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State must revamp school violence reporting

Nearly half a million students, ages 12 to 18, fell victim to violence at schools across the U.S. in 2014, the last year for which statistics are available, according to . . . more

12/2/16

Common Core — what a mess it is

More than 200,000 New York students “opted out” of the grades three-through-eight Common Core English and math exams this spring. more

8/19/15

We need an education commissioner who listens

The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . . more

12/24/14

Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents Roger Tilles visited Lawrence Middle School on Sept. 19. At left were school district Board of Education Trustee Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Tilles and Superintendent Gary Schall.

Talking education with Roger Tilles

Born in Great Neck and educated in that district’s public schools, Roger Tilles has an indelible memory of the last time he was in a school building in the Lawrence School District which he visited on Sept. 19. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/24/14

Advanced Regents stats vary for Malverne, W.H. grads

The New York State Education Department reported on April 29 that 53.6 percent of graduating seniors on Long Island last year received Regents Diplomas with Advanced Designation, counting 47.7 … more

By Emily Webb | 5/6/14

National Teachers Hall of Fame Director Carol Strickland, right, presented Marguerite Izzo, a teacher in the Malverne district for the last 35 years, with an honorary plaque to mark her induction into the organization at an assembly in the Davison Avenue School gymnasium on March 28.

Izzo named to National Teachers Hall of Fame

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 … more

By Emily Webb | 4/1/14

Our schoolchildren are seeing tests in their sleep

Almost every one of us has had the experience of watching a child, a grandchild or the children of friends suffer through the anxiety of continuous tests at every level of the educational ladder. more

3/13/14

PTA's Common Core moratorium is right way to go

New York students taking algebra –– mostly ninth-graders and advanced eighth-graders –– got a surprise at the beginning of the school year. more

11/21/13

The NCLB was passed in 2001 with the intention of increasing student performacne. the state will now have more flexibility to close achievement gaps and set its own goals.

New York earns No Child Left Behind waiver

Last week, the federal government granted New York a waiver to provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act that will allow it to set new standards for students and not be held to the 2014 deadline of … more

By Alex Costello | 6/6/12

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