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Education: Assembly Majority shuns opportunity to fix Common Core

Education reform for our kids represents a true test of courage for legislators, and the Assembly Majority failed miserably on March 5th.

The Assembly Majority has denied students and parents immediate relief from another round of disastrous Common Core tests in April.

Instead of fixing a broken program that has hurt New York’s children and families, they have added more pain to an issue that still remains unresolved.

This was our last chance before April to put a moratorium on the Common Core problem.  Continue reading →

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Webb school district administrators weigh in on Common Core

Amid recent high profile denouncements of the New York State Common Core education standards and State Education Commissioner John King’s having to cancel and now reschedule and restructure informational meetings on the standards because of the contentious atmosphere, Town of Webb Superintendent Rex Germer and Principal John Swick both said they are taking a cautious approach to this relatively new program.

Adopted by the board of Regents in 2011, the Common Core learning standards are a set of goals and expectations for what students need to learn in English language arts and mathematics at each grade level to ultimately be college- and career-ready. Continue reading →

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