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Cuomo returns to the Common Core drawing board

I am angry with Governor Cuomo. No, I am furious. more

9/17/15

Honor Labor Day by welcoming new workers

I don’t know about you, but my ancestors weren’t born here. In 1910, a 13-year-old boy from Odessa, traveling alone, boarded a ship with a ticket that entitled him to a bunk in steerage, and he set sail for America. more

9/2/15

Dr. Robert Dillon, right, with Nassau BOCES Board President Eric Schultz, was installed as the organization’s superintendent on Aug. 20.

Dr. Robert Dillon installed as BOCES sup't

Nassau BOCES installed former East Meadow School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Dillon as its new district superintendent at a board meeting on Aug. 20. more

By David Weingrad | 8/27/15

The Affordable Jewish Education Project and the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach have partnered on an educational program in which students learn using both traditional methods and new technology. Teacher Lauren Kaye helped Meghan Gottfried as other third-graders worked independently last year.

Raising achievement

A partnership between the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach and the Manhattan-based Affordable Jewish Education Project has resulted in substantial academic gains for students who attend the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade yeshiva, which is expected to move to the former Number Six School in Woodmere next year. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/26/15

Common Core — what a mess it is

More than 200,000 New York students “opted out” of the grades three-through-eight Common Core English and math exams this spring. more

8/19/15

Schools strive to support gender identity choices

A now 22-year-old Inwood resident was born a girl but when Carter — who declined to use his real name — reached puberty, he began to feel differently about his sexual orientation. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/5/15

Education Law

Q: Are my child's private Facebook postings truly confidential? A: Maybe not. It has long been the law that schools can look at and use social media postings done outside … more

By Lynn M. Brown | 7/22/15

Cedarhurst resident Abby Melman, 11, read to her sister, Ellie, 18 months, on one of the new chairs in the children’s room at Peninsula Public Library.

Creating a more comfortable library

The children’s room in Peninsula Public Library (PPL) recently received a few new items makeover and is going for a cozier look. more

By Carina Kohn | 7/15/15

Murray Forman, left, was reappointed president of the Lawrence Board of Education. He was sworn in by Albert D’Agostino, the school district’s lawyer.

Lawrence reorganizes for a new school year

In the midst of routine items being approved during Lawrence School District’s organizational meeting on July 7 the news that Assistant Superintendent for Student and Community Affairs Pat Pizzarelli is retiring, effective July 31, reverberated through the middle school cafeteria. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/15/15

Hewlett High School Principal Theodore Fulton congratulated retiring Superintendent Dr. Joyce Bisso on her 21-year tenure with the district at graduation last Thursday.

Celebrating Hewlett High’s graduation 2015

Hewlett High School held its class of 2015 commencement ceremony at LIU Post’s Tilles Center on June 25, where 239 students received their diplomas. In addition three students earned their Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential, three others obtained a general educational development diploma and two students from out if the district were granted diplomas. more

7/1/15

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