The Buffalo Chronicle
Education
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Kriner Cash may use extra $75 million in state education funding for ECC’s downtown campus
Superintendent Kriner Cash may use the surplus $75 million in state education funding this year to expand Erie Community College’s downtown campus — which would enhance the Buffalo Public School system’s ability…
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Voters approve nearly all school budgets within tax cap
BY PETER WARREN School budget votes proposing an average increase in per pupil spending of 4.2 percent were overwhelmingly approved in state-wide voting held yesterday, with all but five of 685 individual budget votes…
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Perverse incentives, high costs and poor outcomes: Special Education in New York
BY IAN KINGSBURY Much of New York’s highest-in-the-nation education spending is driven by a single category: special education. Of the $66.2 billion spent on K-12 education in New York in 2017-18, $15.8 billion went…
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On measuring school quality, ‘Education Week’ misses the mark
BY IAN KINGSBURY Education Week released its A-F grades for states on school quality last week. New York earned a B-, appreciably better than the nationwide C average. A closer look at scoring methodology, however,…
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State forces school districts to give raises—and layoffs
BY KEN GIRARDIN Months of bad decisions and inaction by New York state officials have put school districts in the awkward position of having to give pay raises to most teachers while…
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Even after aid cut, New York will spend most on education
BY IAN KINGSBURY Governor Andrew Cuomo is withholding 20 percent of state school aid allocations pending federal bailout negotiations. The decision has been met with alarm and objection from district leaders and New York teachers unions.…
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Indigenous students want Haudenosaunee language instruction in public schools
There are four local public school districts that serve large populations of Native American students living on area Indian Reservations: Gowanda, Niagara-Wheatfield, Akron, and Salamanca. Students and parents in those districts —…
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BPS participates in August Wilson National Monologue Competition
Ten (10) Buffalo Public School students, representing ten (10) different BPS high schools, will take the stage on February 8th at Buffalo State College’s Rockwell Hall Auditorium to perform their August Wilson monologues in…
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Charter schools in Newark: the effect on student test scores
BY MARCUS WINTERS This report estimates the effect of enrolling in a charter school on student standardized test scores in Newark, New Jersey. The results indicate that attending a Newark charter school…
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AEI report details the benefits of consumer choice in K-12 education
The American Enterprise Institute released a report last week that details the benefits of consumer choice in education. The report’s key findings are as follows: Despite overall declines in college enrollment, various accredited…
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One in four New York educators earned six figures in 2018-19
More than 25 percent of public school teachers and administrators in school districts outside New York City were paid more than $100,000 as of 2018-19, according to salary data posted today at SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire…
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Public universities give Chinese communists exclusive rights to intellectual concepts, trademarks
BY TOM FITTON In the midst of a human rights crisis and violent pro-democracy manifestations in China, Judicial Watch has obtained records that expose a troubling partnership between a public American university…
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Schools could raise millions through advertising
BY CAITLIN GILLIGAN New York school districts are missing out on non-taxpayer revenue due to antiquated legal restrictions, according to a new report from the Empire Center for Public Policy. Selling advertising and naming…
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Kolb: Back-to-school costs are at all-time high
BY BRIAN KOLB Summer always seems to go by in the blink of an eye. Before we know it, the days are shorter, the air is cooler and it’s time to send…
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Thoughts on Facial Recognition
BY NORBERT RUG I am for the implementation of the Facial and Object Recognition System (FORS) in the Lockport schools. There I said it. I know this might be an unpopular stance…
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Harig to decide on school board run after the holidays
Austin Harig, the young candidate who nearly ousted Buffalo developer Carl Paladino from office at the ballot box — despite being underfunded and receiving no support from establishment organizations — is considering…
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All nine school board seats are up for election in May
All nine members of the Buffalo Board of Education are up for re-election next May. Those races have historically low turnout, in which district elections are often won with 500 or so…
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Following governance crisis, Nevergold begins to stabilize Buffalo schools
Board of Education President Dr. Barbara Seals-Nevergold has gracefully managed a series of public relations crisis wrought by fellow board member Carl Paladino‘s deplorable political antics. In recent months she has asked State Education Commissioner…
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Make every school a charter school
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Improving public education: No issue is more entrenched in the wild and unruly machinations of New York State’s politics, nor is any issue more central to our economic recovery…
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Another perspective on the Buffalo school board and the teachers’ union
BY AUSTIN HARIG Former Candidate for Buffalo School Board In May 2016, I ran for the Buffalo School Board against Carl Paladino. I lost (by 2% of the vote), but it was…
