A charter school has designed a modern high school from scratch, rethinking everything from bathrooms to stairwells. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social‬ )

The state Education Department offered Thursday to ban all school mascots that are connected to any racial or ethnic group, in response to an effort from the federal government to overturn the ban on mascots depicting Indigenous Peoples. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social )

Most school districts currently offer 15 minutes or less, according to New York State United Teachers. Around 40% of districts have cut back or eliminated recess in recent years, according to the union. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social‬ )

@starscape15.bsky.social I’m a newspaper reporter in Albany, NY trying to find students who have been falsely accused of using AI on schoolwork…want to talk?

Early morning voters in Albany County had to vote using emergency ballots Tuesday after voter sign-in software and ballot machines failed. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social )

For a couple dozen students, walking across the stage at University at Albany, Russell Sage College and Siena College was a triumph over statistics that predicted their failure. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social )

Other states wait til they know how the child died before doing a report on what went wrong. What is the point in doing a report before knowing that? After children die, some NY reports wrongly place blame on caregivers www.timesunion.com/education/ar...

Funding for small libraries’ literacy programs are now gone, library officials say. A guide for activities to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US is “paused.” Next on the chopping block: possibly the summer reading program, said NYS Librarian Lauren Moore. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social )

Students whose tutoring was abruptly ended 3 months before the end of the school year are now being championed by a coalition of 16 attorneys general. The coalition, including NY A.G. Letitia James, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social )

Tutors are offering a discounted rate and started a GoFundMe to restore the tutoring canceled by US Ed that I wrote about last week. www.gofundme.com/f/help-resto...

The latest on waste and fraud being removed…for about $3,000 each, tutors helped students grow from kindergarten level reading to second grade in 6 months. They thought they’d get the kids completely caught up by the end of April. Program was canceled Fridat. www.timesunion.com/education/ar...

Sometimes I feel like I'm on school death watch! Here's the latest sad news about school closings...we've had three in just the last two months. (All are closing at the end of the school year.) www.timesunion.com/education/ar... www.timesunion.com/education/ar... www.timesunion.com/education/ar...

A 9-year-old with autism has had to attend a general education classroom because his district doesn’t have the type of small-class special education room that he needs. He’s one of many disabled children who wait years for the supports they need to learn in school. www.timesunion.com/education/ar...