Since its implementation last year, the Common Core curriculum has become one of the most divisive educational issues in New York state in recent memory.
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2/6/14
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Dear Santa:
We here at the Heralds have been hard at work all year, keeping readers up to date on all things local — government, education, business, crime, sports and culture.
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12/19/13
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New York students taking algebra –– mostly ninth-graders and advanced eighth-graders –– got a surprise at the beginning of the school year.
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11/21/13
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In a package full of life’s little necessities, every Finnish newborn receives a precious gift –– a set of three books, courtesy of the government.
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8/21/13
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Ten years ago, English Language Arts teachers used to speak of inspiring their students to become lifelong readers and lovers of the written word.
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8/14/13
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Two weeks ago, the Herald detailed new English and math standardized tests that New York’s public and charter schools gave to students in grades three to eight last month. In this report, the Herald continues an examination of how “opting out” from the tests could affect the students who did so and their schools.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/30/13
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At a Board of Education meeting on Oct. 18, Bob Fenter, Oceanside’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, outlined some of the changes that are coming to the district’s curriculum in the next …
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Alex Costello
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10/26/11
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