03.23.2015 Columns Guest Column: Let’s follow the money on education reform No doubt you have heard the news that public education is in need of reform. Gov. Cuomo has said so. Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown has said so. Even...
03.17.2015 Editorials Editorial: Zeldin steps up on Common Core, helicopters Freshman Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) has had a good few weeks. We’ll hold our fire — for now — about his joining forces with reactionary U.S. Senator Ted Cruz...
03.16.2015 Education Superintendents react to Zeldin’s Common Core legislation School districts could soon opt out of Common Core without sacrificing federal funding. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) is sponsoring legislation to make sure school districts that decide to drop...
02.26.2015 Letters Featured Letter: Get tough on these teachers To the editor: There are few times when I so seriously disagree with an editorial to the point of needing to airing my own views. As I understand it,...
02.20.2015 Editorials Editorial: Cuomo’s proposals take high-stakes testing too far The rushed rollout of the Common Core State Standards under Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the 2012-13 school year set off alarm bells in school hallways and living rooms across...
01.30.2015 Letters Featured Letter: Exposure is critical to stop Common Core To the editor: Diane Ravitch posted a link to the Times/Review Guest Spot by Superintendent Steven Cohen. The Ravitch blog has 17,000,000 views across the world so the report...
01.18.2015 Columns Guest Column: The folks in Albany want us all to step aside Ordinarily, letters exchanged between governors and high-level bureaucrats don’t make it to the top of The New York Times bestseller list. But, sometimes, one comes across a letter that...
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...