Both the Wantagh and Seaford School Districts are closed Thursday due to the snow and continued bad weather expected throughout the day.
Thursday's budget session and board of education meeting in …
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By: Michael Ganci
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2/13/14
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Poverty is hard to define, I learned during a “Covering Suburban Poverty” conference sponsored by the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communications and the Poynter Institute last Sept. 26 and 27.
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By Scott Brinton, Senior Editor
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2/12/14
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New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report on Jan. 14 titled “School District Revenue Growth Slows.” Before I get to it, a quick primer on education funding.
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1/23/14
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The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise.
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1/9/14
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It was the crime of the century in our community, and the horror of those days is never far from the surface in the South Shore towns where the families of Kelly Ann Tinyes and Robert Golub lived and worked and went to school.
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12/19/13
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The Wantagh School District approved a resolution opposing high stakes testing at its Thursday, December 12 meeting at Wantagh High School.
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by Mark Treske
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12/18/13
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A survey of more than 600 school board members across New York state found that 75 percent overwhelmingly oppose the education department’s plan to provide student data to a third-party vendor, …
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By Howard Schwach
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12/18/13
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The death last week of former South African President Nelson Mandela sparked a worldwide outpouring of sorrow, respect and remembrance of a man many considered one of history’s great heroes — a …
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By Brian Racow and Emily Webb
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12/11/13
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The anger expressed last week by many parents toward New York State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. during two Long Island forums over his continued push for Common Core education standards spilled over into Thursday night’s Wantagh school board meeting.
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by Andrew Coen
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11/20/13
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It was clearly a difficult night for New York State Education Commissioner Dr. John King and Chancellor Meryl Tisch.
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By Howard Schwach
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11/19/13
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