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Standardized testing began in America in the mid-1800s, a practice spurred by leaders’ sincere desire to develop comprehensive, unbiased and uniform measures to compare students from diverse …
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By Ayyan Zubair
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1/29/16
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In the coming weeks and months, local school districts will be planning their 2016-17 budgets, deciding how to allocate their pieces of that very large pie. It’s our right to have a say in how that money will be spent.
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1/21/16
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State aid figures released last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo following his State of the State address have caused concern among community leaders in the East Meadow School District. Administrators and …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/20/16
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New York’s Assembly members and senators have returned to Albany to begin the latest legislative session. In the coming months, they, along with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will produce the state budget. Important decisions will be made on . . .
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1/14/16
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Scores of East Meadow School District students have been selected to perform in the Nassau Music Educators Association All-County Festival at Long Island University Post this month. Exactly 178 …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/13/16
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In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate …
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By Scott Brinton and Julie Mansmann
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1/7/16
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Scott Eckers has always been deeply involved in music. The 35-year-old East Meadow native said he received an excellent music education in the local schools, went on to sing a capella in college, and …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/18/15
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The Massachusetts State Board of Education recently rejected the battery of state exams required by the Common Core curriculum. It was a bold –– and pathetic –– move on the board’s part.
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12/3/15
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East Meadow School District Superintendent Leon Campo said that an injustice happened in the community in October. Then, McVey Elementary School officials learned that student “opt-outs” in last …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/30/15
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A week after McVey Elementary School learned that student “opt-outs” in last April’s state exams cost the school a Blue Ribbon award, a coveted national honor given to schools that exemplify academic excellence by the U.S. Education Department, McVey’s PTA surprised Principal Kerry Dunne by presenting her with an honorary placard to recognize the school’s success.
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By David Weingrad
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10/21/15
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