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Monday, February 25, 2013  Pilot program starts April 1st, Syracuse Schools will participate

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  The Utica School system faces a $6.3 million dollar deficit.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  The superintendent in the Oswego school district spoke out Tuesday night about a controversy surrounding a 9 year old student.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  A group of parents have started a petition drive calling on the Oswego City School District to protect their children from a 9-year-old student they call a "child sexual predator."

Thursday, June 14, 2012  Laura Vieira-Suarez, the former principal of Syracuse's Fowler High School who was the subject of an investigation by the Onondaga County District Attorney, is going to be a building principal once again.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The founder of the program, George Weiss, came to Syracuse Wednesday to provide a report of how Say Yes to Education is doing after four years.

Monday, April 30, 2012  A suspected case of bullying moved from the classroom to the court room in Ohio.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  Hundreds of Syracuse area volunteers were recognized by Superintendent of the Syracuse City School District, Sharon L. Contreras, at a luncheon on Wednesday.

Friday, March 23, 2012  New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott says he wants to crack down on social media contact between teachers and students.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the New York teachers evaluation plan.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Two officials close to the negotiations say a deal between the state and its largest teachers union on a new system to improve teacher evaluations is expected to be announced soon.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  For the first time in nearly two decades, New York City schools will start teaching mandatory sex education classes to all middle and high school students. Is it a good idea?

Thursday, March 10, 2011  The superintendent of the Syracuse city school district is pushing the proposal for a pay freeze district-wide to save jobs.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010  Expect more school on, as NY changes standards again

Thursday, January 28, 2010  A large chunk of Mayor Stephanie Miner's first State of the City speech was about education, including, the Say Yes to Education Program.