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Nearly 95,000 Long Island children in grades three through eight — roughly 52 percent of the total — did not take the New York state standardized English Language Arts exam last week, as the “opt-out” movement continued . . . more

4/6/17

How ‘opt out’ roiled Common Core

For every large-scale social movement, there is a “tipping point, that magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire.” So wrote New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell in . . . more

9/15/16

The Memorial Junior High School staff softball team.

Valley Stream teachers compete for a good cause

About 200 students, parents and faculty members gathered to watch the Valley Stream Central High School District staff softball game on May 20 to benefit a nonprofit organization founded by a Valley Stream alumnus for terminally ill children. more

By Nick Ciccone | 6/1/16

Booker T. Gibson, beloved music teacher, has died at 85.

Booker Gibson, beloved music teacher, dies at 85

By his own admission, Booker T. Gibson wasn’t the most athletic student at Mepham High School in Bellmore in the 1940s, so becoming popular at a school that placed a high value on success in sports –– in particular, in wrestling –– was no easy feat. But Gibson could play boogie-woogie piano, and at the time this highly rhythmic style of the blues ruled the airwaves. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/17/16

At press time, the New York State Board of Regents was poised to place a four-year moratorium on the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers’ classroom performance. Above, English teacher Laura Sheridan worked recently with senior Malik Daniels in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program.

State task force: Overhaul Common Core

In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate … more

By Scott Brinton | 12/16/15

North H.S. teacher named in lawsuit

A Valley Stream North High School teacher that served as the social studies department chair at the school is the subject of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed with the state on Monday. more

By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com | 8/26/15

State is wrong on teacher evaluations

I want to enumerate the many reasons I’m so against making test scores count for 50 percent of the ratings. more

6/24/15

More than 200 members of the Valley Stream Teachers Association packed the sidewalk outside Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages’ Central Court office on April 22.

Teachers fault Solages for budget vote

More than 200 Valley Stream Teachers Association members donned red and rallied in front of the Central Court office of Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages after school let out on April 22, criticizing … more

By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com | 4/29/15

The components of the new Education Transformation Act of 2015.

Teachers face new job performance criteria

After months of wrangling, New York state finally has a budget, and with it come some major changes in the state’s educational system. Among them is the Education Transformation Act, which institutes new practices for recruiting and evaluating teachers, and will affect both the Oceanside and Island Park districts. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 4/15/15

The state budget: some good, some bad

For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . . more

4/9/15

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