04.17.2021 Columns Guest Spot: We can’t fail our youth now The North Fork is experiencing an increased need for comprehensive mental health and substance use services within our schools and community. The North Fork Coalition for Behavioral Health was...
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.
