Education

The University at Buffalo has unveiled its design for its new downtown medical school.

A St. Bonaventure student has been honored by Glamour magazine for her teen volunteerism program.  WBFO'S Eileen Buckley says the St. Bona junior was among 10-students recognized across the country for their campus leadership.

A plan to merge and move Buffalo's two-alternative schools drew heavy fire Tuesday night at a public meeting.

With a lot of talk about Buffalo Board of Education elections, the candidates are starting to file to run in the May 7 election. 

Students need fewer standardized tests and more time with teachers, according to the group Western New Yorkers for Public Education.

New food processing facilities are popping up across Western New York and they’re generating demand for skilled workers to operate them. Preparations are underway to train more local people for the industry.

Vowing to do more with less, Buffalo Schools Superintendent Pamela Brown says she is reorganizing the district, starting at the top.

Buffalo schools are seeing no financial relief in the new state budget which will probably fall into place Thursday.

There is good news for local school districts in the state budget being finalized in Albany. The agreement hammered out between Gov. Cuomo and lawmakers provides more than $21 billion in aid to education, an increase of nearly $1 billion.

A new scholarship program will soon be offered to Western New York High School seniors. Harvest Time Partners, a Michigan-based company, will provide the funding through several local organizations. The scholarships will be provided to students who demonstrate strong character.

A deal reached between legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo would increase funding for education by nearly $1 billion.  Some of the money would be used to advance several initiatives announced by Cuomo earlier in the year. 

The clock is ticking for graduating seniors in the City of Buffalo to apply for a Say Yes scholarship. This is the program's first year and it's already proving to be very popular. 

Since the mass killing of 20 young children in Newtown, Connecticut in mid December there have been eight other incidents of school shootings reported nationwide.

About 1,400 teachers, school administrators and members of various law enforcement agencies from across the state took part in the Tenth Annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar at the University at Buffalo Friday.

C-SPAN awarded honorable mention to a Lockport teenage in its annual video competition.  WBFO'S Eileen Buckley talked to the Starpoint High School student and his mother about his winning documentary titled "Our College Cost Conundrum".

Millions of girls around the globe face major obstacles to receiving an education, but a global campaign called 10X10 is working to break barriers. It has created a film called Girl Rising. WBFO's Eileen Buckley says Buffalo Seminary students will have an exclusive, private viewing of the film Sunday afternoon as part of Women's History Month.