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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

An alternative vision of our schools

I wouldn’t go so far as to call Howard Gardner a prophet, but way back in 1993, he sure predicted the chaotic politics that are roiling our public education system these days. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/2/15

The Nassau BOCES board decided last week to give the Doshi STEM program and the Long Island High School for the Arts another year before reconsidering ending both programs.

Doshi, LIHSA parents must ‘find the funds’

If there was ever a way to get a passionate group motivated to raise money, Nassau BOCES accomplished it last week. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 4/1/15

Area teachers, from left, Melissa Cangelosi, Lauren Funaro, Dani Iadevaia Andria Karousis showed their feelings about the Common Core tests at an education forum at Levittown Hall in Hicksville on March 16.

Forum speakers say ‘opt-out’

They all had different ways to say it, but the message was clear: opt out of Common Core tests. Two teachers, two administrators and a parent told the more than 300 people at Levittown Hall in Hicksville that the only way to send a message to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was to refuse to let their children take the third through eighth grade English language arts and math tests in April. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 3/25/15

Malverne High School students Alexis Murry, far left, Chidozie Alozie and Alyssa McDaniel took a quick break from their trigonometry class at the Doshi STEM Institute last week.

Future of Doshi STEM program threatened

When Nassau BOCES came up with the idea to create the Doshi STEM Institute, a half-day, five-days-a-week learning experience for high school students focusing on science, technology, engineering and math, the Malverne school district immediately saw its value. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 3/25/15

Charter schools are a win for taxpayers

I’ve heard a lot of local chatter lately about Common Core. I know teachers are distressed and parents confused. To be honest . . . more

3/20/15

Upgrading the standard IQ test

In 1983, famed Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner published his seminal book, “Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,” which laid out seven primary intelligences . . . more

3/12/15

Dr. Kuncham is the first Indian-American School Superintendent in the history of New York State. He is Superintendent of Freeport Schools.

Twenty years in Freeport Schools

Loyalty and longevity – these are the ideals that have helped to shape Dr. Kishore Kuncham’s tenure at Freeport Schools. Dr. Kuncham, Superintendent of Freeport Schools, recently … more

By Laura Schofer lschofer@liherald.com | 3/5/15

Driving and walking are dangerous. Conditions are expected to get worse during the day on Thursday.

More snow for Long Island's South Shore

Snow and plummeting temperatures are expected as 4 to 7 inches are forecast to fall in our area, and a winter storm warning is in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday night, according to the National Weather … more

By Mary Malloy | 3/5/15

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