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State revamps Common Core
The New York State Education Department last week released new draft English and math learning standards for public comment, according to Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, but teachers in the community are looking for more changes to the Common Core system. more
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Education Secretary John B. King Jr. wants to penalize schools they don’t have at least 95 percent of students taking state standardized tests.
Seeking to stem the opt-out movement
In an effort to halt the high rate of students not taking standardized state tests — known as the opt-out movement — U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr., the former New York State Education Commissioner, wants to penalize schools with the “needs improvement” designation. more
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Call for legal assistance on primary day
For voters who have questions or issues at their polling place a legal hotline has been set up by Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, which is led by the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights to help ensure that all eligible New Yorkers have an equal opportunity to vote on Tuesday in the presidential primary. more
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According to David Seinfeld, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District assistant superintendent for instruction, roughly two-thirds of Central students opted out of last spring's battery of seventh- and eighth-grade state exams.
Two-thirds of Central District students opt out of state exams
A little under 50 percent of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District seventh-graders passed the New York State English Language Arts exam and just over 56 percent passed the math test, according to the State Education Department. more
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State test scores show mixed results
The growing number of parents opting their children out of state English Language Arts and math tests seems to have had a mixed effect on overall scores. Oceanside saw mostly gains this year, while Island Park saw mostly losses. more
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Common Core — what a mess it is
More than 200,000 New York students “opted out” of the grades three-through-eight Common Core English and math exams this spring. more
Cradle of Aviation Education Coordinator Kevin Hershfield assisted sixth-grader Carl Montoya during the program.
Elmont’s summer school reinforces learning
Sixth-grade students enrolled in Elmont Union Free School District’s Academic Summer School program at Dutch Broadway School tested their math skills when they took part in the Cradle of … more
Sewanhaka Central High School District has announced Justin Uliano as Sewanhaka High School’s new English department chair.
Sewanhaka gets new English department chair
Sewanhaka High School is pleased to announce that Justin Uliano is its new English department chair. Uliano comes to the district from Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, were he was … more
Carlsky Belizaire
North H.S. grad wins Fulbright award
A North High School graduate won a prestigious 2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award that will send him to Taiwan, his college announced on May 6. Carlsky Belizaire, a senior at CUNY … more
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Parents and teachers took part in a rally against New York educational policies on March 27 in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick.
Parents throw brake on state tests
Last week more than a thousand third- to eighth-grade students in the Merricks did not take state English Language Arts tests. more
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