Nearly a year after New York City’s first report cards for public schools were issued, the majority of the principals who ran the 52 schools labeled as failing remain in place.

Speakers opposed to the expansion of Columbia University in the western part of Harlem linked the university’s plan with gentrification taking place elsewhere in Harlem.

The attorney general is preparing a lawsuit against Goal Financial, charging that the lender broke laws by luring borrowers with cash and gifts and that it misled consumers about loan terms.

The gift to the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard was the biggest so far from Eli and Edythe Broad, who are giving away a multibillion-dollar.

The panel of education experts recommended that the law be renewed but amended to limit City Hall’s power.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced regulations that are meant to combat bullying in city schools that is based on bias.

Two constitutional amendments intended to help Florida’s school voucher programs withstand legal challenges cannot appear on the November ballot, the State Supreme Court ruled.

Among the one million-plus students and 80,000 teachers who started classes Tuesday at 1,499 schools around New York City, some were attending for the first time.

More than 1,000 Chicago public school students boycotted the first day of classes in a protest over school financing and instead rode buses to try to enroll in a wealthy suburban district.

Allies of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg are working to renew the landmark state law that gave New York City’s mayor control of its public schools.