Barbara O'Brien is a Staff Reporter at the Buffalo News. She covers a range of topics including public education, school administration, and school safety measures, with a particular focus on themes related to religion and spirituality, atheism, and the education system. Barbara's work has been featured in various publications including the Olean Times Herald, Lion's Roar, The Citizen, Staten Island Advance/SILive.com, The Post-Star, The Denver Post, Patheos, Inc., Targeted Oncology, The Free Lance-Star, and The Grand Island Independent.
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Barbara O'Brien's coverage is largely focused on local government and politics, education, public schools, mental health, law enforcement, and community events in Western New York. She also covers topics related to culture & society such as religion and town planning.
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By: Barbara O'Brien
"We're looking for a proposal to the Buffalo teachers that doesn't degrade and demean them," Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore said.
By: Barbara O'Brien
Contentious races emerged in several districts this year as issues such as mask mandates and curriculum concerns overshadowed traditional ones like taxes. Races in those districts attracted a lot of
By: Barbara O'Brien, Mary B. Pasciak
More examples of violence involving Buffalo Public Schools have come to light following the stabbing and shooting at McKinley High School on Feb. 9.
By: Sandra Tan, Barbara O'Brien
Many school superintendents say the new requirements are being greeted with relief from many parents and staff, though some are concerned about the masks coming off so soon following winter
By: Barbara O'Brien
The legislation reduces the number of signatures required for nominating petitions. Instead of getting 500 signatures, candidates seeking district seats will have to turn in petitions with 200 signatures.
There has long been a popular belief that Zen Buddhism is as much Daoist as Buddhist . Sometimes one hears that Zen came into existence when Daoism and Buddhism mingled in China.
Recently President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission issued a report that declared that “separation of church and state” is not in the Constitution. But I'm sure James Madison would beg to differ. Madison was the chief author of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. He left us a wealth of writing that made it clear that he most certainly did intend church and state to be kept separate. “Religion and Government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together,” he said.
Sarvastivada was a very early school of Buddhism whose precise origins are lost to history. Many of its teachings will seem odd to today's Buddhists.
You may have seen headlines saying that “9/11 families” have petitioned to exclude Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, from New York City's annual September 11 memorial service. I want to clarify what actually is happening and also explain why this petition is a very sad mistake.
Williamsville Central School Board members hope to have a new superintendent hired by the end of May, according to a draft timeline.
