education

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.

Now, this is something I would’ve never realized! A News 10 abc article caught my eye this week about E-cigarette companies offering scholarships. The catch when reading the article it seemed is that they are offering scholarships as a way to promote their brand...

Congratulations to Tracy and her coworkers at the Univeristy of Albany Graduate Education office!  They won last week’s Work Day Distraction- including tickets to see over 1,500 rods, classics, trucks, and muscle cars, and live music...

Newyorkupstate.com recently posted a list of the 30 Upstate New York colleges with the highest violent crime rates.  According to newyorkupstate.com the data is compiled by the U.S. Department of Education and statistics are shared publicly...

Kudos Capital Region - you got brains!  A trending post on newyorkupstate.com listed the 50 most educated towns in Upstate New York.  Among the Top 50 were multiple Capital Region towns, including: Troy coming at #45 Scotia coming in at #32 Colonie coming in at #28 Albany at #19 Saratoga Springs at #4 A few more Capital Region towns were including, and you can see the whole list at newyorkupstate.

It's that time of year again!  With Labor Day weekend upon us, it is 'back to school' season, and pretty soon children through college age students alike will be spending their days in classrooms and (hopefully) learning.  Interestingly enough is what they'll be learning...

Now we have a whole lot of community colleges in the area, it just so happens each of them made the list among the best in the state.

Well at first you may be baffled that Governor Andrew Cuomo passed a bill allowing this, but then you think about it and actually, its a good thing.