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04/16/2021

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03/16/2021

The Board of Regents on Monday suspended the state’s high school graduation testing requirements for a second year and outlined plans to shorten statewide math and English tests administered to…

03/10/2021

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12/23/2020

Thoughts?

The research published this year paints a picture of a profession under pressure.

12/18/2020

Punctuation is key 🔑

12/09/2020

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news10.com/classroom-progress-report/student-teachers-fill-covid19-quarantine-gaps-in-school-districts/amp/

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — COVID-19 and quarantines have resulted in staff shortages in area schools. So how do fill the gap? Some colleges would like to see their student teachers take on those…

12/09/2020

“On the heels of $8 million in cuts to administration and staff, The College of Saint Rose said Tuesday it has decided to end 16 bachelor degrees, six master degrees, and three certificate programs.

Programs in art, music, math, science, education, and business...will be lost in order to save $5.97 million.”

The College of St. Rose in Albany says it is discontinuing academic programs amid financial struggles. The college said Tuesday evening that its Board of

11/25/2020

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/top-stories/ny-lawmakers-introduce-e-learn-act-for-students-learning-remotely/amp/

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York lawmakers and education advocates announced the E-Learn Act, which would provide free, high quality broadband to every student in school in New York State during th…

11/14/2020

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11/07/2020

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news10.com/news/local-news/january-regents-exams-cancelled-due-to-on-going-covid-19-pandemic/amp/

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Whether it is learning in-person, hybrid or completely remote, students across New York State will not be taking the January Regents exams. Interim Commissioner Betty …

09/12/2020

Fellow educators, why do you think this👇🏼is?

09/10/2020

Say "buh-bye" to snow days even when educators return to the classroom, because now State Ed says teachers can conduct lessons virtually (using the 1 year pilot program)

This sounds great in theory, but we all know when we are teaching at school, all of our class prep, lessons, and activities are left there for the next day.

A pilot program lets districts pivot to remote learning.