In the News
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Nov 22/In the NewsSchool Bus Strike is Over
For the last two weeks, union bus drivers at Baumann & Sons Bus company have been on strike. The strike impacted transportation for students in the Hicksville, Rockville Center, Freeport and...
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Oct 20/In the NewsLI Teacher Wins National Honor
Fifth-graders inevitably find themselves drawn into Kate Hunter’s social studies lessons, whether the subject is homelessness, bullying or the sacrifice of World War II veterans who were the students...
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Oct 20/In the NewsDon't Water Down Teacher Training
A proposal recently approved by a committee of the State University of New York Board of Trustees will allow publicly funded charter schools to hire teacher candidates with only 40 hours of student...
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Jul 05/In the NewsNYSUT blasts charter school industry’s attempt to bypass teaching standards
ALBANY, N.Y. July 5, 2017 — New York State United Teachers today took sharp aim at regulations proposed by the charter school industry that would allow some charter networks to bypass state...
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May 10/In the NewsStamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Every year the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service, along with the United Food and Commercial Workers, AFL-CIO and more host the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive...
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Dec 20/In the NewsLI forum: Resources, English skills a must for immigrant students
Long Island school districts with rising numbers of immigrant students - many from poverty-stricken Central American countries - need more resources to help them learn English and flexibility in...
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Sep 01/In the NewsThank you Nassau PBA
The Nassau County PBA, DAI and SOA sponsored a back to school backpack giveaway for local youths. One thousand backpacks filled with school supplies were given away to hundreds of children and...
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Aug 31/In the NewsUCOMM Blog: For Sale: Democracy
A new Super PAC is dropping millions of dollars into a few state legislative races throughout New York. Mailers costing $3.17 million have begun to flood into primary campaigns in New York City and...
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May 27/In the NewsBill Gates’ foundation: We miscalculated Common Core reforms
This article by John Hildebrand was originally posted on Newsday.com The head of software billionaire Bill Gates’ foundation has admitted the agency underestimated the difficulty of transforming the...
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Feb 12/In the NewsBlack History Month 2016
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 #...
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Jan 26/In the NewsOver 200 NY Educators Receive Erroneous Scores Linked to Student Performance
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...
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Nov 24/In the NewsTeachers Save 12-year-old Girl who Collapsed in Long Island School
LEVITTOWN, N.Y. (WABC) -- A young girl from Long Island is recovering and thankful that she had a few guardian angels looking out for her. Looking at 12-year-old Jessica Lemus now, you would have...