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School Districts Are Still Trying To Secure Enough COVID Tests For Students
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“I’d love to be able to [test] our whole school, but you’re talking, you know, 5000 tests a week. We do not have that capacity.”
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Wolf Administration Offers Free COVID-19 Testing For PA Schools
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“It’s clear that everyone wants to keep kids in the classroom and keep extra curricular activities going.”
New York Governor Comments On Allegation He Gave Priority COVID-19 Testing To Family
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Cuomo did not deny the allegations, saying that people who visited him during the early days of the pandemic received testing.
In New York, Waiting For A COVID-19 Test Is A Business Opportunity
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A business that traditionally provided line standers for Broadway shows and other events, now serves people who don’t want to wait hours outside a health clinic.
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Tompkins County Covering Some COVID-19 Testing Costs For Residents
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Pressure on the health system multiplied when federal changes were made to the rules governing which tests insurance providers must cover.
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NIH Vaccine Testing Underway In Binghamton
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The study is scheduled to last two years, but a vaccine might be ready for the public sooner.
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‘Regents Review’ Returns to Aid Students Preparing for State Exams
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Regents Review 2.0 prepares learners for the New York State Regents exams.
For each Regents exam there is a one-hour long exam review video. Some of the videos are also broken into shorter clips for those looking for help with a particular topic. The teachers involved in creating these videos formulated lists of recommended online resources for further study – check them out! The video programs are also broadcast by all New York State public television stations – including WSKG. The schedule of air dates for WSKG TV is listed below.
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Schools Cope With More Computer Glitches On State Tests
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State education officials say that they will also work with schools to provide guidance on how to resolve outstanding issues.
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Testing, Opting-Out and Parental Engagement
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The Connect New York series explores statewide issues of critical importance with monthly, one-hour panel discussions about education issues including: Common Core standards, teacher evaluation, school financing, achievement gaps, testing and opting out, and legal challenges. This episode focuses on testing, opting out and parental engagement in New York’s schools. We visit a school in the Elmira Heights School District and speak with its superintendent as well as teachers and parents. The program will focus on the response by the families of 240,000 New York students who opted out of the state administered exams in 2015 and the recently announced changes by the state and federal education departments. Susan Arbetter, host of “The Capitol Pressroom” serves as show host, and moderates a panel conversation with NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.