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We need to make changes to the Common Core

Since its implementation last year, the Common Core curriculum has become one of the most divisive educational issues in New York state in recent memory. more

2/6/14

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

Welcoming May, harbinger of happier days

We have had crueler months than April 2013, but this one singed the soul. more

5/2/13

One way in which our society is unequal? Education.

Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus. more

4/25/13

Mom was right: School makes you smarter

There has long been a terrible assumption about school success: It largely depends on the genetic code with which you were born. more

4/18/13

Donovan Berthoud/Herald Social studies teacher Lisa Scherer took home the top prize in Kennedy High School’s annual Dancing with the Teachers event, which this year raised funds for local Hurricane Sandy victims.

Kennedy teachers dance up a storm

Lisa Scherer, a social studies teacher at John F. Kennedy High School, is a fan of 1940s musicals. She said she saw her chance to learn to move like Ginger Rogers and other stars of the era’s lavish productions at her school’s twist on a more modern show, “Dancing with the Stars.” more

By Julie Mansmann | 3/11/13

Whatever happened to mandate relief?

New York state school districts are entering the second budget season under the state’s tax cap, which limits how much schools can increase property taxes each year. more

2/14/13

Mike Dolber, the Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers union president, will retire in June after 39 years in the teaching profession.

Bellmore-Merrick teachers' union president to retire

No doubt, 20-somethings entering the teaching profession these days face a daunting task in trying to land that first job at a time when school districts are slashing dozens of positions to reduce costs and meet a state-mandated 2 percent property-tax cap. Mike Dolber, a Merrick Avenue Middle School social studies teacher and president of the Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers union, understands their plight. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/5/13

Happy Thanksgiving

Amid all the complaints about what did not get done well before, during and after the storm, we shouldn’t forget to thank those who did so much good while the winds raged, and have in the days since. more

11/23/12

Calhoun High School English teacher Jason Elias, center, was recently named Mercy College’s Long Island Teacher of the Year. At a recent ceremony in his honor were, from left, Calhoun Principal David Seinfeld; social studies teacher Kate Caporusso; Elias’s wife, Danielle; his children, Aidan and Colin; Mercy College President Dr. Kimberly Cline; his parents, Marge and Dick Elias, and, in back, Central District Superintendent Dr. Henry Kiernan.

Mercy College honors Calhoun English teacher

Calhoun High School English teacher Jason Elias was driving when he got a call from his principal, David Seinfeld, in August. Since it was summer, when Elias wouldn’t expect to hear from Seinfeld, he figured something was up and had to answer, so he pulled over and picked up. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 10/24/12

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