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Calls for Equal Funding in High-Need Schools
Long Island Press 2/3/2012 Rashed Mian http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/02/03/calls-for-equal-funding-in-high-need-schools/ Amparo Sadler, a grandmother from Central Islip, stood across the street from the Martin Luther King Jr., elementary school in Wyandanch on Wednesday and called on New
Read More »Groups ask for more direct aid to schools
New York's schools may be getting more money under the budget proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo. But members of one advocacy group say they're not satisfied with the way it's being distributed
Read More »Citizen Action wants more State aide for education
"I'm taking a second job. I'm going to be the Governor of the State of New York, and I'm also going to be the student lobbyist," Governor Cuomo announced in his State of
Read More »Calling On State to Restore School Funding
Unhappy with Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed state budget, activists are raising their voices to bring money back to public education
Read More »Board members lambasted for inaction on suspension policy; tensions run high
Buffalo News’ SchoolZone blog 1/26/11 Mary Pasciak http://blogs.buffalonews.com/school_zone/2012/01/tensions-in-the-boardroom.html For the past several weeks, a small crowd has been attending School Board meetings, pushing for an end to out-of-school suspensions for nonviolent offenses. Many of
Read More »VIDEO: Parents express concern about BPS student discipline
It was the fourth and final public hearing Wednesday on student discipline in the Buffalo Public Schools
Read More »Tier educators applaud school aid plan
Southern Tier school officials welcomed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to boost state school aid in his proposed state budget.
Read More »Anger Growing over School Suspensions
BUFFALO (WNED) - There's so much interest in the thousands of student suspensions in Buffalo schools there's going to be another public hearing on the problem. An advisory board probing the district's code of conduct
Read More »Demanding new suspension policy for non-violent offenses at Buffalo Schools
Parents and community leaders are demanding that the Buffalo Board of Education approve a new school suspension policy. They gathered on the steps of Buffalo City Hall late Wednesday morning in the rain to
Read More »Rally to end school suspension policy
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A rally Thursday afternoon on the steps of Buffalo's City Hall aimed to bring more attention to the Buffalo school district's out-of-school suspension policy
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