd
Here’s a riddle: When school enrollment is flat and you’re adding seats, how do you end up with overcrowding? Answer: Have the city’s Department of Education run the joint. This...
Overcrowding grows at city schools despite mayor’s vows
Some public-school classrooms are turning into lecture halls despite the mayor’s promises. The city is cramming more students into its largest classes at all grade levels, according to Department of...