In the remarkable 2014 film “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, a maniacal music professor at an elite East Coast conservatory bent on producing the next truly great jazz musician . . .
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9/21/17
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More Rockville Centre students in grades three through eight were proficient on the 2017 state English language arts and math assessments compared to last year, as they once again scored …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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9/11/17
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The New York State Education Department released the results of this spring’s Common Core exams last month, showing improved scores for Long Beach Middle School students who took English Language …
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By Bridget Downes
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9/7/17
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In August, the state Department of Education released the results of this spring’s English Language Arts and math exams, and there were few changes from 2016 for Lynbrook and East Rockaway students.
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By Mike Smollins
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9/7/17
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Parlez-vous français? ¿Habla español?
Dozens of South Side Middle School world language students recently earned national or local recognition for their outstanding performances on the 2017 National French Contest and The National Spanish Exam.
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By Brian Kacharaba
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6/15/17
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New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core.
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6/1/17
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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 . . .
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4/6/17
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District again had among the highest percentages of students in Nassau County opting out of the state English Language Arts exams last week, with 73 percent of seventh- and eighth-grade students sitting out the exams.
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By Erik Hawkins and Brian Stieglitz
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4/6/17
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The Rockville Centre School District saw a slight increase in the number and percentage of third- through eighth-grade students who opted out of the New York State English Language Arts assessments …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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4/6/17
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ll New York state schools must now have their drinking water supply tested for lead contamination, according to legislation signed last month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. New York is the first state in the …
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By Rossana Weitekamp and Peter Belfiore
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10/19/16
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