Schools

Times have changed and so have what is allowed by both teachers and students.

Students at NY schools will be getting two additional holidays in the new year.

Schools in New York must make major changes or lose their state funding.

There is nothing that could have prepared these elementary school cafeteria workers for what they found in a shipment of bananas at an Upstate New York primary school. One of them discovered a scorpion and it was alive!

Of the nearly 60 schools in New York required to change their team names, mascots, and logos for containing Native American stereotypes, 12 are in the Capital Region.

New York's first post-COVID student assessments have been released, and the results aren't good for several of the Capital Region's largest school districts.

A new study by Wallethub ranking all fifty states and the District of Columbia on early childhood education puts New York in the bottom ten.

Three locals schools were placed on lockdown and Saratoga County law enforcement was called to Wood Road Elementary on Thursday morning after a caller reported shots fired nearby.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York School mask mandates will end this Wednesday, March 2nd. This means that children can now go to school without wearing face coverings. This also means on the bus, in classrooms, and during recess.

The governor's office announced that they have no intention of offering guidance to local school districts.

Health officials are really concerned about the holiday travel, and what it could mean for schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Some school districts are choosing to remain closed.

The New York State Council of School Superintendents wrote a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to reconsider his decision to allow athletics to begin on September 21.

Now with schools being closed until at least April 15th, the Albany City School District is looking for nearly two hundred volunteers to help keep the kids fed. Here's how you can help.

Governor Cuomo just signed off on new legislation that would stop local school districts from allowing teachers to carry firearms on school grounds.

As far as I knew, when it comes to schools there were strict laws in regards to sex offenders and how close they were allowed to be. As of Thursday, those rules changed for certain situations.

It always surprised me that school buses only had lap seat belts or some, none at all. Well it may be mandatory soon to have safer measures on school buses including better seat belts.

There is a lot of talk about arming teachers do you think teachers Should Be Armed ?

Members of Governor Cuomo’s Administration will be visiting the campuses from now until May 22nd to provide information about the Excelsior Scholarship.

I saw this article over at Times Union and thought it was important to pass on Fifteen Capital Region school districts received water test results over the last week showing elevated lead levels in their water fountains, sinks, showers and other places, according to notices published on district websites...