Tag: common core

(Photo by Dion Ogust) I offer the following as a private citizen: A few years ago, Dick Iannuzzi, President of ...

"If you talk about education today in most communities, it’s all about taxes,” says Jennifer Mangione. “A lot of people are ...

As state testing for grades 3-8 is set to begin next month, parents returned to the Board of Education during ...

Jessica Torok, Math Content Specialist from Ulster BOCES, who spoke about K-2 Math during Onteora’s Common Core information night. (photo ...

The Saugerties School District will host a Common Core Parent Information Night for parents of students in grades K-8 on ...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) Two recurring issues for the Saugerties School Board led to a sometimes contentious discussion at the ...

Chief confirms ‘New Jim Crow’ is alive in Kingston Kingston residents are outraged by the statements Kingston Police Chief Tinti ...

Pastor Arnold and his wife (and copy editor) Verena. (Photo provided) For Johann Christoph Arnold, a septuagenarian and longtime pastor ...

Dr. Phyllis Spiegel-McGill Superintendent Dr. Phyllis Spiegel-McGill claimed “steady progress” as she presented the 2012/13 Onteora Central School District school ...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) This past week marked the beginning of Common Core state testing, the first set of standardized ...

Last week, students and parents in New Paltz and Highland protested what they see as excessive standardized testing. (photo by ...

Photo by Rocpoc Last week, the state teachers union and Assembly Republicans dealt a one-two punch to the besieged Common ...

Testing under the new Common Core federal education standards hasn’t thrilled New Paltz parents. It turns out that it also ...

Teacher Felipa Gaudet and the "golden beads" used to teach math concepts to 1st through 3rd graders. (Photo: Lynn Woods) ...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) It was without surprise to school officials across the state that scores would plummet with the ...