WBFO Education Reporting
There are few issues more important to the future of Buffalo and Western New York than education.
Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Education Reporting examines the many challenges facing schools today. From tracking low graduation rates in the City of Buffalo to the ‘Opt Out’ movement across the region and Common Core Learning Standards, our comprehensive coverage informs and engages the community.
Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Education Reporting examines the many challenges facing schools today. From tracking low graduation rates in the City of Buffalo to the ‘Opt Out’ movement across the region and Common Core Learning Standards, our comprehensive coverage informs and engages the community.
Latest Education Reporting
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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.
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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.
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As part of this year's Juneteenth plans, some local educators weaved in the recent tragedy of the Buffalo supermarket to add a new dimension to their discussions of racism and overcoming it.
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Tim Uhl is finishing his first academic year as schools superintendent for the Buffalo Catholic Diocese. All he's had deal with was a culture change, bankruptcy, a pandemic and a mass shooting.
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Fatima Morrell, associate superintendent of culturally and linguistically responsive initiatives, has been selected out of hundreds of applications across the U.S. as one of TIME magazine's 10 "Innovative Teachers of the Year."
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Schools Superintendent Brian Russ said the district will take a "harden the exterior and soften the interior" approach to the remaining month of school.
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The Erie County Department of Health on Wednesday announced more than 10,000 air filtration units have been ordered for every K-12 public and charter classroom in the county.
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Buffalo Public Schools said the Olmsted School #156 on Suffolk Street went into lockdown and then a shelter in place at approximately 10:55 a.m. Tuesday when a student reported witnessing what appeared to be a gun in the possession of another student on school grounds.
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The scholarship, in combination with other aid programs, allows eligible full-time students to attend a SUNY or CUNY two-year or four-year college tuition free.
