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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Part of Transit Road in Lockport was closed around 8:30 a.m. Thursday due to a collision involving a school bus carrying 16 children. -
The New York City Council passed a law last week that all of its school buses will run on electricity by 2035, and some want to see the same thing happen in Buffalo and across Western New York.
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Medaille College sees its expanding athletic complex on Elk Street in Buffalo as a tool for increasing its student enrollment and involving its student body in supporting sports teams.
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Medaille College is reaching across New York State, and particularly into its rural areas, to offer financial aid to bring new students to Agassiz Circle in North Buffalo.
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Niagara Falls Schools Superintendent Mark Laurrie told the school board Thursday evening there is a plan to slowly bring the students involved in recent brawls back to school, as long as they follow the plan and meet its milestones.
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This fall semester, Grandmaster Flash is working directly with University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College students as part of UB's Artists Collaboratory Working Artists Lab to present Hip Hop-inspired programming.
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School districts thought they only had to worry about getting the kids up to speed in class after more than a year of remote learning. Now the issue is getting food for the steam tables in their cafeterias.
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Buffalo Public Schools have to provide 29,000 meals every day and it's never easy, but shortages are making it much worse.
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New York’s public colleges and universities this week began de-registering students who’ve decided against getting vaccinated, after the SUNY system’s 35-day grace period for that requirement expired on Monday.
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A lot of school kids are having a tough time as they return to every day in school.
