Education

Shelter Island, Elwood Fall Short of 60% Approval to Pierce the Cap By Hank Russell May 20 was a big day for school districts across Long Island as almost all of them had their budgets […]

Farmingdale State College was the site of the groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art Computer Sciences Center, which took place on May 15. Governor Kathy Hochul said the new center is part of her efforts to […]

By Hank Russell Attorney General Letitia James won a court order stopping the Trump administration from dismantling three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting various entities, including public libraries and museums. This decision, […]

Funding to Be Used to Retain Translational Research Scientists An additional $10 million has been allocated for the New York Fund for Innovation in Research and Scientific Talent (NYFIRST) and the launch of the program’s […]

Eight Suffolk County Community College students are recipients of the prestigious SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. This award acknowledges students for outstanding achievements that have demonstrated the integration of SUNY excellence into many different […]

Educators Accused of Sexual Abuse Will Have Teaching Licenses Suspended By Hank Russell The Board of Regents recently announced it has approved a rule that would suspend the teaching license of educators who are accused […]

Governor Kathy Hochul held a press conference in Albany on May 6 to announce that New York is becoming the largest state in the nation to require statewide, bell-to-bell restrictions on smartphones in K-12 schools.  […]

By Hank Russell Stony Brook University has been named as one of three SUNY educational establishments to be named a SUNY Regional Nursing Simulation Center. This program is part of Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature legislation […]

Says State Schools Will Lose Billions of Dollars By Hank Russell New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over what she says is […]

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri Assemblyman Doug Smith (R-Holbrook), Ranking Member of the Assembly Education Committee and a former high school math teacher, sharply criticized Albany’s failure to pass a state budget, […]