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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Buffalo Public Schools will continue expanded safety measures through summer, after another gun was found in a student's backpack. -
The Tonawanda City School District is officially one step closer to a newly renovated building to house all of its elementary school students.
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A several-hour-long lockdown of Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet School Thursday ended with the recovery of a handgun-style BB gun.
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Niagara University broke ground Tuesday on an $11.5 million renovation project at its Kiernan Recreation Center.
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Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash lays out a rough agenda on budgeting the $289 million in federal relief funds the district has received.
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Canisius College President John Hurley has announced his retirement, scheduled for June 2022.
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New York State Senators joined parents outside of a Williamsville school board meeting Tuesday night to voice their frustration over the current mask mandates. In June, Governor Cuomo announced school districts can allow students to remove masks outdoors. A guidance on mask use indoors still remains in place.
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In a reorganizational meeting Thursday at Waterfront Elementary School, former Board President Louis Petrucci was voted back into that position, succeeding Sharon Belton-Cottman.
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Two charter schools in Buffalo, Westminster and Enterprise, faced being closed permanently effective June 30. But a judge has blocked the Buffalo Board of Education, which authorizes both schools, for doing so for at least the 2021-22 school year.
