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Most of the news stories focusing on high school graduation rates trumpet the fact that the rate in New York State has stabilized at 74 percent after a few years of rapid growth.
That satisfies …
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By Howard Schwach
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6/26/13
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When students come to school, they are taught lessons, they take tests and they get homework. But what they don’t know is all the behind-the-scenes work that takes place to teach them.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/15/13
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With the new Common Core Standards being implemented, New York state seems in line to roll out new, more difficult Regents Exams in the next school year, making them more akin to Advance Placement …
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By Alex Costello
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3/6/13
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Before school begins anew in September, the Oceanside School District Board of Trustees met for one last public meeting on Aug. 21 to discuss test results, as well as new policies and creative …
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By Aaron Axelson
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8/29/12
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The Valley Stream Central High School District posted a graduation rate well above the statewide average, according to data released by the New York State Education Department last month.
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By Brian Croce
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7/11/12
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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 …
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By Alex Costello
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6/6/12
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When Jason Nappy and Jonathan Castillo took their Regents exams at Valley Stream North High School, they had to prepare for the exams the old fashioned way: reading textbooks, asking teachers questions and then chiseling their answers on a stone slate. But that was way back in the early-to-mid 2000s; the way students study for exams now has changed.
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By Brian Croce
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5/25/12
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A trio of thorny issues — the 2012-13 school calendar, linking teacher evaluations to state aid, and the 2 percent tax levy cap — topped the agenda at the Jan. 18 Board of Education meeting
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Judy Rattner
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1/25/12
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To graduate high school in New York, every student must pass a variety of Regents exams. In principle, the exams are a good thing. They ensure that graduates know enough of the basic concepts from each subject to pass a test. In practice, however, the Regents exams show nothing.
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Ross Shulman
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11/18/10
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“Just when you think everything’s going well,” said school Superintendent Dr. William Johnson of new testing guidelines recently issued by the New York State Education Department, “it’s not.”
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Judy Rattner
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10/6/10
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