Top NYC school official under scrutiny after complaint she tapped DOE staffer for ‘personal favors’
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Top NYC school official under scrutiny after complaint she tapped DOE staffer for ‘personal favors’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A top city educrat has come under scrutiny after an ex-employee accused her of directing her chief of staff to pick up her child after school and escort her to evening meetings or events the official attended. The Special Commissioner of Investigation confirmed…

NYC grade schoolers as young as 8 spew Diddy-themed jokes
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NYC grade schoolers as young as 8 spew Diddy-themed jokes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Diddy is the new ‘D word.’ New York City public school kids as young as 8 are making Diddy-themed jokes and comments in class – and some parents are so upset over the “heartbreaking” trend they want schools to ban the disgraced music…

Exiled NYC school staffers rake in fat paychecks as human trafficking probe drags on
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Exiled NYC school staffers rake in fat paychecks as human trafficking probe drags on

An NYC principal and his wife, accused masterminds behind a bilingual teacher scandal exposed by The Post, have raked in more than $500,000 in salary for the past two years — while the foreign educators they recruited are forbidden to visit their families back home if they want to keep…

NYC teacher accused of putting 15-year-old in a headlock
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NYC teacher accused of putting 15-year-old in a headlock

A 27-year-old teacher was arrested after he allegedly put a 15-year-old student in a headlock at a Brooklyn high school, according to police and sources. The shocking incident at International High School at Lafayette took place Tuesday around 12:30 p.m., sending the injured student to Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital in…

Principal of NYC school that faced turmoil over rampant antisemitism is being removed, replaced with Muslim educator
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Principal of NYC school that faced turmoil over rampant antisemitism is being removed, replaced with Muslim educator

The principal of a Brooklyn high school plagued by a gang of Hitler-loving youths and acts of antisemitism is being removed and replaced with a Muslim educator, The Post has learned. Dara Kammerman’s departure as interim principal of Origins High School comes six months after The Post exposed complaints that…

Trump would improve education for all kids, while Harris holds them hostage
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Trump would improve education for all kids, while Harris holds them hostage

The difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in November could not be clearer when it comes to education. Trump believes parents are the primary decision-makers for their children and supports the money following the child to the school that best meets their needs and aligns with their family’s values….

Special ed teacher who allegedly groomed student gets the boot
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Special ed teacher who allegedly groomed student gets the boot

An allegedly pervy special-ed teacher was booted from a Connecticut classroom after The Post revealed he had been investigated by the New York City school system for inappropriate behavior with a student. Daniel Schiels began working for Stamford, Conn. public schools in August 2021, the same month New York City’s Special…

NYC DOE staffers sued for unpaid rent for Dominican teachers
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NYC DOE staffers sued for unpaid rent for Dominican teachers

A group of city Department of Education administrators is being sued for $24,000 in unpaid rent by the owners of a Bronx house where teachers brought from the Dominican Republic were forced to live. ADASA, the Association of Dominican-American Supervisors and Administrators, leased a duplex at 1820 Pilgrim Ave., then required…

Parents want charters because schools are for kids, not unions — politicians, wake up!
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Parents want charters because schools are for kids, not unions — politicians, wake up!

As if state legislators and union leaders fearmongering about charter-school costs weren’t enough, Mayor Eric Adams, when he should be championing the city’s kids, is instead caving and joining that crowd. There’s no reality to charter schools costing $1 billion extra in any foreseeable future, but that doesn’t stop the ridiculous narrative against the increasingly…

Principal and cronies secretly demand steep rent from Dominican teachers
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Principal and cronies secretly demand steep rent from Dominican teachers

Bilingual teachers brought from the Dominican Republic to work in New York City public schools have been treated like indentured servants by educators acting as their slumlords, The Post has learned. Bronx principal Emmanuel Polanco and a group of fellow Department of Education administrators have put nearly a dozen teachers…