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Conservative politics could play into school elections

The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections. more

By Alan Singer | 12/23/21

Slavery on L.I.: We should talk about it in school

I recently joined five Long Island high school students for a visit to the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor, the 18th-century site where many enslaved people of African descent lived. more

By Elaine Gross | 11/18/21

A militarized school is not a safe school

The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country. more

8/30/18

State must get teaching standards right this time

In the remarkable 2014 film “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, a maniacal music professor at an elite East Coast conservatory bent on producing the next truly great jazz musician . . . more

9/21/17

State should rethink its local-diploma policy

Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school. more

8/3/17

State must address Regents exam flaws

On June 16, the New York State Board of Regents issued a dryly worded “Notice to Teachers” regarding this year’s geometry Regents exam. It read . . . more

7/27/17

Here we go again: a new set of learning standards

New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core. more

6/1/17

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

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

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