…The Springhurst Elementary School Harmonaires, singing background vocals for a remake of Burt Bacharach’s “What The World Needs Now.” (Again, sorry for the delay.) Read the story about the record here.

The song, which features Dionne Warwick, Rod Stewart, James Taylor and others, will be featured on “Back To Bacharach,” an album being produced by Grammy-winner [...]

This morning, we intended to post a preview clip of a song featuring the Springhurst Elementary School Harmonaires. The choral group sang on a remake of Burt Bacharach’s hit, “What The World Needs Now Is Love.” You can read the story here.

Well, what we need now is the song clip, which hasn’t been sent to [...]

This weekend, the future leaders of the world will, well, act like world leaders.

Students from throughout Westchester will meet at Hastings High School for the 32nd annual Westchester Model United Nations Conference, a program designed to give them an understanding of how the world body debates issues and develops policy. Continue on to read the [...]

Parents who home-school their children in California might be breaking the law. A California appeals court ruled that parents who teach their children at home must have teaching credentials or use a tutor who has the credentials. Otherwise, the children are considered truant and the parents could be subject to legal penalties. (Read the story [...]

Children’s book author Robert Kurkela will attend a fundraiser next week for the Greenburgh Central 7 school district’s Early Childhood Program.
Kurkela, a New City resident, will read original poems from his self-published book, Lilies on the Moon. Copies of the book, which also features artwork from Kurkela’s daughter, will be sold for $16.95 at the [...]

Barbara Peters, the incoming superintendent in Elmsford who will replace Carol Franks-Randall when she retires in July, might be wondering what she’s getting herself into. (Read today’s story about Peters and Franks-Randall here.)

In today’s paper, we wrote a story about suspended deputy superintendent Michael Senno’s gender discrimination lawsuit against the district, Franks-Randall and three Board [...]

Students from throughout Westchester are joining forces in the name of jazz.

On Saturday, musicians from high schools in Peekskill, Somers, Ossining and Croton Harmon will participate in “The Many Faces of Jazz.” The concert will be held at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill on Sunday.

Ray Blue, a nationally known saxophonist and former [...]

The Elmsford school district is revamping its cable television program, turning it into a story-hour type of show.

The focus of the half-hour “Spotlight on Elmsford Schools” will shift from providing general information about district schools to a reading program, developed to help improve literacy among elementary students.

Tune into Greenburgh Access TV and you’ll see district [...]

The turmoil continues in Elmsford as parents mount plans to call for the resignation of Sandra Calvi Muscente, an assistant principal at Alexander Hamilton High School. Calvi was recently arrested for assault in Mahopac. Over the years, she has developed a reputation in Elmsford for being verbally abusive. If you’ve been following the comments in [...]

You can use this database to get details on Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s state aid proposals for specific districts.

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Source: NYS Budget Office, 1/22/08

in his 2008-09 budget, Gov. Eliot Spitzer aims to increase education spending by a record $1.46 billion. Schools would receive $21.01 billion in the executive budget, a 7.45 percent increase from 2007-08. Total aid to Hudson Valley schools would top $2 billion, up from $1.9 billion or 6.2 percent.

Specifics on the proposed awards for individual [...]

According to our bosses at The Hall Monitor, this week’s five-part series Our Schools, Our Money, was a hit with readers in print and online. The stories, which explored the links between student achievement, school performance, school property taxes and spending, were among the most viewed news on LoHud.com each day. We got lots of [...]

Peekskill superintendent Judith Johnson was named the 2008 New York State School Superintendent of the Year by The State Council of School Superintendents.

The state wide group said Johnson, who has served in the position since 2001, has greatly improved education in the district. Among her accomplishments, the state council cited gains in the districts’ graduation [...]

Today’s newspaper features the first installment of The Journal News’ special five-day series, “Our Schools, Our Money,” which examines test scores, property taxes and student achievement in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties. Read it all here.

The project, a joint effort with School Evaluation Services, a unit of Standard and Poor’s, caps months of work by [...]

More than 50 Irvington High students were named Advanced Placement Scholars this year. The designation comes from The College Board, which administers Advanced Placement exams and the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

AP courses allow students to take college-level classes while in high school and to receive college credit. They take exams to demonstrate their mastery of the [...]