ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Teachers and school administrators in New York state can now alert a judge about students who they worry could be a threat to themselves or others after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Monday intended to help ...

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The Young Entrepreneurs Academy is proud to announce that Chris Martusewicz, vice president of Finance for Toshiba Business Solutions, and Lauren Burruto, director of Sales for WHEC-TV, have been named the “Big Idea” instructors for this year’s University of Rochester and ...

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GENESEO — Two former students at a western New York college have pleaded guilty in connection to the drug-related death of a fellow student last year. Twenty-one-year-old Michael Green of Brooklyn and 23-year-old Richard Rovner of Buffalo both pleaded guilty ...

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One word comes to mind while poking through a backpack filled with a bundle of pencils, colored markers, folders, glue sticks and other school supplies. No, not homework, although Rochester City School 29 first-grader Mya Malabe said this will help ...

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Community schools, memorandums of understanding and restorative practices are just a few of the solutions communities have been coming up with to keep kids in school. Studies show zero-tolerance policies, started in the 1980s as part of the “war on ...

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Three teams of students from Rochester Institute of Technology have advanced to the final round of the New York Business Plan Competition, where they will go head-to-head Friday with participating colleges in the Finger Lakes region for the grand prize. ...

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Several students participated in programs this summer through the 2013 Law Prep and Law Camp, a project of the Rochester Education Foundation in partnership with Rochester attorney Jack Hurley, who coordinates and supervises the program. “It’s important for our community ...

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Crayons, pencils, and red, green and purple folders. A box of markers and a glue stick. Sorting through the supplies packed into a dark blue backpack, Shareen Randolph said these will do just nicely for class and homework. And the ...

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NEW YORK — Bob Guillo spent almost $35,000 hoping to learn some of Donald Trump’s real estate secrets. Instead, he says, he left the sessions of Trump University cash-poor, with little more than a photo of himself next to a ...

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It is always nice to see familiar faces when going to an unfamiliar place for the first time and that is what some first-year law students from the Rochester area will have when they report for orientation Aug. 23 at ...

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Hundreds of Western New York students got a lesson on the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday from the chief justice himself. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., a Buffalo native in town to participate in a ceremony marking the 10th ...

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Four regional students are among spring participants in the White House internship. A White House internship provides an opportunity to gain valuable professional experience and build leadership skills. Interns work in one of several White House departments. Additional information is ...

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