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Correction: A previous version of this post identified Clifton-Fine as being in Franklin County, when it is in fact located in St. Lawrence County. Thanks, sharp reader, for catching my error!
Happy Tuesday! Graduation rates, flood buyouts, hospital...
Happy Friday! It seems to be sunny today, at least in Canton, and it looks like we may at least see sun for the next couple days to come. So hooray!
Lots in the news today: I blogged earlier this week about Canton and Potsdam’s tentative...
We’ve reported a lot here in the last year or so about the financial problems North Country schools are facing and how they’re dealing with them, and that story continued last night with a meeting between school board members and...
Voters in the North Country sent a clear message to school districts that tried to exceed the state property tax cap. The answer was a resounding No.
The vast majority of the region’s budgets came in under the cap and passed handily.
But...
Hi! SUNY has just made an announcement that will be of interest to many in NCPR’s own Canton-Potsdam area: Dr. Joseph C. Hoffman has been appointed as Acting President of SUNY Canton.
This isn’t a big surprise: The Watertown Daily...
Education
Jun 18, 2013 — The first-ever study of more than 1,100 schools of education released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that teacher preparation is in disarray. The study warns that 163 programs provide only "minimal, substandard training."
Jun 18, 2013 — The quality of teacher education is falling flat in the United States, according to a new report. Host Michel Martin speaks with Stephanie Banchero of The Wall Street Journal about why some teachers say they're not well prepared.
Jun 11, 2013 — National high school graduation rates have reached a 40-year high, according to a new report by Education Week. Host Michel Martin asks if this is good news for every district. She speaks one of the report's authors, Chris Swanson, and Mikala Rahn, who founded a Los Angeles charter school for former dropouts.
May 30, 2013 — Degree-granting institutions are responding to austere budgets by catapulting themselves into the world of online education. But some professors point to low online completion rates as evidence that these "massive open online courses" do a disservice to students.
May 28, 2013 — Indian reservations don't collect state property taxes, meaning most of their education budget comes directly from the federal government. With graduation rates already low, administrators worry about what larger class sizes and fewer school buses will do to the community.
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Indian Lake Central School Photoblog
Indian Lake Central School, a small k-12 school in the heart of the Adirondacks, documents the 2008-2009 school year in daily photos.
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Audio SeriesDrinking and Safety on College Campuses: A rash of alcohol-related fatalaties among students at North Country colleges has re-ignited debate about the role of alcohol in campus social life. Brian Mann talks to students, educators, and law enforcement officials in this series.
No Bigger Than a Piano Box: a North Country Schoolhouse in 1893
By historian Betsy Kepes. Based on the 1893 diary of a North Country schoolteacher. A Women's History Month special. Teacher's guide and CD available.
Audio Slideshow:Inside the Amish schools
They use textbooks that are thirty, sometimes a hundred years old. And their methods are very different. Karen Johnson-Weiner, an anthropology professor at SUNY Potsdam, has been visiting Amish schools; she talks with Gregory Warner .
Photo Audio EssayLiteracy and Illiteracy in the North Country
In this special series, North Country Public Radio examines what literacy is, how it’s achieved, why it isn’t, and the impact illiteracy has on our region and people.
Audio SeriesAlcohol on Campus
This award-winning series of four pieces examines alcohol abuse among college students: what students say about how and why they drink, how colleges in our region respond, and the latest research and theories on alcohol abuse and prevention.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki greets a patient at the new Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center at the Syracuse VA Medical Center. Photo: Joanna Richards
Syracuse VA hospital marks 60th anniversary
Jun 18, 2013 — Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki was in Syracuse last week, to mark the 60th anniversary of the city's VA Medical Center. He also helped to formally open a new Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder Center. Go to full article
Four North Country school districts vote for budgets
Jun 17, 2013 — Tomorrow is voting day for four school districts across the North Country that saw their budgets rejected by voters last month. General Brown, Minerva, Newcomb and Tupper Lake schools all initially proposed spending plans that exceeded the state's property tax cap.
In every case, voters said no to the proposals. After revising their budgets, school officials are hoping that they pass. Go to full article
In every case, voters said no to the proposals. After revising their budgets, school officials are hoping that they pass. Go to full article
Getting the better of weeds
Jun 10, 2013 — As the growing season kicks into gear, flowers and vegetables are in a race against weeds. And the weeds will win, unless the playing field is knocked askew by some timely intervention from the gardener. Cornell Cooperative Extension horticulturist Amy Ivy shares some tips. Go to full article
School leaders seek answers on bomb hoaxes
Jun 06, 2013 — The Newtown shootings and the Boston Marathon bombings have left all of America asking questions about security. But schools have been particularly on edge.
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SUNY Colleges sharing some positions, not presidents
Jun 05, 2013 — The SUNY colleges in Canton and Potsdam have jointly hired a chief information officer. By sharing the position, the two schools are following the direction of SUNY leaders... Go to full article
NY, SUNY union agree on a mostly flat labor deal
Jun 05, 2013 — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Unionized workers at the State University of New York have agreed to a mostly flat new contract with the state.
The United University Professions... Go to full article
The United University Professions... Go to full article
Are Tupper Lake schools "educationally insolvent"?
Jun 05, 2013 — Later this month, four North Country school districts will take their revised budgets back to voters in hopes of winning approval for their spending plans.
The... Go to full article
The... Go to full article
Cuomo says tax-free college zones an economic "game changer"
May 31, 2013 — Governor Andrew Cuomo barnstormed across Upstate New York yesterday, trying to build political support for a new network of tax-free zones around many of the state's colleges... Go to full article
Ads spin the pros and cons of Cuomo's tax-free plan
May 31, 2013 — Governor Andrew Cuomo has been traveling the state, promoting his plan to create tax free business zones at college campuses.
He's also running ads, paid for by... Go to full article
He's also running ads, paid for by... Go to full article
Memorial Day at Fort Ticonderoga
May 28, 2013 — Fort Ticonderoga is "America's fort" - perched on the New York side of Lake Champlain, it was instrumental in the American Revolution and other early wars. Now, it's a... Go to full article
