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Dr. Robert Davis was director of the Madison Project, commissioned at Syracuse University to study the reasons for students having difficulties learning mathema

Guest Commentary In the May 7 edition of the Press-Republican there appears a Newsday editorial, part of a summary of views from around the state, concerning the need for standardized testing. Their viewpoint is that “testing kids has merit,” and their perceived importance of standardized testing is being eroded during this pandemic, perhaps never to recover once the virus is defeated. They claim “properly designed and administered [standardized] tests can tell us what students have mas...

Guest Commentary On the occasion of George Washington’s birthday, Gillian Brockell published in the Washington Post and on social media a useful and timely commentary regarding the importance of our first president’s farewell address. “The nation’s first president was the only one not to have declared himself part of a political party, but by the end of his presidency only Federalists remained in his Cabinet. Factional (partisan) bickering between Federalists and Democratic Republican...