Keyword: Education
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Over the years, I’ve investigated many hot-button topics in education, but none is as contentious as the battle over high-stakes testing for students in grades 3 through 8.
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4/16/15
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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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Now that the State Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have apparently reached a budget agreement that includes a revised teacher evaluation system, we hope the State Education Department takes the time to create effective and judicious rules . . .
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4/2/15
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On March 28, the Rockville Centre Education Foundation held its 25th annual gala at the Hempstead Golf and Country Club.
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4/1/15
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We lost a champion
To the Editor:
I am lucky to have known Karen Resnick for more than 18 years. I was 22 years old when I met Karen at my first Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce meeting. …
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3/25/15
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Rockville Centre second graders got the visit of a lifetime when the famous children’s author Patricia Polacco read to every second grade class at all five elementary schools over the course of three days.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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3/25/15
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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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The Rockville Centre School District had no poorly rated teachers, according to evaluations released by the state late last month.
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By Alex Costello
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3/11/15
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