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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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