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As has been the case for decades, there are more career opportunities for those with college degrees than those without. The Great Recession of 2007-09 proved that point. While the unemployment rate for those without university degrees soared into the double digits, it remained below 5 percent — full employment — for those with a college education, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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6/23/11
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It’s a year late, but Valley Stream teachers have ratified a new four-year contract. The deal for the Valley Stream Teachers Association runs retroactively from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2014.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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6/22/11
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Second of two parts.
Last time I introduced the ups and downs in the teacher job market. Not long ago, I warned that a dangerous teacher shortage was on the horizon; now, we’re talking about cutbacks, layoffs, and the difficulty of getting a teaching job. What’s the story?
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By Steve Kussin
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5/6/11
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The student, all of 12 or 13 years old, slammed my already broken left hand against the cinder-block wall. Pain shot down my plastered skin. The boy then ran out of the suspension room, pursuing another student with whom he had gotten into a fistfight.
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Scott Brinton
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4/7/11
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District 30 music teacher Emilia Kister says she has always tried to be on the cutting edge of music education. Now, she has been rewarded for efforts, selected as a recipient of the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/31/11
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To the Editor:In her March 10-16 column (“Modern education: Trickle-up dumbing down”), writer Randi Kreiss calls for the elimination of teacher tenure, repeating the canard that tenure …
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3/24/11
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Randi Weingarten, former president of the United Federation of Teachers, now head of the American Federation of Teachers, recently delivered a speech titled, “Towards a True Development and Evaluation System.” She was being proactive by presenting her own plan in response to recent calls for revamping teacher assessment and tenure.
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By Steve Kussin
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3/17/11
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The New York Times reported last week that three-quarters of the 17,500 freshman at City University of New York’s six community colleges require remedial classes in reading and writing and math.
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Randi Kreiss
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3/10/11
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Sister Irene Weiner and Eileen McEnaney have dedicated most of their adult lives to teaching children. Both teachers were recently recognized for their 40 years of service as Catholic school educators.
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Andrew Hackmack
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11/18/10
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These days almost everybody has a complaint about the government. In Washington it’s about health care, taxes, over-regulation and bailouts. Here at home the complaints deal with the economy and real estate taxes, but mostly taxes.
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Jerry Kremer
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10/7/10
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