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Valley Stream District 24 Board of Education hired Wise Search Consultants to head the search for the district’s next superintendent to replace Don Sturz, above.

At Valley Stream District 24, search for new superintendent is on

The Valley Stream District 24 Board of Education has recruited the help of an educational consulting firm, District Wise Search Consultants, to lead the search for the district’s next … more

By Juan Lasso | 3/13/23

The shell game we like to call graduation rates

State taxpayers remain mostly blinded by educational obfuscations like the high school graduation rate. more

By Mark Nolan | 3/9/23

Artist Hulbert Waldroup painted a double-sided portrait of Pyyrhus Concer, a Black whaler from Sag Harbor who was one of the first Americans to set foot in Japan, for the exhibit.

Whaling Museum hosts new exhibit on Black whalers

The Whaling Museum & Education Center in Cold Spring Harbor has opened its newest exhibit on the role and history of African Americans in the whaling industry. Titled “From Sea to Shining … more

By Will Sheeline | 2/24/23

Professor Ricardo Santos and Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers union vice president David Stern hold signs calling for the school’s board of trustees to offer full-time faculty members what they consider to be fair contracts.

Teachers union presses for fair faculty contracts at Nassau Community College

Professors and academic professionals say they’ve been waiting months for a new contract, and rallied at a Nassau Community College board meeting last week to see if they can finally make it happen. more

By Andre Silva | 12/29/22

A hair salon on Main Street was once a post office, telephone switchboard, library and Western Union office during the 19th century, Baylee Browning-Atkinson said during a holiday tour given by the Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor.

A holiday walk down memory lane

The Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor had something special in store for visitors this holiday season. For the first time, it hosted the Holiday Walking Tour, an hour-long … more

By Laura Lane | 12/16/22

Taking a holiday walk down memory lane

The Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor had something special in store for visitors this holiday season. For the first time, it hosted the Holiday Walking Tour; an hour-long … more

By Laura Lane | 12/15/22

Hewlett-Woodmere School District faculty gathered outside the high school before their walk on Nov. 16.

Hewlett-Woodmere staffers raise their voices on contracts

Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association members brought their fight for a new contract to the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting, having joined forces with the school district’s clerical staff, custodial and maintenance workers and information technology employees. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 11/23/22

Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association members marched along Broadway in Hewlett, from East Rockaway Road to Cedar Road, on the morning of Election Day to show their solidarity for a new contract.

Hewlett-Woodmere teachers rally on Election Day

The line of marchers along Broadway in Hewlett on Nov. 8 was not celebrating Homecoming. The procession comprised Hewlett-Woodmere public school teachers seeking a new union contract to replace the … more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 11/17/22

Our kids can’t do the math

When I was in high school in the Bronx in the 1960s, they didn’t let us use calculators on tests. They hadn’t invented them yet. more

By Alan Singer | 11/10/22

Marc Hecht presented his family’s story of the Holocaust to Lawrence Elementary School students last spring.

Focusing on Holocaust education in New York public schools

There is a renewed emphasis on Holocaust education thanks to a new state law signed in August by Gov. Kathy Hochul, requiring public school district superintendents to attest in a survey that their schools are making the Holocaust part of classroom instruction. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 10/20/22