Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas is calling on the State Board of Regents to revamp New York’s school violence tracking system so gang attacks, discrimination and bullying are reported faster.
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By Jeff Bessen and Scott Brinton
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11/23/16
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In the previous column, I concluded that bullying, and now cyberbullying, are two of the most challenging problems facing education. Standards, testing, assessments and evaluations are all …
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By Steve Kussin
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1/15/15
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No child should be sad at school.
Now that September has seen the opening of schools on Long Island . . .
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Maureen T. Florio
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9/25/14
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There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny.
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4/24/14
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No child should be sad at school. I’ve spent the last few months speaking to elementary and middle school principals in Nassau County.
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By Maureen T. Florio
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3/24/14
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With the understanding that bully prevention is an essential skills students should learn, Dr. Rochelle Brand, principal of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) Middle School, sought a teachable program.
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1/29/14
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No child should be sad at school. We just ended an exciting month for our children all over the country. October was designated as National Bullying Awareness Month and I took to the road to listen to children and to talk to them about bullying.
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By Maureen T. Florio
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11/7/13
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Advances in technology have taken bullying to a new level, said Dr. Jennifer Yedlin, psychologist at the Lower School of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, who has created a new program to teach the school’s fourth- and fifth-graders anti-bullying techniques.
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By Ann Friedman
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10/16/13
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Entertaining and educating through the air
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To supplement the social and emotional component of its curriculum, the Number Five School PTA sponsored a visit to the Cedarhurst school on Monday by the Pennsylvania-based Dialed Action Sports Team.
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9/18/13
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No child should be sad at school. Welcome back to school! Now that the summer is in the past, it is time to create safe, happy, learning days as we enter a new school year — and the new age of education called Common Core.
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By Maureen T. Florio
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9/11/13
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