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Standardized testing began in America in the mid-1800s, a practice spurred by leaders’ sincere desire to develop comprehensive, unbiased and uniform measures to compare students from diverse …
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By Ayyan Zubair
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1/29/16
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle’s words still resonate in 2016. I, just like countless other Americans, …
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By Ayyan Zubair
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1/13/16
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Hi, my name’s Ayyan. I’m an 18-year-old recent graduate of East Meadow High School and your average American teenager. My Sundays are devoted to watching football. My music library is …
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By Ayyan Zubair
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1/7/16
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Q. We’re in the middle of a construction problem, and hope you can help. Our contractor put wood columns in our house so it was easier to attach the sheetrock, he says.
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By Monte Leeper
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9/2/15
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The holidays really are most enjoyable at home. Having lived in Japan for one year, it’s wonderful to be back in the Christmas spirit in New York. Nothing better than snuggling up to read a nice book with cocoa on a cold night. Traveling and living abroad has truly given me a much great appreciation of home.
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By Adam Newshan
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1/13/15
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I’ve got a pretty new ankle bracelet. It depicts my four children, with two blue hearts and two pink hearts representing two boys and two girls, and two smaller, dangling blue hearts for my …
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By Mary Malloy
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12/17/14
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As the holidays approach and we give thanks for all we have, I wanted to thank readers, and the Heralds, for the first 25 years of this column.
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11/20/14
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No child should be sad at school. I’ve spent the last few months speaking to elementary and middle school principals in Nassau County.
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By Maureen T. Florio
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3/24/14
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When you decide what to write in a column, there are many subjects that you could cover. There’s only one problem.
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11/21/13
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No child should be sad at school. We just ended an exciting month for our children all over the country. October was designated as National Bullying Awareness Month and I took to the road to listen to children and to talk to them about bullying.
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By Maureen T. Florio
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11/7/13
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