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Hewlett High School’s literary magazine, Vintage, was recognized for excellence by the National Council of Teachers of English. Editor-In-Chief Anna Tevzadze, left, and Vintage Literary Arts club adviser Dr. Darla Smyth.

A ‘Vintage’ year for Hewlett High School literary magazine

The National Council of Teachers of English announced that Vintage, Hewlett High School’s literary magazine, has been selected to receive a rank of Recommended for the highest award in the 2017 NCTE program that recognizes excellence in student literary magazines. more

By Ashley Carl | 3/23/18

Teachers carrying guns? Not here.

In times of crisis, it’s easy to overreact. President Trump overreacted when he called over the weekend for funding to train and arm teachers . . . more

3/16/18

Lawrence Elementary School teachers Gilynn Cromartie, left, and Geri Miranda (fifth grade) and Linda Rasmussen and Gail Lorberbaum (third grade) showed their appreciation booklets made their students and the PTA.

Lawrence appreciates it's staff

For nearly half the school day at Lawrence Elementary School at the Broadway Campus, specifically room 254, where Shelley Citrin, the school psychologist works, roughly 100 teachers, administrators and staff walked in and out after filling plates with bagels, muffins, pastries or fruit and pouring orange juice, ice tea or a variety of iced coffees into cups. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/21/17

Lawrence PTA members received training from Nassau Region PTA representatives. In front from left were Tiffany Capers, Region assistant director Section 1, Pat Assortato, region director, Pam Makaea Lawrence High School PTA co-president, Belinda Espinosa, LHS PTA co-president, Lini Bansi, LHS PTA treasurer. In back from left were Gregory Wright, LHS PTA secretary, Diane McPartland, region secretary, Barbara Reynolds, region associate director and Patricia Genco, region treasurer.

Lawrence PTA in training

Lawrence School District Parent Teacher Association members learned more about what their role is and how to be more effective advocates at an in-house training session at the Broadway campus on Sept. 13. more

9/21/17

State must address Regents exam flaws

On June 16, the New York State Board of Regents issued a dryly worded “Notice to Teachers” regarding this year’s geometry Regents exam. It read . . . more

7/27/17

Marguerite Izzo, a fifth-grade teacher in the Malverne School District, with Rep. Kathleen Rice last week after she introduced the Teachers and Parents at the Table Act in Washington, D.C.

Bringing parents and teachers to the federal table

Ten years ago, Howard T. Herber Middle School teacher Marguerite Izzo found herself in the office of U.S. Sen. Carolyn McCarthy and began recounting her observations stemming from the No Child Left Behind Act. As she was talking, McCarthy yelled for an aide to grab a notebook and start writing. “I couldn’t believe someone cared,” said Izzo, adding that this was the beginning of legislation to involve teachers in writing federal education policy. “The legislation was introduced two or three times, but never got off the ground,” Izzo said. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/27/17

Lawrence School District teachers, along with educators from nearly 30 other districts, marched outside the Broadway Campus in support of a new contract on May 17.

Teachers rally for a common cause

Lawrence Teachers Association members received the support of nearly 30 other teachers’ groups from school district across the South Shore, and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, at a rally outside the Broadway campus in Lawrence on May 17. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/25/17

State must lead on Common Core testing

Nearly 95,000 Long Island children in grades three through eight — roughly 52 percent of the total — did not take the New York state standardized English Language Arts exam last week, as the “opt-out” movement continued . . . more

4/6/17

How ‘opt out’ roiled Common Core

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

Lawrence School District to appeal PERB decision

Lawrence School District is appealing a Public Employees Relations Board decision that it must “cease and desist” immediately its addition of a sixth teaching period for teachers in the middle school and high school. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/14/16

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