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By Amy Gernon May 17, 2012
Based on Tuesday's school election results, Senate Majority Leader Skelos says the state's property-tax cap is working as it should.
By Vickie Moller May 15, 2012
Four Long Island high schools have been ranked among the opt 100 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its fourth edition of Best High Schools. The rankings identify the leading public ...
By Vickie Moller May 07, 2012
After violence broke out on the Riverhead High School campus in 2003 and gang activity from surrounding areas began infiltrating the school, the Riverhead School District responded by adopting Council for Unity, a program that ...
By Vickie Moller April 30, 2012
On April 23, 2012, Hampton Bays Middle School was named a top green school by the U.S. Department of Education when Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy ...
By Vickie Moller April 23, 2012
This summer, a team of four Long Island science teachers will be among the first to attend ECO Classroom, a nationwide teacher development program created by the Northrop Grumman Foundation in collaboration with Conservation International.
By Vickie Moller April 16, 2012
Each year, during National Nutrition Month, Whitsons School Nutrition, a company that manages nutrition programs for public and private schools, partners with Long Island school districts to promote healthy eating habits and lifestyles.
By Vickie Moller April 09, 2012
Last month, Congressman Steve Israel visited Suffolk Community College's Brentwood manufacturing lab to announce new legislation that provides for skill training and job placement for veterans returning from Iraq and Afgahnistan.
By Vickie Moller April 02, 2012
As a result of the widely-publcized SAT/ACT cheating scandals last year, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice charged a total of 20 teenagers from five Long Island high schools with cheating. But amid all of ...
By Vickie Moller March 26, 2012
Last month, Alan Singer, a Social Studies teacher at Hofstra University, spoke on the "State of School Integration on Long Island" at a Black History Month event held at the Lakeview Public Library. The event ...
By Vickie Moller March 19, 2012
In efforts to save Long Island taxpayers money, since 2006 Nassau County school officials have been planning the Nassau School and Municipal Savings Initiative, a collaborative effort among Nassau County, Nassau BOCES, Nassau County school ...
By Vickie Moller March 13, 2012
New York is one of all but four states nationwide that has voluntarily adopted Common Core State Standards, a U.S. education initiative that seeks to align diverse state-to-state curricula. The initiative is sponsored by the ...
By Vickie Moller March 07, 2012
The Board of Education is still contemplating whether to allow Suffolk Wireless Communications to build a 125-foot cell phone tower at Kings Park School District's administration building on Lawrence Road.
By Vickie Moller March 05, 2012
Long Island's Adelphi University has received a $9.5 million gift from Robert B. Willumstad, co-founder and senior adviser of the private equity firm Brysam Global Partners. Willumstad’s gift is equal to single-largest donation in the ...
By Vickie Moller February 03, 2012
The Plainview-Old Bethpage School District will demonstrate its commitment to sustainable eco-friendly initiatives by adding a “green” bus to its fleet this year.
By Hannah M. January 24, 2012
High school and college students today have a big decision ahead of them - should they begin looking into a career path early on, or should they wait until the latter part of college to ...
By Vickie Moller January 23, 2012
In efforts to combat obesity, beginning this spring, a group of students from the Bay Shore School District will be wearing devices on their wrists that will monitor their physical activity level around the clock.
By Evelyn Ortiz October 04, 2011
Many of us young adults are pushed into adulthood often having to carry many heavy weights upon our shoulders, which, quite frankly, we are not always prepared for.
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