page_title: New York City Department of Education
hierarchical_section_title: New York City Department of Education
caption_attribution_description: The seal of the NYC Board of Education, c.1955, on the facade of the Asher Levy Campus at 185 First Avenue on the full block between East 11th and 12th Streets in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The building houses P.S. 19 and the Technology, Arts, and Sciences Studio middle school, M301. The Board of Education was once semi-independent from city government and ran the school system. Now it is the governing board for the NYC Department of Education, a mayoral agenc which runs the system. (Source: GIS map)
context_page_description: The New York City Department of Education is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,800 separate schools. The department covers all five boroughs of New York City, and has an annual budget of nearly 25 billion dollars. The department is run by the Panel for Educational Policy and New York City Schools Chancellor. The current chancellor is Richard Carranza.
  All of the city is assigned to the NYCDOE school district except for a small section of the Bronx, which is instead assigned to the Pelham Public Schools.
context_section_description: The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York (the New York City public schools) is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,800 separate schools. The department covers all five boroughs of New York City, and has an annual budget of nearly 25 billion dollars. The department is run by the Panel for Educational Policy and New York City Schools Chancellor. The current chancellor is Richard Carranza.
  All of the city is assigned to the NYCDOE school district except for a small section of the Bronx, which is instead assigned to the Pelham Public Schools (with tuition supported by the city government).
caption: Former seal of the Board of Education
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