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The Lawrence Teachers Association filed a complaint in 2011 with the New York State Public Employment Relations Board, charging that the Lawrence School District’s use of an online learning program called Adventa to replace summer school reduced opportunities for teachers to work, in violation of the union’s contract with the district.
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JEFF BESSEN
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1/5/12
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Dozens of volunteers from the Five Towns and Bellmore-Merrick communities turned out on Thursday to help at Rock and Wrap It Up’s annual Thanksgiving feast at the First Congregational Church at Beach 94th Street in Rockaway Beach, which provides a hot meal of turkey and ham with all the trimmings to families in need.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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11/25/11
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As a means of improving teacher performance and hopefully boosting student achievement, the Lawrence School District and Lawrence Teachers Association have agreed to changes in instructor observations, which are part of annual appraisals and performance reviews. The district and the teachers’ union are currently in contract negotiations.
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JEFF BESSEN
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9/29/11
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Second of two parts.
There is little doubt that the recession is finding its way into the classroom. Last week, young job hunters in the field of education and school district administrators teamed up to tell the story of how competitive the job market for teachers has become on Long Island.
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By Fran Berkman
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7/20/11
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As has been the case for decades, there are more career opportunities for those with college degrees than those without. The Great Recession of 2007-09 proved that point. While the unemployment rate for those without university degrees soared into the double digits, it remained below 5 percent — full employment — for those with a college education, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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6/23/11
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Second of two parts.
Last time I introduced the ups and downs in the teacher job market. Not long ago, I warned that a dangerous teacher shortage was on the horizon; now, we’re talking about cutbacks, layoffs, and the difficulty of getting a teaching job. What’s the story?
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By Steve Kussin
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5/6/11
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The student, all of 12 or 13 years old, slammed my already broken left hand against the cinder-block wall. Pain shot down my plastered skin. The boy then ran out of the suspension room, pursuing another student with whom he had gotten into a fistfight.
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Scott Brinton
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4/7/11
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Randi Weingarten, former president of the United Federation of Teachers, now head of the American Federation of Teachers, recently delivered a speech titled, “Towards a True Development and Evaluation System.” She was being proactive by presenting her own plan in response to recent calls for revamping teacher assessment and tenure.
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By Steve Kussin
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3/17/11
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The New York Times reported last week that three-quarters of the 17,500 freshman at City University of New York’s six community colleges require remedial classes in reading and writing and math.
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Randi Kreiss
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3/10/11
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As a part of an ongoing tradition, members of the Lawrence Teachers Association, staff and student volunteers distributed full turkey dinners to needy district families three days before Christmas.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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1/5/11
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