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Teachers deserve fair evaluations

Our opinion: A system that boils down teachers’ careers to a single test fails to serve education. Too bad it’s already September. No time for the Regents and Governor Cuomo to go back to summer school...

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First, reform the Regents

Our opinion: The Board of Regents isn’t just another patronage dump, but a body that decides education policy. It needs a better selection process. Add one more assignment to the state Legislature’s...

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One diploma doesn’t fit all

The state Board of Regents’ move to create new pathways to a high school diploma suggests it has learned some lessons of the past few years. It also seems to have not forgotten one: that education...

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For schools, it’s reset time

The resignation of State Education Commissioner John King Jr. is a holiday gift of sorts for the embattled state Board of Regents. Having a rigorous, transparent process to name his successor will...

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State education should add CPR

The costs are virtually nonexistent, and evidence is clear: CPR saves lives. Consider recent news: A child is saved by CPR performed for more than 100 minutes. A coach saves a teenager on a soccer...

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Don’t botch this rollout

Brace yourselves, New Yorkers. The state seems to be on its way to another botched rollout of a so-called education reform. It’s happening in the rush to implement a teacher evaluation system under a...

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Is ‘unworkable’ the best we can do for schools?

If anything personifies the state of education in New York state, it is the article “Teacher evaluations get conditional pass,” Sept. 17: “The state Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the state’s...

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Quick fix can’t solve crisis

Confronted by school districts struggling to find and retain qualified substitute teachers, the state Board of Regents turned to what looks like an easy remedy: lowering the standards. But this...

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