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— Photo from Ned Greene

Quinn Toomey, a Berne-Knox-Westerlo student, holds a trophy he won at a competition for young inventors held in Schenectady. Students pitched their ideas, then followed through on them, for the invention showcase. Independent projects fell by the wayside as Common Core standards pushed for more testing, parents statewide said; a task force report issued last week shows that parents were heard, with timed testing and a push for student results coupled with teacher evaluations rescinded.