Education
Reporting on local school districts, education policies, and educational initiatives within the state.
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Mayor Eric Adams poured cold water Tuesday on an imminent citywide school cell phone ban, citing a number of remaining obstacles and saying the city is “not there yet.“ “There will be some action in the upcoming school year, but the…
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An $18 million project brings new space and features to the home of the Saunders College of Business. The post Expanded Max Lowenthal Hall opens its doors at RIT appeared first on Rochester Beacon.
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The City University of New York board of trustees last Monday authorized a contract worth approximately $4.4 million for three years with Kansas-based Mammoth Sports Construction to manage and operate athletics at its eight senior colleges. “Will this make us bowl eligible?” one trustee jokingly asked. “The CUNY Bowl,” replied trustee Bill Thompson Jr., chairperson…
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Community Action Akron Summit, a private nonprofit group, will hold a Head Start enrollment day on Tuesday, for families to learn more about Head Start. Parents and guardians will also be able to enroll their children in this federally funded program. The post Head Start enrollment event set for Tuesday across Akron region appeared first…
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Instead, students will receive boxed to-go lunches between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. as part of their meal plans at specific residential halls, cafes and retail locations.
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Administrators from the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) presented a list of pending and implemented budget cuts to Board of Education members during a special voting meeting Tuesday night.
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In the leadup to the 2024 presidential election, Rochester company Second Avenue Learning has a tool for students to learn about the political process. The post A tool for election education appeared first on Rochester Beacon.
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With just 26 hours of public notice before a vote to approve a new University of Arizona president, a local group said it didn’t have enough time to raise a red flag about how finalist Suresh Garimella handled antisemitic harassment of Jewish students at his previous job. In a letter sent to the Arizona Board…
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The University of Arizona’s new provost announced he’s leaving just months after he was chosen for the position. Joseph Glover, who started work July 1 as the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs — the No. 2 position at the university — was chosen in April after a months-long national search. Glover’s resignation…
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The Arizona Board of Regents voted to hire Suresh Garimella as the next University of Arizona president on Friday morning and introduced him at a campus news conference in the afternoon. Garimella said he felt ready for the challenges to come. “I certainly understand the responsibility, the awesome responsibility, of leading a land grant university,…