Few would describe the study of teenage eating disorders as a “passion,” but that’s precisely how Kennedy High School senior Rachel Mashal sees it.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/14/15
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Teachers and community members wasted little time in calling for public education reforms in the new school year when dozens of protesters gathered on Merrick Road for a Sept. 17 rally. …
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/5/15
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“Remember, you are the future.”
Douglas Smestad repeated this affirmation daily to the hundreds of students he taught for two and a half decades in history classes at Calhoun High School, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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9/25/15
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I want to enumerate the many reasons I’m so against making test scores count for 50 percent of the ratings.
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6/24/15
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Miriam Graff, a longtime Merrick resident whose work as nutritionist and home economics teacher supported public health, died on May 28. She was 93.
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6/24/15
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The budget for next school year would sustain funding for the district’s functions and programs, according to Superintendent David Feller.
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5/13/15
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The district would add one English as a new language teacher, who would rotate between Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside, and two special education teachers, who would work at Birch and Levy-Lakeside.
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5/13/15
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Last week more than a thousand third- to eighth-grade students in the Merricks did not take state English Language Arts tests.
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By Brian Racow
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4/22/15
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After months of wrangling, New York state finally has a budget, and with it come some major changes in the state’s educational system. Among them is the Education Transformation Act, which institutes new practices for recruiting and evaluating teachers, and will affect both the Oceanside and Island Park districts.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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4/15/15
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For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . .
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4/9/15
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