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We don’t need Albany’s concrete fist in Nassau

New York has lost Oyster Bay. Well, more accurately, the state has lost 300,000 people — the town’s population — in just a single year. more

1/19/23

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

Shanequa Levin, 40, of Huntington Station, is the founder of Women’s Diversity Network, a group that advocates for the racial and cultural integration of systems.

Long Islanders advocate for racial justice

As a stay-at-home mother in 2006, Shanequa Levin, of Huntington Station, was feeling stir-crazy. She had two children — ages 4 and 8 at the time — and had just moved to the town in … more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 2/27/20

When it comes to diversity, we could do better

February, known nationally as Black History Month, is an appropriate time to work toward closing the opportunity gap for people of color. more

2/7/20

Let’s continue to pursue Dr. King’s dream

February marks another year of Black History Month, and it’s important for us to take note of how far America has come since black slaves were first brought to the country some 400 years ago. more

1/31/20

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

The lack of diversity in Long Island’s teaching ranks was the subject of extensive discussion at the Long Island Educator Diversity Convening at Hofstra University last spring. Among the panelists were, from left, Wayne White, president of the Bellport Teachers Association; Lillian Hsiao, an English as a New Language teacher in the Great Neck School District; Jemal Graham, assistant principal at H.B. Thompson Middle School in the Syosset district; and Dafny Joy Irizarry Ortiz, an ENL teacher in the Central Islip district.

Study: 92% of L.I. teachers are white

Ninety-two percent of Long Island public-school teachers are white. In nearly two-thirds of Long Island schools, there are no black teachers. In more than two-fifths of them, there are no Latino teachers. And most children grow up in segregated communities that divide along school district lines. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/10/19

Highlighting the impact of human rights and MLK

Lawrence Woodmere Academy is very diverse. Students are exposed to different types of people and cultures. This being the case, students thought that a human and animal rights week would be beneficial. Held before winter break, and each day of the week alternated between women’s and minority rights, children’s and disability rights, and LGBTQ rights. more

Allison Siegel | 1/12/18

Lawrence Elementary School fourth-grader Tali Smith showed South African educator Dr. Berte van Wyk her writing. At left was Janiya Miller, and behind her was Danielle Domanas.

Bridging the cultural divide

Lawrence School District students could have one distinct advantage compared with their peers in other districts: They are more likely to understand and communicate with people from different ethnic backgrounds. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/10/17

This doctor’s dream took root in Haiti

By the time Mahalia Desruisseaux was 6 or 7 years old, she had already decided that she would be a doctor. The now 46-year-old recalls her frequent trips to the Haitian orphanage run by her father, where her mother was a teacher. She saw firsthand her parents’ desire to help those who are less fortunate, which they passed on to their daughter. more

By Daine Taylor and Scott Brinton | 11/30/16

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