Megan Zerez, Report for America corps member
Megan Zerez covers education from WSKG's bureau in Ithaca.
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Last spring, Tompkins County opened an ethics investigation into Ithaca’s landmark police reform effort. Now, some are calling for the county legislator heading the investigation to recuse himself due to an alleged conflict of interest.
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Activists allege the Binghamton police officer involved in the violent arrest of a Black Asian man on New Year's Day was once employed by the district as a school resource officer.
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Graduate student workers held a protest at Binghamton University last Wednesday. The protest came a day after a visit to the university by new SUNY chancellor, John King.
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Former U.S. Education Secretary John B. King was appointed as SUNY chancellor in December. He said he plans to visit all 64 campuses.
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In court documents filed Tuesday, a parent says school officials are to blame after her child suffered injuries at school.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited the Village of Dryden in Tompkins County Wednesday.
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Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis, who served as acting mayor for most of 2022, called her time leading the city "challenging."
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Psychologists say two years of remote learning affected students social skills, which could be behind a nationwide uptick in student misconduct in the months since.
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High demand for firs since the pandemic led to over harvesting at many upstate New York Christmas tree farms. Now, farmers want to sell more trees, but can't afford to cut into future crops.
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A report found that despite a lack of transparency, the missteps do not constitute an ethics violation.