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Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Regent Roger Tilles stood before a green screen made by students in the Global Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.

Education commissioner and regent visit BHS

Baldwin High School welcomed State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and the Long Island representative of the State Board of Regents, Roger Tilles, to tour the school and survey students enrolled in the district’s academy programs. more

By Daine Taylor | 3/30/17

State must revamp school violence reporting

Nearly half a million students, ages 12 to 18, fell victim to violence at schools across the U.S. in 2014, the last year for which statistics are available, according to . . . more

12/2/16

Oceanside resident Betty Pilnick explained her son’s inability to pursue his musical career after high school because he will lack a high school diploma.

Dispute over diplomas and disabled students

Scores of angry parents of high school students with disabilities gathered last week to lambast a state government and education panel over a new program that denies the teens a high school diploma. … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 12/17/15

Common Core — what a mess it is

More than 200,000 New York students “opted out” of the grades three-through-eight Common Core English and math exams this spring. more

8/19/15

We need an education commissioner who listens

The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . . more

12/24/14

Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents Roger Tilles visited Lawrence Middle School on Sept. 19. At left were school district Board of Education Trustee Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Tilles and Superintendent Gary Schall.

Talking education with Roger Tilles

Born in Great Neck and educated in that district’s public schools, Roger Tilles has an indelible memory of the last time he was in a school building in the Lawrence School District which he visited on Sept. 19. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/24/14

The Baldwin School District, graduated 92 percent of its students in 2013, including Nicholas Kelliher, left, and Leron Wellington, according to data released by the New York State Education Department.

Graduation rate holds steady

The Baldwin School District’s graduation rate remained consistent with previous years in 2012-13, according to data released by the New York State Education Department last month, and while there’s always room for improvement, Superintendent James Scannell said he is happy with the results. more

By Brian Croce | 7/9/14

Our schoolchildren are seeing tests in their sleep

Almost every one of us has had the experience of watching a child, a grandchild or the children of friends suffer through the anxiety of continuous tests at every level of the educational ladder. more

3/13/14

PTA's Common Core moratorium is right way to go

New York students taking algebra –– mostly ninth-graders and advanced eighth-graders –– got a surprise at the beginning of the school year. more

11/21/13

The NCLB was passed in 2001 with the intention of increasing student performacne. the state will now have more flexibility to close achievement gaps and set its own goals.

New York earns No Child Left Behind waiver

Last week, the federal government granted New York a waiver to provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act that will allow it to set new standards for students and not be held to the 2014 deadline of … more

By Alex Costello | 6/6/12

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