Task force to hold Common Core public hearings

A state task force will now hold public hearings on the standardized tests. Credit: News 12
There is a new twist in the controversy over the Common Core curriculum.
A state task force will now hold public hearings on the standardized tests.
Stony Brook University's so-called "listening sessions" will be held tomorrow from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m.
Simultaneous sessions will be held at four other sites across the state.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.