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Lynbrook High School guidance counselor Laurie Mitchell and Principal Joseph Rainis spoke about the district’s new policy, in which a Regents exam will count for 10 percent of a student’s final grade.
Lynbrook's Do No Harm Regents practice reversed
The Lynbrook School District’s Do No Harm rule has been overturned for the 2018–19 school year and replaced by a practice in which students’ Regents exam grades will count for 10 percent of their final grades, district officials said at a Sept. 12 Board of Education meeting. more
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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
Lynbrook High School English teacher Carla Gentile spoke out against the district’s Do No Harm policy.
Lynbrook teachers: Do No Harm policy hurts students
At the June 13 Lynbrook Board of Education meeting, several students and teachers expressed their displeasure with a district policy that omits students’ Regents exam grades from their class averages if the scores do not help them. more
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The New York State Board of Regents is recommending $0.5 billion less than it requested last year in financial assistance from the federal government. Joseph Famularo, the superintendent of the Bellmore School District, and State Sen. John Brooks are advocating for more funding for Long Island schools.
Board of Regents lessens state aid recommendation for 2018-19
The New York State Board of Regents announced on Dec. 12 that it would be requesting a $1.6 billion increase in financial assistance from the federal government for the 2018-19 fiscal year— $0.5 billion less than year’s request. more
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After a discussion among students, teachers, administrators and members of the Board of Education on Oct. 18, district officials decided to change how Regents exams are weighted.
Lynbrook School District adds no-harm rule for students on Regents exams
One by one, several parents approached the microphone during the Lynbrook School District’s Board of Education meeting on Oct. 18. For more than an hour, they spoke with board members about how they believed it was unfair for Regents exams to count for 20 percent of students’ final grades. more
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State must get teaching standards right this time
In the remarkable 2014 film “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, a maniacal music professor at an elite East Coast conservatory bent on producing the next truly great jazz musician . . . more
State should rethink its local-diploma policy
Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school. more
After hearing that several questions on this year's geometry Regents had no clear answer, Bellmore-Merrick school district officials decided that students' scores would only count if they boost their GPAs.
Central District to dump geometry scores if harmful to students' GPAs
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will not count students’ scores on this year’s geometry Regents exam unless they boost their GPAs, after it was discovered that at least two test questions had either more than one or no correct answer. more
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Roger Tilles of the Long Island Board of Regents spoke to parents at a Rockville Centre High School event in February about diploma options for special needs students.
State officials mull opening up diploma options for special needs students
After being pressured by a group of about 25 Long Island parents, state education officials are signaling their willingness to expand the options available to students who are not able to earn a … more
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Roger Tilles, of the New York State Board of Regents, spoke to parents at a Rockville Centre High School event in February about diploma options for special needs students.
Officials mull opening up diploma options for special-needs students
After being pressured by a group of Long Island parents, state education officials are considering to review the options available to students who aren’t able to earn a Regents diploma, but who … more
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