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A hair salon on Main Street was once a post office, telephone switchboard, library and Western Union office during the 19th century, Baylee Browning-Atkinson said during a holiday tour given by the Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor.

The Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor had something special in store for visitors this holiday season. For the first time, it hosted the Holiday Walking Tour, an hour-long … more

By Laura Lane | 12/16/22

Taking a holiday walk down memory lane

The Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor had something special in store for visitors this holiday season. For the first time, it hosted the Holiday Walking Tour; an hour-long … more

By Laura Lane | 12/15/22

Hewlett-Woodmere School District faculty gathered outside the high school before their walk on Nov. 16.

Hewlett-Woodmere staffers raise their voices on contracts

Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association members brought their fight for a new contract to the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting, having joined forces with the school district’s clerical staff, custodial and maintenance workers and information technology employees. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 11/23/22

Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association members marched along Broadway in Hewlett, from East Rockaway Road to Cedar Road, on the morning of Election Day to show their solidarity for a new contract.

Hewlett-Woodmere teachers rally on Election Day

The line of marchers along Broadway in Hewlett on Nov. 8 was not celebrating Homecoming. The procession comprised Hewlett-Woodmere public school teachers seeking a new union contract to replace the … more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 11/17/22

Our kids can’t do the math

When I was in high school in the Bronx in the 1960s, they didn’t let us use calculators on tests. They hadn’t invented them yet. more

By Alan Singer | 11/10/22

Marc Hecht presented his family’s story of the Holocaust to Lawrence Elementary School students last spring.

Focusing on Holocaust education in New York public schools

There is a renewed emphasis on Holocaust education thanks to a new state law signed in August by Gov. Kathy Hochul, requiring public school district superintendents to attest in a survey that their schools are making the Holocaust part of classroom instruction. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 10/20/22

Valley Stream Central High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month. Above, a history class at the school.

V.S. Central High School is National Blue Ribbon winner

The U.S. Department of Education recently released its list of 297 schools across the country that have been recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools. The award, created in 1982, is widely … more

By Juan Lasso | 9/29/22

The Valley Stream Central High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School for academic excellence by the U.S. Department of Education.

V.S. Central named a Blue Ribbon School

Valley Stream Central High School was one of four Long Island schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools for academic excellence by the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month. Central … more

By Juan Lasso | 9/22/22

Want to ensure democracy? Invest in education.

Summers are for beaches, barbecues and outdoor concerts. But for Faye, every day of her summers during her college years was spent inside a hot factory . . . more

9/1/22

Superintendents, SCHOOL trustees, and other top education leaders gathered for the SCOPE 37th Annual Dinner Meeting held at the Bourne Mansion last Tuesday to discuss the role and importance of school leaders for the upcoming school year. Superintendent Roxanne Garcia-France, back row and second from right, was among the attendees.

LI’s school leaders attend SCOPE dinner

Long Island’s public-school leaders and administrators gathered for SCOPE Education Services’ 37th Annual Dinner Meeting at Oakdale’s Bourne Mansion last Tuesday. The event offered … more

By Juan Lasso | 8/26/22