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Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor Jia Lee is pushing for more funding and less standardized testing and segregation in public schools. Lee, an…
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New York state’s education commissioner said Tuesday that new state-specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial…
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Testing season has begun in schools across New York state. It’s unclear how many students will join the opt-out movement this year, but state officials…
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New York state’s education commissioner said she’s fighting a proposal by her predecessor, now the federal education secretary, to punish schools with a…
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Education groups, dismayed by the federal education secretary’s threat to punish schools in New York with high opt-out rates for standardized tests, say…
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Almost 98 percent of school budgets were approved in statewide voting Tuesday, including the majority of school districts asking for overrides of the…
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The controversial math and English language tests for children in grades 3-8 begin in public schools across New York state today. Opposition to the tests…
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Standardized test season is approaching for students across New York state. State Education Department officials are hoping there won’t be a repeat of…
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New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia spent nearly four hours before the legislative budget committees Wednesday. Though there is currently…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to address the controversy over the use of Common Core standards in the state's public schools. Thursday he made his strongest…