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Education advocate calls for criminal charges against NYC staff who took own kids to Disney World on trips meant for homeless students
September 21, 2024 | 4:33pmFederal officials should consider criminal charges against six NYC employees who took their own kids and grandkids to Disney World and on other costly trips meant for homeless students, an...
NYC educrats took own kids to Disney World on trips meant for homeless students
September 15, 2024 | 6:00amSix Department of Education employees used "forged permission slips” to take their own kids and grandchildren to Disney World and on other city-funded trips meant for homeless students.
Special ed teacher who allegedly groomed student gets the boot after Post exposé
August 3, 2024 | 12:10pmAn allegedly pervy special education teacher was booted from a Connecticut classroom after The Post revealed he had been investigated by the New York City school system for inapropriate behavior...
Principal of elite NYC school wants probe over dead mouse found on secretary's desk
June 15, 2024 | 9:13amThe lifeless rodent was found on a secretary's desk at the Queens HS for the Sciences at York College.
Mother and son DOE employees scammed NYC school for kids with disabilities: probe
May 18, 2024 | 9:08amA mother and son duo employed by the city Department of Education scammed a Manhattan public school for kids with disabilities out of nearly $8,500, investigators found.
Schools watchdog begs DOE to ban teacher-student texting in effort to stop sex abuse
May 11, 2024 | 10:11amElectronic sexual grooming by educators is an ongoing threat to students in NYC public schools -- despite dozens of pleas from school investigators for DOE to stop student-teacher cell-phone contact,...
NYC teacher fired after texting student 28K times, sex allegations, is now teaching at different school: 'Can't f--king touch me'
May 11, 2024 | 9:17amDulaina Almonte, a French teacher at Harry S. Truman HS in the Bronx, sent a female student a staggering 28,075 late-night texts over 14 months as kids gossiped that she was...
Widower bilks $781K in pension payments sent to long-dead teacher wife: probe
February 10, 2024 | 11:09amA Queens widower collected more than $780,000 in illicit pension payments meant for his wife, a New York City teacher who had been dead for 18 years, an investigation found.
NYC special-ed teacher collected 3 months of sick pay from prison
April 22, 2023 | 1:19pmMarina Golfo raked in a quarter of her salary while sitting in prison cell for three months—after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud.
Fat cat no more: NYC pension exec who lied to get a raise has salary slashed by 24%
March 25, 2023 | 12:55pmDaniel Miller, the city pension bureaucrat who lied about a job offer to get a huge raise, is keeping his job -- but with a 24% pay reduction.
Staten Island schools chief files 'hate crime' complaint with NYPD
March 11, 2023 | 12:36pmThe NYPD’s hate crimes task force is probing the black superintendent’s complaint, a police spokesperson told The Post.
Dominican teachers lose phone service during probe of NYC DOE administrators
December 3, 2022 | 4:09pmThe disruption came without warning or explanation as city and federal agencies investigate complaints that the Dominican teachers have been exploited and threatened.
'Creepy' NYC teacher who worked at new school under a different name ousted
October 31, 2022 | 7:59pmA special-ed teacher who flirted with past students and posted racy pics was fired from his new school — where he taught under a different name — after a Post...
Probe finds NYC teachers sent raunchy sexts, sexually preyed on students
October 8, 2022 | 12:27pmReports from the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools documented multiple cases of sexually-charged behavior by female teachers.
Rewarded for fraud: A textbook case of city Department of Education cronyism
August 22, 2022 | 6:37pmRather than fire ex-principal Oneatha Swinton for what the Special Commissioner of Investigation called her “pattern of dishonesty,” the DOE rewarded her with a raise and a $187,000 administrative post.
Ex-principal gets $187K DOE gig despite 'pattern of dishonesty'
August 20, 2022 | 12:21pmThe DOE gave convicted insurance scam artist Oneatha Swinton an unspecified place in its Office of Safety and Youth Development with a $187,000 salary.
Back-to-back sex misconduct cases upset Queens high school
June 25, 2022 | 9:35amScott Biski, 48, a music teacher at Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences HS, was removed last week.
NYC principal apologizes for anti-Israel email to staff after blowback
May 24, 2021 | 3:51pmMS 136 Principal Amanda Bueno has apologized for telling the staff at her Brooklyn middle school to side against Israel in the recent conflict in the Middle East.
NYC principal under fire for email imploring staff to support Palestinians
May 21, 2021 | 5:40pmA Brooklyn middle school principal urged teachers and administrators to demand sanctions against Israel -- sparking outrage and a pending probe by the school system's independent investigator.
Queens Pre-K teacher put child in garbage can, spider in shirt: probe
January 16, 2021 | 7:45pmAn assistant teacher at a city-funded Queens Pre-K program grabbed a child by the neck, shoved her into a garbage can and put a spider down her shirt, investigators found....