Education

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When Kriner Cash resigned in March, Tonja Williams was moved up to run the school system, with the title of interim superintendent. Now, the school has removed the "interim" and Williams has the job.

Niagara Falls decides to get more bus runs out of a shrunken pool of bus drivers by changing school start times. That means some drivers will have three runs, morning and afternoon.

A longtime educator in the Buffalo Public School system, who reached a settlement in a lengthy dispute with the district and then retired just two months ago, has died. Crystal Boling-Barton served in the district for 42 years, including three decades as principal at McKinley High School.