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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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Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus.
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4/25/13
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New York state school districts are entering the second budget season under the state’s tax cap, which limits how much schools can increase property taxes each year.
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2/14/13
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For years, the political atmosphere surrounding our State Senate could only be described as puzzling. New Yorkers have seen coups, broken promises and plenty of corruption.
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12/13/12
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I jumped on eBay to bid on one of the last packs of Twinkies and found that the price is already up to $200,000.
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11/29/12
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Next week, when students return to classes, they will be greeted by new teachers, meet some new classmates and may even notice the shiny floors and clean desks.
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8/30/12
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Standardized test scores in Franklin Square and Elmont were primarily up from last year’s results. New York State recently released the results of the 2012 tests in Math and ELA for students in …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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7/25/12
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I love that Apple Chairman Steve Jobs said that one of the most important classes he took at Reed College in Oregon, from which he dropped out in 1972, was calligraphy.
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3/29/12
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Before students in the Sewanhaka Central High, Franklin Square Union Free and Elmont Union Free school districts headed back to school for the 2011-12, state test scores assessing 3rd- to 8th-grade students’ English Language Arts and math scores from the 2010-11 school year were released. Locally, the results — released by the New York State Education Department in August — vary widely.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/13/11
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In a move that has confounded local school officials and is bound to confuse and upset many parents, State Education Department leaders recently announced that they were raising the raw scores that determine proficiency levels on the standardized tests taken by students in third through eighth grades.
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8/12/10
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