Current Issues

Reach of PARCC, Smarter Balanced, Drops Sharply In 2015-16 – Education Week

Victory For Unions As Supreme Court, Scalia Gone, Ties 4-4 – NY Times

New Education Secretary: Bold Agenda. Just 10 Months to Get It Done – NPR

A New Era For the Battle Over Teacher Evaluations – The Atlantic

What Betty Rosa Would Bring From the Bronx If She Becomes NY’s Top Education Policymaker – Chalkbeat NY

NYSED Revises Implementation Of New ELA and Mathematics Standards

NYSED Overview – Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

NYSED Updates APPR Guidance

Common Core Opt-Outs Will Persist on LI, Superintendents Warn

Three Key Things To Know About Obama’s New Education Chief – Washington Post

Sleeping Giant of Education Politics – Parents – Are Awake and Rebelling – Huffington Post

Breaking Down The Changes To This Year’s States Tests in New York – Politico New York