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David Feller, North Merrick superintendent

North Merrick schools chief to lead Nassau superintendents, advise state

North Merrick School District Superintendent David Feller will become president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents on June 1. With the position, he will also assume a spot on the Commissioner’s Advisory Council of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, which meets three to four times a year with the New York State Education Department commissioner, currently Dr. John King Jr. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 5/31/13

DiSibio, Farrell are the choices in District 13

For the first time in several years, there is a contested race for every seat up for election on the District 13 Board of Education. more

5/16/13

inBloom: corporatizing America's schools

The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark. more

5/16/13

One way in which our society is unequal? Education.

Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus. more

4/25/13

Valley Stream incumbents to face challenges

There will be contested races for Board of Education seats in all three Valley Stream elementary school districts next month. Nominating petitions were due on Monday afternoon. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/23/13

John Etzel, a BOCES supervising security guard, and another guard, James Wood, monitored school video feeds at the new Board of Cooperative Educational Services security center on April 18.

BOCES connects school security systems

Nearly five months after the second-deadliest school shooting in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services unveiled a high-tech surveillance center in Westbury that will allow police and security officials to monitor school video feeds 24 hours a day, seven days a week. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/23/13

Mom was right: School makes you smarter

There has long been a terrible assumption about school success: It largely depends on the genetic code with which you were born. more

4/18/13

Education Law

Q: My son is in the second grade and receiving special education services from our school district. I have just been sent a notice by my school district that we are having an “annual … more

By Lynn M. Brown | 4/18/13

School board: a way to give back

You’ve probably been reading a lot lately about your local school district’s proposed budget for next year. more

4/4/13

Students from Dutch Broadway School in the Elmont School District are honored by the Elmont Board of Education at the March 12 meeting for reaching proficiency on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test.

Elmont Board honors ESL students

The Elmont Board of Education recognized 67 students throughout the district for their passing of the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test. The annual exam, which was given … more

Vikas Girdhar | 3/26/13

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