I am happy to announce that 98% of school budgets across New York passed this year, while on Long Island 123 of the 124 passed. Additionally, 29 New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) members were elected to school boards statewide. Thank you to everyone who came out and voted to support public education. Your support […]
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“Awesome Job!” read the handmade sign one smiling young student handed quickly to Jessalynn Brito, 17, in a hallway crowded with cheering students and teachers at Amityville’s Northwest Elementary School on Thursday. For Brito and about 240 other seniors in Amityville Memorial High School’s Class of 2019, the morning was a poignant peeling back of the years for the annual
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Minority schoolteachers and administrators, appearing at a Long Island education forum focused on diversity, described embarrassing racial assumptions they had encountered in the workplace, as well as more positive experiences with colleagues and students. Speaker after speaker at Friday’s four-hour conference talked of the frustrations of working in public schools where they are greatly outnumbered by white co-workers and often are treated differently
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On May 18th, Long Island Teachers sponsored Fireworks Night with the Long Island Ducks. Throughout the night, videos and ads played letting the crowd know about the importance and supporting their school budget and who our organization is. Hundred’s of teachers from across Long Island attended the game and great time was had by all.
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Strong communities have strong schools so it’s up to us to support our children and give them the tools they need to succeed. We here at Long Island Teachers strongly encourage you to go out to the polls and vote yes on your school budget this Tuesday! Below you will find a list of endorsed
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Great teachers are born with the passion to teach, with a fundamental need to pass on something of value. As teachers, we inspire students to learn and dream of achieving great things. We must continue to be the ones to define excellence in our profession and to continue to advocate for our students, our schools,
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Nearly 68,000 elementary and middle school students in 95 districts across Long Island refused to take the state math test this week – 47.9 percent of students eligible in those systems to sit for the exam, according to responses this week to a Newsday survey sent to all 124 districts. Friday was the end of the spring test season for most Long Island students in
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In a sharp rebuke, delegates at the Representative Assembly unanimously called on the state Board of Regents to direct State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to make the necessary changes to fix the state’s broken standardized testing system. The special order of business, approved unanimously by more than 1,700 delegates, says NYSUT has no confidence the
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You may have heard that there is a large contingent of Parents and Guardians “Opting Out” their children from the ELA and Mathematics tests for grades 3 through 8 due to the high stakes consequences associated with them. Last year, a number of Parents and Guardians across Long Island refused to let their children take
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Testing season is here and once again Long Island Teachers are supporting a parent’s choice to opt-out of state standardized testing. After the first week of tests, we have seen how flawed the system is. Across Long Island, electronic tests did not work, the tests are still too long, and the tests are developmentally inappropriate.
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A great teacher in every classroom is one of the most important resources we can provide students. The goal of Long Island Teachers is to support the 30,000+ public school teachers on Long Island, and build a community that believes in a quality education for all. Long Island Teachers represents over 100 Teachers Unions on Long Island. Members come together to share best practices, advocate for important issues, and help raise visibility for the good work being done by teachers across Long Island.