{"id":259105,"date":"2026-06-08T12:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/259105\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:34:41","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-made-in-new-jersey-new-approach-revives-shop-class-in-schools-without-power-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/259105\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Made In New Jersey New Approach Revives Shop Class In Schools Without Power Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A hands-on learning program is bringing back shop class in a new way for students in East Orange.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Maplewood Shop is working to reintroduce woodworking classes without the use of power tools.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Founder Mike Schloff says many students no longer have access to this type of learning experience in schools.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cThere\u2019s still a huge need for people that know how to work with their hands,\u201d Schloff said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The program provides schools with toolboxes that include hand tools, workbenches and precut wood, along with a curriculum designed for easy teaching.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Schloff says the lessons focus on skills beyond woodworking.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cWe train them so that they can run woodworking, which gives all the benefits of math skills, critical thinking skills, collaboration skills and career exposure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The program is now in more than 250 schools across the country, including Hillside High School.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Students there are building projects like chairs and bookshelves while learning hands-on skills.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cIt feels amazing that I get to have that,\u201d one student said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Organizers say the goal is to bring excitement back into learning and give students a chance to create something with their own hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hands-on learning program is bringing back shop class in a new way for students in East Orange.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-259105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}