The Massachusetts State Board of Education recently rejected the battery of state exams required by the Common Core curriculum. It was a bold –– and pathetic –– move on the board’s part.
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12/3/15
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tagh natives Mark Stuart and Jeffrey Eckstein seek to bring out the best in people and inspire conversation with the powerful dance extravaganza “Standard Time,” which opens off Broadway at the Duke Theatre on Nov. 15.
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By Iris Wiener
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10/28/15
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Nassau BOCES installed former East Meadow School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Dillon as its new district superintendent at a board meeting on Aug. 20.
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By David Weingrad
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8/27/15
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The results of the standardized math and English Language Arts tests for grades three through eight were released last week, but Long Beach school officials have yet to determine how the district …
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By Matthew Ern
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8/20/15
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I want to enumerate the many reasons I’m so against making test scores count for 50 percent of the ratings.
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6/24/15
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It makes psychological sense that in a culture where we are gradually losing control of decision-making and privacy, people would glom onto any power play that offers the illusion of autonomy.
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5/29/15
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears locked in a political death spiral. Last year brought growing dissatisfaction with the State Education Department’s dysfunctional implementation of the new Common Core State Standards . . .
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4/30/15
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Over the years, I’ve investigated many hot-button topics in education, but none is as contentious as the battle over high-stakes testing for students in grades 3 through 8.
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4/16/15
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For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . .
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4/9/15
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Standard & Poor’s reduced the Town of Hempstead’s bond rating by three levels last week, but town officials noted that the municipality still received a solid investment grade and that there were …
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/13/15
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