The opt-out movement is growing
Schenectady's opt out rate is SUCH an outlier, I have to assume that other factors are in play.
View ArticleParents speak to why they refuse the Common Core tests. Hint: unions are NOT IT.
We the people are responsible for this movement. Don’t you dare try to give credit elsewhere.
View ArticleFlinching from the “new” Atticus Finch
Our view of the literary Atticus Finch is surely colored by our admiration for Gregory Peck, the movie actor.
View ArticleFinal Albany school tour opportunity October 26
Go to the school district's website for more information about the proposal that voters will consider November 3.
View ArticlePine Hills Elementary School to host clean-water fundraiser Saturday, 11/21
PHES students and staff already have raised more than $11,000 of their $15,000 goal to build a fresh-water well in Tanzania.
View ArticleAlbany School District budget workshops Jan. 5 and 12
Voting locations on February 9 will be the same as for the annual school budget vote in May, which may be different than voting locations for the general election in November.
View ArticleLocal students’ art displayed at Empire State Plaza
The display consists of artwork from all 15 district elementary and middle schools, as well from 11 other Capital Region school districts.
View ArticleIraq War veteran/Albany High school teacher helps refugee students
Albany SNN points out a national Fox News story about Albany High School English teacher Brian Huskie’s efforts — including last weekend’s 25-mile fund-raising walk — to help establish a University at...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Workshop on Manufacturing – 3/13
Learn about the business data collected by the Census Bureau. Free: call 518 465-0700 to register.
View ArticleWomen’s March 2.0: Saturday, January 20, 2018
It will be a public discussion and affirmation of the values we consider fundamental to our society: fairness, inclusiveness, community, justice, and respect – for each other and for the law.
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