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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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Her friends, family and coworkers claim it wasn’t too much of a surprise, but Penny Ellis was shocked to the point of speechlessness when it was announced on May 16 that she was the winner of …
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Alex Costello
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5/25/11
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We’ll return to the mini-series about the ups and downs of the teacher job market next week. But first, a preview of an upcoming program that is of interest to all this week: “Suicide is preventable.”
Suicide is the leading cause of death among young people.Therefore, the leading cause of death among children and teens is preventable. That’s a fact—and yet we’re losing an increasing number of young people.
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By Steve Kussin
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5/12/11
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When residents go to the polls on May 17 to vote for the school district budget, they will also have the opportunity to vote for members of their Board of Education.
Three seats are up for …
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Alex Costello
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5/11/11
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Penny Ellis, a special-education teacher at Oceanside High School, was quite surprised when she found out that she was a semifinalist in “Live! with Regis and Kelly’s” second annual Top …
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Alex Costello
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5/11/11
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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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On April 19, 1969, members of Cornell University’s Afro-American Society occupied Willard Straight Hall on the Ithaca campus to protest a litany of perceived racial injustices after a cross was burned outside Wari House, a cooperative for African-American female students. During the occupation, AAS members smuggled in rifles and bandoliers of ammunition.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/2/11
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To the Editor:
I had the opportunity to attend the Oceanside School District’s Annual Family Life meeting for fourth, fifth and sixth grade parents on Feb. 16 at School 5.
After sitting …
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2/23/11
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On Feb. 1, Governor Cuomo delivered his first budget address. It was a no-holds-barred speech in which he admitted that years of dysfunction and mismanagement has driven our state into “functional bankruptcy.”
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by Al D'Amato
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2/11/11
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