ALBANY — The state cellphone ban in schools doesn’t start until September, but Albany is leaping in now. The city school district announced that it would start the ban during summer school.

Unionized Albany teachers are officially on strike starting today, the Greater Albany Education Association has announced. This comes after the latest in a round of negotiations with Greater ...

Now, though, the state is seeing its second strike in a year, as teachers at Greater Albany Public Schools, which serves nearly 9,000 students, hit the picket line Tuesday.

According to the Greater Albany Education Association, the two bargaining teams reached a full agreement just before 6 p.m. Monday night, and teachers were already voting on whether to ratify the ...

Rebekah GraVette, a second grade teacher at Waverly Elementary, on the picket line, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, as educators in the Greater Albany Public Schools district go on strike.

The United Federation of Teachers has officially endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, adding to a growing wave of institutional support for the 33-year-old ...

The union representing Greater Albany teachers ratified a new contract, which the school district approved late Monday night. Update as of 10 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2.