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Assemblywoman Melissa "Missy" Miller said that her son Oliver was regressing in education due to not being able to attend class in-person.

In-person summer special education allowed, Cuomo says

With schools physically closed because of the coronavirus pandemic since mid-March, State Assemblywoman and Atlantic Beach resident Melissa “Missy” Miller has been hearing from … more

By Matthew Ferremi | 6/8/20

Schools: focus on students first, then learning

Last Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally offered students and teachers certainty about the rest of the 2019-20 school year when he canceled in-person classes through June to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Thank you, Mr. Cuomo. more

5/7/20

Lawrence Middle School students who have a 90 percent or higher attendance rate have a greater chance of succeeding in the classroom, experts say. At left, Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen greeted students on the first day of school.

Attendance high in Five Towns schools

Eighty percent of success in life is just showing up, Woody Allen once said, and nowhere is that more true than in school. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/24/19

Terrence Batts conducting the Lawrence High School orchestra in 2015. He said he was kept out of Honors classes as a student in the 1960s and ’70s, despite his clear academic abilities. Many students of color, he said, are automatically placed in lower-track classes, without regard to what he calls “intellectual heft.”

Reshaping class discussion on race and culture

Part three in a series. The New York State Education Department launched a new statewide curriculum in May intended to root out implicit bias and racism in all its forms in the schools while affirming students’ “racial, linguistic and cultural identities.” more

By Jeff Bessen and Briana Bonfiglio | 10/17/19

Mesivta Ateres Yaakov High School Head of School, Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, center, said his school does not need oversight from the state on how to educate its students. To his left was State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller and in the back Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Five Towns officials oppose State Education Department private school guidelines

Outside of Mesivta Ateres Yaakov High School in Lawrence on Aug. 29, several local Republican elected officials encouraged residents to make their thoughts known to the State Education Department for their proposed “Substantially Equivalent Instruction for Nonpublic School Students.” more

By Matthew Ferremi | 8/29/19

Combining religion and science, Midreshet Shalhevet High School students Tal Galon, left, and Avigayil Roffe demonstrated their musical Hanukkah menorah for State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages in February.

Show us the STEM money

A dozen Five Towns area schools are among 125 Jewish Day Schools and yeshivas statewide that will receive a portion of $5 million that New York state has designated for science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education reimbursement. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/1/19

The Shulamith School for Girls in Cedarhurst is awaiting an appeal decision from the State Education Department if two unvaccinated students can attend the school.

Shulamith School awaits decision on unvaccinated students

Despite a recent measles outbreak in New York City with 550 reported cases, a Five Towns school is awaiting a decision from the State Education Department on allowing two unvaccinated students to return to school. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 6/6/19

We must rethink state testing for grades 3-8

Welcome to another annual rite of spring: the state exams for grades three through eight. more

4/11/19

Lawrence School District parents aired their complaints on pre-kindergarten registration on a Facebook page. Above, the Number Four School where pre-K classes are held.

Lawrence parents question pre-kindergarten registration

The first days of school typically have a helter-skelter feel and in the Lawrence School District a few parents took issue with pre-kindergarten registration and vented their concerns on the Inwood/Lawrence Facebook page. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/5/18

Four snowstorms in March have resulted in the Hewlett-Woodmere using up its emergency days and Lawrence nearly at that point. Above, Howe Court in Woodmere on March 21.

Stop snowing! Emergency school closing days are gone

After four nor’easter snowstorms in March, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District has expended its allotted number of emergency closing days. The Lawrence district created a 184-day calendar. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/21/18

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