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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

Rimsha Qureshi, left, an 11th-grader at South, said the disproportionate amount of prescriptions issued in the U.S. was because the pharmaceutical industry is left unchecked to make enormous profits from the drugs.

Students talk prescription pills, Common Core and gender equality at South High School

South High School held its annual Project Citizen hearing on June 9, in which students presented detailed public policy action plans for national and global issues based on their extensive research. more

By Nick Ciccone | 6/15/16

Almost half of Oceanside, Island Park students opt-out of math

Almost half of eligible test takers in the Oceanside and Island Park did not take state Math tests last week, according to numbers provided by the school districts. These rates are very similar … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 4/20/16

‘Opt-outs’ double in Valley Stream

The number of students in grades 3 through 8 whose parents opted to have them not take the state tests for English Language Arts and math last week doubled last year’s numbers in three out of four Valley Stream school districts. more

By Micah Danney | 4/20/16

Math test leads to more Rockville Centre opt-outs

Rockville Centre’s refusal to participate in state testing continued with the Math exams last week, but the trend did not carry over to St. Agnes Cathedral School. Once again, 60 percent of … more

By Alex Costello | 4/20/16

The opt-out rate in the East Meadow School District doubled this year, according to administrators

East Meadow’s opt-out rate doubles for state ELA exams

The number of East Meadow students who refused the state English Language Arts assessments last week doubled from the total just one year ago, and Superintendent Leon Campo said that more than half … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/14/16

More Rockville Centre students opt out

Nearly two-thirds of eligible Rockville Centre School District students sat out the English Language Arts state assessments in grades 3 through 8 last week, mirroring numbers that the district saw … more

By Alex Costello | 4/13/16

Half of Oceanside, Island Park students opt-out

Nearly half of Oceanside and Island Park students were opted out of state English tests last week. This is an increase for both districts, when about third of students opted out from the English … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 4/13/16

Both Lynbrook’s and East Rockaway’s seventh-grade classes had the highest number of opt-outs.

Lynbrook, East Rockaway students opt-out of tests

Hundreds of eligible students in Lynbrook and East Rockaway did not take the state English Language Arts assessments last week, as parents continued to make clear their opposition to the Common Core curriculum. There were increases in both school districts’ numbers of “opt-outs” over last year. more

By Nick Ciccone | 4/13/16

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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