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Ian Acriche, left, Natalie Aller, Samuel Bogdanov and Brandon Weiss, all Hewlett High freshmen, will compete in the nationals of the eCYBERMISSION science contest.

Hewlett High students named national finalists

Two teams of Hewlett High School freshmen won a total of $17,500 in U.S. Savings Bonds and one of the teams are national finalists in the annual eCYBERMISSION competition, a web-based science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition for sixth through ninth-grade teams. more

5/18/16

A growing number of Long Island students are not taking the state standardized exams.

Opt-out numbers grow on Long Island

Opting out of the state standardized tests in English Language Arts given to students in grades three through eight last week and the math exams this week has grown on Long Island. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/13/16

Franklin Early Childhood Center in Hewlett is expected to have its boiler replaced as part of the school district’s capital improvements.

H-W unveils a preliminary $115.35m budget

Included in Hewlett-Woodmere School District’s proposed $115.35 million budget for the 2016-’17 fiscal year is money to hire 2.9 new teachers—two full time and two part time—and support four program initiatives. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/17/16

At press time, the New York State Board of Regents was poised to place a four-year moratorium on the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers’ classroom performance. Above, English teacher Laura Sheridan worked recently with senior Malik Daniels in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program.

State task force: Overhaul Common Core

In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate … more

By Scott Brinton | 12/16/15

The governor-appointed task force identified these issues as the major problems with the rollout and implementation of the state’s Common Core Learning Standards.

Common Core to be overhauled

The State Board of Regents approved a four-year moratorium Tuesday on using the annual state English and math tests for students in grades three to eight for teacher evaluations or student promotion which was among the 21 recommendations that the 15-member governor-appointed task force unveiled for reevaluating the Common Core Learning Standards that New York State implemented more than three years ago. The ban will last until the 2019-2020 school year. more

By Jeff Bessen and Scott Brinton | 12/16/15

Pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade size classes at the Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence school districts.

Maintaining optimal class sizes

The administrators, Board of Education trustees and teachers in the Hewett-Woodmere and Lawrence school districts work together in their respective communities to help ensure that class size and the teacher-student ratio is ideal for learning. more

By Vanessa Parker | 9/23/15

State is wrong on teacher evaluations

I want to enumerate the many reasons I’m so against making test scores count for 50 percent of the ratings. more

6/24/15

Across Long Island, the numbers of public school students who opted out of this year’s state tests increased drastically.

Opting out raises concerns

Across Long Island, a large number of public school students did not take this year’s state assessments in English Language Arts and math, which were given to third- through eighth-grade students this month, according to figures reported by many schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/29/15

The components of the new Education Transformation Act of 2015.

Teachers face new job performance criteria

After months of wrangling, New York state finally has a budget, and with it come some major changes in the state’s educational system. Among them is the Education Transformation Act, which institutes new practices for recruiting and evaluating teachers, and will affect both the Oceanside and Island Park districts. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 4/15/15

The state budget: some good, some bad

For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . . more

4/9/15

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