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[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown School Superintendent Tim Mains: July 2016 Interview

July 29, 2016 By WRFA Leave a Comment

MOBILE APP USERS Originally airing Thursday, July 29, 2016 WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Public School Superintendent Tim Mains to get a review of the 2015-16 school year as well as the 2016-17 school year, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: 2015-16 Jamestown School Budget, 2016-17 Jamestown School Budget, 21st Century Learning Standards, Common Core, Community Matters, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown Teachers Association, Tim Mains

Standardized Testing Begins This Week in Jamestown, Across NY State

April 4, 2016 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - It’s time once again for students across New York State to show what they know, and that includes students here in Jamestown and the rest of Chautauqua County. Standardized testing begins this week for students in grades 3 through 8, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 21st Century Learning Standards, Common Core, Fredonia School District, Jamestown Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Tim Mains

[LISTEN] Community Matters – JPS Superintendent Tim Mains – Aug. 27, 2015

August 31, 2015 By WRFA Leave a Comment

http://media.soundcloud.com/stream/KGVcrEaYCjWf.mp3 JAMESTOWN - Originally airing Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent TIm Mains to preview the 2015-16 School … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: 21st Century Learning Standards, Common Core, Jamestown Public Schools, Maisto v. New York, Small Cities Lawsuit, Tim Mains

Jamestown Superintendent Says ‘Overwhelming Majority’ of Students are Taking Common Core Exams

April 15, 2015 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN, NY - A new round of testing is now underway across New York State, but as an estimated one million students in third through eighth grades began taking their common core tests, also known as standardized tests, for English Language Arts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 21st Century Learning Standards, Common Core, Jamestown Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Tim Mains

[LISTEN] Jamestown Superintendent Tim Mains Discusses Standardized Testing

April 15, 2015 By WRFA Leave a Comment

Originally airing Tuesday, April 14 during WRFA's Local Rush Hour program. WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent Tim Mains about Standardized Testing, which is now underway in the Jamestown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: 21st Century Learning Standards, Common Core, Jamestown Public Schools, Jason Sample, Standardized Testing, Teacher Evaluations, Tim Mains

Growing Number of Parents Appear Ready to Opt Out of State Mandated Tests

April 13, 2015 By WRFA Leave a Comment

ALBANY - More than a million students in grades 3-8  across New York are scheduled to take state-mandated English Language Arts and Math starting this week. However, thousands of those students will not be taking the exams after parents from across … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 21st Century Learning Standards, Common Core, Education, New York Education Department, Standardized Testing

Cuomo Admits Common Core is Flawed, but Stops Short of Calling for Moratorium

February 5, 2014 By WRFA Leave a Comment

ALBANY - The recent the controversial surrounding New York's implementation of the 21st Century Learning Standards – more commonly known as “Common Core" - has not gone unnoticed by lawmakers in Albany. After months of criticism from teachers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 21st Century Learning Standards, Andrew Cuomo, Common Core, John King Jr., State Assembly, State Senate

Hundreds Turn Out for State Education Commissioner’s Public Forum

December 5, 2013 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - A lot of Western New Yorkers are concerned about the current state of public education in New York. That was the message last night as hundreds of people filled the Jamestown High School auditorium to meet with New York State Education … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 21st Century Learning Standards, Andrew Ludwig, Board of Regents, Chris Reilly, Common Core, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown Teachers Association, John King Jr., New York Education Department

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