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NYC student arrested with loaded gun after posting alarming video on social media: 'Somebody gotta go down'
A video obtained by The Post shows the teen handling a firearm, an ammo clip and bullets, then gyrating and waving a gun while speaking along to the words in a...
New NYC schools chancellor 'elevates' 14 educrats in DOE reshuffling
Schools chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos has appointed or promoted 14 educrats to new positions in the city Department of Education, The Post has learned.
Top NYC DOE lawyer urges donations for legal aid to migrants facing deportation on heels of Mayor Adams' meeting with Trump's border czar
A top city Department of Education official is soliciting donations for a non-profit that helps migrants fight deportation.
Parents of 2017 rental-truck terror victim demand crackdown on apps used by terrorists in wake of NOLA attack
The Department of Homeland Security was required to create a report outlining strategies to help prevent vehicular terrorist attacks as part of the “Darren Drake Act.”
Manhattan DA won't investigate 1965 death of famed journalist who probed JFK assassination -- but Hollywood set to suggest foul play
Detectives allegedly brushed off a plea by City Councilman Robert Holden to dig into whether Dorothy Kilgallen’s death was actually a homicide.
'Predatory' NYC teacher sexually abused teen girl in creepy school 'escape room' and home 'bat cave': probe
The music teacher also invited the girl to his home -- calling it "the bat cave” -- for sex when his wife and two kids were not home, investigators allege.
'Heartless' NYC DOE tried to fire disabled special-ed teacher 2 days before Christmas
The city Department of Education is so intent on firing a disabled teacher that it went to court two days before Christmas to terminate him.
'Scrooge' NYC DOE sends holiday invoices demanding cash from unvaxxed employees fired during COVID
“What kind of upside-down clown world has NYC's Department of Education become? This agency refused to allow me to go to work … and now wants to bill me,” one...
Unhinged finance expert, son of Fla. judge accused of sucker-punching NYC eye doc — then 2 NJ health care staffers
A New York financial consultant and son of a Florida judge allegedly barged into the office of an optometrist and knocked him out, then fled to New Jersey where he...
NYC never went to bid for controversial algebra curriculum, rival vendor complains
It appears that NYC's Department of Education never went to bid for the "Illustrative Math" curriculum.
Top NYC school official scrutinized after complaint she tapped DOE staffer for 'personal favors'
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...
NYC is 'blackmailing' parents trying to get special ed services for their kids, critics say
The city is strong-arming parents of special education students into signing away their rights to sue in order to regain critical resources in a move that critics call "heartless."
NYC school principals demand more safety agents, weapons scanners amid 'persistent' delays
Over 120 public school employees are demanding the city provide more school safety agents and additional scanning equipment to combat "persistent" delays and safety risks, The Post has learned.
Dad furious after shocking video shows staffer dragging son by genitals at NYC-funded autism center
A case worker at a Dutchess County center for autistic students grabbed a teen by his genitals and squeezed them in his grip, horrifying video shows.
Tech glitch in DOE prediction tool butchers students odds of getting into two popular Manhattan high schools
The glitch came just hours before applications were set to close on Wednesday with one parent calling the notoriously complex high school application process a “joke.”
World-renowned NYC school facing cash crunch that could gut acclaimed arts programs — leading families to ask star alums for help
LaGuardia High School is facing a cash deficit that could gut its arts programs, and some are hoping its A-list alumni can help bail them out.
NYC basketball coaches cry foul after dozens of HS teams forced to forfeit over new rule
Furious coaches are calling time-out after over 70 New York City high school basketball teams were forced to forfeit their first games of the season because rosters weren't posted by...
NYC Algebra Regents scores tank amid new 'disaster' math curriculum
Less than half of city kids passed the state Algebra 1 Regents exam this past school year, after the DOE introduced a controversial new math curriculum.
Exiled NYC school staffers rake in fat paychecks as two-year human trafficking probe drags on
Some 20 teachers from the Dominican Republic have been barred from traveling outside the US amid a federal probe of Bronx principal Emmanuel Polanco, his wife, teacher Sterling Baez.
New NYC chancellor highest paid city employee -- trumping Mayor Adams' salary
A Bronx-born mom, 42, Aviles-Ramos will get a whopping $414,799-a-year, a big jump from her last $232,754 Department of Education salary.