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Last week, President Obama and Governor Cuomo gave their annual addresses on the nation and state, and both focused a good portion of their speeches on education. While both placed a heavy emphasis on charter schools, they were far apart on other issues.
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1/29/15
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Governor Cuomo certainly puts the “bully” in bully pulpit. In his State of the State address . . .
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1/29/15
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The saying “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” has been attributed to Mark Twain. You can add to that thought that everybody talks about public education but nobody does anything about it.
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1/22/15
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One of Long Island’s largest nonprofit substance-abuse treatment agencies received three grants this winter that officials said will help them teach young people about the dire consequences of …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/21/15
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The hallways of Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) High School were full of familiar faces as former students, parents, and other professionals returned to HAFTR for the school’s annual Career Day on Dec. 29.
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By Daniel Maron
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1/14/15
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Charter school battle in Lawrence
A group of several professionals some of whom work in education and live in Atlantic Beach submitted an application to the state for the New American Leadership Academy charter school in the Lawrence School District.
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12/31/14
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The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . .
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12/24/14
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At its Dec. 8 meeting, the Lawrence School District’s Board of Education unanimously approved a restructuring plan that is to take effect next September, and includes creating upper and lower schools in what is now the middle school and closing the Number Five School.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/17/14
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Hewlett-Woodmere has begun the search for a replacement for Superintendent Joyce Bisso, who announced her retirement at a school board meeting in July. The new hire would start next July 1.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/10/14
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Based on information posted on the New York State Education Department website, the New American Leadership Academy Charter School application that had been submitted for review in August was withdrawn on Nov. 7.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/12/14
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