How The Upper West Side's Private Schools Are Reopening This Fall

The Upper West Side's private schools are laying out detailed plans showing how they plan to reopen for the upcoming school year.

Columbia University Moves All Undergrad Classes Online

Columbia University also announced Friday that it is drastically limiting the number of students allowed to dorm on campus this fall.

Columbia Public Health School's "CoronaGates" Scandal: Conclusion

Time To Redistribute Columbia Public Health School’s “Charitable” Grants Directly To Families Of NYC’s COVID-19 Victims In 2020?

Columbia U.'s Public Health School "Corona-Gates" Scandal: Pt. 6

Revisiting Gates Foundation-funded Columbia University Public Health School’s Robert Wood Johnson [RWJ] Foundation Connection

Columbia U.'s Public Health School "Corona-Gates" Scandal: Pt. 5

Revisiting Columbia University School of Public Health’s Gates Foundation Connection

Columbia U.'s Public Health School "Corona-Gates" Scandal: Pt. 4

Revisiting Gates Foundation-funded Columbia University Public Health School’s Historical Mailman Foundation Connection

Columbia U.'s Public Health School "Corona-Gates" Scandal: Pt. 3

Revisiting Gates Foundation-funded Columbia University Public Health School’s Chinese Government Connection

Columbia U.'s Public Health School "Corona-Gates" Scandal: Pt. 2

Revisiting Gates Foundation-funded Columbia University Public Health School's Hollywood Connection.

Columbia U.’s Public Health School “Corona-Gates" Scandal: Pt. 1

Did Gates Foundation-funded Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health fail to protect NYC’s Public Health?

Students Sue Columbia For Refunds After Coronavirus Closure

"It doesn't actually feel like I'm a student anymore," said one student balancing courses while looking for work to cover living expenses.

Columbia, Barnard Students Beg For Grading Shift Amid Coronavirus

Thousands of students have signed a petition asking for pass/fail grading after being forced to leave campus and shift to online learning.

LaGuardia High School Shortens School Day, Cancels Activities

The Upper West Side public performing arts school is on a shortened school day and canceled all activities, including its big musical.

UWS Burglars Broke Into 3 Restaurants In 3 Hours, Cops Say

Police are looking for a pair of thieves who stole hundreds of dollars from restaurants on Broadway during a crime spree Monday morning.

Lafayette To Bring 1st Public Dual-Language High School To UWS

The middle school has proposed adding a high school international program to fill a lack of upper-grade options for dual language students.

UWS Private School Is Best In The State, Study Says

Nearly a dozen Upper West Side private schools landed on a list of New York's best, including Trinity School, which took the top spot.

Ted Gold's Summer 1968 `Education and Teaching' Paper Revisited

1967-68 Vice-Chair of Upper West Side's Columbia Students for a Democratic Society [SDS] chapter criticized NYC school system in 1968.

Columbia University To Host Full-Day Climate Change Panel

The event will feature more than 25 experts from various industries talking about problems posed by climate change.

Confronting Ivy League Racism 101

A Review of Stefan Bradley's `Upending The Ivory Tower: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Ivy League'

Central Park Five Prosecutor Resigns From Columbia Law School

Black students at Columbia calling on the school to fire Elizabeth Lederer in the wake of a Netflix series about the Central Park Five case.

UWS, Harlem School Diversity Plan May Be Working, Data Shows

The number of low-performing, disadvantaged students at high-demand schools increased and decreased at many struggling schools.

UWS Councilman Pushes For Dual-Language Yiddish Program: Report

The dual-language Yiddish-English public school program could start as soon as the 2020 school year.

Charter School Approved For 2020 Opening In UWS/Harlem District

The KIPP charter schools network received state permission to open an "intentionally integrated" middle school in District 3.

UWS Pre-K Program Closes Overnight, Report Says

The pre-k program, based in a West 84th Street church, gave parents one-day notice before shuttering.

Columbia University Among Nation's Best Value Despite $72K Cost

The Ivy League school was included in a best value list published by the Princeton Review.

New Canaan Country School Honors Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy

Students, parents, faculty and staff at the Pre-K through Grade 9 school came together to celebrate, reflect and remember

Grad Student Union, Columbia Agree On Bargaining Framework

A union representing 5,000 graduate and research assistants voted to approve an agreement between the union and Columbia University.

NYC University Named One Of World's Best: Ranking

The ivy league institution earned top marks in this year's Best Global Universities study from the U.S. News & World Report.

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza To Hold UWS Town Hall

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza will meet with Upper West Side parents Wednesday.

Upper West Side Middle School Diversity Plan Moves Forward

A plan to give 25 percent of seats at high-performing schools for low-performing, disadvantaged students will take effect in 2019.

City Unveils Third Upper West Side Middle School Diversity Plan

Parents continued to debate the merits of city plans to desegregate Upper West Side schools by changing middle school applications.

Shooting Threat Evacuates Upper West Side School, Police Say

Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School evacuated Monday after a threat was found written in a school bathroom.

City Proposes Changes To Upper West Side Diversity Plan: Report

The city Department of Education offered alternate proposals that aren't based solely on state test scores.

Exclusive UWS School Could Be Included In Diversity Plan: Report

The Upper West Side's Center School has an admissions process independent of the city's standards.

Schools Head Sorry For Racially-Charged Tweet About UWS Parents

New NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza retweeted a negative article about "wealthy white Manhattan parents."

Columbia University On Best Value Schools List Despite $72K Cost

The Ivy League institution's annual yearly cost is predicted to be $72,627.

UWS Prep School Student Sues Over Musical Chairs Injury: Reports

The former student at York Preparatory School claims she was injured while being forced to play musical chairs.

Columbia Refuses To Bargain With Graduate Student Union

Teaching and research assistants at the Ivy League school voted overwhelmingly to unionize in 2016.

Columbia Professor Accused Of Sexual Harassment Retires: Report

Longtime Columbia University professor William Harris retired as part of a settlement for a sexual harassment lawsuit.

City Proposes Closing Upper West Side Middle School

The city Department of Education has proposed eliminating the middle school grades at P.S. 165 by next school year.

Columbia Prof Accused Of Harassment Stops Teaching

A Columbia University professor accused of sexually harassing and touching a graduate student has stopped teaching classes.