Tony Bennett News

Common Core State Standards are taking center stage this summer as teachers head into the classroom to learn how to better enhance learning opportunities to support student success.

Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett, center, talks about FCAT score improvement at Starkey Elementary School in Seminole in May. Behind him, from left, are Pinellas Superintendent Michael Grego, Pasco Superintendent Kurt Browning and Starkey Elementary Principal Audrey Chaffin.

When Tony Bennett hits the Denver Botanic Gardens stage this Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, he will smile at the kids, wink at the ladies and swing those snaps.

GLASGOW'S first lady of jazz Carol Kidd will fly back to Scotland this month for an emotional homecoming gig.

As we hit the six-month mark since the Newtown shootings, the response to new gun laws is a mixed bag.

CHELSEA & FRIENDS PRESENT AN EVENING OF SONG & MUSIC TO BENEFIT LUNCH BREAK On Saturday, June 22, Chelsea Palermo and Friends will present a special evening to benefit Lunch Break, the soup kitchen and pantry that serves the greater Red Bank area.

Tony Bennett claimed to have left his heart in the City by the Bay, but nobody would have known if it weren't for an agent and some disc jockeys who preferred the "B" side of a record to the now forgotten "A" side.

President Obama is likely to face strong opposition from some foreign leaders at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland for his decision to begin arming rebels opposing Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad.

Facebook is revealing how much user data it's been forced to turn over to the federal government.

A huge wildfire in Colorado left at least two people dead. Flames have destroyed at least 400 homes and other buildings.

Legendary American singer-songwriter, playwright and poet Dory Previn passed away last year at age 86. Born Dorothy Veronica Langan in 1925, her long and fascinating career began in the 1950's when she was hired as a lyricist by MGM Studios after meeting film producer Arthur Freed.

Back by popular demand, Staten Island's own Tony Babino - better known as Tony B - returns to Lorenzo's Cabaret at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield, in a mega-production set for Friday evening, June 21. Recognized as one of today's premier vocalists and torchbearers of the Great American Songbook, Tony B will be backed by a swingin' orchestra ... (more)

Dostoevsky, Hemingway, and Faulkner were sitting quietly on their shelves, but down the hall at the Greenwich Library in Gibbstown, an alto sax, electric guitar, drums, and bass were starting to swing.

This week's opening review will be the first album in more than a decade by the "Piano Prince of New Orleans," Davell Crawford.

Tallahassee, Fla. , June 13, 2013 - Commissioner of Education Dr. Tony Bennett will host the 26th Annual Commissioner's Business Recognition Awards reception tonight in Tampa.

Veteran crooner Tony Bennett and R&B star John Legend were feted for their tireless efforts to improve the lives of children at a charity gala in New York on Tuesday .

ARTS IN THE CITY, a new monthly magazine series from CUNY TV covering the people, places and events that make New York City a haven for the arts and for those enriched by them, makes its debut on CUNY TV in June, in celebration of the station's new over-the-air broadcast signal, Ch.

It looks like the Lady Gaga collaboration that Tony Bennett teased a few months back is becoming a reality.

After my rant about aggressive and dominant drummers, along comes Yoron Israel and, no, I hadn't heard of him before either, but what a delightful surprise.

People are going to be shocked by how great she can sing," the musician said. With the latest album ready to go, three books out and an art exhibition set for Montreal later this year, Bennett said he can't work enough.