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.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/27/17
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Walking into a gymnasium full of cheering children and educators at Davison Avenue School last Friday, to attend what she thought was a pep rally before state testing starts this week, fifth-grade …
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By Emily Webb
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4/1/14
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Marguerite Izzo, a fifth-grade teacher at Davison Avenue Intermediate School in the Malverne School District, has been nominated for the National Teachers Hall of Fame, an annual award given to only …
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1/23/14
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Marguerite Izzo, a fifth-grade teacher at Davison Avenue Intermediate School, has been awarded the prestigious Lowell Milken Center Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded on the basis of merit to …
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7/9/13
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