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Date Posted:  Thursday, November 5, 2015 newsday.com A state task force will hold simultaneous public hearings on controversial Common Core academic standards, testing and curriculum Friday in Stony Brook and at four other sites across the state, amid complaints by many parents, teachers and others that the late-afternoon format will hinder attendance. The hearings, described […]

“Teaching Children Civic Responsibility is what we do as educators. Hi this is Joan Deem from Long Island Teachers.org reminding you that this Tuesday, November 3rd is Election Day. Many before us have sacrificed for our right to have a voice in our democracy, so honor them by going to the polls. No matter how

This article first appeared in Newsday by John Hildebrand Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, one of New York’s top education policymakers and an ardent supporter of the Common Core national academic standards, said Monday she will step down in March to help free the state from a “quagmire” of unpopular testing and teacher evaluation requirements. Tisch,

By Christopher Doering, USATODAY President Obama says students are spending too much time in the classroom taking tests, many of them unnecessary, and urged officials in the country’s schools to take steps to administer fewer and more meaningful exams. The White House said Saturday the proliferation of testing in the United States — a problem the administration acknowledged

All across Long Island, our downtown sidewalks were ablaze in a sea of red as union educators, concerned parents and students “Painted the Town Red for Public Ed” on Thursday September 17th. The goal of this initiative was to remind residents of the dangers of privatizing our public schools and to refocus our communities’ efforts

ALBANY, N.Y. Sept. 9, 2015 — New York State United Teachers today called on the members of the state Board of Regents to vote “No” on the June emergency regulations on teacher evaluations; provide all immediate relief possible through changes to the draft regulations; and work with parents and teachers on any and all future

Happy Labor Day from all of us here at Long Island Teachers. Not too long ago, public education did not exist;  in fact an education was only accessible to the wealthy. Children of the working poor toiled in factories and not in school houses. Unions at the turn of the century established Child Labor laws