07.14.2020 Education Board of Regents offer guidance for school reopening Education is often associated with the three Rs, but in New York State’s current educational landscape, it’s more about four Rs: recover, rebuild, renew and reopen. The state moved...
07.13.2020 COVID-19 Governor outlines criteria that will determine whether schools can reopen State education officials have begun to outline what reopening schools may look like as New York emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. During a press briefing Monday morning, Gov. Andrew...
05.01.2014 Editorials Editorial: Cheerleading named a sport. It’s about time Is cheerleading a sport? That debate has raged in the greater sports community for decades.
03.14.2014 Education Senate passes bill to change Board of Regents appointment process The state Senate has passed legislation to create a new process for selecting Board of Regents members, which are the appointed officials tasked with crafting public education polices for schools...
02.20.2014 Education Local school superintendents organize education forum at SBU Speaking out against a recent push in state-mandated education testing just isn’t enough for some local superintendents.
12.13.2013 Education Flanagan to King: Delay data storage plan, drop pre-K through 2nd grade assessments State Senator John Flanagan is calling on the state Department of Education to delay using a controversial method of storing student data electronically for one year and proposing legislation...
11.27.2013 Education Guest Spot: Board of Regents creating ‘education apartheid’ The New York State Board of Regents insists the state’s public school students are not “College and Career Ready.” They claim that public school students are not prepared for...
11.27.2013 Education Video: State ed officials taken to task over Common Core About two dozen educators as well as students took to a podium at Tuesday night’s Common Core forum in Manorville to, for the most part, poke holes in the...
11.27.2013 Education Educators, parents bring Common Core rage to Manorville forum Long Islanders outraged over New York’s direction with education in public schools took their concerns directly to state education commissioner John King Tuesday night during a public forum in...
11.09.2013 Education Education forum moving to Eastport-South Manor HS The public forum with New York Department of Education commissioner John King that was first scheduled for Riverhead High School is now being moved to the Eastport-South Manor High School auditorium in Manorville....