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June Tinkhauser
June Tinkhauser, 30-year Baldwin high teacher, dies at 90
June Tinkhauser wasn’t content with keeping her lessons inside the classroom. The longtime Baldwin High School English teacher took several students to England to see William Shakespeare’s … more
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Helicopter parenting isn’t so bad after all
Over a quarter-century ago, under President George H.W. Bush, the U.S. Department of Education published an untitled, 49-page booklet that offered advice to parents about how to help their children in school. more
A militarized school is not a safe school
The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country. more
Baldwin schools will receive more state money this year.
Baldwin to receive more money after state error
The Baldwin Union Free School District was shortchanged almost $8,000 in state funds last school year because the state Education Department overpayed 275 charter schools in the state, and three … more
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Asheena Baez
New principals for Steele, Lenox elementary schools
The Baldwin Union Free School District on Mondy announced two of its elementary schools will have new principals starting July 1. more
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A book for all time — read it this weekend
The men burst into the house and dragged out the 15-year-old boy as his mother screamed for help. The sheriff’s men bound the boy’s hands and feet, loaded him into their car and . . . more
Boykins held up a tire designed for the Mars rovers that are now exploring the red planet.
Future of space discovery
Baldwin High School students huddled around Kobie Boykins, a mechanical engineer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City on Feb. 6. Excited, they bombarded Boykins with questions about Mars and space exploration, after which they received a private tour of the museum. more
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Students in the BMBroadcasting program at Mepham High School in North Bellmore were busy on a recent Thursday preparing for an important show featuring an interview with the school principal, Eric Gomez. Among them were, clockwise from top left, sophomores Colleen Hefferen, of Bellmore, and Aidan Carolan, of North Merrick; senior Jason Spiller, of Bellmore; and junior Michael Daniels, of North Merrick. Simulating authentic workaday situations is at the heart of experiential learning, educators say.
Experiential learning, vocational education making a comeback
Part five in the series “Educating the 21st Century Child.”Mepham High School broadcast teacher Stu Stein often holds class in the dark, and with virtually every surface in his … more
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Rabbi Baruch Noy, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway’s STEM curriculum coordinator, showed Peter Drukker, center, and Noah Popack how to use the state-of-the-art laser cutter in the middle school’s laboratory.
Where teachers, students meet technology
Students still read textbooks and jot notes in paper binders today, but technology reigns supreme in most all Long Island schools and in most all grades, from kindergarten through high school. How teachers apply that technology and how students learn to use the high-tech devices at their disposal will, no doubt, have a profound effect on education — and the work world of the future. more
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State must get teaching standards right this time
In the remarkable 2014 film “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, a maniacal music professor at an elite East Coast conservatory bent on producing the next truly great jazz musician . . . more
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