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NYC teacher from Baldwin charged with sex abuse of minor
A Baldwin man was charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl at the Brooklyn school he teaches at, according to New York City Police. Daniel Santiago, 29, faces one count each of sex abuse and … more
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We must rethink state testing for grades 3-8
Welcome to another annual rite of spring: the state exams for grades three through eight. more
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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Lenox Elementary School
Lenox, Plaza earn national honor
Lenox and Plaza elementary schools in Baldwin were each recently named a School of Excellence by the National Parent Teacher Association in recognition of the partnerships between the local PTAs and … more
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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
No wonder teachers feel like the forgotten profession
I’m sure that at one time or another in your life, you were asked to name your favorite teacher. I know I have, and my sixth-grade teacher had a profound influence on my life . . . more
Teachers carrying guns? Not here.
In times of crisis, it’s easy to overreact. President Trump overreacted when he called over the weekend for funding to train and arm teachers . . . more
State must address Regents exam flaws
On June 16, the New York State Board of Regents issued a dryly worded “Notice to Teachers” regarding this year’s geometry Regents exam. It read . . . more
Marguerite Izzo, a fifth-grade teacher in the Malverne School District, with Rep. Kathleen Rice last week after she introduced the Teachers and Parents at the Table Act in Washington, D.C.
Bringing parents and teachers to the federal table
Ten years ago, Howard T. Herber Middle School teacher Marguerite Izzo found herself in the office of U.S. Sen. Carolyn McCarthy and began recounting her observations stemming from the No Child Left Behind Act. As she was talking, McCarthy yelled for an aide to grab a notebook and start writing. “I couldn’t believe someone cared,” said Izzo, adding that this was the beginning of legislation to involve teachers in writing federal education policy. “The legislation was introduced two or three times, but never got off the ground,” Izzo said. more
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State must lead on Common Core testing
Nearly 95,000 Long Island children in grades three through eight — roughly 52 percent of the total — did not take the New York state standardized English Language Arts exam last week, as the “opt-out” movement continued . . . more
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