Long Island Schools & Education News
Follow Long Island school district news from Nassau & Suffolk including rankings, budgets, test scores and educator pay.

Match Day: LI medical school students learn their residency hospitals
Students at Stony Brook University, Hofstra, Northwell's Zucker School of Medicine and the NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine in Mineola to begin their careers as doctors.
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Freeport's interim schools superintendent to leave next month
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LI school district proposes cutting 43 teachers to balance budget
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East Hampton student wins poetry contest
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4 LI districts want to pierce their tax levy caps: Why officials say it's needed
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'COVID generation' students need more support
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Plainedge teacher sparks learning with robots, pumpkins and bread baking
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Former LI schools superintendent sentenced in crash that seriously injured motorcyclist
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NYS considers filtration systems for lead in school drinking water
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Hofstra's NCAA Tournament bid gives university a boost: 'It's great national exposure'
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'American Idol' contestant from LI gives advice during visit to alma mater
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Ward Melville, Great Neck teams win LI Science Bowl
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State fines LI neurosurgeon for falsely claiming to vaccinate his child
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After fatal crash, LI crossing guards reflect on the dangers of the job
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Supporters ask school board to reinstate Wyandanch HS principal on leave
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SUNY approves rule that could oust NCC leader by August
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Creating the path: How a new initiative is preparing first-generation LI students for college
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The most affordable federal student loan repayment program has ended: What borrowers need to know
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Iran war, Bruce Blakeman's priorities, teacher's firing, Hempstead schools
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'It's been an honor': Regeneron finalist from LI recounts her experience at finals in D.C.
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LI man sues Hofstra, arguing it charges 'junk fees' on sporting events, court documents show
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Teacher Spotlight: Massapequa's beloved 'Sal Cal' teaches math and empathy
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Police: Lockout lifted after LI high school evacuated
LI teacher who wished death to Trump supporters on Facebook can keep job, arbitrator rules
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LI high school graduation rates: See how your district performed
Crossing guard hit in Merrick crash has died
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School bus driver shortage expected to worsen after immigrant license rollback
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2 LI districts sue to block new charter schools
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3 Long Island high school teams win Science Olympiads
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How one LI school district nearly doubled its graduation rate
Ten years ago, just one out of every two Hempstead students left the high school with a diploma. Last year, 84% graduated.
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Higher ed is facing 'tremendous disruption.' Why these LI academics say college is still worth it.
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Voters approve $71.5M bond for East Meadow schools
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3 LI school districts approve property tax breaks for spouses of fallen officers
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Education data

This LI high school has a marching band for the first time ever
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Jericho senior Ashka Shah is Long Island's only Regeneron finalist
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Trump administration freezes funding for NYS child care
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LI students' English, math state test scores improve
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LI district proposes adding armed guards at schools
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LI educators, students weigh in on cellphone ban
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'Students deserve more'
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'An incubator of ideas and possibilities'
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'Whatever they can do to protect my kid ... everybody's kid ... that's what they gotta do.'
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