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For every large-scale social movement, there is a “tipping point, that magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire.” So wrote New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell in . . . more

9/15/16

A chance to rethink Common Core

The Massachusetts State Board of Education recently rejected the battery of state exams required by the Common Core curriculum. It was a bold –– and pathetic –– move on the board’s part. more

12/3/15

Dr. Robert Dillon, right, with Nassau BOCES Board President Eric Schultz, was installed as the organization’s superintendent on Aug. 20.

Dr. Robert Dillon installed as BOCES sup't

Nassau BOCES installed former East Meadow School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Dillon as its new district superintendent at a board meeting on Aug. 20. more

By David Weingrad | 8/27/15

How East Meadow's passing rates on the state assessments have fared since the exams' incorporation of the Common Core State State Standards in 2013.

Test results remain largely unchanged

State test scores in the East Meadow School District saw little change this year from 2013-14, a lack of progress that mirrored a statewide trend, and which district officials said underscored the inadequacies of the high-stakes testing program based on the Common Core State Standards implemented three years ago. more

By David Weingrad | 8/19/15

McVey Elementary School was one of 19 schools nominated in January by the State Education Department for the Blue Ribbon award.

Opt-outs may cost McVey coveted Blue Ribbon award

In January, McVey Elementary School Principal Kerry Dunne learned that her school was one of 19 across the state that had been nominated for the coveted Blue Ribbon award, a national honor that singles out schools with a record of academic excellence. more

By David Weingrad | 8/5/15

Barnum Woods is one of five elementary schools in the East Meadow School District that will take part in a uniform plan to accommodate children next year who refuse to take the state-mandated English and math assessments.

Principals applaud Board of Ed

The opposition voiced by the East Meadow School District’s Board of Education earlier this month to the Common Core State Standard’s reliance on high-stakes testing and teacher evaluations has met with praise across the district, according to three building principals. more

By David Weingrad | 7/22/15

East Meadow school district trustees, clockwise from top left, Jeffrey Rosenking, Scott Eckers, Melissa Tell, Joseph Danenza, Brian O’Flaherty, Vice President Marcee Rubinstein and President Joseph Parisi.

Board of Ed takes stand against Common Core

The East Meadow School District Board of Education has publicly voiced its opposition to the controversial, state-mandated Common Core State Standards, criticizing in particular the program’s reliance on high-stakes testing and its ties to teacher and administrator evaluations. more

By David Weingrad | 7/15/15

The Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center serves as the administrative offices for the East Meadow School District and hosts Board of Education meetings.

Tensions rise at school board meeting

Complaints from residents that a lack of communication and transparency in the East Meadow School District has created a toxic relationship between the administration and parents were the focus at last week’s Board of Education meeting. more

By David Weingrad | 5/6/15

Let's start over with Common Core

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears locked in a political death spiral. Last year brought growing dissatisfaction with the State Education Department’s dysfunctional implementation of the new Common Core State Standards . . . more

4/30/15

Refusals spiked in East Meadow for the state ELA exam from 2014, when just 1 percent of test-eligible students declined the test.

Nearly 800 refuse state ELA tests

The number of East Meadow students who refused the English Language Arts state assessments last week spiked drastically from the total a year ago, a sign that parents are joining a growing statewide movement opposed to high-stakes testing based on the rigorous Common Core State Standards. more

By David Weingrad | 4/22/15

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