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State Education Department officials announced on Jan. 18 that ten Oceanside School No. 2 students may have been affected by a data breach. Oceanside school officials have responded.

Ten Oceanside students affected in NYSED vendor data breach

An unauthorized user may have had access to personal information of ten Oceanside School No. 2 students State Education Department officials said on Jan. 18. According to a news release, Questar … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/18/18

State should rethink its local-diploma policy

Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school. more

8/3/17

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 revamp school violence reporting

Nearly half a million students, ages 12 to 18, fell victim to violence at schools across the U.S. in 2014, the last year for which statistics are available, according to . . . more

12/2/16

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

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

The Panel of education officials (from left) Roger Tilles, New York State Regent; James DeLorenzo, Assistant Commissioner for Special Education from the New York State Education Department (NYSED); Angelica Infante-Green, Deputy Commissioner for the Office of P-12 Instructional Support; Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, Chairwoman of the Assembly Subcommittee on Students With Special Needs; Assemblyman David McDonough, ADD Angelica! and Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel

Disabled students deserve diplomas

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky held a forum on Dec. 8 that allowed parents of students with disabilities to discuss program options for their high school students with state officials, because a new … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 12/16/15

Common Core task force: We can only hope

Forgive us for being skeptical when we hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo use words like “transparent” and “reform” when he’s talking about his new 15-member Common Core Task Force . . . more

10/15/15

Cuomo returns to the Common Core drawing board

I am angry with Governor Cuomo. No, I am furious. more

9/17/15

Common Core — what a mess it is

More than 200,000 New York students “opted out” of the grades three-through-eight Common Core English and math exams this spring. more

8/19/15

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