School districts across New York are preparing to roll out new policies restricting cell phone use in classrooms, following a ...

A prob into New York state's ban on Native American-inspired mascots and logos was found to be in violation of the Civil Rights Act, the Department of Education announced Friday.

The director of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library has died at 51, the library said in a statement. John Spears, who ...

Buffalo State University will celebrate graduate Robin Lazzara after she was named the 2025 New York Small Business ...

New York’s ban on Native American mascots violates federal civil rights law, according to the Department of Education. But state education officials rejected their findings as legally flawed and ...

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration, restoring nearly $1 billion in COVID-19-era education grants to New York, 15 other states and Washington, D.C.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said a classroom phone ban set to be implemented this year will protect students’ education. The “distraction-free school” policy will make New York… ...

On May 8, 2025, the New York State Legislature passed the state’s budget legislation and, on May 9, 2025, Governor Hochul approved it. The legislation included several provisions that modified ...

Policing speech is so important to the State Education Department that’s it’s launched a two-front war on the Massapequa Chiefs mascot name — fighting not just the school district, but also ...

The US Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that New York state has violated federal civil rights law by banning Native American school mascots while permitting mascots derived from other ...