Monthly Archives: March, 2016


Next on Connect NY – 4/4/16

Published - March 25, 2016

Next on Connect NY: Teacher Evaluations How should good teaching be measured? Should student performance count? The link between student test scores and evaluations ignited last year’s opt-out movement across the Empire State. Can the evaluations improve teaching? How do we retain the best? Watch Monday, April 4th at 9 p.m. on WCNY

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March 7, 2016: child welfare, Siena Poll, Heather Briccetti and Dr. Don Levy, YMCAs

Published - March 7, 2016

We looked at ways to enhance child welfare programs centered around child abuse, foster care and homelessness with Kari Siddiqui, the Schuyler Center’s Senior Policy Analyst, and Stephanie Gendell, a government and policy supervisor with Citizens’ Committee for Children. Steve Greenberg shared the latest results of the Siena Poll, which focuses on the presidential race. Heather Briccetti, CEO of the Business Council, and Don Levy, director of the Siena College Research Institute, discussed a survey on Upstate CEOs, which highlights New York’s economy and industries. Construction groups are pushing for a $30 million capital construction program for the YMCAs of

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Board Meeting Set for 3/29

Published - March 3, 2016

In accordance with open meetings law, WCNY provides reasonable notice to the public of its board meetings. The next WCNY Board Meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 8 a.m. at the WCNY Broadcast and Education Center located at 415 W. Fayette St., Syracuse, N.Y. Interested parties wishing to attend should contact the Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York before 4 p.m. Monday, March 28, by calling (315) 453-2424.

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