Education

Facing a $4 million budget gap, Hudson Superintendent Brian Bailey presented a budget to the school board, which asked him to come up with additional numbers.

In recent weeks, Leon Botstein has told faculty, staff and students that he will retire as president but remain at the college in a different capacity.

With Decision Day approaching, many seniors are weighing whether to go to college at all.

An experimental college designed without grades in the '60s is closing after enrollment plummeted.

Three filmmakers, an Italian studies professor and a librettist were among this year’s class awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

At SUNY Research Foundation, negotiating contracts, email correspondence and phone calls are all part of getting the funding to move scientific research forward.

Hudson Valley Community College students welcomed home their new hero Thursday — a student who was just like them, and who went on to win the Nobel Prize for chemistry.

Incorrect use of financial software partially led to the multimillion-dollar shortfall, which may force the board to raise taxes and consolidate some services.

A big change in this year’s ceremony: A Broadway celebrity host. 

The world's helium supply took a major hit last month when Iran struck Qatar's liquefied natural gas production facilities in Ras Laffan.

The University at Albany Student Association's beloved wilderness tract will return under new ownership.

In a vote of 709 to 507, Wynantskill school district voters decided to dissolve their one-school district and be annexed by the Troy City School District.

District officials notified parents last week of the educator’s exit, but have not disclosed the teacher’s identity or described the nature of the conduct.

After three years, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate is finally about to fly to the moon.

On Tuesday, Wynantskill school district residents will vote on whether to be annexed by the Troy City School District.

Student protests over Leon Botstein’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein are reigniting scrutiny of how Bard College has handled sexual assault allegations for decades.

Literacy experts warn the state’s teacher training contains errors and outdated approaches that could sabotage a move to evidence-based instruction.

The University of Albany is expanding its paid internships for students working with older adults, thanks to a $2 million Hearst Foundations grant.

Children with disabilities who were sent to a special school designed to help them have been taught primarily by uncertified teacher assistants for the past two years.

New Shenendehowa Superintendent Cecily Wilson-Turner started her career as a kindergarten teacher 26 years ago.

A second teacher is being investigated by the Albany-based charter school, according to a letter sent to parents and guardians. 

A little-known SUNY emergency fund has been saving students who needed just a little money — $50 gas cards, food, a new laptop — to finish college.

Schenectady neighborhoods once redlined to stop development amid a racist and anti-immigrant wave 100 years ago are still divided along those lines in today’s school attendance zones, a report...

The school board voted Wednesday to remove Jared T. Baldizon, 27, of Albany, from his role as an assistant coach for the varsity boys' lacrosse team.

Of the 146 Albany Medical College students who received matches, 32 of them will remain in the Albany area after choosing to continue their training within the Albany Med Health System.

Karrie Haverstock, a teacher at the Salmon River Central School District, was arrested by the New York State Police on Wednesday.

More than a dozen local colleges and universities are joining together to try to sell the idea of college to an increasingly reluctant generation of young people.

Were you Seen at the LaSalle School’s UNO Fundraiser on March 4, 2026, at Duo at the Dunes in Albany?

State Police say a former coach and teacher’s assistant has been charged with raping a student while working at Broadalbin-Perth Central School District.

College officials canceled classes Wednesday as utility crews worked to restore utility service.

A promising pre-med student nearly dropped out of school in her first semester after receiving a trifecta of bad advice. The often-ignored Educational Opportunity Program saved her.

The hands-on program lets students tap maple trees, grow food and learn agriculture through gardens, orchards and cooking clubs.

There are so few high schoolers at Catholic Central that they will all be moved to Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons this fall, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany announced.

Law enforcement sources say Dawson Maloney abandoned an idea to carry out a mass shooting at Siena to plan attack on Nevada power substation.