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First, second and third grade students at the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School and their families took part in a Family Literacy Night on Oct. 20 to learn about the importance of literacy and ways that reading can be supported at home.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/28/21
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A teacher once told a classroom full of seventh-graders that if they could read, they could rule the world. The Lawrence School District’s goals might not be quite as lofty, but it plans to ensure that its students — from kindergartners to high school seniors — can read and are reading.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/19/21
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A half dozen tables full of books were arranged on the landing outside of the Broadway Campus in Lawrence as the Freeport-based Book Fairies held a book fair for two hours on Aug. 26. The nonprofit organization donates books and holds its mission to connect new and little-used books with libraries, schools and groups across the New York metropolitan area.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/26/20
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Hindi's Libraries has hit a monumental book donation milestone.
The organization that was formed in 2018 by Dovid Kanarfogel and Leslie Gang recently received their book donation number 100,000 on …
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By Matthew Ferremi
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8/24/20
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic that has shut down schools since mid-March, the Lawrence School District, has laid off 22 full-time employees and 80 school aides and furloughed five staffers, according to Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations Jeremy Feder.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/17/20
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson were chatting, King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson in the parking lot below, when the shot rang out.
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2/14/20
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Following months of criticism, Macmillan Publishers has officially decided to limit e-book availability to public libraries nationwide.
The UK-based company, which publishes books around the …
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By Melissa Koenig and JD Freda
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11/14/19
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We can almost hear the crisp curling of burning pages in President Trump’s dangerous rhetoric. His people aren’t burning books yet, but it could happen. When authoritarian leaders consolidate power, they always kill ideas first.
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9/13/19
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The Next Chapter Book Club has made itself feel at home at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library in the four years of its existence.
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By Shira Frankel
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5/30/19
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At Shulamith High School’s fourth annual Book Day keynote speaker Charlie Harary had the strongest impact with a story related to a sport not played at the all-girls school in Cedarhurst.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/21/19
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