This NJ superintendent wants kids learning from home on snow days

Bayonne's school superintendent is asking the governor to let districts go remote on snow days instead of closing completely. It's a shift that could change how Jersey handles winter weather.

NYC Public Schools: List of early dismissals and closings in November

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — As we head further into fall, families will have to plan around extended time off from school due to the holidays. November is no exception, as New York City Public Schools will be closed for several days in observance of Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. There are also early dismissals planned […]

Multiple children sickened in NYC middle school: FDNY

OZONE PARK, Queens (PIX11) — Multiple children at a New York City school were taken to the hospital after getting sick, according to the fire department. Multiple children at M.S. 137 America’s School of Heroes went to the nurse’s office saying they all felt sick around 10:49 a.m., fire officials said. Seven children were taken […]

Meet the girl who was named captain of her NYC high school football team

Elite NYC public school pressed for answers after DSA student group backs ‘Intifada Until Victory’

A radical left-wing student group at one of New York City’s most selective public high schools is facing scrutiny after signing an Instagram statement declaring “Intifada Until Victory,” prompting demands for accountability and questions about what city and school officials are doing to prevent similar incidents. The...

18-Year-Old Rutgers Student Wins Seat on Guttenberg School Board

Sukaina Tehfa, an 18-year-old Rutgers University-Newark freshman, won a seat on the Guttenberg Board of Education in Tuesday’s election. Tehfa was the only candidate listed on the ballot for the seat and received 820 votes, about 86%, according to unofficial results. The other 132 votes were write-ins. Tehfa said...

N.J. school polling site locked as voting began after security confusion

A Middlesex County polling site was locked at the start of Election Day voting after confusion over security guards kept the school building closed, Piscataway Township officials said. The school facility was still locked when polls were scheduled to open Tuesday because “school officials incorrectly cited that security guards were...

Justamere Foundation gives TESU Foundation $25K grant to back electrical inspector licensing training program

Mary Heagley, vice president for advancement and executive vice president of the TESU Foundation. The Thomas Edison State University (TESU) Foundation has received a $25,000 grant from the Justamere Foundation to support the development of an electrical inspector licensing training program designed to prepare qualified candidates for licensure as electrical inspectors (ICS, industrial and commercial structures) under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.

PILOT Funds and Schools: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

I would like to thank Mr. Sandahl for reminding us of the age old principle that just because one can, doesn’t mean one should. As he correctly points out in his recent Letter to the Editor (Setting the Record Straight on PILOTs), the state law does not require municipalities to allocate a single dime of PILOT funds to schools, thus shifting the burden of the largest component of property taxes to legacy property owners.

YMCA of the Jersey Shore Opens 2027 MLK Essay Contest for HS Students

High school students in Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties can now enter the YMCA of the Jersey Shore's 2027 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. essay contest, according to The Monmouth Journal. Two grand prize winners will each win a $3,000 academic scholarship. Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey Natural Gas, and...

Three Women Selected for Dean Positions at Universities

Was promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University. Dr. Lavin has been a Princeton faculty member since 2018. She is known for her scholarship on architectural history and design, from eighteenth-century architectural theory in France to mid-century modernism. Her forthcoming book, Arboreal Media and the Making of American Architecture (MIT Press), is a media-environmental history of American architecture.

Bernards to face high-flying Red Wings in trip to Hoboken, for spot in North 2, Group 2 final

Bernards hosts Hanover Park in a North 2, Group 2 first round game at Olcott Field in Bernardsville on October 30, 2026. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko) There’s good news, good news and bad news for the Bernards football team this weekend. First, the good: Top receiver and senior Sean Arcelay...

OCHS volleyball starts slow but sweeps Holmdel 3-0 in S.J. quarterfinals

OCEAN CITY – It took a set for the Ocean City High School volleyball team to settle down in their sectional quarterfinal against visiting Holmdel Nov. 5, but once the team did, it was over in short order. The Red Raider girls, the top seed the Group II South...

“Gameday with Marcus Borden” presented by NEXUS: Playoff Edition (Sectional Semifinals)

The NJSIAA high school football playoffs are in full swing, with 12 teams remaining – ten public and two non-public – and it’s time to talk about it all with Central Jersey Sports Radio analyst Marcus Borden!. In the show’s opening segment, Mike Pavlichko and Coach Borden...

Roslyn's Marching Bulldogs Finish Second in New York State, Scoring 93.825 in the Syracuse Dome

The Roslyn High School Marching Bulldogs came home from Syracuse this week as the second-place band in their division in New York State. At the New York State Field Band Conference Championship on Sunday, November 1, the band scored 93.825 in the Small School Division 1 class with its show, Confined, and picked up two caption awards along the way, for Music and for High General Effect.

TIME names the top colleges in New York

Columbia University and Cornell University ranked among the nation's best colleges in TIME Magazine's Best Colleges rankings, released last month. TIME partnered with data research firm Statista for its inaugural report of America’s Best Colleges of 2026-2027 , which ranked colleges that "excel at student outcomes, learning environment and attractiveness to students," according to the publication. Schools with historically strong STEM programs ranked high on the list, including the top two universities: Stanford University (No. 1), known for its startup culture and connection to Silicon Valley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (No. 2), a patent powerhouse, according to TIME. New York's highest-ranked university, Columbia University in New York City, is best known for its Core Curriculum and strength in the humanities and social sciences, including its graduate programs in journalism, business, law and international affairs, according to Oriel Admissions. Cornell University in Ithaca is known for its focus on engineering, agriculture and life sciences, as well as hotel administration. Although Cornell, like Columbia, is an Ivy League school, some of its colleges are state-supported contract colleges , which offer lower tuition to New York residents. Other Cornell colleges are endowed and rely on private support, according to the university.

Multiagency raids at senior daycare

Details on Tuesday’s coordinated raids in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island still were trickling out on Wednesday. Federal, state and city law enforcement were seen filing into and out of a center in Flushing before officers and agents began carrying out computers and filing boxes. A U.S. Homeland Security...

Federal agents probe multiple NYC adult daycares

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Federal agents were seen conducting investigations and raids across multiple locations in New York City on Tuesday. The FBI, along with other law enforcement agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations, conducted enforcement activity in Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn in connection with an ongoing federal investigation, a spokesperson for the FBI […]

More Than 14,000 NYC Kids Are Learning at Home, and the Reasons Their Parents Chose to Leave Classrooms Go Far Beyond Test Scores

The New York Post's September 9 report on New York City homeschooling cited the latest figures for the 2025–26... The post More Than 14,000 NYC Kids Are Learning at Home, and the Reasons Their Parents Chose to Leave Classrooms Go Far Beyond Test Scores appeared first on parentdiaries.com .