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The people have spoken — now let's get to work
There was a grand old party on Election Day, as voters sent President Obama and his party a message: They’re fed up with the political rhetoric and want action. more
More than a dozen students presented reports at a final emergency management meeting after a mock hurricane drill.
High-schoolers take over the Town of Hempstead
Michelle Hauser, 17, recalls driving through the Superstorm Sandy–ravaged sections of her hometown of Oceanside 19 months ago. She explained that she remembers asking her father why construction workers from California and Arkansas were repairing utility poles in the neighborhood, but he didn’t know the answer. more
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In "Thespis," Gilbert and Sullivan's lighthearted spoof, a troupe of actors make their way to Mount Olympus.
"Thespis" makes its Long Island debut this weekend
The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island welcomes summer with “Thespis” or “The Gods Grown Old.” more
Let's give graduates some debt relief
As students throughout our nation and here on Long Island graduate from college, they hope to start the next phase of their lives gainfully employed. more
Sacred Heart students Mia Campbell, far left, Sarah Tanchuck, Nicole Cody, Samantha Levano, Cassidy Pinder and Olayemi Akingboye, who gathered at the Not On Our Turf summit at St. Mary Louis Academy in Queens last November, will hold a candlelight vigil for female victims of human trafficking later this month. Kayla Walczyk was not pictured.
Lighting the way for women’s empowerment
With Women’s History Month coming to a close, seven young women at Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls’ high school in Hempstead, were looking to write their own chapter as they prepared … more
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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
Lawrence High School senior Edan Packin, a semifinalist in the prestigious Intel Science Talent search competition, studied the cheating behaviors of his peers.
Edan Packin named an Intel semifinalist
His curiosity peaked by the honor code at Princeton University, the Ivy League school his brother Elon attends, and the SAT cheating scandal that rocked several Long Island high schools in 2011, Edan Packin sought to find out why students cheat. more
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Rich school, poor school
On Dec. 3, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, a set of three tests — in literacy, science and math — which is given every three years to 15-year-olds in 65 nations. more
International Chinese students at Lawrence Woodmere Academy have their mothers living here as well. Clockwise from left were Chang and Harry Hua and Adam and Yanghua Song.
Receiving their share of parenting
Of the 49 international students in grades seven through 12 this school year at Lawrence Woodmere Academy (LWA), two mothers have accompanied their children from China and will stay as the students complete their education. more
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Poverty — the story of us all
The year was 1994. Nassau County was supposed to have built a park with a soccer field, a basketball court and picnic tables at the Five Towns Community Center in the mid-1970s, but for two decades, plans for the project languished. more
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