The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will host a Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mepham High School, 2401 Camp Ave., Bellmore.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/20/15
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A Hurricane Sandy Storm Recovery Resource Fair will be held at Kennedy High School in Bellmore on Tuesday, May 26, from 5 to 9 p.m.
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5/13/15
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You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she eats ice cream. My son-in-law, for example, mixes his ice cream with water . . .
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4/30/15
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears locked in a political death spiral. Last year brought growing dissatisfaction with the State Education Department’s dysfunctional implementation of the new Common Core State Standards . . .
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4/30/15
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Since April is National Volunteer Month, let’s consider what volunteering really is: a vital part of every community . . .
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4/16/15
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After months of wrangling, New York state finally has a budget, and with it come some major changes in the state’s educational system. Among them is the Education Transformation Act, which institutes new practices for recruiting and evaluating teachers, and will affect both the Oceanside and Island Park districts.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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4/15/15
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For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . .
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4/9/15
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I wouldn’t go so far as to call Howard Gardner a prophet, but way back in 1993, he sure predicted the chaotic politics that are roiling our public education system these days.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/2/15
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If there was ever a way to get a passionate group motivated to raise money, Nassau BOCES accomplished it last week.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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4/1/15
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They all had different ways to say it, but the message was clear: opt out of Common Core tests. Two teachers, two administrators and a parent told the more than 300 people at Levittown Hall in Hicksville that the only way to send a message to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was to refuse to let their children take the third through eighth grade English language arts and math tests in April.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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3/25/15
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