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Area teachers, from left, Melissa Cangelosi, Lauren Funaro, Dani Iadevaia Andria Karousis showed their feelings about the Common Core tests at an education forum at Levittown Hall in Hicksville on March 16.
Forum speakers say ‘opt-out’
They all had different ways to say it, but the message was clear: opt out of Common Core tests. Two teachers, two administrators and a parent told the more than 300 people at Levittown Hall in Hicksville that the only way to send a message to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was to refuse to let their children take the third through eighth grade English language arts and math tests in April. more
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Though paying for IB exams would be a small portion of the district’s $107.2 million budget, board members were still concerned about the expense.
District talks paying for I.B. exams
The Rockville Centre Board of Education continued budget talks last week, this time focusing on some of the larger expenses in the budget, as well as discussing how much the district should cover student fees for International Baccalaureate exams. more
Carol Burris to be honored by BOCES
South Side High School Principal Dr. Carol Burris will be one of 13 individuals honored as education partners by Nassau BOCES this spring. more
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South Side High School was once again named one of the best schools in the country.
SSHS again named one of nation’s best
Last week, Newsweek released its 2014 rankings of the nation’s best high schools, once again placing South Side as one of the best in the country — but not without raising a few eyebrows at the school. more
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Teachers have been piloting the Flipped Learning program at SSHS, in which they make instructional videos for students to watch at home.
Videos bring lessons home at South Side
At the Board of Education meeting on June 4, South Side High School teachers discussed the program they created called Flipped Learning, which brings short lessons into students’ homes with online … more
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South Side High School named challenging school
For the seventh consecutive year, South Side High School was named to the Washington Post’s list of the America’s Most Challenging High Schools. The list is compiled every year by Post writer … more
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South Side eliminates Regents History
At the Board of Education meeting last week, South Side High School Principal Dr. Carol Burris received permission to remove Regents History from the 11th grade curriculum and replace it with I.B. … more
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Repairing the Common Core
The New York State Assembly Minority Conference released a report last week outlining changes it felt should be made to the state’s approach in implementing the controversial Common Core learning … more
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Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in Rockville Centre and a frequent guest blogger for The Washington Post, recently in Merrick addressed about 60 parents from Nassau and Suffolk counties about federal and state changes to education.
Long Islanders lambaste education changes at Merrick forum
Some of the most well-known names in Long Island’s anti-Regents Reform Agenda movement were in Merrick recently, discussing their views on new curricula, standardized tests, an evaluation system for teachers and principals, and student data-collection practices that debuted last year in schools statewide. A roomful of anxious and angry parents from Nassau and Suffolk counties turned up on a cold night, looking for solutions to what they perceive as the woes afflicting their children’s classrooms. more
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Howard Schwach
What in the world was the state thinking?
From the first moment that I looked at some practice tests for the English Language Arts tests that were given recently, I knew that the kids and their teachers were in trouble. Let me say first … more
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