Xavier High School senior Hudson Dew wrote a moving story about an alumni firefighter, Patrick Brady, Class of 2001, who was killed in a fire in Brooklyn on Nov. 8, 2025. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Student Journalist at Xavier H.S. Pens Moving Story About Fallen Fighter The then first deputy mayor, Randy Mastro, was visiting a firehouse in Israel when he learned of the tragic death of Patrick... Education Guide 17 Feb 2026 | 01:46
Church of Transfiguration and its neighboring School on Mott Street. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Transfiguration School Excels: A Catholic Education in Chinatown There’s a remarkable school with an especially apt old Chinatown name. It’s called Transfiguration School, and it’s the educational... Education Guide 15 Feb 2026 | 05:01
A health and phys ed teacher says the cell ban has been “fantastic,” while acknowledging it won’t cure all the ills of the phone-driven age. ( Photo: Courtesy Gilbert Schuerch) Teacher in School That Went to Cell Phone Ban Early Calls the Move “Fantastic” “Screen time check!” I barked at my health class. My students sighed, took out their phones, and opened their screen-tracking... Education Guide 17 Feb 2026 | 01:48
One of the problems that Zohran Mamdani inherited as he was sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1 was how to meet state mandate to reduce, in stages, the size of all public school classes to no more than 25 students by the 2028 school year. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) NYC Might Miss Class Size Targets, Education Leaders Say Top state and city education leaders raised serious doubts about whether New York City schools will be able to meet the mandates... Education Guide 17 Feb 2026 | 01:51
Héloïse Pieaud, is the founder of a unique school of music in a reconverted mansion on the UES. Though she is a classically trained musician, she teaches students with the mantra that music should be fun. ( Photo: Courtesy Le Maison School of Music) La Maison Really Is Like a House, One That’s Also an Elite Music School Héloïse Pieaud’s harp teacher used to make her cry. She was an excellent teacher, Pieaud swears, but certainly too strict.... Education Guide 17 Sep 2025 | 10:55
Fusion Upper West Side is part of a nationwide school network—accredited nationally and regionally—with over 80 campuses around the country. ( Photo: Courtesy Fusion Upper West Side) NYC Private School Offers A One-to-One Learning Experience “We’re like the special forces of New York City education,” says Michael Gibbons, Head of School at Fusion Academy’s Upper... Education Guide 17 Sep 2025 | 07:11
University Students Offload Critical Thinking, Other Hard Work to AI Tech evangelists may be dazzled by the promise of AI, but two well-designed new studies—one in China and one by a leading... Education Guide 09 Sep 2025 | 04:46
Turning in a report written by AI would be cheating. Using AI to help revise a story after a student wrote a first draft may be a way to help a student learn to be a better writer. ( Photo: Allison Shelley for EDUimages) Can AI Really Help You Become a Better Writer? Yes, if Used Correctly Writing can be hard, equal parts heavy lifting and drudgery. No wonder so many students are turning to the time-saving allure... Education Guide 18 Sep 2025 | 12:22
How One Rural Elementary School Achieved Over 80% Reading Proficiency When you think of education innovation, you might not think of a small, rural elementary school in Buffalo, Wyoming. But I’m... Education Guide 09 Sep 2025 | 02:08
Disconnected from Math, Students Call for Real-World Relevance in RAND’s First-Ever Youth Survey In research funded by the Gates Foundation, new national data show widespread disengagement in math, highlighting a need... Education Guide 09 Sep 2025 | 02:07
Tutoring was once a great panecea, boosting math and reading scores for students who worked with a tutor at least three times a week, but the strides from tutoring in the post-pandemic world seem to have faltered for a number of reasons. ( Photo: US Department of Education) Tutoring Was Supposed to Save Students after the Pandemic; The Results? ‘Sobering’ Rigorous research rarely shows that any teaching approach produces large and consistent benefits for students. But tutoring... Education Guide 17 Sep 2025 | 11:37
Augustina Warton runs an internship program for undocumented students in NYC. ( Photo: Courtesy Augustina Warton) I Run an Internship Program for Undocumented Students: Here’s What We Owe Immigrant Youth On the same day that Trump’s Homeland Security chief, Kristi Noem, led an ICE raid in the Bronx earlier this year, I was... Education Guide 26 Aug 2025 | 11:00
Rally on March 7 in Washington Square Park protesting Trump’s budget cuts to science and research. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) The funding cuts are deep; emerging research students are on the front line Seventeen years ago, Laura Xie watched as her second-grade teacher poured water into a beaker. It’s a cup of water, she thought,... Education Guide 17 Sep 2025 | 07:25
Museum Hopes to Teach NYC Students about the Dangers of Hate Speech As reports of hate and discrimination against marginalized groups are on the rise, a new Lower Manhattan museum exhibit aims... Education Guide 18 Sep 2024 | 02:22
Fazil Khan, a journalist from Delhi, India, graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and was working at the Hechinger Report as an education reporter when he was killed by a faulty lithium ion battery that started a fire on the floor below his in an apartment in Washington Heights. ( Photo: Go Fund Me) Remembering Promising Education Journalist Who Died in Harlem Fire Caused by Lithium Ion Battery Fazil Khan got in just under the wire when he applied for a data reporter job at The Hechinger Report in the summer of 2022.... Education Guide 18 Sep 2024 | 10:54
