New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks claimed Tuesday that parents don’t care if classrooms are overcrowded, as he argued against a billion-dollar-plus state mandate to reduce their size. Banks ...

As students go back to school this week, concerns are growing that a new law to limit class sizes in New York City public schools might undermine the quality of education in classrooms across the city ...

NYC needs 6,000 teachers and billions in funding to meet class size caps. Top education leaders warn that without more state aid, city schools will fall short of the mandate.

The controversial state law requiring New York City public schools to reduce class sizes across the board could become more problematic and reduce “equity” for the neediest students amid budget cuts ...

A last-ditch effort to push Mayor Adams and his administration to slow the implementation of new class size caps before Zohran Mamdani takes office has failed. Over the recent objections of a ...

When, in 2018, I moved from Louisiana and started teaching in New York City, my average class size dropped by five students. A world of possibilities opened. Suddenly, I could adjust seating ...

State lawmakers have struck an agreement on bills that would extend mayoral control of the New York City school system for two years and mandate reductions in public school class size. State Sen. John ...

President Christopher Eisgruber's long-planned expansion of the student body will have a smaller effect on the Class of 2027 after enrollment numbers decreased by 8.93 percent from the Class of 2026.

This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. New York City is giving schools extra funding to hire 3,700 teachers and 100 assistant principals to comply with a major class size reduction ...