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CNY school ponders switch to same-sex classes

SYRACUSE -- A Syracuse middle school is pondering a switch to separate students by gender in hopes of improving students' academic performances. The principal of Clary Middle School wants the school...... FULL STORY

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4 Mohawk Valley school districts study merging, sharing services: HERKIMER -- Four Mohawk Valley school districts in... Full story

A new era of bullying: Teens' stories: Posted 11/11/09: Not so long ago, a kid being bull... Full story

Bullying: What schools, police are doing to stop it: Posted 11/12/09: Fifteen-year-old Nicole's* t... Full story

Safety and Education

Bullying in schools: What are lawmakers doing about it?

Part 3 of 3

Marci Natale

Posted 11/16/09: Out of 50 states, 40 have anti-bullying laws. New York is not one of those states. In fact, a national watch-dog organization called Bully Police USA gives New York an "F" rating for its failure to pass any anti-bulling...... Full story

School supply lists longer this year, include untraditional items

Marci Natale

NISKAYUNA -- Stores have their shelves stocked, and the sales are on as back-to-school shopping gets into full swing. But this year, as schools across the country are forced to operate on smaller budgets, parents are being asked to supply...... Full story

New drain covers are curved and prevent entrapment

Fact Finder Follow Up: Pool Drain Safety

A year later, how safe are public pools?

Ashe Reardon

More than a year ago, Congress passed legislation to make pools safer by requiring new drain covers and other methods to prevent dangerous entrapments. The law is called the Virginia Graeme Baker Act. It's named after the granddaughter of former...... Full story

December 12, 2009, New York City - Governor Paterson outlines a payment reduction plan to keep the state solvent.

Governor, again, says ‘get your swine flu shot’

Associated Press

ALBANY -- If you're making a list of New Year's resolutions, Governor Paterson has one for you to add: Get a swine flu shot. Paterson says the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, is still active in New York, and increasing the number of people who get the...... Full story

Million baby strollers recalled

WASHINGTON (AP) -- About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies "R" Us are being recalled after 12 reports of children having their fingertips amputated by a hinge mechanism. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the recall...... Full story

Fact Finder Report: Weapons in Schools

Melanie Hartgraves

At the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year the CBS 6 Fact Finder team asked school districts around the Capital Region about violent incidents on schools ground. Now that it is June, we decided to check in with the districts again to find...... Full story

Sex Offenders Near Albany Schools Pt. 2

Why aren't police moving them?

Michelle Smith

At least 15 sex offenders have moved within 1,000 feet of a school or daycare center in Albany since a county law was passed against it in September of 2006. Shortly after that law was passed the District Attorney’s office and police...... Full story

Sex Offenders Near Albany Schools

Michelle Smith

Sex offenders in Albany County can't live within 1,000 feet of a school. That's the law that was passed in September of 2006. Anyone moving too close to a school or daycare center after that date is in violation. But what if I told you that...... Full story

Scrutiny for NYC Merit Pay Plan

Teachers call the plan unfair

Michelle Smith

New York City is trying a new experiment in it's schools that caught my attention: merit pay for teachers. It's receiving a lot of scrutiny from educators in the city ... and has been dubbed unfair and divisive. The big sticking point? The...... Full story

#1 Heart Healthy School in the Nation

A local school tells us how they did it

By Michelle Smith

Obesity is one of the most important health challenges facing New York children today. Today’s children have a lower life expectancy than their parents, largely due to the rise in obesity and related chronic disease such as diabetes,...... Full story

CYBER ALERT: WHAT YOU DON�T KNOW ABOUT ONLINE DANGERS COULD PUT YOUR KIDS IN HARMS WAY

You’ve taught your children not to talk to strangers should they be approached on the streets, but do you take the same safety measures when your child logs on to the internet? All this month our safety and education reporter, Michelle...... Full story

CYBER SAVVY COURSE

You may think you’re taking all the right precautions when it comes to your online child, If you’re concerned about what your child might be doing online, or who they’re talking to, take this five minute online safety web course....... Full story

Cyber Alert: Danger Exposed

Michelle Smith

CBS 6 News has been showing you what can happen if you don’t keep a close eye on who your children are talking to or where they are going when unsupervised on the internet. Michelle Smith spoke with two local moms who say they were shocked to...... Full story

CYBER ALERT: A Child's Online Mistakes

Several parents in the Capital Region teamed up with CBS 6, allowing us to track what their children are doing online. In pre-interviews before the parents checked out what the software found, they told us they taught their children internet...... Full story

CYBER ALERT: Spyware leads to a wake up call for Local Parents

If you are a parent who allows your children to go on the internet, how closely are you monitoring what they are doing and who they are talking to? Cyber experts tell us when a child gets involved in an online relationship with a predator,...... Full story