Assemblyman Bobby Carrol (D-Brooklyn) is demanding the state Education Department mandate New York schools adopt a phonics-based literacy curriculum, known as the science of reading approach, as a recent study found almost half of New York school districts are using an outdated and ineffective model.
Day: October 13, 2025
Hostage Avinatan Or was finally reunited with girlfriend Noa Argamani on Monday after their kidnappings made them one of the most painful illustrations of the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023. Or, 32, was one of the final 20 living hostages freed as part of a truce deal between Israel and Hamas, and he quickly was…
Freed hostages embracing their families after months in captivity. Among them are Bar Kuperstein, who reunited with his father Tal, who stood from his wheelchair for the first time in five years. Also seen are Elkana Bohbot, Eitan Horn, and Segev Kalfon, finally reunited with loved ones in moments of relief, strength, and hope that…