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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...
Correction: This post originally said that the Vermont legislature had passed the migrant workers’ driver’s license legislation. In fact, that legislation hasn’t passed and is still in the legislature.
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Update, 12:30pm: Our reporter Julie Grant just spoke with Canton Central Superintendent Bill Gregory, who told her the district is eliminating one bus route. The district had considered cutting all student transportation within Canton village...
Last week we reported that parents in some of the North Country’s local schools are pushing back against the increasing reliance on standardized testing in New York State. In fact, they’re boycotting the third and eighth grade testing still...
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Education
May 15, 2013 — A new charter school in Utah wants to equip students in kindergarten through ninth grade with a solid foundation in business. The principal insists it's not just a pint-sized business school. The goal is to give kids a well-rounded education that is also applicable in the real world.
May 8, 2013 — Jeffrey Selingo, an editor with The Chronicle of Higher Education, argues that American colleges have lost their way. In College (Un)bound, he describes the challenges facing American higher education and takes a close look at what college students are getting in return for their tuition.
May 7, 2013 — Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide.
May 6, 2013 — President Obama says he wants to make quality early education available to every child in America. But a new study shows state funding for pre-kindergarten programs dropped by over a half a billion dollars from 2011 to 2012. Host Michel Martin finds out more about the cuts and the consequences.
May 6, 2013 — Sequestration resulted in automatic cutbacks to several government programs. Many families that rely on Head Start to care for and educate young children have been forced to make other plans. Host Michel Martin speaks with a Head Start teacher in Kansas and NPR Education Correspondent Claudio Sanchez, about how programs have been affected.
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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.
School Budget Request Scaled Back for Next Fiscal Year
Dec 21, 2001 — The New York State Board of Regents released their budget proposal and school aid plans for the coming fiscal year. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article
Understanding Kids and Drugs
Dec 14, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with educator Mike Nerney about understanding kids and drugs--the new drug trends, and new ways of understanding risk-taking behavior in teens. Go to full article
Feeling the Chill: International Students in the North Country, part 2
Dec 11, 2001 — In the next two weeks, the north country's colleges and universities will empty out as students head home for the winter break. For international students, the holiday offers a rare chance to visit with family in their home countries. But this year, many foreign students are afraid to make the trip. As Brian Mann reports, they fear that US immigration officials won't let them back into the country. Go to full article
Feeling the Chill: International Students in the North Country, part 1
Dec 10, 2001 — North country colleges and universities are home to thousands of international students. They bring important revenue to their schools--and important diversity. But in the... Go to full article
Peru Indians Headed for State Football Finals
Nov 30, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with Steve Ouellette, sports writer for the Plattsburgh Press Republican about high school football in the North Country, specifically, the Peru... Go to full article
Teaching Children to Care for Pets
Nov 27, 2001 — A new state law requires that pets adopted from shelters be spayed or neutered. Martha Foley talks with SUNY Canton Veterinary Science instructor Molly Mott, who's... Go to full article
Don't Applaud?Just Throw Rotten Tomatoes
Nov 16, 2001 — From designing a better can opener to building more fuel efficient cars, engineering takes the theories of science and applies them to real life. But teachers of engineering... Go to full article
New York Regents Trying To Identify Successful School Strategies
Nov 12, 2001 — The New York Board of Regents is trying to help schools with poor fourth and eighth grade test scores by trying to pinpoint what works in the schools where the test scores... Go to full article
Democracy Matters: Taking Campaign Finance Reform to College Campuses
Nov 07, 2001 — On the heels of election day, David Sommerstein spoke with Adam Weinberg, a professor of Sociology at Colgate University, to see where campaign finance fits in these days.... Go to full article
One-Shot Revenue Fuels Supplemental Budget
Oct 31, 2001 — When the state legislature passed the supplemental budget, lawmakers resorted to some one-shot revenue raisers to pay for a half billion dollars in education aid and other... Go to full article
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