On Board Online • January 10, 2022

By Chris Carola
Special Correspondent

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to re-energize New York's coronavirus-staggered public education system by directing billions more in state funds to schools, boosting the ranks of teachers and support staff, and bolstering mental healthcare services for students rattled by pandemic-induced stress.

On Board Online • January 10, 2022

Robert S. Schneider
NYSSBA Executive Director

There was a time when I left for school in the morning with a little extra swagger in my step, thanks to my first pair of bell bottom jeans.

On Board Online • January 10, 2022

By Sapna Kollali

The Oneida Indian Nation recently released the fourth in a series of children's books created through an ongoing partnership with Madison-Oneida BOCES to support the Nation's initiative to expand member knowledge of the Oneida language.

On Board Online • December 20, 2021

By Cathy Woodruff
Senior Writer

The State Education Department (SED) is to receive a $500,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation to study potential alternatives to New York's traditional Regents exams for measuring student readiness to graduate from high school.

On Board Online • December 20, 2021

By Merri Rosenberg
Special Correspondent

Students who have experienced the death of a parent or primary caregiver to COVID-19 are among the most vulnerable to the pandemic's relentless impact.

On Board Online • December 20, 2021

By Eric D. Randall
Editor-in-Chief

Education Commissioner Betty Rosa has proposed to modify teacher certification requirements by eliminating the requirement for teacher candidates to pass the edTPA.

On Board Online • December 20, 2021

By Alicia Gene‚ Artessa
Governmental Relations Representative

The State Education Department (SED) has launched a Digital Equity Portal, which it describes as an "interactive, online data mapping tool for communities across the state seeking data on New Yorkers' ability to access the internet to advance digital equity."

On Board Online • November 29, 2021

By Pauline Liu
Special Correspondent

Ethan Walla, 11, received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine at Amherst High School in Erie County in mid-November.

On Board Online • November 29, 2021

By John Daley
Governmental Relations Representative

The legislative session opening in January will reflect major changes in the state's political scene.

On Board Online • November 29, 2021

By Richard Keller-Coffey

When I look back on my 30-year teaching career, I think of the thousands of students I taught. Since beginning work at a Dutchess County agency established to fight child abuse, though, three in particular keep coming to mind.