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Be a part of the school budget process
It’s school budget season, and as districts begin laying out their 2019-20 spending plans, it’s a critical time for residents to attend Board of Education meetings. more
Oceanside students Emily Oberstein, left, Joseph Massimillo and Rebecca Goldfarb performed holiday songs under the direction of music teacher Bruce Bider.
Oceanside musical theater raising the bar
Students are excelling in Oceanside Schools’ musical theater program, according to long-time music teacher Bruce Bider. “I see what they can do and they never cease to amaze me,” he said. “However high I think the bar is, they always go higher.” more
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Maryellen Elia
Oceanside, Island Park school officials react to NYSED memo prohibiting education dollars for guns
Apparently reacting to media reports in August that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos might allow schools to use federal education dollars to train and arm teachers, New York’s education … more
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Helicopter parenting isn’t so bad after all
Over a quarter-century ago, under President George H.W. Bush, the U.S. Department of Education published an untitled, 49-page booklet that offered advice to parents about how to help their children in school. more
A militarized school is not a safe school
The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country. more
A book for all time — read it this weekend
The men burst into the house and dragged out the 15-year-old boy as his mother screamed for help. The sheriff’s men bound the boy’s hands and feet, loaded him into their car and . . . more
Stuart Kaplan, a professor at Nassau Community College.
A challenger emerges: two vie for Oceanside Board of Education seat
As the election for an open seat on the Oceanside Board of Education approaches, two contenders are vying for the seat of board President Kimberly Grim Garrity, who will retire after 21 years as a … more
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Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, center, introduced a program intended to help prevent prescription drug poisoning among children. Town Medical Director Dr. David Neubert, left, and Island Park school officials joined him.
D’Esposito introduces child drug safety program
Spurred in part by a study that linked the increased use and abuse of prescription opioids to a rise in pain-pill related poisonings among young children, Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito … more
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State Education Department officials announced on Jan. 18 that ten Oceanside School No. 2 students may have been affected by a data breach. Oceanside school officials have responded.
Ten Oceanside students affected in NYSED vendor data breach
An unauthorized user may have had access to personal information of ten Oceanside School No. 2 students State Education Department officials said on Jan. 18. According to a news release, Questar … more
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Students in the BMBroadcasting program at Mepham High School in North Bellmore were busy on a recent Thursday preparing for an important show featuring an interview with the school principal, Eric Gomez. Among them were, clockwise from top left, sophomores Colleen Hefferen, of Bellmore, and Aidan Carolan, of North Merrick; senior Jason Spiller, of Bellmore; and junior Michael Daniels, of North Merrick. Simulating authentic workaday situations is at the heart of experiential learning, educators say.
Experiential learning, vocational education making a comeback
Part five in the series “Educating the 21st Century Child.”Mepham High School broadcast teacher Stu Stein often holds class in the dark, and with virtually every surface in his … more
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