Washington County Board opposes Common Core
By Dan King The third time was indeed a charm for Hartford Supervisor Dana Haff and activist Bob Schulz. Haff and Schulz have been spearheading a movement to persuade the…
By Dan King The third time was indeed a charm for Hartford Supervisor Dana Haff and activist Bob Schulz. Haff and Schulz have been spearheading a movement to persuade the…
By Dan King and Christina Scanlon Students at area school districts opted out of Common Core with less frequency than most of the county and less than the state average,…
By Dan King and Christina Scanlon An area man who believes Common Core testing is unconstitutional and who’s frustrated by Washington County’s lack of support for his view has begun…
By Dan King and Derek Liebig A growing number of area parents are choosing to have their children opt out of the Common Core assessments in English and Math. The…
By Jaime Thomas There are few aspects to education that students look less forward to than long, standardized tests. Imagine then the horror of high-schoolers finding out all the hard…
By Jaime Thomas School officials in Granville are busy preparing for a new event happening in the New Year. On Feb. 1, there will be a free winter carnival to…
By Jaime Thomas Throughout the next few months, Granville School District has a number of events planned aimed at engaging parents in their children’s learning. Officials have planned these events…
By Jaime Thomas The custodial staff was washing windows, tweaking landscaping and generally cleaning up the Hartford Central School Monday as the district got ready to open its doors. Administration…
By Jaime Thomas There’s no question as to what will be at the core of the upcoming school year. New Common Core standards are already the center of learning in…
By Jaime Thomas Local results of statewide English language arts and mathematic assessment tests, which were released last week, are grim. Only 10.3 percent of Granville third-graders, for example, were…