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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
Vote BOE incumbents in Merrick, challengers in North Merrick
This year, the Herald encourages taxpayers to support the three incumbents running for re-election in Merrick, and the two newcomers in North Merrick. more
Vote BOE incumbents in Bellmore; Lanci and Casucci in North Bellmore
The Herald urges Bellmore Elementary School District residents to show their support for incumbent Board of Education trustees Marion Blane and Brian Desmond, who are running unopposed for re-election this year. more
Re-elect Kaplan to Merrick Board of Education
I am Father Richard J. Rock, campus minister for athletics at St. John’s University. I have known Dr. Nancy Kaplan for more than 30 years, and work closely with her in support of our students. I was delighted to learn that she was seeking to remain on the Board of Education, a position that she has held for the past 14 years. I could not think of a better way for Nancy to apply her professional and personal interests. more
Chatterton Elementary School, in the Merrick School District
Merrick, North Merrick BOE races are competitive
The Merrick and North Merrick school districts both feature competitive Board of Education races this year, with three incumbents and one challenger vying for three seats in Merrick, and two incumbents facing two challengers in North Merrick. more
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Meet the North Bellmore Board of Education candidates
North Bellmore School District voters will have the chance to meet the four candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Education next week. more
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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Rich Wojcieski, a Bellmore-Merrick health teacher, administered a test in his health class on Dec. 1 after speaking with the Herald about changes in the ways educators tackle human sexuality with the proliferation of social media.
When sex education meets technology
When educators and experts talk about the state of sex education in 2017, they return again and again to the concept of responsibility. The responsibility they speak of, however, has nothing to do with “safe sex,” the catchphrase so many adults remember from their middle and high school health classes. 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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