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Students, parents and community partners presented ideas to limit out of school suspensions and the need for a new food commissary building during a winter meeting at D'Youville University.
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Western New York schools cancel outdoor activities due to air quality alerts that have been issued across the region. Drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires has impacted the air quality in much of New York.
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Parents and education advocates say the policy of suspensions in the state is harmful to the states most vulnerable students and the need for change is here in the form of the Judith S. Kaye Solutions Not Suspensions Act.
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At a time when the education system in this country is being questioned from all sides, local educators are putting a spotlight on the importance of diversity of voices and stories we teach our children.
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With schools trying to claw back from the academic damage of COVID-19, Buffalo public schools are trying to get kids to schools and after-school programs to help in the academic recovery.
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While most every district in New York State has faced a school bus driver shortage, the crisis can be greater in the rural areas, where a smaller pool to draw from has made for some innovative recruitment, scheduling and hiring practices just to keep things rolling.
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Fewer people wanting school bus driver jobs, changed in the labor market and the federal requirement to drug test drivers is making it harder to get someone behind the wheel.
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As a new school year begins, New York state’s largest teachers unions and other education experts are calling for better responses to threats of violence.
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The state Department of Taxation and Finance confirmed to Gothamist on Monday that it will not count the forgiven loans as income, meaning they won’t be subject to the state’s income tax — which could have left borrowers with a bill of several hundred dollars, depending on how much money they currently make.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for increased staffing at lending agencies amid the rollout of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
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Strife at board meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing politicization of school policies are contributing to the turnover of New York's school boards.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that COVID-19 rules will be eased for New York’s schoolchildren this year, and masks and social distancing will no longer be required.