2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (127+ words) WAMC Vermont Agency of Education releases latest student assessments The Vermont Agency of Education has released preliminary results from the annual statewide student assessment. Every year students in grades 3 through 9 are assessed for proficiency in English language arts and math....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (183+ words) WAMC Former Miss Hall's science teacher pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges A former teacher at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, boarding school accused of sexually assaulting students in his care has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Matthew Johnson of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (623+ words) I still remember what it felt like to learn about a country that I had never heard of before. I was perplexed, and somewhat in awe at how much I didn’t yet know. I could feel my knowledge of the…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (915+ words) One of the largest school districts in New England was closed to students yet again Wednesday as it deals with the fallout of a cyber breach. As experts tell WAMC, incidents like it are becoming more frequent. —Despite the digital…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (605+ words) Tuesday was the first day of school in the Poughkeepsie Central School District. Lower Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Elias Guerra asked families how the day went. Outside of Sojourner Truth Elementary School, I spoke with Genesis, who’s starting third grade....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (158+ words) A three-day weekend for Springfield Public Schools students turned into four, after a security breach led to the cancellation of classes today. In a statement posted Monday, Superintendent Sonia Dinnall said the "scope and size of the breach remains under…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (635+ words) “I’m supposed to be an educator and a scientist upholding Army values, but sir, right now, I’m a liar and a fraud. What we’re doing here is wrong. It’s immoral. It’s likely illegal.” That’s what West Point Professor, Dr. Adam Kalkstein,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (182+ words) During a recent stop in Plattsburgh, New York Senator Charles Schumer was thanked for helping to secure funding for the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake. The institute, which specializes in respiratory disease research, recently secured $2.5 million in federal funding to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (181+ words) Foster youth and formerly homeless students attending State University of New York institutions are now eligible for a program aimed at helping them get situated at school. The program will hand out "college essential kits" along with other resources to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (854+ words) One of the biggest school districts in the Northeast is embracing an AI tool designed to tackle attendance and boost outreach with student families. It comes at a time when the district is still defining its approach to artificial intelligence....