The New York State Education Department has released its proposed changes to the controversial Common Core standards and wants the public to have its say on the proposal.
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The downward trend of Mattituck-Cutchogue School District’s student enrollment is expected to continue this school year, according to superintendent Anne Smith.
Months before she started her first year at Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School on Friday, living environment teacher Sarah Spector had already been recognized as one of the nation’s best new science teachers.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation requiring all school districts to test their water sources for lead.
Schools across Southold Town opened this week and many new faces greeted students as they got off the bus, most notably in the Greenport School District, which has more than 18 new faculty members.
Southold Elementary School principal Ellen O’Neill greeted students in the lobby after they arrived at around 8:30 a.m. on a rainy Tuesday morning.
It wasn’t students who boarded one of Greenport’s school buses Wednesday, but teachers. Specifically, it was the 12 new hires that are about to begin their first year in the district who were treated to a tour of the village in which they’ll soon teach. READ
When Cutchogue East Elementary School students go back to school in September, they’ll have new fitness equipment thanks to donations from North Fork businesses and charity groups.
Megan Van Bourgondien of Southold has earned high honors for the spring semester at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. READ
While this year’s student proficiency scores showed overall improvement statewide, local superintendents say that recent changes in testing design and implementation mean those results don’t reflect student performance accurately.
