Education

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Thursday that New York will receive $37.6 million through the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools.

Officials say New York state's high school graduation rate held steady at 74 percent for the first class of students required to meet stricter graduation requirements. The state education department released graduation rates for the class of 2012 on Monday...

Officials from state and federal teachers’ unions and educators gathered Saturday afternoon near the New York State Capitol Building in Albany for an education rally calling for reforms to the state’s education system and additional funds. At the top of the list of concerns were the state’s testing standards.

The Oneonta Dollars for Scholars presentations took place yesterday afternoon at the Hunt Union Ballroom at SUNY Oneonta. Jacki Rowe, President of the Oneonta Dollars for Scholars Board of Directors, says this program for Oneonta High School students has grown exponentially over the years.

The Norwich City School District passed a nearly $38.7 million budget by a vote of 309-144. Voters also voted to purchase additional passenger buses for $1.26 million, and one 30-passenger wheel chair bus for $105,000.

The Norwich City School District will choose from nine candidates to fill three vacant seats on the Board of Education, and vote on a budget of $38.7 million today.

Voters in school districts across the state head to the polls today to vote on school budgets, fill board of education seats and approve purchase for the coming school year. In Oneonta, school Superintendent David Rowley says the Board of Education had a lot of tough choices to make this year in the proposed budget, which represents a 2.7 percent total tax levy increase.

Officials in the Norwich City School District have released their preliminary budget numbers for 2013-2014.

Cooperstown Central School has a new nickname: CCS Hawkeyes. The school is allowed to use the name Cooperstown Central School Hawkeyes or CCS Hawkeyes after reaching an agreement with the Cooperstown Hawkeyes, a member of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.

ONEONTA, N.Y. — The SUNY Oneonta Secondary Education Department will present Awards for Exemplary Service to eight area educators during the 20th annual Celebration of Teaching Reception from 4-5 p.m. Thursday in the Craven Lounge of the college’s Morris Conference Center.