Petition Started To Stop Charter School Opening In Wash Heights Church

The petition is pushing to stop a charter school from opening in the Fort Washington Collegiate Church at West 181st Street.

FAFSA Completions Down In NY: How Washington Heights-Inwood Area Schools Compare

See how college aid applications changed for Washington Heights-Inwood area high schools.

Uptown Pol Secures $11M In Funding For Colleges In Wash Heights

Boricua College and Yeshiva University are two of the colleges receiving funding from the American Rescue Plan.

Salute Your 2021 Graduate On Washington Heights-Inwood Patch

Tell us why your grad is special and send a message of congratulations on Washington Heights-Inwood Patch.

College Financial Aid Applications In Washington Heights-Inwood Area: Compare To NY

See how college aid applications changed for Washington Heights-Inwood area high schools.

A New Charter School Is Coming To Inwood After $16M Sale

Plans were filed in February for an educational building in Inwood. Patch has now learned that it will be a new charter school.

Washington Heights-Inwood Area Increases Share Of College Grads

The share of U.S. residents holding four-year or higher degrees has been growing. Here's how it’s changed in Manhattan.

Free Summer STEM Program Launched For Wash Heights HS Students

Registration is now open for free summer STEM courses from City College for HS students in Upper Manhattan's school district.

These 10 Wash Heights, Inwood Schools Are Closed For COVID Cases

There are 10 school buildings in Washington Heights and Inwood currently shuttered by coronavirus cases. Here's where they are.

Here Are The Upper Manhattan Schools Closed Due To COVID-19

Eight school buildings in Washington Heights and Inwood currently stand shuttered by coronavirus cases.

5 Schools Still Closed In Upper Manhattan Due To COVID-19 Cases

Nine schools reopened in Upper Manhattan over the past 10 days, but five new schools in Washington Heights and Inwood have closed.

9 Inwood, Wash Heights Schools Closed By Coronavirus Cases

Nine schools in Upper Manhattan were among the more than 280 buildings closed across the city Wednesday due to confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Coronavirus Cases Close 3 Washington Heights Schools

Washington Heights is one of the hardest-hit areas by COVID-19 in NYC. Three schools in the neighborhood are closed Monday due to the virus.

Almost 4,000 District 6 Students Identified As Homeless: Data

The school district that makes up Upper Manhattan had scores of students with no place to call home last year, according to a new report.

Multiple Coronavirus Cases Found At 2 Washington Heights Schools

The city announced additional coronavirus cases at two school buildings in Washington Heights on Wednesday.

2nd Inwood School Reports Staffer With Positive Coronavirus Case

The school in Upper Manhattan is one of 39 schools recently announced with a positive coronavirus case among its staff.

36 of 38 Upper Manhattan Schools Have Deficient Air Systems: Data

Just two public schools in Inwood and Wash Heights have proper air filtration, according to the most recent available building inspections.

Nearly A Third Of District 6 Students Opt For Virtual Learning

Almost 6,000 students in the district that includes Inwood and Washington Heights have opted for all-virtual learning this year.

Dual-Language Elementary Coming To Inwood's Good Shepherd Space

The School In The Square, a middle school in Washington Heights, will open an elementary school in August in the Cooper Street building.

Uptown School Tackling Poverty Through Music Finds Its Home

WHIN Music Community Charter School, the first with a civic-minded Venezuelan model, hopes to turn a parking garage into its permanent home.

Washington Heights School Adds Laundry Room For Homeless Families

The school is the first, but not the last, Manhattan school to help its 25 percent homeless families by providing a free washer and dryer.

Former Washington Heights Student Repays Counselor By Running A Marathon

GUEST COMMENTARY: Karla Arroyo is a student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

NYC English Teacher Shows Inwood HS Students The Power Of Journalism

Mihalsky started an organization, Students Disrupting, to expand the number of schools across the city that have student news operations.

Bees Infest Washington Heights Schoolyard, Sting Students: Report

Nearly a dozen school children have been stung by bees at an Uptown playground shared by two schools.

Seven Uptown Schools Threatened By Road Pollution, Study Finds

Car fumes could threaten the health of students at schools near NYC's highways and other major roads, a new report says.

Teachers Fear 'Cancer Cluster' At Inwood School, Report Says

Tests are being done at an Inwood school building after nearly a dozen teachers at the school were diagnosed with various cancers.

Washington Heights Catholic School To Close, Church Says

St. Rose of Lima Elementary School is one of seven schools set to close in the Archdiocese of New York.

City Invests $2.6M In Uptown Public School's STEM Program

The investment will fund a state-of-the-art STEM education center at Gregorio Luperon High School in Washington Heights.

City Withdraws Proposal To Close Washington Heights High School

The DOE withdrew the proposal after a city panel decided not to close down the High School for Health Careers and Sciences.

Politicians, Students Rally For Washington Heights High School

The city Panel for Educational Policy will vote next week on whether to close the High School for Health Careers and Sciences.

Washington Heights Defends High School Slated For Closure

The Department of Education claims the school of Health Careers and Sciences is underperforming. Students, parents and faculty disagree.

Washington Heights, Inwood School Closings For March 14 Blizzard

Here's a full list of announced school closings in connection with Tuesday's big snowstorm.

Elevated Lead Levels Recorded At Inwood School Building

Testing by the city found that multiple water sources in an Inwood public school building had high concentrations of lead.

Washington Heights, Inwood School Closings For Winter Storm Niko

Here's a full list of announced school closings in connection with Thursday's big snowstorm.

Adorable Photos: Washington Heights Cops Play With Local Kids at Fall Harvest Festival

Officers from the 34th Precinct joined students of PS M048 in Washington Heights for the school's fall festival.

March for Education Equality Stops in Washington Heights on Its Way to Albany

The annual march from New York City to Albany demands that the state pay school districts money they are owed from a decades-old lawsuit.

Washington Heights, Inwood School Performance Improves in Math, English

School District 6 saw improvements in state English and math exam performance in 2016 compared to 2015.