Dear Santa:
We here at the Heralds have been hard at work all year, keeping readers up to date on all things local — government, education, business, crime, sports and culture.
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12/19/13
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On Dec. 3, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, a set of three tests — in literacy, science and math — which is given every three years to 15-year-olds in 65 nations.
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12/12/13
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New York students taking algebra –– mostly ninth-graders and advanced eighth-graders –– got a surprise at the beginning of the school year.
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11/21/13
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Q: We planned on buying a home in a particular school district, but the sale fell through and we are still in our old home. Our children have already started school in …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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11/11/13
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There was a lot of organizational “nitty-gritty” that had to be taken care of at the East Rockaway Education Foundation’s first meeting of the 2013-14 school year held on Sept. 25 in the East Rockaway High School conference room.
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By Richard Meagher
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10/2/13
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In a package full of life’s little necessities, every Finnish newborn receives a precious gift –– a set of three books, courtesy of the government.
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8/21/13
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Ten years ago, English Language Arts teachers used to speak of inspiring their students to become lifelong readers and lovers of the written word.
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8/14/13
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By my rough calculations, our children spend some 17,640 hours in school, kindergarten through high school.
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6/6/13
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North Merrick School District Superintendent David Feller will become president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents on June 1. With the position, he will also assume a spot on the Commissioner’s Advisory Council of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, which meets three to four times a year with the New York State Education Department commissioner, currently Dr. John King Jr.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/31/13
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The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark.
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5/16/13
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