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Next week, when students return to classes, they will be greeted by new teachers, meet some new classmates and may even notice the shiny floors and clean desks.
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8/30/12
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High school seniors all over the Herald’s coverage area are graduating. Tassels are moved, mortarboards are launched into the air and tears are shed by fellow grads, teachers, friends and relatives.
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6/28/12
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It’s not often that a teacher stays in the classroom for a half-century. Richard Herrmann did. The Central High School English teacher, beloved by his students, is retiring after 52 years. The 75-year-old Herrmann, who noted that “a lot people don’t even live to 75,” said it was a tough decision to give up a job he loves.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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6/13/12
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A study on school district segregation recently released by the Long Island Index concluded that the rate of segregation is double the national average on Long Island and nearly triple the national …
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By Alex Costello
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5/16/12
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To the layman, the publication of teacher ratings would seem to make sense. Don’t parents have the right to know the effectiveness of their children’s teachers? This sentiment is frequently expressed by well-meaning people. However, this thinking is extremely flawed, and I am troubled by this “rush to judgment.”
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By Steve Kussin
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3/16/12
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When Joseph Szabo first came to teach art classes at Malverne High School in 1972, he was 28 — only a decade older than some of his students. Still, the Ohio native had difficulty relating to …
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Lee Landor
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1/25/12
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Donna Banek, a seventh-grade science teacher at the Howard T. Herber Middle School in Malverne, has been appointed to represent all of Nassau County in the Science Teachers Association of New York …
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12/14/11
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Adrianna DeAngelis fears that kindergartners at Malverne’s Maurice W. Downing Primary School will languish if their teachers remain without help. At the Malverne Board of Education’s …
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Lee Landor
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9/21/11
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Second of two parts.
There is little doubt that the recession is finding its way into the classroom. Last week, young job hunters in the field of education and school district administrators teamed up to tell the story of how competitive the job market for teachers has become on Long Island.
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By Fran Berkman
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7/20/11
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As has been the case for decades, there are more career opportunities for those with college degrees than those without. The Great Recession of 2007-09 proved that point. While the unemployment rate for those without university degrees soared into the double digits, it remained below 5 percent — full employment — for those with a college education, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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6/23/11
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