The state legislative session is underway, and Albany lawmakers have indicated they’re putting raising the charter cap on the back burner, instead focusing on rental assistance to charter schools.

When the state freeze on charter school tuition expired earlier this year, charter schools in the state were supposed to get thousands more dollars for every student they admitted. However, at least ...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — A local mom says she has filed a lawsuit against a charter school teacher's aide, alleging abuse of her son, and the school employee was arrested as a result of the claims.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester City School District Superintendent Carmine Peluso is calling on lawmakers in Albany to cap the percentage of students enrolled in charter schools. He and other educators ...

Brighter Choice Charter School for Boys and its sister school, Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls, were Albany’s second and third charter schools when they opened in 2002. Today there are eight ...

A group proposing a charter school in Albany did not get a warm reception from the Greater Albany Public School Board or its staff Tuesday night. Board members and district staff raised several ...

A mother’s plea to parents: Always go the extra length to ensure your kids are okay. 13Investigates first reported about a lawsuit alleging a teacher’s assistant choked an elementary school student ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — Two of the children who died in the Twiller Street fire in Albany attended a local charter school. Fire broke out on Monday just before 10:45 a.m. at 23 Twiller St. Two adults –a ...

The recent opening of an Albany charter high school has sparked concern among parents after videos showed surveillance cameras mounted inside student bathrooms. KIPP Capital High School, which opened ...

A New Albany man who founded and was superintendent of two Columbus charter schools pleaded guilty in federal court Monday after conspiring to commit bank fraud and use over a quarter of a million ...