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On a recent Monday morning, PS 191’s assistant principal stood in front of the gleaming new school building on 61st Street and West End Avenue greeting

Politicians, students and teachers cut the ribbon on a brand new school on Wednesday, a happy culmination to years of

The city Department of Education has released the first stats about applications for local public schools since the Upper West Side school district

I have on my desktop an aerial photo and early draft plan, circa 1963, of Lincoln Center, the place where I work. In these images, the Amsterdam Houses rise

Standing alone, PS 191’s English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency levels, measured by a statewide test administered every spring to students

“That’s the letter A!” My four and a half year-old son raised his closed fist with his palm facing out.

Dozens of new families are now zoned for elementary school PS 191, which will open in a new building on 61st Street and West End Avenue next year.

Parents at the first scheduled public hearing about the city's school rezoning plan on Monday night said the plan won't actually address overcrowding

The city Department of Education presented its final rezoning plan for the Upper West Side on Wednesday night, and insisted it includes "benefits for every impacted school,"

Community Education Council 3, the Upper West Side version of a school board, took a bold stand this week when it drafted its own rezoning

The mayor announced on Wednesday that a new state-of-the-art K-8 public school will open in 2017 at 61st Street and West End Avenue.

Inspired by the dedication of its teachers, parents at The Museum Magnet School (PS 191) launched a drive to transform two drab rooms

The parent association at PS 191 on West 61st street has begun a fundraising drive to raise $30,000 for a new library inside the school.

The Department of Education walked away from PS 191 and 199 rezoning discussions with Community Education Council District 3 this week.

The most recent minutes from the school board's rezoning meetings have been released and they show mixed support for proposals to split the schools

By Andrew Chu We are parents. And we have a very difficult question to answer. The question is not what to do with PS199 or PS191. The question is not whether to move

Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina tried to reassure Upper West Side parents at a town hall meeting on Wednesday night that PS 191 on 61st street is a

The Upper West Side's school board (known as CEC3) is set to vote on a plan to rezone the southern portion of the district in

PS 191 on West 61st street has been in the news lately as the Department of Education has proposed a plan to rezone the southern section of the Upper West Side.

More than 50 people spoke at a public hearing on Wednesday night over a contentious plan to rezone several schools at the southern end of the Upper West Side.