Five months after Anthony Cruz stood before the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education advocating for the creation of a student liaison position to the board, members voted …
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/6/18
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The men burst into the house and dragged out the 15-year-old boy as his mother screamed for help. The sheriff’s men bound the boy’s hands and feet, loaded him into their car and . . .
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5/24/18
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The Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education approved a new scholarship at its Jan. 9 meeting in honor of longtime CHS supporters Edward and Genevieve MacLean. Backed by a $5,000 donation from the couple’s children, the scholarship will be awarded to two students – one from Central and one from South High School – based academic performance, as well as their participation both the high school and
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By Timothy Denton
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1/31/18
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Part five in the series “Educating the 21st Century Child.”Mepham High School broadcast teacher Stu Stein often holds class in the dark, and with virtually every surface in his …
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By Scott Brinton
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12/22/17
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Students still read textbooks and jot notes in paper binders today, but technology reigns supreme in most all Long Island schools and in most all grades, from kindergarten through high school.
How teachers apply that technology and how students learn to use the high-tech devices at their disposal will, no doubt, have a profound effect on education — and the work world of the future.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/22/17
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In the remarkable 2014 film “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, a maniacal music professor at an elite East Coast conservatory bent on producing the next truly great jazz musician . . .
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9/21/17
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New York state has some of the nation’s best schools, and some of the worst. Many suburban schools are considered models of learning . . .
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8/31/17
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Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school.
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8/3/17
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New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core.
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6/1/17
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The annual school budget vote is Tuesday, May 16. Ten candidates are running for seven open seats in districts 13, 24 and 30.
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5/12/17
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