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Excuse me, Mr. Cuomo, but teachers are the good guys

Governor Cuomo certainly puts the “bully” in bully pulpit. In his State of the State address . . . more

1/29/15

In this corner, the governor. In the other, the teachers.

The saying “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” has been attributed to Mark Twain. You can add to that thought that everybody talks about public education but nobody does anything about it. more

1/22/15

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

Governor Cuomo is free at last!

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, in a disgusting display of political favoritism, pitted his union’s members against New York City police officers . . . more

8/27/14

OK, I'll say it: Teachers deserve tenure

In jumping into the teacher-tenure debate, I know I’m stirring up a hornet’s nest. But who doesn’t like a little danger now and again? So here goes. more

7/16/14

Malverne’s master teacher Charles Vessalico, right, celebrated a recent victory with his Mechanical Mules Robotics Team after qualifying for the quarter finals at this year’s FIRST robotics regional competition.

Malverne educator named Master Teacher

Malverne High School teacher Charles Vessalico has been chosen with 42 other teachers on Long Island as a New York State Master Teacher, a program that encourages educators to mentor their peers and … more

4/22/14

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

Welcome news on taxes

Long Islanders have a lot to be happy about these days. Not only is this wretched winter coming to an end, but our average proposed school-tax hike is the lowest it has been in more than four decades. more

3/27/14

We need to make changes to the Common Core

Since its implementation last year, the Common Core curriculum has become one of the most divisive educational issues in New York state in recent memory. more

2/6/14

Aside from being nominated for the National Teachers Hall of Fame, Izzo was named 2007’s New York State Teacher of the Year and a member of the board of directors of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year. She was also awarded the Lowell Milken Center Fellowship.

Malverne educator nominated for Teachers Hall of Fame

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 … more

1/23/14

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