01.13.2018 Columns Guest Column: Confronting mental health disorders How do we, as a community, begin to address the very real mental health disorders — acute and chronic episodes of anxiety and depression, and addiction — of our...
04.22.2016 Education Local superintendents’ predictions on the future of state testing For the past few years, parents and educators have rallied against the state’s latest system of so-called high-stakes testing, which ties teacher evaluations to the controversial Common Core standards....
12.11.2015 Education Changes coming to Common Core — Zeldin Amendment included Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) has confirmed that President Barack Obama signed proposed legislation Thursday that includes his own proposal, dubbed the Zeldin Amendment, which will allow states to opt out...
09.18.2015 Education Gov. Cuomo: ‘Common Core is not working’ It seems that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has heard the complaints of many superintendents and principals: Common Core, in its current form, has some problems, and it’s time to make...
04.23.2015 Education Did more outspoken leadership play a role in ‘opt out’ results? School districts whose leaders have been most outspoken in opposing New York’s direction with public education saw more students refuse last week’s assessments, a Riverhead News-Review analysis has found.
