The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday it plans to investigate whether New York education officials are being ...

A Long Island school district is mourning the loss of one of its middle school teachers who reportedly died days after ...

In Massapequa, the word "chief" means way more than a school team or symbol -- it's part of the community's fabric.

The Massapequa School District on Long Island is at the center of a growing national controversy after President Trump voiced ...

In Massapequa, the word "chief" means way more than a school team or symbol -- it's part of the community's fabric.

In 2023, a Newsday investigation found district officials on Long Island persuaded 103 educators to resign over a decade, using confidential agreements approved by school boards that did not ...

which is over the district's cap limit. John Hildebrand is Newsday's senior education writer and has covered school news and policy issues affecting Long Island for more than 40 years.

The announced investigation also comes several days after President Donald Trump waded in into a local fight over the Massapequa school ... to now force the Long Island district to change it.

President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind a Long Island school district's fight to keep its mascot after New York's state education board banned Native American mascots and imagery.

“However, the U.S. Department of Education’s attempt to interfere with a state law concerning school district mascots ... which has a reservation on Long Island, said in a statement that ...

Trump Administration to Investigate New York's Funding Threat Over Long Island Tribal School ... to withhold funding if a Long Island school district doesn't stop using a Native American-themed ...