education

Board votes to close West Middle School
By Craig Hoffman
March 23, 2011 - 1:28pm
The Auburn city school board tries to close budget gap by closing school.

The Auburn city school board voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to close West Middle School after this academic year in hopes of narrowing an anticipated $6.5 million budget deficit, according to The Post-Standard.

Government says more than half of U.S. schools failing
By Kristen Marie Beatty
March 9, 2011 - 5:59pm
82 percent of U.S. schools could be labeled as 'failing' under No Child Left Behind Act.

The Department of Education estimates the number of schools not meeting targets will skyrocket from 37 to 82 percent in 2011 because states are toughening their standards to meet the requirements of the law. The schools will face sanctions ranging from offering tutoring to closing their doors.

"No Child Left Behind is broken and we need to fix it," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday.

President Barack Obama campaigned to reform the law, the question still exists as to how to do it.

Nation's young more diverse
By Stephanie Machado
February 8, 2011 - 5:34pm
One analysis finds fewer whites in young America.

White people now represent less than half of American 3-year-olds, according the New York Times and a Brookings Institution analysis of census data.

In eight states – Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas – and the District of Columbia, whites are actually the minority in nursery schools, preschools and kindergartens. And according to demographer at Brookings William H. Frey, Georgia, Louisiana and Maryland aren’t far behind.

Student protests disrupt living in Italy
By Marquise Francis
November 30, 2010 - 2:47pm
Students marched through Italian cities today disrupting roads and railway lines while legislators continue to vote on education reform.

Students in Italy are irate about possible education reforms all throughout Italy. Reforms in place have been drawn up without any dialogue with students and teachers says Babara Marchetti, a 27-year-old PhD student at Rome University. Instead of sitting put and letting such events take place, students have been taking action into their own hands with numbers of protests and reform themselves.

Jordan-Elbridge school board members called on to resign by district residents
By Ethan Kwassman
November 4, 2010 - 1:37pm
Wednesday night's school board meeting was dominated by criticism of board members and administrators.

The controversy rocking the school district continued last night as residents called for members of the Jordan-Elbridge school board to resign.

According to The Post-Standard, speakers at the board meeting criticized the way the board was handling school affairs. During the hour-long meeting, residents also frequently criticized board members and administrators personally. Some residents said they feel as if the board has lost the confidence of the community.

Art mirrors life in 'No Child...'
By Diep Tran
September 24, 2010 - 10:08pm
Actress Reenah L. Golden uses her experience as a teaching artist to help her perform 16 roles in "No Child..." -- Syracuse Stage's 38th season opener.

If there’s one thing you can say about actress Reenah L. Golden, it’s that she doesn’t take things for granted. Take the moment she was offered the main role for a Rochester production of the one-woman play, No Child… by Nilaja Sun. 

A light in the dark
By Christine Mehta
August 24, 2010 - 10:49pm
Alexander Williams, a graduate student from Ghana, has managed to overcome the obstacles inherent to being blind.

Alexander Williams was always a curious child. One day, his curiosity got him into trouble.

At age 12, Williams was hit in the right eye by a stray bullet.  Warring factions in the part of Liberia where he lived for the first 12 years of his life were fighting over port access to the harbor when his house got caught in the crossfire. 

Protestors gather in Syracuse to oppose education cuts
By Jaime Bellemare
April 8, 2010 - 3:08pm
Plus, West Virginia rescue workers delayed by methane and the Oprah Winfrey Show gets a new network.

Protestors gathered at Sen. David Valesky’s Syracuse office Thursday afternoon to oppose cutbacks in education according to Syracuse.com.

Valesky voted for a Senate budget proposal two weeks ago that included a $1.4 billion cut to education according to protest organizer, Tanika Jones-Cole. The group, Alliance for Quality Education said the cuts threaten 15,000 teaching positions in New York.

Teachers, parents and students rally outside the state office building
By Merav Savir
April 8, 2010 - 3:08pm
Plus, Arinze Onuaku undergoes surgery today and the Qatari diplomat was released.

A group of teachers, parents and students stood outside Sen. David Valesky's downtown Syracuse office chanting "no more cuts," syracuse.com reports. The demonstrators were part of a group caleld Alliance for Quality Education, and want the state to tax richer residents instead of cutting money for education. The group consists of people from Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester and Albany.

Edelman on equal education
By Sherri Williams
April 6, 2010 - 10:14pm
Children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman stresses the importance of equal access to education for underprivileged youth.

Policies and institutions that neglect youth are creating a cradle-to-prison pipeline that threatens to swallow a generation and weaken the nation, said children’s advocate Marian Wright Edelman.