Announcements

12/18/2019

Chancellor Carranza Launches Applications For Second Cohort Of Bronx Plan

Cohort One celebrates investments including $13 million in capital projects and 500 teachers receiving hard-to-staff differential

12/13/2019

Chancellor Carranza Announces Record 447 Million Dollar Investment in High-Quality Arts Education

Annual Arts in Schools Report shows $14 million increase in arts education spending and record number of arts teachers

12/12/2019

Chancellor Carranza Announces Substantial Gains In Student Reading Within First Two Years Of Universal Literacy Initiative

Year Two Universal Literacy Evaluation shows impacts of coaching on student literacy

12/11/2019

Chancellor Carranza Announces 72 Percent Increase In Students Taking Computer Science Since Launch Of Computer Science For All

Record number of students received Computer Science education Record number of teachers trained through Computer Science for All initiative

12/11/2019

Mayor de Blasio And Chancellor Carranza Announce 13 Million Dollar Grant To Strengthen Instruction For Multilingual Learners

Five-year grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation facilitated through the Fund for Public Schools will help strengthen instruction for multilingual learners at 45 schools

12/11/2019

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Rename Queens Elementary School to Honor Hector Figueroa

The Héctor Figueroa School opened at the start of the 2019-20 school year

12/11/2019

Chancellor Carranza New York Yankees And Stonewall Inn Announce Second Annual Yankees-Stonewall Scholarship

Application is open until March 1, 2020, and scholarships will be awarded to one senior from each borough

11/21/2019

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Record High 48782 New York City Students Enrolling in College

College enrollment hits record high of 62 percent of graduating students, an 11 percentage point increase since the start of this administration

11/19/2019

Statement From Chancellor Carranza On Parent Leader Racially Insensitive Remark

11/13/2019

Chancellor Carranza And President Grillo Announce Expanded Inspections And Remediation Of Common Spaces In Schools

Cafeterias and libraries have been stabilized and will be remediated by the end of the school year

10/31/2019

Mayor de Blasio Announces Start of Construction of New 306 Seat Steam Pre-K Center in Corona Queens

Scheduled to open in Fall 2021, this state-of-the-art Pre-K Center will offer STEAM educational programming in partnership with the New York Hall of Science

10/22/2019

Chancellor Carranza Announces Record 498 High Schools Participating in College Application Week

Initiative promotes college and career culture across every borough