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Marla Kilfoyle, a leader of the activist organization Badass Teachers Association, spoke at a forum on state education policies on March 31 at Brookside School in North Merrick.

Parents, educators decry testing at forum

On March 31, a crowd of roughly 150 people, mostly parents and teachers in Bellmore and Merrick, packed the auditorium at Brookside School in North Merrick for a forum on the state’s education policies. more

By Brian Racow | 4/9/15

Merrick Spanish teachers Toni Allen, left, and Jacki Geltman posed outside Allen’s classroom door. A sign on the door reads, “¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!” Translation: “Welcome to Spanish class!”

Merrick board agrees to keep Spanish

The Merrick School District administration reversed course last Tuesday on a recent recommendation to cut Spanish from the curriculum, citing the importance of foreign language in the elementary school, or FLES, and pledging to keep and improve Merrick’s Spanish program. more

By Brian Racow | 2/10/15

Shari Dorfman and Ruth Rosenberg, fifth-grade teachers at Levy-Lakeside School in Merrick, attended a New York Mets game at Citi Field. The “42” statute in the background memorializes Jackie Robinson, who wore the number and is one of the historical figures Dorfman and Rosenberg teach their students about as an example of ‘how one person can make a difference.’

Levy-Lakeside teachers published in national journal

Elementary school classrooms can and should operate as “laboratories” for a more just world, teaching children values of tolerance and fairness and empowering them with confidence that they can effect change for good, according to an article that Levy-Lakeside School teachers Shari Dorfman and Ruth Rosenberg wrote for Social Studies and the Young Learner, a peer-edited academic journal published by the National Council for the Social Studies. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 4/24/13

Levy-Lakeside celebrates reading

Elected officials, fires officials, school principals, librarians, and community members met up at Levy-Lakeside Friday morning for the school;s annual Community Read In. They came to read special books to classes and discussed what they do in their work. Among the participants were Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. more

4/15/10

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