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Cedar Creek possible site for materials lab

A $2.5 million building materials lab could be built near the Cedar Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant in Seaford to test nontoxic materials used in Nassau County road projects. Cedar Creek is one of two possible sites. Cantiague Park in Hicksville is also under consideration. more

By Laura Schofer | 9/10/14

Seaford High School has been designated as a Reward School by New York state.

Seaford High named Reward School

For the third straight year, Seaford High School has been named a Reward School by the New York State Department of Education. The announcement was made by Superintendent Brian Conboy at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 4. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 9/10/14

The chart shows the passing rates of North Bellmore students on state-mandated exams.

Fifth of N. Bellmore students opt out of exams

An average of 20 percent of North Bellmore School District students in grades three to six refused to take state-mandated English Language Arts and math exams last spring, according to district … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/10/14

Wantagh, Seaford, Levittown get test results

The second year of Common Core testing showed improved results, but passing rates still fell well below past levels. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 8/27/14

Mixed results on East Rockaway, Lynbrook school district scores

In the second year of the Common Core curriculum, Lynbrook and East Rockaway both saw mixed results on state standardized tests, with scores rising in all but one grade level on the math exam but … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 8/27/14

Data courtesy state department of education (CLICK TO ENLARGE).

Bellmore's school officials mull over state test data

School officials in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and the Bellmore and North Bellmore elementary school districts say they are now sifting through and trying to make sense of … more

By Scott Brinton and Julie Mansmann | 8/20/14

If you had a boat, what would you name it?

Our weekly Viewfinder questions, brought to the web. more

Christina Daly | 8/12/14

The Merrick Board of Education unanimously decided on May 13 that school administrators were not to distribute field tests in math and English to classrooms at Birch, Chatterton and Levy Lakeside schools.

Central, Merrick districts refuse field tests

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and Merrick School District recently received shipments of multiple-choice tests, sealed in plastic wrap, from NCS Pearson, Inc., the company that creates and grades New York’s standardized tests for third to eighth graders. Both districts sent the test books back, unopened. more

By Brian Racow | 6/12/14

Glaucoma

Q: My mother and grandmother have glaucoma. Can I have glaucoma and not know it? How is it diagnosed and treated? A: Glaucoma is a condition in which the optic nerve in the back of the eye becomes … more

By Stanley J. Berke, M.D., F.A.C.S | 5/29/14

North Merrick students worked on their math during a recent lesson.

‘Opt-outs’ in Merricks increase during math exams

Sometime between when third- to eighth-grade students took state English Language Arts tests at the beginning of April and when they took state math tests four weeks later, some Merrick and North Merrick parents decided that enough was enough. more

By Brian Racow | 5/23/14

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