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  • ** FILE ** The Susan B. Anthony Middle School is pictured on Thursday, May 14, 2009, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)

    NYC officials probing 21 cases of ethical misconduct in schools

    New York City investigators are looking into 21 cases of ethical misconduct on the annual schools survey from 2013, Education Department officials said Friday.

  • "The best way to take care of a family is to put money in the hands of the parents and let them decide what to do," Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick says of the $10 million worth of $1,000 debit cards his company is giving to Superstorm Sandy victims in 19 schools. (Associated Press)

    NYC firm where 658 died on 9/11 helps Sandy families

    The New York City financial services firm that lost the most workers in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 announced that it will "adopt" 19 schools in communities hit hard by Superstorm Sandy and give a total of $10 million to families with children in those schools.

  • Illustration Measuring Schools by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    ROFF: Education should be customized to meet students' needs

    America has become the great nation it is because of its traditions, its values and its constitutional foundations. It is also great because, though the Constitution does not specifically mention it, the people decided at one point to make a priority out of giving every child access to education.

  • Commuters watch as a train arrives early on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

    Post-Sandy, a manic Monday begins for commuters

    Commuters streaming into New York City on Monday endured long waits and crowded trains, giving the recovering transit system a stress test a week after superstorm Sandy ravaged the eastern third of the country, with New York and New Jersey bearing the brunt of the destruction.

  • Placido Domingo to conduct NYC kids orchestra

    Opera superstar Placido Domingo is getting ready to conduct 35 New York City schoolchildren who are studying music five days a week under a program inspired by Venezuela's acclaimed youth orchestra program, El Sistema.

  • Son of 'King's Speech' distributor charged in fire

    The son of the distributor for the Oscar-winning film "The King's Speech" is among four teenagers who have been arrested on arson charges in a fire at a New York City schoolyard.

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