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At press time, the New York State Board of Regents was poised to place a four-year moratorium on the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers’ classroom performance. Above, English teacher Laura Sheridan worked recently with senior Malik Daniels in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program.

In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate … more

By Scott Brinton | 12/16/15

Kennedy High School science researcher Rachel Mashal, left, was recently selected as one of only five 2015 Rising Scientists by the nonprofit Child Mind Institute. She was joined by her Kennedy research adviser, Barbi Frank, an Advanced Placement biology teacher.

Kennedy H.S. senior honored for eating-disorder research

Few would describe the study of teenage eating disorders as a “passion,” but that’s precisely how Kennedy High School senior Rachel Mashal sees it. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/14/15

Bellmore-Merrick parents and teachers in the elementary and high school districts gathered on Merrick Road for a rally for public education reform on Sept. 17. Mepham High School leave-replacement teacher Lisa Ralish, right, was one of the many who made their own colorful signs.

Teachers, parents protest state standards

Teachers and community members wasted little time in calling for public education reforms in the new school year when dozens of protesters gathered on Merrick Road for a Sept. 17 rally. … more

By Julie Mansmann | 10/5/15

Smestad’s Knights, a group formed to honor Douglas Smestad, a beloved Calhoun High School history teacher, raised more than $10,000 for the American Cancer Society in his honor in 2014.

Calhoun recalls Renaissance educator

“Remember, you are the future.” Douglas Smestad repeated this affirmation daily to the hundreds of students he taught for two and a half decades in history classes at Calhoun High School, … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/25/15

State is wrong on teacher evaluations

I want to enumerate the many reasons I’m so against making test scores count for 50 percent of the ratings. more

6/24/15

Mepham High School junior Kristen Corless, left, posed with her first-place certificate at the American Association of Teachers of Italian poetry recitation contest

Mepham student wins Italian poetry contest

A Mepham High School student recently won a Long Island-wide Italian poetry contest. Junior Kristen Corless earned first place in Level IV of an Italian poetry recitation contest sponsored by the … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/17/15

The components of the new Education Transformation Act of 2015.

Teachers face new job performance criteria

After months of wrangling, New York state finally has a budget, and with it come some major changes in the state’s educational system. Among them is the Education Transformation Act, which institutes new practices for recruiting and evaluating teachers, and will affect both the Oceanside and Island Park districts. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 4/15/15

The state budget: some good, some bad

For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . . more

4/9/15

Marla Kilfoyle, a leader of the activist organization Badass Teachers Association, spoke at a forum on state education policies on March 31 at Brookside School in North Merrick.

Parents, educators decry testing at forum

On March 31, a crowd of roughly 150 people, mostly parents and teachers in Bellmore and Merrick, packed the auditorium at Brookside School in North Merrick for a forum on the state’s education policies. more

By Brian Racow | 4/9/15

Bellmore-Merrick teachers and parents who took part in Paint Merrick Road Red for Public Ed to voice their concerns about the state of public education in New York and raise public awareness of changes made to the system.

Teachers, parents knock Cuomo at Merrick Road rally

The bleats of car horns blared through the air in front of Levy Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick last Friday afternoon — but not because of traffic. Drivers were honking at more than 100 … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/6/15

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