LINDEN — The Linden City Board of Education is one step closer to having a full roster of teachers and staff for the 2008-09 school year. Five more positions were filled this week, but at least three more remain open, school officials said Monday.

While Alabama has upped the amount of money it spends on each student, education researchers say they have found no direct correlation between expenditures per pupil and average scores on standardized tests.

At its annual awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., the Association of Educational Publishers honored two Pearson products as the year's "most outstanding" materials in the field of teaching and learning.

SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Central School District took a big step toward instructional and administrative technology upgrades with an Erie 1 BOCES contract.

Voters on Tues., Oct. 14 will decide on a $49.6 million capital facilities project proposed for the Iroquois school district. If approved, the project will include additions to four of the district's six school buildings, renovations in every school buil