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Rabbi Baruch Noy, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway’s STEM curriculum coordinator, showed Peter Drukker, center, and Noah Popack how to use the state-of-the-art laser cutter in the middle school’s laboratory.
Where teachers, students meet technology
Students still read textbooks and jot notes in paper binders today, but technology reigns supreme in most all Long Island schools and in most all grades, from kindergarten through high school. How teachers apply that technology and how students learn to use the high-tech devices at their disposal will, no doubt, have a profound effect on education — and the work world of the future. more
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The Board of Education hired a firm to aid the district in its search for a new superintendent.
School board hires firm for superintendent search
The Board of Education voted 4-1 to hire a consulting firm at its Oct. 12 meeting to aid the district in its search for a new superintendent. After former Schools Superintendent David Weiss … more
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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
Time to get an education
New York state has some of the nation’s best schools, and some of the worst. Many suburban schools are considered models of learning . . . more
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
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
Maureen Vrona, left, and Dr. Dennis Ryan.
L.B. school budget passes, Ryan and Vrona re-elected
By a count of 1,967 votes to 589, residents approved the Long Beach School District’s $135 million budget for the 2017-18 school year on Tuesday. Incumbents Dr. Dennis Ryan and Maureen Vrona … more
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Library board incumbent Kathleen Dwyer, left, library board candidate Sam Pinto, School board incumbent Maureen Vrona, school board incumbent Dr. Dennis Ryan.
Re-elect Ryan and Vrona to the school board
With two seats on the Board of Education contested by three candidates, the Herald urges residents to re-elect incumbents Dr. Dennis Ryan and Maureen Vrona. Ryan, who has served on the board for … more
Two Long Beach Board of Education trustees, Dr. Dennis Ryan, left, and Maureen Vrona, are running for re-election this year.
L.B. school board race kicks off
A former nurse at East Elementary School has joined this year’s school board race, and will face two incumbents. Long Beach residents will vote on May 16 on the proposed $135 million budget for … more
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School board Trustee Maureen Vrona, second from left, discussed the budget presentation with Chief Operating Officer Michael DeVito at the March 23 school board meeting.
Board of Ed adopts $135M budget
The Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the 2017-18 budget last week, a $135 million spending plan that represents a -.15 percent decrease over the current budget and includes a $1.9 … more
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