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Long Beach High School Robert Browne, 18, who was paralyzed in a surfing accident in 2014, received a standing ovation on June 26 when he left his wheelchair to walk across the stage and received his diploma.

Long Beach High School graduates stepping toward the future

“Ever since taking the first step into the third-grade Lido class, I have felt a warm welcome,” Long Beach High School class of 2019 Salutatorian Dmytro Vremenko said of his first days as a … more

By Christopher Gharagozlo | 7/5/19

The state Education Department released results last week on the proficiency level scores of students in the Long Beach School District.

Long Beach opt-out rates increase

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com While more students across New York sat for the state’s grades three to eight English and math tests last spring, fewer Long Beach District students … more

By Bridget Downes | 10/4/18

State must get teaching standards right this time

In the remarkable 2014 film “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, a maniacal music professor at an elite East Coast conservatory bent on producing the next truly great jazz musician . . . more

9/21/17

While Long Beach Middle School students earned slightly better scores on the English Language Arts Common Core exams in 2017 than the prior year, their mathematics scores declined.

State ELA, math scores released

The New York State Education Department released the results of this spring’s Common Core exams last month, showing improved scores for Long Beach Middle School students who took English Language … more

By Bridget Downes | 9/7/17

State should rethink its local-diploma policy

Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school. more

8/3/17

Here we go again: a new set of learning standards

New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core. more

6/1/17

A total of 717 eligible students in the Long Beach school district chose to sit out last week’s Common Core English Language Arts exams.

Common Core opt out-rate higher than last year

Almost half of eligible Long Beach students in grades three through eight refused to take the Common Core English Language Arts exams last week. A total of 717 out of 1,565 enrolled students … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/6/17

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

Kaminsky remains the choice in the 9th S.D.

For the second time in seven months, voters in the 9th State Senate District will choose from among Democrat Todd Kaminsky, Republican Chris McGrath and Green Party candidate Laurence S. Hirsh for the district’s seat. more

11/2/16

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