New York Education

Parents and community members will have a chance to share their opinions on New York's Common Core standards tonight. Binghamton University is hosting one…

Number two pencils may soon be a thing of the past for New York students. The state is moving toward giving annual standardized tests online instead of on…

The standardized testing process is a little mysterious. Third through eighth graders take New York state exams every spring. But once they’re done,…

Results are out from year three of New York’s Common Core tests. Students showed some progress in math, but not much change in English. The state hailed…

It’s 85 degrees and lunchtime at Binghamton High School. Here, students can leave school for lunch. Some head to nearby fast food restaurants, and…

New Yorkers voted on school budgets yesterday. In Broome and Tioga counties, most budgets passed, but the Tioga Central School District got tripped up on…

When New York legislators vote on seven new Board of Regents members on March 10, they’ll act out a vision that dates back to 1784. That’s when the state…

New York’s Education Commissioner John King is leaving Albany to take a job at the U.S. Department of Education. King had a controversial tenure,…

Charter school advocates are pushing to raise New York’s cap on the number of charters it grants. Their focus is on New York City, which has almost…