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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, second from left, a Democratic candidate for county executive pledged on Aug. 16 at a news conference on the Long Beach boardwalk that if she’s elected, she would ensure that taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects are built to be more resilient at a time when climate change is impacting the environment. With her were City Councilwoman Anissa Moore, left, City Manager Jack Schnirman and council Vice President Anthony Eramo.

Curran pledges to uphold environmental safety rules

Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat running for county executive, said that if elected, she would ensure that taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects were built to be more resilient at … more

By Bridget Downes | 8/24/17

Here we go again: a new set of learning standards

New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core. more

6/1/17

State must lead on Common Core testing

Nearly 95,000 Long Island children in grades three through eight — roughly 52 percent of the total — did not take the New York state standardized English Language Arts exam last week, as the “opt-out” movement continued . . . more

4/6/17

Pit-bull reporting could topple Trump

Have you heard of Ida Tarbell? In 1903 she wrote a series of pieces for McClure’s magazine about the monopolistic practices of the Standard Oil Company under the ownership of John D. Rockefeller. As a result of her investigative reporting . . . more

3/16/17

What brought the twin towers down?

Q. What’s your take on why the World Trade Center towers collapsed? It still bothers me that other buildings have had fires and have been hit by planes, but didn’t collapse. Were the towers . . . more

By Monte Leeper | 11/23/16

State must get Common Core right this time

Here we go again: The New York State Education Department is revising its grades-three-to-eight English and math standards. We can only say, with fingers crossed, that we hope the state will get it right this time. more

10/13/16

State revamps Common Core

The New York State Education Department last week released new draft English and math learning standards for public comment, according to Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, but teachers in the community are looking for more changes to the Common Core system. more

By Scott Brinton and Ben Strack | 10/5/16

How ‘opt out’ roiled Common Core

For every large-scale social movement, there is a “tipping point, that magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire.” So wrote New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell in . . . more

9/15/16

Third-party candidate choices let voters down

Gary Johnson? Who is this guy, you ask? He is the most prominent of the alternative candidates who will be joining Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton . . . more

6/9/16

More than 40 percent of Long Beach students in third through eighth grades refused to take the Common Core English Language Arts assessment last week, as part of an opt-out movement throughout the state.

Opt-out rates rise in L.B. schools

More than 40 percent of eligible Long Beach students in third through eighth grades sat out the state English Language Arts assessments last week, a sizable increase over the number of students who opted out of the exams last year. more

By Ben Strack | 4/13/16

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