106 LI schools on 'needs improvement' list
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The number of Long Island public schools the state says need academic improvement more than tripled this year to 106, prompting the region's educators to call for speedier overhaul of the federal No Child Left Behind law that has governed academic ratings the past nine years.
Only 28 Island schools were identified last year as needing improvement.
The unprecedented increase, described...
