Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.”
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By Brian Racow
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1/28/15
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The saying “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” has been attributed to Mark Twain. You can add to that thought that everybody talks about public education but nobody does anything about it.
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1/22/15
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Roberta Joan (Frost) Sanders died peacefully at home at the age of 86. She and her husband raised their family in Merrick, where Sanders was a resident for more than 40 years and was active in many civic and community activities, including serving on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education.
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1/8/15
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The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . .
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12/24/14
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The Merrick Bellmore Dayan Lilah Group of Hadassah, a Jewish women’s organization, recently named Amy Weinstein, a Merrick music teacher who has served in several Dayan Lilah Group leadership positions over 19 years, its “Great Communicator.”
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11/12/14
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Football players donned red wristbands and cheerleaders red ribbons at Calhoun High School’s Sept. 27 home game in a show of support for Joe Bianca, a Calhoun special-education teacher and former head football coach who this summer survived a stroke
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10/8/14
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The New York State Department of Education recently released highly anticipated teacher rating statistics for the 2012-13 school year for districts across the state. Teachers are evaluated according to local measures and students’ performance on state-mandated exams. Ratings include “highly effective,” “effective,” “developing” and “ineffective.”
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9/4/14
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United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, in a disgusting display of political favoritism, pitted his union’s members against New York City police officers . . .
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8/27/14
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In jumping into the teacher-tenure debate, I know I’m stirring up a hornet’s nest. But who doesn’t like a little danger now and again? So here goes.
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7/16/14
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Kennedy High School students and teachers received recognitions on June 11 at the school’s annual “Cougar Pride” awards ceremony, which celebrated 12 exemplary students and the teachers who impacted their education the most.
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6/25/14
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