education

As colleges scramble to prepare for a safe school year in the midst of the pandemic, are they prepared to enforce safe social distancing among their students?

Excelsior has jumped into the education side of the cannabis industry with a brand new graduate program.

So for some school districts around the capital region, this could most certainly become a reality. Kids will be able to sleep in.

Well this is something.  Sure it's been awhile since I took the SAT exam for school, but back then it was out of 1600 and the exam didn't care who you were (well, it did only for scoring purposes).  It just mattered how you did and what your score was for a college...

Animal lover?  Well, you can now get a degree in dog training at an upstate college. It's not all just hanging out with dogs and having fun though.  According to the Times Union, SUNY Cobleskill is now offering a bachelor's degree in dog training and handling...

An Albany area college student is competing on the Wheel of Fortune tonight! I caught wind of this from a post by the Times Union, and of course now have to root for one of our own.  Logan Stone, competing tonight on the Wheel of Fortune, is a junior at the University at Albany...

Yankees fans, you can catch the legendary former manager coming to the Capital Region this Spring!  All you need to do is head to a college graduation. Honestly, I'm not graduating college but I'd totally go hang just to catch a speech by Joe Torre...

Metallica has gone and totally one-upped themselves. As 2018 comes to an end, the organization ‘All Within My Hands’, funded by Metallica, has raised a ton of money and is not putting it to use.  The Times Union reported that money raised by events such as a benefit concert and vinyl sales is now being doled out to a really positive cause (in my opinion)...

When it comes to New York as a state, we have so many amazing colleges. Many in New York City and a few of the great ones are right in the Capital Region.

The discount offer won't last long so if you are a teacher looking to supplement your classroom supplies (or lack thereof) this coming school year you may want to take advantage of the offer while you can.

New York has focused on mental health a lot recently, from setting standards for national guidelines for screening teens to designing a license plate for mental health awareness.  Now, a new law is taking effect in New York mandating that education on mental health be provided in New York schools...

The new longer school hours will impact all grade levels in the Cohoes School District.