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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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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."
