Maurice Lauriano

46 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, students in Massachusetts will take the computer-based assessments in grades 3 through 11.

39% of children ages 2 to 4 year-olds and 52% of kids ages 5 to 8 have used an iPad, iPhone or similar touch-screen device to play games, watch videos or use other apps, according to a survey last year by Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based nonprofit group.

New York City Public School staff and students are getting trained in general response protocol (GRP) to create building response teams to act in an emergency. There are three types of school alarms...evacuate, soft lockdown or hard lockdown and shelter-in.