Education
Reporting on local school districts, education policies, and educational initiatives within the state.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — One of Tompkins County’s only homes for youth transitioning out of homelessness may close in the coming weeks. In an unexpected reversal, the program’s federal funding will […] The post A home for formerly unhoused kids may close. Some residents have nowhere to go. appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Momodou Taal, an international student at Cornell University who faced deportation after being temporarily suspended for participating in a pro-Palestinian protest on the university’s campus Sept. 18, […] The post Cornell halts suspension efforts for international student involved in job fair protest appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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The report says three of them have more risk than others but none are in danger of having to close. The post State report says 7 Virginia universities should be monitored as enrollment cliff approaches appeared first on Cardinal News.
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New York City’s Education Department is systematically failing to provide equal access to education for students with disabilities who are chronically absent due to “school avoidance,” according to a class action lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Legal Aid …
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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has been awarded $9.9 million in federal funding for space power and propulsion research.
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VESTAL, N.Y. (APN) — Educators gathered in Vestal on Tuesday for a mobile roundtable discussion aboard the “Common Ground Over Chaos” bus, part of a statewide tour organized by the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) union. Democratic congressional candidate Josh Riley joined the conversation, calling for better pay for teachers and more public school…
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Oct. 1 (APN) — Claudia De La Cruz, the Socialism and Liberation Party’s presidential candidate, will visit SUNY Potsdam on Wednesday as part of her campaign. De La Cruz is on the ballot in 19 states, though not in New York. Her campaign previously participated in local events, including Potsdam Pride, and led a protest…
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WSKG | By Natalie Abruzzo During a special meeting of the Corning-Painted Post school board on Wednesday, the district approved payments for three separate settlements with survivors of alleged child sexual abuse and sexual assault dating back five decades. Financial settlements totaling $420,000 were approved for payment by the school district as the named defendant…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.This story has been updated to include statements from the mayor’s office, the Chicago Teachers Union president, and Chicago Public Schools.Mayor Brandon Jo…
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Colorado school districts will soon be able to apply for grants of up to $50,000 to help their students reduce cell phone use during the school day.State Attorney General Phil Weiser announced the “Smartphone Challenge Initiative” Friday in the library…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.A parade of principals extolled the virtues of their schools Thursday to the Board of Education, moments before it took action to ramp up a comprehensi…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The national media spotlight is once more focused on the Cornell University professor and activist who made controversial remarks about Hamas’ attacks against Israel last October. History and Africana Studies professor Russell Rickford returned to teaching last month after spending the majority of last academic year on a voluntary leave of absence.…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.Several Philadelphia public schools will “likely” close over the next few years, the city Board of Education president said Tuesday, stating that the s…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.After ChatGPT exploded in popularity, New York City’s public school system quickly pushed back on the powerful chatbot, arguing it couldn’t help students build …
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Workers say the university’s lowest-paid employees carry some of the highest cost burdens for parking at SU. The post Up next for unions at Syracuse University: overhauling the employee parking cost structure appeared first on Central Current.
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Nearly 1 in 3 K-12 students in Michigan missed 10% or more school days this past academic year, a tiny decrease from last year but still considerably higher than before the pandemic.The troublesome trend comes as state test scores show students have st…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Months after schools Chancellor David Banks removed a controversial parent leader from a Manhattan education council, a federal judge this week ordered she be t…
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Members of the United Auto Workers Local 2300 approved a new contract with Cornell University that will deliver major wage increases to workers and officially end a strike that heavily disrupted the Ivy League school.
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This fall, schools in Vestal and Binghamton will begin requiring students to put away their phones in locked, magnetic pouches during the school day. The policy is meant to cut down on tech-related distractions in class.