New York Board of Regents Ease Graduation Requirements for High School Students
The State Board of Regents plans to make it easier for students who miss or fail their regents exams to receive a diploma anyway due to Covid-19 pandemic.
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Charter Schools-Teachers
A New York court has thrown out new rules that would have let some charter schools certify teachers with less instruction and classroom practice than required by the state.
New York Testing Glitch
New York's top education officials are calling a computer issue that interfered with statewide English language testing "inexcusable."
State Library-Bicentennial
The New York State Library, the third oldest in the nation, turns 200 this year, and a series of events is scheduled to mark the institution's bicentennial.
My Brother's Keeper
The My Brother's Keeper program is expanding in New York, where 21 communities have now joined the network.
Brockport’s Albrecht Named NY Teacher Of The Year
A Brockport elementary school teacher has been named New York state's teacher of the year.
Comments Common Core Standards
New York state is accepting public comment on new learning standards that replace the Common Core.
Test Meant To Screen Teachers Instead Weeded Out Minorities
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is poised to scrap a literacy test for people trying to become teachers, in part because an outsized percentage of black and Hispanic candidates were failing.
Opioid Use To Be Discussed At New York Regents Meeting
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A discussion of opioid abuse is on the agenda for the next monthly meeting of New York's education policy-makers.
NEW NYSED Deputy Commissioner
The Superintendent of Schools who has been credited with forging the merger between Mohawk and Ilion Schools has now been named the new Deputy Commissioner of Preschool Through Grade 12 at the New York State Department of Education.