The Lakeland Central School District Board of Education is seeking a community member with a financial background to fill a vacancy on its Audit Committee.  The committee consists of three board and three community members and meets 5 times per year in the evening.

The audit committee provides independent assistance to the Board in the oversight [...]

From Westchester Community College…

Westchester Community College has received the 2009 Northeast Regional Equity Award from the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). The college was recognized for its role in promoting diversity and cultural awareness.

The ACCT Regional Equity Award is given to an ACCT member’s governing board and chief executive officer for demonstrating leadership in [...]

Sorry, I was out last week. Here is the press release from 9/14. I guess this shouldn’t be too surprising given the state of the economy…

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that the FY 2007 national student loan cohort default rate increased to 6.7 percent, up from the FY 2006 rate of 5.2 [...]

Teachers, librarians, school nurses, anyone who is part of the school day, realize that students “at risk” are a problem in the daily routine of their school.

New York’s Freemasons are offering a two-day free workshop on October 7 and 8 at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School in Hawthorne, New York.

“At risk” students can include those with [...]

The following are new members of the Purchase College Faculty for the coming year.

Genevieve Hyacinthe has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Art History. Dr. Hyacinthe received her B.A. in the history of art from the University of Pennsylvania, her M.A. in art history from Purchase College, and her Ph.D. in the history of art [...]

Has your family decided not to enroll the children in private or parochial schools this year? I am looking to speak with families who are heading back to the public school system. Please call me at 914-694-3528 or e-mail me at dcostell@gmail.com if you can offer some insight. Thanks so much! (Only Westchester, Rockland or [...]

Twenty local schools have been identified as needing improvement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, but eight schools and districts were removed this year, the state Education Department announced today.

Local schools new to the list were Park Avenue School in Port Chester and Museum School in Yonkers.

Click here for a searchable database of [...]

The Henley-Putnam “Share Your Service Story” contest invites former and active service members to write a one-page essay reflecting on their service experience and career aspirations with the chance to win a $5,000 scholarship towards a degree in a security-related field. Deadline is Sept. 15, 2009.

Entries should answer one of the following questions:

1. What does [...]

Mercy College has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the Board of the New York State Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program (HECap) to support renovations to the college’s main campus in Dobbs Ferry.

“We are proud to have been awarded this funding to support renovations to the Dobbs Ferry campus.  These renovations will be [...]

This just in from the folks at Kaplan. My condolences to the Kaplan family.

Stanley H. Kaplan, founder and former chairman of Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers, Ltd. (now Kaplan, Inc.) died on August 23, 2009 at age 90.

Considered the father of the test preparation industry, Stanley H. Kaplan founded the nation’s first and largest test [...]

New to the Mahopac schools, Superintendent Thomas Manko is introducing a series of monthly forums to give residents the chance to speak informally about whatever topics they choose.

Communication with the public is always a big issue, but especially so in Mahopac, where passing budgets has not been easy.

All forums will be held in room 17 [...]

By Jerry Gleeson/The Journal News

A sharp uptick in job cuts at public schools in the Lower Hudson Valley contributed to overall employment losses in July, the state Labor Department said Friday.

July is a volatile month for labor statistics, Nelson said. He wanted to watch whether the sharp dropoff in local public education employment continues in [...]

WEST POINT — U.S. News and World Report has ranked the U.S. Military Academy has the 14th best liberal arts college in the nation, according to results published in print and online yesterday.

Topping the list of liberal arts colleges were Williams, Amherst and Swarthmore. The top national universities included Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Click here [...]

From Mercy College…

G.I. Jobs magazine announced that Mercy College has been named a Military Friendly College for 2010. This designation ranks Mercy College in the top 15 percent of colleges and universities nationwide for military students.

“Mercy College is very pleased to be recognized as a military friendly college.  We help to make the transition from [...]

U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan released the following statement on the release of the U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement:  Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2009, released yesterday by the Department’s National Center for Education Statistics.

[Yesterday’s] report is another wake-up call that our students are treading the waters of academic achievement while [...]