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In times of crisis, it’s easy to overreact. President Trump overreacted when he called over the weekend for funding to train and arm teachers . . . more

3/16/18

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky joined other Democratic senators, students, teachers and community members on March 3 at South Side High School in Rockville Centre to announce a proposed bill that would prohibit teachers from carrying guns in school.

Opposed to arming teachers

In the wake of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that claimed 17 victims and spurred a range of proposals on how to curb gun violence, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky said on March 3 that … more

By Ben Strack and Bridget Downes | 3/8/18

State must address Regents exam flaws

On June 16, the New York State Board of Regents issued a dryly worded “Notice to Teachers” regarding this year’s geometry Regents exam. It read . . . more

7/27/17

Marguerite Izzo, a fifth-grade teacher in the Malverne School District, with Rep. Kathleen Rice last week after she introduced the Teachers and Parents at the Table Act in Washington, D.C.

Bringing parents and teachers to the federal table

Ten years ago, Howard T. Herber Middle School teacher Marguerite Izzo found herself in the office of U.S. Sen. Carolyn McCarthy and began recounting her observations stemming from the No Child Left Behind Act. As she was talking, McCarthy yelled for an aide to grab a notebook and start writing. “I couldn’t believe someone cared,” said Izzo, adding that this was the beginning of legislation to involve teachers in writing federal education policy. “The legislation was introduced two or three times, but never got off the ground,” Izzo said. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/27/17

State must lead on Common Core testing

Nearly 95,000 Long Island children in grades three through eight — roughly 52 percent of the total — did not take the New York state standardized English Language Arts exam last week, as the “opt-out” movement continued . . . more

4/6/17

Hundreds of Long Beach School Employees Association members were joined by members of the City Council and Long Beach Professional Firefighters Local 287 at a rally led by Veronica Dale, left, before the March 9 Board of Education meeting to protest what they called a lack of progress in contract negotiations.

Board of Ed reaches contract settlement with teachers

After a two-year impasse, the Long Beach Board of Education and the Classroom Teachers Association announced last week that they had agreed on a new contract. At the March 9 school board meeting … more

By Bridget Downes | 3/16/17

How ‘opt out’ roiled Common Core

For every large-scale social movement, there is a “tipping point, that magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire.” So wrote New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell in . . . more

9/15/16

Court allows parents to file claim against Long Beach schools

A Nassau County Supreme Court judge granted a motion on July 26 for five parents to file a late claim against the Long Beach School District, accusing it of failing to act on complaints of abuse of their severely autistic children by their former special education teacher. more

By Ben Strack | 8/10/16

Lawyers engaged in a heated exchange at the June 9 session of a disciplinary hearing for former middle school special education teacher Lisa Weitzman, which the Long Beach City School District launched in March, accusing her of abusing her students.

Lawyers spar at abuse hearing

Three months after the Long Beach School District launched a disciplinary hearing for former middle school special education teacher Lisa Weitzman that could lead to her dismissal, the proceeding continued at Lindell Elementary School last week, and new testimony from witnesses sparked a charged debate between two lawyers. more

By Ben Strack | 6/15/16

Board of Education President Roy Lester seeks to retain his seat in the upcoming school board election.

School board candidates to square off at forum

With Long Beach’s school board election set for May 17, Board of Education President Roy Lester and high school science teacher Perry Bodnar are slated to discuss their respective platforms at a candidates forum on May 9 at City Hall. The forum, organized by the Central Council PTA, will begin at 7 p.m. more

By Ben Strack | 5/5/16

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