08.21.2014 Education Common Core results released: Math scores up, English down The New York State Department of Education has released the results of Common Core-aligned math and English Language Arts exams taken this spring by students statewide, and outcomes from...
08.16.2014 Columns Guest Column: Protect our children from Common Core Common Core is a federal government power grab disguised as a “revamping” of our nation’s educational system — an educational system that, with all its flaws, managed to produce...
08.03.2014 Education Cuomo challenger pushes for new Common Core party There may be another party line on the November ballot for state office seekers. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the GOP challenger facing Governor Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming...
06.23.2014 Education For 2 years, teachers won’t be judged on Common Core A new state law has spared teachers from being judged based on their student’s Common Core test results — at least not yet.
05.08.2014 Letters Featured Letter: By observing carefully, we learn To the editor: Southold School District Superintendent David Gamberg has been an outspoken critic of the Common Core Learning Standards implementation and its testing requirements. So his expressed desire...
05.02.2014 Opinion Education column: Does it pass the common-sense test? What would make the most sense about developing and promoting the necessary ingredients for a high-quality public education system in the United States? Would it be an agenda made...
04.13.2014 Education About 180 North Fork students opt out of ELA assessments North Fork school districts have tallied the number of students who declined to participate in last week’s state English Language Arts assessments and expect at least the same volume...
04.02.2014 Education More students than expected opting out across the North Fork Some local schools saw unexpected surges in the number of students declining to participate Tuesday in the first of three days of state English Language Arts assessments. What’s known...
03.23.2014 Columns Guest Column: SAT, Common Core don’t match up We’ve heard a lot recently about the “new” SAT, the national standardized test created and marketed by the private, not-for-profit College Board and used by many colleges and universities...
03.20.2014 Mattituck Cutchogue School District Mattituck-Cutchogue parents get schooled on Common Core About 60 people attended Mattituck-Cutchogue School District’s presentation Wednesday evening about how Common Core standards are being achieved inside the classroom.