On Board Online • April 6, 2026

By Sara Foss
Special Correspondent

State agencies are making a variety of teaching resources available to New York schools and students related to the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

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On Board Online • April 6, 2026

By Sara Foss
Special Correspondent

State initiatives tied to the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution include the Tapestry of New York, a digital quilt to be created by schoolchildren across New York.

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On Board Online • April 6, 2026

By Shubh N. McTague
Staff Counsel

The state's highest court has ruled that Town of Mount Pleasant properly denied a request under the state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)

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On Board Online • April 6, 2026

By Eric D. Randall
Editor-in-Chief

A team of Corning-Painted Post High School students called the Cyber Wolverines placed first in a recent regional competition called "The Lord of the Robot

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On Board Online • March 16, 2026

By Robin L. Flanigan
Special Correspondent

While discussing the Civil Rights Movement, social studies teacher Marci Kivo realized many of her middle school students were finding it difficult to grasp that various forms of racial oppression have existed beyond the plantations of the South.

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On Board Online • March 16, 2026

By Eric D. Randall
Editor-in-Chief

For the second year in a row, Gov. Kathy Hochul has included money in her proposed state budget to ensure all who attend schools that participate in the federal meals program will receive free breakfast and lunch

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On Board Online • March 16, 2026

By Eric D. Randall
Editor-in-Chief

While Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed a minimum foundation aid increase of 1% for all school districts, the Assembly and Senate have formally expressed their support for a minimum increase of 2%.

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On Board Online • March 16, 2026

Excerpts from a Feb. 26 statement by Regents Chancellor Lester Young Jr. and Education Commissioner Betty Rosa:

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By Alan Wechsler
Special Correspondent

In 2024, one in 10 adolescents ages 12-17 had serious thoughts of suicide in the prior year, and 4.6% made a suicide plan

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On Board Online • February 23, 2026

By Alan Wechsler
Special Correspondent

Not long after the final school bell, seventh-grader Yazeed Ibrahim lays down on a mattress to be examined by Rick Knizek, head athletic trainer in the Shenendehowa Central School District in Saratoga County.

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