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More than 200 members of the Valley Stream Teachers Association packed the sidewalk outside Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages’ Central Court office on April 22.
Teachers fault Solages for budget vote
More than 200 Valley Stream Teachers Association members donned red and rallied in front of the Central Court office of Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages after school let out on April 22, criticizing … more
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Parents and teachers took part in a rally against New York educational policies on March 27 in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick.
Parents throw brake on state tests
Last week more than a thousand third- to eighth-grade students in the Merricks did not take state English Language Arts tests. more
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Levittown teachers receive seven-year deal
After nearly three years, Levittown teachers have a contract again. The Board of Education unanimously approved the seven-year agreement at its April 15 meeting. more
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Mepham High School junior Kristen Corless, left, posed with her first-place certificate at the American Association of Teachers of Italian poetry recitation contest
Mepham student wins Italian poetry contest
A Mepham High School student recently won a Long Island-wide Italian poetry contest. Junior Kristen Corless earned first place in Level IV of an Italian poetry recitation contest sponsored by the … more
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Parents at the Long Beach Opt Out Information Night, held at Earth Arts last Sunday.
Parents push to ‘opt-out’ in Long Beach
The test-refusal movement has picked up steam in recent weeks in New York, as state aid for school districts has been tied to reforms proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that include changes to the teacher evaluation system that would more heavily emphasize standardized test scores. more
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The components of the new Education Transformation Act of 2015.
Teachers face new job performance criteria
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. more
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Standardized tests will count for 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation under the new guidelines.
State aid, teacher evaluations on the way
After weeks of planning for the 2015-2016 school year with no knowledge of state aid figures, administrators in the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school district learned their increase in funding from … more
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The state budget: some good, some bad
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 . . . more
Marla Kilfoyle, a leader of the activist organization Badass Teachers Association, spoke at a forum on state education policies on March 31 at Brookside School in North Merrick.
Parents, educators decry testing at forum
On March 31, a crowd of roughly 150 people, mostly parents and teachers in Bellmore and Merrick, packed the auditorium at Brookside School in North Merrick for a forum on the state’s education policies. more
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Bellmore-Merrick teachers and parents who took part in Paint Merrick Road Red for Public Ed to voice their concerns about the state of public education in New York and raise public awareness of changes made to the system.
Teachers, parents knock Cuomo at Merrick Road rally
The bleats of car horns blared through the air in front of Levy Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick last Friday afternoon — but not because of traffic. Drivers were honking at more than 100 … more
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