Last year, inspectors issued warnings or suggestions concerning improvements. This year, however, they are issuing violations and imposing fines and business owners complain it's a way for New York to fill its coffers in the attempt to offset budget deficits. more>

According to the Korean Consulate General in New York, it has issued 1,040 E2 visas for English teachers in 2009, representing a 124 percent increase since 2007. more>

New York City already has laws that demand respect for every student's dignity, and regulations on the books protecting schoolchildren from forms of mobbing and ostracizing, bullying and bias crimes; the problem lies in their enforcement.

VIDEO :: Two years ago activists called on the New York City Department of Education to stop bullying of immigrant students.   more>