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Thu, 2012-02-16
Two actors came to town Thursday to offer Syracuse high school students some advice: make good life choices and work hard so you can do what you are passionate about. Actress Terri Vaughn and her husband, former NFL-player-turned-actor Karon Riley, spoke to more than 30 students in the library...
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Tue, 2012-02-14
Xerox corporation is giving a Syracuse area employee paid leave to work for Say Yes to Education in Syracuse. Say Yes is a nonprofit organization working with local partners to improve Syracuse schools so more students graduate from high school and from college.
Debbie S. Rosenbaum, who works at...
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Mon, 2012-02-13
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) - The "Say Yes to Education" program has come to Buffalo bringing hope to a beleaguered school system where only 47 percent of its high students graduate.
The promise of free college tuition for all who graduate has gotten the attention of a lot of students. But can this...
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Fri, 2012-02-10
Syracuse Say Yes to Education has chosen the Syracuse University men's basketball game against Louisville at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 3, to be the second annual Say Yes Day in the Carrier Dome.
Say Yes Day is designed to give the Say Yes organization the opportunity to thank its corporate partners...
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Thu, 2012-02-02
SYRACUSE -- The City of Syracuse boasts of having the first school district to be adopted by the nationally recognized "Say Yes To Education" program, but after 4 years, Say Yes has little to show in the way of progress.
Say Yes To Education is an ambitious partnership between the City of...
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Thu, 2012-01-05
Today, the White House announced Summer Jobs+, a new call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012. The President proposed $1.5 billion for high-impact summer jobs and year-...
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Fri, 2011-12-30
Today's favorable income tax rates make it attractive for the mega-rich to give their dollars away. But how much of this private funding for social good wields influence over public policy? If and when it does, especially given budget shortfalls in public education, is this bad? Add to that the...
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Thu, 2011-12-22
BUFFALO N.Y. (AP) - The "Say Yes to Education" foundation is setting up a Buffalo branch to help prepare underprivileged students for college, its second in upstate New York. And The Wallace Foundation, another nonprofit, says it's donating $4.2 million to Say Yes programs in Buffalo and Syracuse....
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Thu, 2011-12-22
Say Yes to Education, which has been working on Syracuse, N.Y. since 2008 to create a comprehensive turnaround of the 19,000-student city school system, announced this week that it was expanding into Buffalo schools.
The organization has committed $15 million to partner with local...
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Wed, 2011-12-21
For the next two decades, Buffalo Public Schools (BPS) students will receive free college tuition.
Buffalo became only the second city in the country Tuesday (after Syracuse) to issue that promise, through the Say Yes to Education Found.
But it’s a pledge that hinges on the community’s ability to...
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Tue, 2011-12-20
In what could be a pivotal moment in the history of the Buffalo Public Schools, Say Yes to Education is announcing today that it will offer a college tuition guarantee for graduates of traditional public and charter schools in the city, starting in June 2013.
The Buffalo Promise Scholarship will...
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Tue, 2011-12-20
The Wallace Foundation Awards Grant of $4.2 Million to Say Yes To Education
Grant Will Support Implementation of Say Yes Syracuse and Development of Guidebook
NEW YORK —December 20, 2011– Say Yes to Education, Inc. announced today announced that The Wallace Foundation has committed to...
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Tue, 2011-12-20
Western New York Business and Foundation Leaders Announce Free College Tuition for Buffalo Public School Students for Next 20 Years
Say Yes To Education Announces Commitment to Invest Additional $15 Million to Increase Graduation and College-Going Rates and Bolster the Economy...
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Tue, 2011-12-20
Western New York Business and Foundation Leaders Announce Free College Tuition for Buffalo Public School Students for Next 20 Years
Say Yes To Education Announces Commitment to Invest Additional $15 Million to Increase Graduation and College-Going Rates and Bolster the Economy...
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Fri, 2011-12-02
Laurie Holtsbery, a teacher at Salem Hyde Elementary School in Syracuse, won a competition that snagged $5,000 for Say Yes to Education and earned her the chance to appear in a public service announcement to promote science, technology, engineering and math education.
Holtsbery was the Central New...
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Wed, 2011-11-30
In the wake of her first 100 days on the job, Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras plans to implement reforms and revitalize a district that graduates 50 percent of its 21,000 students — 75 percent of whom are not proficient in English or math.
Upon taking the new position...
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Sat, 2011-11-26
Make no mistake, if Buffalo manages to win the help of a respected national education organization, the entire community needs to get behind efforts to improve the city's schools.
Simply put, public education in Buffalo is abysmal, with terrible attendance and graduation rates. The city's...
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Wed, 2011-11-23
Buffalo, NY -- Officials in Buffalo are negotiating an agreement with Say Yes to Education that would make Buffalo the second Upstate city to partner with the school reform group.
Three years ago, Syracuse became the first entire school district to launch a partnership with Say Yes, which...
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Sat, 2011-11-19
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Tue, 2011-11-15
Approximately 40 Syracuse City School District elementary students sat together to listen to Taye Diggs read them his new book, “Chocolate Me,” while Shane Evans, the book’s illustrator, accompanied him on the guitar Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Greater Evangelical Church, located at 4325 S. Salina St.“...
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