Taxicabs line the curb along W. 44th St., home to four taxi garages as well as the elite Beacon High School. City records show the shop was also hit with a $1,200 fine in 2018 for the “emission ...

Beacon’s student population is about half white, a striking anomaly in a public school system that is nearly 70 percent black and Hispanic. Beacon is not a specialized high school — it has no ...

I was accepted into the Beacon School, one of New York City's most competitive high schools. The teachers were free to create unique curriculums, which were difficult but inspiring.

Students at Beacon High School say that the toxic fumes from a neighboring taxi repair business are causing their classrooms to be evacuated at an increasing rate, in the latest chapter of a ...

Roughly 300 students walked out of Beacon on Monday to protest its high-stakes admissions process, which they said has exacerbated segregation in the nation’s largest school system. The protest ...