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Students examined vintage photographs and articles during their tour of the Historical Museum.

When the Baldwin Historical Society and Museum recently opened its display cases to artifacts from the Fire Department, officials decided to extend their tour to the younger set. Students from … more

By Adrienne Lyons | 12/10/15

Sheila Cohen, a longtime child education advocate, died on Sept. 3.

Sheila Horowitz Cohen: the little engine that could

Sheila Horowitz Cohen was a woman of fierce determination, who was very much like the little engine that succeeds in pulling a train over a mountain in the children’s book “The Little Engine … more

By Laura Schofer | 10/14/15

Help a boy or girl by becoming a mentor

School-aged children can use someone to talk to. Someone they can share their thoughts, goals and fears with who genuinely cares and wants what’s best for them. more

1/15/15

George Langford Sr. helped his grandson, Oliver, calibrate a microscope. But do parents give their kids too much homework help? The Herald

All work and no play?

Emily Loeb, a Long Island mother of three, beleives her children are receiving too much homework since the advent of the Common Core. Loeb talked with parents and experts including Baldwin’s new assistant superintendent, Dr. Cynthia Seniuk, to find out where all this homework is coming from and how to handle it most effectively. more

By Emily Loeb | 11/13/13

Jennifer Ryley, co-president of SEPTA, wrote a message to the school board.

A question of funds

The Baldwin Board of Education tried something new for its Community Input Meeting on Oct. 23 at Baldwin High School. Trustees put several questions to the community and collected the public’s answers in writing. more

By Chris Connolly | 10/30/13

The Herald asked the new superintendent about what the job means to him, and about the biggest challenges Baldwin schools will face going forward.

5 questions for James Scannell

James Scannell, a product of the Baldwin school system, has taken over a district in flux. The Herald asked the new superintendent about what the job means to him, and about the biggest challenges Baldwin schools will face going forward. more

By Chris Connolly | 9/11/13

New superintendent, new challenges

James Scannell, the Baldwin native who has taken over the school district superintendent’s position, will face a different slate of concerns than those that preoccupied his predecessor, the … more

By Chris Connolly | 9/4/13

Deborah Rebore, right, was sworn in as a school board Trustee by District Clerk Mary Hobbs.

New faces, new positions of Board

The main order of business at last week’s Baldwin Board of Education meeting was the swearing in of new Trustees Deborah Rebore and Joel Press more

7/10/13

Voting yesterday resulted in the passage of Baldwin's revised school spending proposal.

Baldwin passes school budget 2397 to 860

An anxious second round of voting concluded with the passage of Baldwin's revised budget proposal last night. The final tally, which included absentee ballots, was 2397 "yes" votes to 860 "no" votes. more

By Chris Connolly | 6/19/13

Darrell Davis, of Verity Lane in Baldwin, urged residents to support the spending plan. “We can’t afford this budget,” he said. “But we also can’t afford to fail our children.”

Turning ‘no’ into ‘yes’

Faced with floating a risky schools budget with a tax levy increase of 4.1 percent, or a safer one, at 3.14 percent, the Board of Education took the path of least resistance at a public forum last … more

By Chris Connolly | 6/6/13

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