Tag: NYSAPE

“Essentially nothing has changed except the perception that Cuomo has brought about real change.”

The incoming chancellor’s remarks—made the same day as the gathering at East Islip Middle School—consequently carry enormous weight. Education advocates therefore view her acknowledgement that she’d “opt-out” as indication of a historically seismic shift—an alignment, even—away from the state’s long-held support of Common Core, and toward what opponents term “common sense” education policy.

"We are in the midst of a vast social experiment on the children of the nation and it is all tied to the standardized test."