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ROTTERDAM
Blouse, slacks fight school bullying
Monday, May 6, 2013
Faith Perry’s clothes do not change. Every day, she wears the same ruffled, flowery blouse, black slacks and black sneakers to Mohonasen High School ...
SCHENECTADY
Schenectady school board race grows
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Three more candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the Schenectady City School District Board of Education. But one immediately withdrew to throw his support behind another candidate.
SCHENECTADY
Researchers to offer ideas to address Schenectady's reading problem
Friday, May 3, 2013
Educational researchers will have some bad news for Schenectady on Monday: There’s no easy solution to the city’s reading problem, 6,000 students unable to read at their own grade level.
NISKAYUNA
Kids learn work is fun at GE Global Research
Friday, May 3, 2013
At the GE Global Research center campus in Niskayuna, children were exposed to a robot, a computer that detects gender and mood and liquid nitrogen experiments as part of the company’s “Bring Your Child to Work Day.”
SCHENECTADY
Appellate court says state can’t take Raucci’s pension
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Pension payments due to Shelley Rauci, the wife of convicted arsonist Steven Raucci, cannot be withheld by the state Office of Victim Services, a state appeals court ruled today.
BURNT HILLS & BALLSTON LAKE
Traffic outside middle school flowing more smoothly after redesign
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The area where parents dropped off their children at O’Rourke Middle School used to be something of a free-for-all.
MECHANICVILLE
Phones out of order at Mechanicville City School District
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The phone circuits at Mechanicville City School District are temporarily out of order, according to the district's website.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
High School club in rocket finals
Monday, April 29, 2013
Saratoga Springs High School’s NASA Club is one of only two competitors in the state to qualify for a May 11 national rocketry competition in Virginia.
ALBANY
Albany College of Pharmacy president stepping down
Monday, April 29, 2013
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences President James J. Gozzo announced Monday that he will step down as president effective June 30, 2014.
SCHENECTADY
Cuts loom for pre-K programs
Monday, April 29, 2013
Little by little, the number of children in educational pre-kindergarten programs is dropping.
SCHENECTADY
Candidate: Make quitting school illegal
Monday, April 29, 2013
One of the candidates for the Schenectady Board of Education wants to make it harder for students to drop out — by making it illegal.
GLENVILLE
Plane ride gives students a taste of aviation careers
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Aviation Day on April 18 at Schenectady County Airport gave students a taste of airline careers and promoted a new one-year aviation course for high school seniors being offered this fall as part of partnership between Schenectady County Community College, Richmor Aviation, Capital Region BOCES and Questar BOCES.
NISKAYUNA
World War II veterans bring history to life for Niskayuna students
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Greatest Generation came to Iroquois Middle School on Friday to give a living history lesson.
ALBANY
Widespread cheating alleged in UAlbany class
Friday, April 26, 2013
University at Albany officials are investigating allegations of plagiarism and cheating on campus in response to a report that students have paid others to do their work in a computer science class.
SCHENECTADY
Hundreds line up for ‘Fast Life’ premiere
Thursday, April 25, 2013
A local film that was years in the making was delayed a little longer Thursday evening because of demand to see it.
