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 measure to reduce class sizes was trailing slightly in the early returns Tuesday night. With 1,195,480 votes tallied, Initiative 1351 was behind 51-49 percent. Initiative 1351 would set lower class ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City has announced plans to reduce class sizes in public schools for the next academic year. New York City has been shrinking the size of classrooms in public schools ...

Local lawmakers are demanding a progress report from the city’s public schools on their efforts to reduce class sizes. Top education officials, absent Schools Chancellor David Banks, responded ...

Both Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council speaker, Gifford Miller, apparently having done the electoral arithmetic and concluded that the best interest of teachers unions and the false hopes of ...

Local public schools are being asked to come up with their own plans to help New York City meet new caps on class sizes in exchange for extra funding next school year, Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos ...

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 the ...