Contentious public hearings over new charter schools are nothing new on the Lower East Side. One such hearing was supposed to take place at P.S. 20 this evening. But hours beforehand, at around 6:30 last night, the city's Department...
Battles over charter schools are nothing new on the Lower East Side. In 2010, parents were divided over the siting of the Girls Prep Charter School. Just last year, an expansion proposal from Manhattan Charter School also stirred up...
There's news today on Ross Global Academy's campaign to stay open, in spite of the NYC Education Department's decision to close the charter school for poor performance and other problems. The state education commissioner has rejected the appeal. The...
The state education commissioner is blocking a decision by New York City's Department of Education (DOE) to allow the Girls Prep Charter School to expand its middle school in a shared building on East Houston Street. Several Lower East...
