Gary The Creator
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Trained in Ohio, Hired in Oneonta: New York Just Removed a Step for Teachers From 23 Places
New York will no longer review teacher preparation programs from twenty-three states and territories course by course. Here is what the Enhanced Comparable Program Pathway skips, what it leaves in place, and the filing mistake that costs candidates weeks.
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Albany Never Wrote the AI Rulebook: New York's Largest District Spent the Week Improvising
A rejected Oracle contract, a canceled 200 million dollar internet deal and a purchasing freeze with no end date. New York City made three technology decisions last week without an AI policy, in a state that has never issued one.
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New York School Districts and BOCES Can Compete for Five Years of Adult Education Funding
NYSED has opened a five-year adult education competition worth approximately $52.9 million annually. Districts and BOCES with demonstrated effectiveness should treat the November deadline as a program, fiscal and data decision that starts now.
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The Number on Your Child's Score Report That Obligates the District
The 2 on the score report is not the number that matters. The three-digit scale score underneath it puts your district under obligations that run on a calendar, whether or not you ask.
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New York Is Paying School Districts to Digitize Their Records: Here's Who Got the Money
Thirteen New York school districts and education entities received more than $1 million in state records-management grants, with projects stretching from Long Island to Central New York. Every school-sector award is aimed at document conversion and access, turning an administrative obligation into a significant technology and operations project.
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Wyandanch Now Has Two State Monitors - Buffalo Could Be Next
New York has added veteran educator Lorna R. Lewis as Wyandanch's academic monitor, pairing academic oversight with the fiscal monitoring already in place since 2020. The move shows what state intervention can look like as Buffalo weighs a monitor of its own.
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New York Districts Sent Back $170 Million in Pre-K Money. The Rates Just Doubled.
More than half of 658 districts left at least $100,000 unspent last year. This year the per-child rate is far higher and the whole payment turns on one October date.
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New York Is Fighting Over a 10,000 Dollar Check. The Job Pays 38,240.
The mayor is probably right about the law and wrong about the problem, and outside New York City nobody even has a council to appeal to.
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New York School Business Offices Face an August 31 Compliance Rush
New York school districts face an August 31 convergence of ESSA applications, federal-funds reconciliation, School Improvement Grants and required grant postings, with another deadline arriving August 28.
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Ed Commissioner May Add State Monitor to Buffalo Schools, Plus More Education Updates
A new bill would install a state monitor over New York's second-largest district. The Education Commissioner may not wait for it, and that is the real story.
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Your District's Teacher Pension Bill Just Fell 14 Percent. Ask Where the Money Went.
New York set the teacher pension rate at 8.24 percent, the lowest since 2019. Here is what that is worth in your district and why it will not reach your tax bill.
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New York Spent Thirty Years Driving Teen Pregnancy Down. Washington Just Defunded the Last Mile.
Three New York organizations lost more than $4.3 million a year, right as rates rose for the first time in two decades. Nothing requires anyone to replace it.
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