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The ‘affluenza’ defense: what a load of . . .

Ethan Couch was 16 years old when he crammed seven friends into his father’s Ford F-350 pickup truck and drove drunk at 70 miles per hour on the 40-mph Burleson-Retta Road in Texas on June 15, 2013, according to published reports.Couch lost control of the vehicle . . . more

1/8/16

Sakeenah Benjamin, front, and Nakeem Grant, at back, were among six Hofstra University graduate journalism students who mentored members of the Hempstead High School newspaper club this fall as part of a new program begun by Scott Brinton, a Hofstra adjunct professor and the Heralds’ senior editor.

Showing aspiring reporters at Hempstead High the world of journalism

This fall six Hofstra University graduate journalism students visited Hempstead High School weekly to teach members of the newspaper club about how to write news and feature articles and to introduce … more

By Stephany Reyes | 12/23/15

Delmy Valle, right, a Hempstead High School senior, is concerned about how the media treats schools like Hempstead. She believes the media needs to give the school more positive attention to help boost students’ spirits. She was joined here by Franklyn Garcia in Advanced Placement calculus class.

Focusing on the positive at Hempstead High

Hempstead High School is called a “failing school” and has been so for the past 10 years, according to the the 2015 State of New York’s Failing Schools. With a graduation rate of 37 percent … more

By Delmy Valle | 12/23/15

Lucy Acosta, a senior at Hempstead High School, emigrated from Honduras when she was 6 years old. She had to work hard to learn English. She says she feels comfortable among students who were born abroad as well as in the U.S., but she knows that not everyone does. Her article looks at ways to unite the two groups of students.

Uniting Hempstead High School as one

A loud, screeching bell rang through the hallway of my old elementary school as I was walking to my next class. As the halls filled with students at Bethpage Elementary School, I could feel the walls closing in on me. I noticed, however, a new face I hadn't seen before. It was a new kid at school who was accompanied by a parent, struggling to navigate through the chaos. I remembered when it was my innocent face –– a 6 year-old immigrant student from Honduras. more

By Lucy Acosta | 12/23/15

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

What I learned at Hempstead High

On my first day in Hempstead, I watched a man get arrested. I was driving by. There he was, on the sidewalk, a police officer leading him away in handcuffs. more

12/10/15

Enough already with the GOP crazy talk

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of all the Republican crazy talk. Summer’s long over. The Iowa Caucuses are Feb. 1. It’s time for the GOP to . . . more

11/19/15

Remember Beirut? We should.

Either Republicans on the House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Benghazi are awful investigators, or Hillary Clinton is innocent of the claims against her, or both. more

10/29/15

Rita Kestenbaum and Councilman Tony Santino, candidates for Town of Hepstead supervisor.

Who will be the next Town of Hempstead supervisor?

The race for Town of Hempstead supervisor pits longtime Councilman Anthony Santino, a self-described conservative Republican from East Rockaway, against Bellmore-based community and gun-control activist Rita Kestenbaum, a Democrat. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/21/15

Weathering the hurricane reporting

I spent a chunk of last Wednesday staring at my TV, watching squiggly lines accumulate on the Weather Channel’s map of the Atlantic Seaboard. They represented model tracks of Hurricane Joaquin . . . more

10/8/15

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