The Empire State Plaza in Albany had thousands of visitors this past week. Teachers, parents, and students came together. The main focus: student testing and the common core.
06/14/2013 05:00 AM
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Governor Cuomo is taking his Tax Free NY Plan to college campuses. YNN’s Vince Gallagher has more.
06/07/2013 05:00 AM
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We had a chance to sit down with the New York State Education Commissioner John King to discuss a few topics, which from his recent leadership symposium to the national spelling bee. We'll now take a look at these and other subjects in today's State of Education.
05/31/2013 05:00 AM
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It's official. New York State voters approved 95.5 percent of their school district budgets.
05/24/2013 05:00 AM
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Meet Margarette Keesee and William Heatley, winners of the 2013 Albany-Russian Olympiad Contest, a student competition on the history of Russia.
05/17/2013 05:00 AM
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The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is home of the original Woodstock Music Festival. These days they also focus on education. In fact, there's a workshop specifically for teachers which explores the social mind of the 1960s.
05/10/2013 05:00 AM
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Meet Dr. James Dawson, a member of the New York State Board of Regents. Dawson has a hundred schools districts in his area, and over the years he's managed to visit every one of the nearly 250 buildings. His reason is simple: to keep in touch on what's happening in today's classroom.
05/03/2013 05:00 AM
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students from Brown School in Schenectady are participating in a individualized learning program known as IGNITE. The idea is to view each student as an individual, based on their strengths and weaknesses.
Updated 04/26/2013 05:00 AM
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Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin hosted an education summit. His goal was to connect to teachers and give the an opportunity to voice their concerns and frustrations.
04/19/2013 05:00 AM
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Parents, teachers, and students from Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park are doing a little celebrating. Their robotics team, Team 20, was the only team to go undefeated at a recent competition in Hartford, Connecticut.
04/12/2013 05:00 AM
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As we close in on the end of spring break, we thought we would look into how this time off from school is a perfect opportunity for students to learn about the world around them, and perhaps find some ideas for future vacations.
04/05/2013 05:00 AM
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We paid a visit to Maria College, a small private school in Albany founded by the Sisters of Mercy. It began with only 52 enrolled students.
03/29/2013 05:00 AM
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An award has just been presented for the Senate Leader of the Year in education. This year, that person is Senator Betty Little.
03/15/2013 05:00 AM
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Educate-NY Now organized a public education rally in Albany.
03/08/2013 05:00 AM
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When becoming freshman, students officially begin high school. For some, they also enter the Ninth Grade Scholars Academy.
03/01/2013 05:00 AM
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