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The Lawrence Board of Education agreed to a new contract in principal with the Educational Secretaries Association as the trustees approved the memorandum of agreement with the union on Feb. 12. The ESA had ratified the agreement three days earlier. Lawrence School District
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/8/18
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Since the beginning of the school year, and for the uninitiated that is actually July 1, not a day in September, districts have been reviewing, turning over and working on their next operating budget.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/25/18
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Whether it was climbing on the monkey bars, pumping your legs on the swings or playing tag, odds are that recess was one of the few activities that made those grueling schooldays fun.
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By Tyler Marko
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1/11/18
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Four schools in the Lawrence district — Lawrence High School, Lawrence Middle School, Lawrence Elementary School and the Lawrence Early Childhood Center at the Number Four School — donated more than 100 gifts as part of the Giving Tree project. In addition, each school created a giving tree with the only information being a child’s gender and age.
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1/8/18
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Part five in the series “Educating the 21st Century Child.”Mepham High School broadcast teacher Stu Stein often holds class in the dark, and with virtually every surface in his …
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By Scott Brinton
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12/22/17
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Students still read textbooks and jot notes in paper binders today, but technology reigns supreme in most all Long Island schools and in most all grades, from kindergarten through high school.
How teachers apply that technology and how students learn to use the high-tech devices at their disposal will, no doubt, have a profound effect on education — and the work world of the future.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/22/17
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Passed by the New York State Senate in 2010, the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) went into effect for the 2012-2013 school year. The law sought to protect students from bullying and discrimination, in part by requiring all teachers to take a six-hour training course to receive their license and by making schools report all bullying incidents.
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By Tyler Marko
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10/26/17
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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 . . .
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9/21/17
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New York state has some of the nation’s best schools, and some of the worst. Many suburban schools are considered models of learning . . .
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8/31/17
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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.
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8/3/17
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