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Meet a Syracuse teacher who’s going to lose his job: He’s 31, wanted to teach in the city district and his wife’s pregnant with twins
Post-Standard Syracuse Meet one of the hundreds of Syracuse school district employees who are learning they will not have a job with the district come next September. He is Fowler High School math teacher Christoph Weldert, 31,
Read More »Laid-off Syracuse teachers join protest against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s school budget cuts
Syracuse.com Syracuse A handful of Fowler High School staff who just received their lay-off notices joined in on a protest this morning against the governor’s proposed cuts in funding for education. Ninth grade math teacher Jake Taylor,
Read More »Group wants state to force schools to give extra help to students who are struggling
Syracuse.com Syracuse The state Board of Regents is scheduled to decide Monday whether to extend a waiver through the school year that gives school districts the option to not provide extra help to struggling students who
Read More »Syracuse native says community organizing is a lifestyle, not a job
The Post-Standard Syracuse, NY By Maureen Nolan One of the smaller spectators at a recent school board budget meeting was one of the busiest, politely handing out bright green fliers for a fundraiser for the local chapter
Read More »New York prisoners could become unlikely political prize
The Post-Standard Syracuse, NY By AP NEW YORK — Though unable to vote, New York’s prison population of convicted murderers, rapists and other felons are the unlikely political prize for communities across the state. Every 10 years, state
Read More »Central New Yorkers react to Gov. David Paterson’s speech: ‘Optimistic tone’ but ‘follow through needed’ (Updated)
Syracuse Post-Standard Syracuse, NY Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua “Gov. Paterson's address sounded an optimistic tone, but what New Yorkers will be looking for, what my Assembly Republican colleagues and I will be waiting for, is
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