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Continuing Coverage Of The Herkimer Shooting Incident: New Videos And Interviews After Kurt Myers Was Shot Dead By Police [UPDATES + EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]
**NOTE** This story is being constantly updated. (The last update was 19 March 2013.) Please see below for the latest information.
Herkimer, Mohawk, and Utica schools are on modified lockdown at this hour.
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Parents Ask School Not To Assign Homework During Vacations
We are always hearing about how the U.S is falling behind in education and that other countries are lengthening their school days and school years. Yet a group of parents in New Paltz, New York is petitioning school officials to refrain from assigning homework during school year vacations.
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School Teacher Sues School District On Grounds That She Fears Children
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Longer School Days in New York State?
New York students could spend more hours and more days in school if a reform commission's recommendations are adopted. The New York Education Reform Commission proposed school improvements that recommended teacher competency exams, more pre-kindergarten classes and recruiting top college students to become teachers.
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School Merger Vote In The Valley Today
If you live in the Valley, today is an important day as you have a chance to vote on a proposed merger of three school districts.
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Drive Safely For Back To School
Even though the "Frog Days Of Summer" are still officially with us, it's back to school week. Most local kids will be going back to class this Thursday, and that means that all of us have to drive extra carefully. As you may know, drivers must come to a complete stop on both sides of the street when school buses are flashing red lights. The red lights indicate that kids are either getting on or off the bus, and will be crossing the street.
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Weekly Reader Ceasing Publication
I admit I was shocked when I read the New York Post report that the Weekly Reader was ceasing publication. Not shocked that it was ceasing to exist but shocked that it even still around. I remember getting the Weekly Reader every week in grade school back in the 50's when printed periodicals (before digital) were still in vogue. Why has the end finally come?
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Most and Least Useful High School Classes
A friend's daughter came home from school recently having just failed an algebra test and asked why she had to take such a "dumb" subject. One can understand her frustration but I think that we all realize that while most core courses are important to a well rounded education there are some that, once we leave school, we are likely never to actually utilize. What are those courses of questionable use?
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National School Principals Day Today-Matt’s 5 Favorites
It's funny but when anyone mentions a school principal my first thought is "trouble" as in getting sent to the principal's office for some minor offense. However school principals do much more than mete out punishment to juvenile malefactors. They must d
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Father Makes Son Hold Sign As Punishment For Bad Grades [VIDEO]
When I got a bad report card my parents would ground me. Some other kids I knew would have TV privileges taken away. But one Miami, Florida dad is taking a unique approach to motivating his son after the boy received 3 "F"s on his report card. According to TV station WSVN Michael Bell Sr. is making his son, Michael Jr., stand at a busy intersection with a sign that points out the boys academic shortcomings.
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School Bans Uggs
It seems like school officials are always playing catch up. Just when it seemed that they had figured out every way to keep kids from bringing cell phones to class the little buggers found a new method of sneaking in their devices, hiding them in their popular Ugg boots. So now officials at a suburban Philadelphia school have taken the next step.