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Ask About What Children are Learning
 From September 5 to 19, Dr. Marcia Lyles, Deputy Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, will answer your questions about what the City’s public school students learn. She works with her team to develop learning standards and curriculum, evaluate textbooks, and collaborate with educators to improve schools.

Submit a question or see what others are asking.

Helping students learn is the end goal of New York City public schools. We are committed to providing students a solid education so they can go to college; get good jobs; and lead productive, successful lives.

Find out more about what your child is learning, also known as learning standards, in:

Click here to learn more about our high school graduation requirements.

Although the learning standards are the same all across the City, our students have a huge variety of options. Programs are available to help students with varying needs succeed. Find out more about:

  • Great Expectations Learning Guides
    The guides provide information about what students learn in core subject areas of Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, as well as what families can do at home to enhance learning in those areas and describe what students can expect to learn each year from kindergarten through 8th grade.
K-12 Instructional Time, state requirements and NYC recommendations.