A pair of experts from the Theater Institute at Sage College is helping Tech Valley High School students understand math and theater.

The pair is guiding students through a project that incorporates the theorems behind triangles with the art behind acting.

David Bunce and Sara Melita are working with Tech Valley High teachers Mary VanHoomissen and Nicole Gallo on the project that requires teams of students to create skits based on the mathematical theories behind triangles, including isosceles theorem, says the school’s communication’s coordinator Mike McCagg.

"Students are demonstrating their knowledge of triangle properties through creating a scene that takes these properties into account," said teacher Nicole Gallo.

An unprecedented number of schools around New York State need improvement according to the State Education Department.

The agency says more than 1,000 schools and districts have been identified for improvement. That includes 53 schools in the Capital Region.

The number is overwhelming compared to last year, when 102 schools and four school districts were identified for improvement.

To see if your child's school is on there, click here.

A Columbia County school is putting on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this month. The cast of the Darrow School’s Theater Workshop will take on the play whils also adding some of their own twists and interpretations.

“In this performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we’ll be drawing out the conflicts within the relationships between the characters, even more so than they usually are,” said Darrow’s Director of Performing Arts, Will McGreal in a statement. McGreal also said that the Theater Workshop selects a Shakespeare work as part of a three-year cycle, and chose A Midsummer Night’s Dream this year because of the depth and versatility of the cast.