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Second of two parts.
There is little doubt that the recession is finding its way into the classroom. Last week, young job hunters in the field of education and school district administrators teamed up to tell the story of how competitive the job market for teachers has become on Long Island.
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By Fran Berkman
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7/20/11
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As has been the case for decades, there are more career opportunities for those with college degrees than those without. The Great Recession of 2007-09 proved that point. While the unemployment rate for those without university degrees soared into the double digits, it remained below 5 percent — full employment — for those with a college education, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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6/23/11
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We’ll return to the mini-series about the ups and downs of the teacher job market next week. But first, a preview of an upcoming program that is of interest to all this week: “Suicide is preventable.”
Suicide is the leading cause of death among young people.Therefore, the leading cause of death among children and teens is preventable. That’s a fact—and yet we’re losing an increasing number of young people.
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By Steve Kussin
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5/12/11
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A bomb threat was left on the voice-mail system of a member of the H. Frank Carey High School administration on April 27 around 11:10 p.m. The threat was made after the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education meeting that night.
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By Jackie Nash
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5/3/11
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Randi Weingarten, former president of the United Federation of Teachers, now head of the American Federation of Teachers, recently delivered a speech titled, “Towards a True Development and Evaluation System.” She was being proactive by presenting her own plan in response to recent calls for revamping teacher assessment and tenure.
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By Steve Kussin
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3/17/11
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The New York Times reported last week that three-quarters of the 17,500 freshman at City University of New York’s six community colleges require remedial classes in reading and writing and math.
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Randi Kreiss
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3/10/11
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On April 19, 1969, members of Cornell University’s Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall on the Ithaca campus to protest a litany of perceived racial injustices after a cross was burned outside Wari House, a cooperative for African-American female students. During the occupation, AAS members smuggled in rifles and bandoliers of ammunition.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/2/11
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The New York State Education Department released a new set of graduation statistics on Monday, Feb. 7, which showed a majority of students in the state are graduating without being adequately prepared for higher education.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/1/11
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On Feb. 1, Governor Cuomo delivered his first budget address. It was a no-holds-barred speech in which he admitted that years of dysfunction and mismanagement has driven our state into “functional bankruptcy.”
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by Al D'Amato
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2/11/11
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A group of local dentists volunteered last week to help get kids on their way to building healthy teeth.
Seventy-five dentists from the Nassau County Dental Society, with the help of …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/9/11
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