State Education Department
To help NY's kids, Team Trump needs to probe the State Education Department
When Team Trump takes office, here's hoping they — maybe with some help from Congress — have time to investigate the persistent, willful malfeasance of New York's State Education Department.
NY school brass are set to let even unprepared kids graduate high school
On Monday, the State Education Department presented its timeline for ditching the Regents exams; the Regents Board is now expected to green-light it.
NYS Board of Regents' latest assault on education
This week, the state Board of Regents continued its assault on New York education by pushing the teaching of revisionist DEI history ahead of America’s 250th anniversary celebration.
NY State Ed's pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We'll stop tracking it
For years now, we've been slamming the State Education Department and its rulers, the state Board of Regents, as having turned against anything resembling excellence, but we're still shocked at...
New York's latest test scores show why families are fleeing the public schools
It's easy to see why the State Education Department stalled on releasing the latest English and math test scores for grades 3-8, and why New Yorkers won't get the final...
Tim Walz hit with House subpoena for records on $250M Minn. COVID fraud
Walz, 60, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, was ordered to hand over any documents about the scandal, which involved pandemic relief funds being distributed via "the Minnesota Department of Education’s...
End the State Education Department's test-scores charade
Once again, the State Education Department and its Board of Regents masters are doing their level best to make a new year’s reading and math assessments as useless as possible.
NYC teachers blast new math curriculum amid leaked reports of failing test scores: 'Complete disaster'
The DOE claimed it didn't have results of the June 4 Algebra 1 Regents exam, but the tests were scored within a few days.
Welcome to pandemonium, how Don stops Kamalamania and other commentary
Post Editorial Board gives commentary on Kamala Harris' campaign, a Harris-Trump debate and more.
Trashing NY's Regents exams will hurt our students
New York state is poised to toss aside its proud history of expecting achievement from its high school students by eliminating the Regents exams that, for more than a century,...
New York is about to make its high school diplomas worse than useless
Gone will be the need for students to pass five state Regents exams to earn a diploma.
NYS Board of Regents joins the woke battle to force biological boys into girls' sports
The NYS Board of Regents will allow transgender kids to play on whichever team they ID with. This is a massive attack on girls' sports and the Regents should be...
Sen. Ernst demands federal student aid probe after botched FAFSA overhaul, Biden bailout
Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Julia Letlow are demanding a review of how funds were spent at the Office of Federal Student Aid and whether any of that money was...
Star student with 100 GPA denied admission to dream school because of NYC's 'subjective' lottery system
Four published books, numerous debate accolades, perfect attendance and a 100 GPA weren't enough to get a Queens eighth grader into her dream high school.
It's time to end Albany's destructive micromanagement of NYC schools
This obscene, venal farce must end: Mayoral control should be made permanent. Let New York City run New York City schools.
Fed-up charter school advocates rally in Albany for equal funding
The New York State Education Department is being pushed to end the “discriminatory treatment of charter schools" and provide equivalent funding provided to traditional public schools.
Albany's powers hold NYC kids hostage again in yet another mayoral-control drama
Albany must extend mayoral control for NYC schools so the UFT can't kill academic standards, including testing and screens, and teacher accountability.
Almost 200K students boycotted NY state standardized tests in parents' rights revolt
Thousands of parents are staging a revolt against the state by refusing to have their kids take the standardized English and math exams, test data reviewed by The Post reveal.
New York's education chiefs don't want you to know how badly schools do
The New York SED and Board of Regents released the full 2022-2023 statewide math- and reading-assessment results for grades 3-8 showing 48% in English and 52% in math as proficient...
NY education dept. hides the depths of public school failure — but Hochul just wants you to know it's not her fault
Once again, the State Education Department is failing at a basic task — yet Gov. Hochul mainly wants you to know that it's not her fault. Yes, Hochul criticized SED...