Gov. David Paterson has proposed mid-year spending cuts in state aid to school districts, which could mean the loss of $28 million in aid to Westchester schools, $10 million to Rockland’s schools and $3.95 million to those in Putnam. Although the state Legislature must approve the cuts, school officials are bracing for the possibility that [...]

New scores released today by the state Department of Education show 86 percent of New York’s students across grades 3 through 8 either met or exceeded math standards on tests taken earlier this year.

Regents Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch said that the state will consider whether the tests, required under the Federal No Child Left [...]

With the Regents tests right around the corner, it’s time to start preparing for the exams. Regents Review Live!, an online web site dedicated to preparing students for the exams, will begin today with instruction on the English Regents exam. Other exams will be featured every week day from now until May 21st.

The web site [...]

With a new set of Regents tests coming up, the Journal News has prepared an interactive database showing how well your school and district has performed over the past three years.

The database, containing nearly 62,000 records covers test scores for 2006, 2007 and 2008 and includes every school and district in New York so you [...]

Every public school in New York state is required to file a report listing all of the “violent and disruptive incidents” that occur. However, an investigation by The Journal News found that in Yonkers, police calls from the city’s middle and high schools depict criminal activity that differs from the district’s reports to the state.

An [...]

The Journal News has prepared a statewide database that covers 5,209 public schools, charter schools and school districts throughout the state and indicates whether they are in good standing, needing improvement or otherwise requiring academic progress.

You can search by county, district and school or by status (such as “In Good Standing.”) To find the database, [...]

Over the holiday break, The Journal News published the cafeteria inspection reports for all six school districts in Putnam County and seven districts in northern Westchester.

As my colleague Barbara Nackman wrote in a story published Saturday (Jan. 3), six school districts in Putnam County netted 64 food safety and health violations in 2006, 2007 and [...]

School districts in the Lower Hudson Valley could face cuts in state aid under Gov. David Paterson’s plan to reduce New York’s budget deficit.

Under his proposal, the Yonkers school district could lose $8.3 million in state aid, a 3.7 percent cut. However, other districts, including Harrison, Pocantico Hills, Edgemont and Hendrick Hudson could receive cuts [...]

Throughout the day yesterday, students at Albertus Magnus High School gathered around a special memorial garden to remember the school’s five alumni who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The graduates were Michael McHugh, class of 1984; Sean Fegan, class of 1985; Brian Novotny, class of 1986; Michael Roberts, class of 1989; and Kevin Reilly, [...]

The Ardsley public schools’ kitchens received the most unacceptable designations from health inspectors in the past two years out of 10 districts within the town of Greenburgh.

An analysis of county inspection reports from 2007 and 2006 revealed that the Ardsley schools received citations for improperly storing food and dirty conditions; Valhalla High School was twice [...]

School violence and disruptive incidents in Lower Hudson Valley schools rose 14 percent between 2005-06 and 2007-06, according to data released by the state Department of Education.

Incidents involving weapons rose 7 percent while incidents without weapons rose 15 percent in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam schools. In all, there were 11,306 reported violent and disruptive incidents [...]

A Journal News analysis of last year’s salary spending by the Yonkers school district revealed that its overtime bill for 2007 totaled $9.7 million, compared with a regular payroll of $242.2 million. Yonkers school spending is important because municipal and school officials have warned that next year the city will face a significant financial crisis [...]

The Journal News has prepared a comprehensive school report card with two interactive databases so you can see how your school or district performed. The Regents database provides a wealth of information, including graduation rates (at the bottom of the details page), test scores for all of the Regents exams (including English, Math A, Math [...]

As part of an ongoing series, The Journal News is examining Westchester County health inspection reports for school cafeterias. The latest installment, published today, reveals reports for the Mamaroneck and Scarsdale school districts. So far, The Journal News has published the inspection reports for 2006 and 2007 in these districts: Blind Brook, Bronxville, Eastchester, Mamaroneck, [...]

Many schools and districts in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam received high marks from the state Education Department for their academic performance and for closing the achievement gap.

In all, nearly 150 schools and 24 school districts in the region were designated as “high performing” while another 22 schools and four districts were named as “rapidly improving” [...]