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Bay Shore – On Monday, March 20, 2017, commencing at 6:30pm, an educational forum will be proudly held at the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library on Main Street. Titled “Education at the Crossroads,” this forum will offer all of us a chance to engage in meaningful dialogue with our friends and neighbors about issues that are […]

Donald Trump’s education budget is a declaration of war on public education and our nation’s neediest children. It was surely designed by Betsy DeVos. Trump’s budget would axe after-school programs known as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers which help school districts, churches and nonprofit groups serve more than 1.6 million American children, most of

Dear NYSUT Member: This is to update you on developments as we continue to press — in partnership with parents —for a complete overhaul of the state’s broken system of testing and evaluations. We are making progress, we are not done, and we will not rest until New York State has ended its obsession with

This article first appeared in Newsday by Nicholas Spangler Amityville school district voters Tuesday night approved a $69.9 million bond referendum to fund renovations and expansion intended to keep pace with growing student enrollment. The 650-529 vote was a “clear message from the community that they support the work that is necessary for the district

These two Letters to the Editor were sent to Newsday following their cartoon on Feb. 6. I was troubled by Matt Bodkin’s Feb. 6 editorial cartoon, which depicts a teacher saying to parent activists,”They’ve put off linking student tests to our evaluations.  You’re on your own.” I support any parent who chooses to opt a

About 200 teachers, school administrators and parents nearly filled the American Legion hall in Massapequa on Monday night to hear opponents of the state’s Common Core testing system outline their continued grassroots rebellion and ask for more to join in. “We can measure someone’s ability to attend med school or law school in less time

The nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education has caused considerable anxiety amongst supporters of public education. This anxiety is due in no small part to Mrs. DeVos’ record of promoting policies that siphon taxpayer money away from public schools and into the hands of private industry for the purpose of expanding private charter

This Black History Month we have a simple message; Our schools need more Black Educators and we all need to be more involved in our communities and not be afraid of embracing the true meaning of #blacklivesmatter.  Every year, Long Island Teachers celebrate Black History Month through school assemblies, daily announcements and in-class content, but

MEA paraeducator Sharon Campbell Genesee County paraeducator Sharon Campbell can’t help but see the irony. For 16 years, she worked with cognitively impaired young adults, teaching them what they would need to know to successfully navigate in the world: independent living skills, such as personal grooming, cooking, and house-keeping. Plus the social skills to land a

This article was written by Elizabeth A. Harris and first appeared on January 25th in the New York Times. More than 200 teachers and principals received erroneous scores from New York State on a contentious measurement that ties their performance to how well their students do on tests, according to state documents obtained by The