STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is hiring thousands of teachers across the five boroughs to help reduce class sizes — and ...

As New York City public schools welcome students back for the new school year, strict ceilings on class sizes are set to take effect—reducing classes from 20 to 25 students per room over the next five ...

The City of New York must stop hemming and hawing about the Department of Education’s new class size mandate and start focusing on solutions that will finally allow school kids to receive the ...

Ahead of a key deadline to reduce class sizes, New York City’s sprawling school system will spend upwards of $400 million as it races to fill 3,700 new teaching positions by the fall ...

This year, schools were encouraged to come up with their own plans to lower their class sizes and apply to the Department of Education for funding. By Claire Fahy Two years ago, New York State ...

“This law will barely impact high schools and most middle ... executive director of Class Size Matters and a group member. “The NYC teaching force has shrunk by 4,000 positions over the ...

The president of New York City's teacher's union is putting pressure on the Department of Education to make the state's class size law — which limits the number of students per classroom — a ...

As New York City faces a looming deadline to sharply reduce class sizes, officials are dangling a tantalizing carrot to nudge schools to come up with their own plans to achieve that goal ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Thursday is the first day of classes for New York City Public Schools. Class sizes will be a big issue, as the Department of Education will be forced to meet new class limits in ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Schools Chancellor David Banks says New York City is making progress toward smaller class sizes, but the next few years will be challenging. By 2028, 25 students will be the ...