Vickie Moller is a professional freelance writer and a regular contributor to LongIsland.com. Her focus is on Long Island’s schools and creating informative directories based on themes and events around the Island. She also contributes stories from personal interviews with Long Island professionals and newsmakers. With a tremendous respect for the power of the written word, Vickie works hard to serve her readers with accurate, timely and comprehensive news and information. Vickie can be reached at VickieM@longisland.com
By Vickie Moller September 10, 2013
With a new school year in full swing, the American Red Cross has posted simple, practical safety tips and reminders to keep our children safe as they head back to the classroom.
By Vickie Moller September 06, 2013
In response to a reporter's question about failing schools at a news conference last week in Lockport near Buffalo, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that there has to be "a death penalty for failing schools, ...
By Vickie Moller September 05, 2013
Closed since 2010, the Jack Abrams School in Huntington Station reopened Wednesday as the Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School with studies focused on science, technology, engineering and math.
By Vickie Moller September 03, 2013
Lending crucial support to President Obama's quest for Congressional approval of a strike on Syria, Speaker John A. Boehner Tuesday voiced his agreement with "the president's call to action."
By Vickie Moller August 28, 2013
ERASE Racism, an independent not-for-profit organization working toward racial equity on Long Island, has received a $20,000 grant from the Long Island Community Foundation in support of the organization's Education Equity Campaign, created to identify ...
By Vickie Moller August 27, 2013
The Conference Board, a private New York-based research group, today released the results of its Consumer Confidence Index, indicating a rise in consumer confidence from 81.0 in July to 81.5 as short-term industry, job and ...
By Vickie Moller August 26, 2013
For ten days, firefighters have been struggling to slow the pace of The Rim fire in the Stanislaus National Forest near Yosemite National Park, which, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, ...
By Vickie Moller August 23, 2013
After Learning the results of the 2013 Common Core Tests for his school district's third through eighth graders, Superintendent Joseph Rella robo-called parents urging them to attend an August 17 rally at Comsewogue High School ...
By Vickie Moller August 22, 2013
Citing a new College Board survey confirming that tuition for four-year state college is up five percent from last year, Congressman Steve Israel Monday announced new legislation to make college more affordable for middle-class families.
By Vickie Moller August 21, 2013
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman yesterday announced a $10.25 million settlement with Career Education Corporation, a for-profit education company, for inflating its graduates' job placement rates in order to attract students.
By Vickie Moller August 20, 2013
In response to concerns from parents of elementary school students about the new Common Core Curriculum and associated testing, Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle has introduced legislation to ensure that the Common Core mandated state exams ...
By Vickie Moller August 19, 2013
The Long Island Association, one of the largest business organizations in New York State and the leading business organization on Long Island, has named Dr. John A. Rizzo, a professor of economics at Stony Brook ...
By Vickie Moller August 15, 2013
Earlier this summer, President Obama Proposed an aggressive initiative called ConnectEd to connect 99 percent of America's students to the internet thorough high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within five years.
By Vickie Moller August 14, 2013
After signing a three-year contract and being sworn in last July as Smithtown School District's new superintendent, Anthony Annunziato got to work immediately visiting district schools, speaking with staff and addressing resident's concerns.
By Vickie Moller August 14, 2013
A recent post on SMATOOS, an online education and technology news and information site that tracks the impact of technology upon education and offers up-to-the-minute industry news, app reviews and interviews with education specialists and ...