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We need an education commissioner who listens

The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . . more

12/24/14

Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents Roger Tilles visited Lawrence Middle School on Sept. 19. At left were school district Board of Education Trustee Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Tilles and Superintendent Gary Schall.

Talking education with Roger Tilles

Born in Great Neck and educated in that district’s public schools, Roger Tilles has an indelible memory of the last time he was in a school building in the Lawrence School District which he visited on Sept. 19. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/24/14

Our schoolchildren are seeing tests in their sleep

Almost every one of us has had the experience of watching a child, a grandchild or the children of friends suffer through the anxiety of continuous tests at every level of the educational ladder. more

3/13/14

PTA's Common Core moratorium is right way to go

New York students taking algebra –– mostly ninth-graders and advanced eighth-graders –– got a surprise at the beginning of the school year. more

11/21/13

Roger Tilles, Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents, read poems to a fourth-grade class at Howell Road School on May 8.

Regent reads, learns in school visit

When students come to school, they are taught lessons, they take tests and they get homework. But what they don’t know is all the behind-the-scenes work that takes place to teach them. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 5/15/13

Graduation rates on the rise in Valley Stream

The Valley Stream Central High School District posted a graduation rate well above the statewide average, according to data released by the New York State Education Department last month. more

By Brian Croce | 7/11/12

The NCLB was passed in 2001 with the intention of increasing student performacne. the state will now have more flexibility to close achievement gaps and set its own goals.

New York earns No Child Left Behind waiver

Last week, the federal government granted New York a waiver to provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act that will allow it to set new standards for students and not be held to the 2014 deadline of … more

By Alex Costello | 6/6/12

Jason Nappy, left, and Jonathan Castillo launched RegentsHelp.com in January.

Valley Stream grads modernize test prep

When Jason Nappy and Jonathan Castillo took their Regents exams at Valley Stream North High School, they had to prepare for the exams the old fashioned way: reading textbooks, asking teachers questions and then chiseling their answers on a stone slate. But that was way back in the early-to-mid 2000s; the way students study for exams now has changed. more

By Brian Croce | 5/25/12

Regent Roger B. Tilles read poems to fourth-grade students at Brooklyn Avenue School last week.

State education leader visits District 24

Fourth-grade students at Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School were treated to some interactive poetry on April 14, when Roger Tilles of the New York State Board of Regents read some poems to a select group of students, teachers and administrators. more

Anthony Bottan | 4/21/10

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