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Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence at the UN
On January 30th over 500 high school children in and
around New York City will take part in this inspirational
event, which young people will learn about the connection
between nonviolence and health, and about legacies
of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Heritage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn Borough President
Marty Markowitz, and Medgar Evers College of The City
University of New York will host the eighteenth annual
Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The
celebratory event, the largest... READ
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The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
by Coretta Scott King
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life
and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America.
We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught
us through his example—the values of courage, truth,
justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that
so radiantly defined Dr. King's character... READ
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The Schomburg Center for Research for Black Culture:
Events in January
Professor Henry Louis Gates traveled across the country
interviewing forty-four famous and not-so-famous individuals
from different parts of the African-American community...
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NEW JERSEY NEWS
Effectveness of McGreevy's Education Priorities
Recognizing that providing our children with the skills
to compete in the 21st century economy is our most
fundamental obligation, Governor James E. McGreevey
recently granted 25 schools that are succeeding
in that task the First Annual Governor's School of
Excellence award. The Governor... READ
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Ensuring Great Teachers for Children
Recognizing that providing our children with the skills
to compete in the 21st century economy, means supporting
great teachers and high teacher quality, Governor James
E. McGreevey recently issued the following statement
regarding the State Board of Education's adoption of...
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NJ School Districts Improve
Mathematics, Science, & Technology
Education
The New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative (NJ SSI)
will distribute approximately $300,000 to over 20 districts
in an effort to implement successful, education enriched
programs, focusing primarily on the professional development
of teachers. READ
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New Jersey Launches New Tool for Improving
School Performance
New Jersey's business leaders, along with Governor James
E. McGreevey, and representatives of the education
community, will launch a new Web site called Just for
the Kids-New Jersey. This school improvement tool provides
fair comparisons of schools, valuable data for... READ
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McGreevey & Community
Colleges Partner
to Create Jobs
Continuing his aggressive efforts to create jobs and
strengthen New Jersey's economy, Governor James E. McGreevey
signed the New Jersey Community Colleges Compact, an
executive order that creates a new statewide partnership
between the State of New Jersey and its nineteen... READ
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EDITORIALS
Productivity in the Public Schools by Stuart Dunn
Economists tell us that the recent recovery in the
nation's economy has been spurred by increased productivity.
How is productivity defined and why is it so important?
Productivity is similar to what we think of as efficiency.
More specifically, productivity is defined as the...
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SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Internet Censorship: US v. American Library
Association by Martha Mc Carthy, Ph .D.
With the mind-boggling growth of the Internet,
policy makers have become increasingly concerned
about protecting children from viewing pornographic
and other harmful materials via cyberspace. Since
1996, Congress has made several attempts to enact
legislation to shield children... READ
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Ranked Chess Player Only 12 Years Old
A 12-year-old girl and New York City public school student
from the Bronx has accomplished the impossible—in
just 18 months she has advanced from a complete unknown
to become the 74th best woman chess player in the nation.
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Dr. Joyce Coppin by Joan Baum, Ph .D.
It's a Friday afternoon, and Dr. Joyce R. Coppin, Chief
Executive of the Division of Human Resources and the
Center for Recruitment and Professional Development
for the Department of Education, apologizes for being
late (by only 10 minutes)—she was at a meeting, "having
fun." As the... READ
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MIT Gives 10 High Schools Grants for Inventions
More than 180 students at 10 high schools across the
country are getting the chance this school year to
work on teams to create inventions that benefit their
schools or communities. These students, and their teachers
and mentors, are this year's recipients of the prestigious...
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New Journal of Education Published by CCNY
by Adam Sugerman
The New Educator: A Journal of Educator Recruitment,
Development, and Support is a quarterly peer-reviewed
journal soon to be published by the City College of
New York School of Education. This is the first such
journal to be published by a CUNY school of education.
It will... READ
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From the Land of Honalee to P.S. 77:
An Outpouring of
Love by Joanne Kontopirakis
Ivy Sterling, principal of P.S. 77 in Brooklyn, was wearing
a bright red jacket and shiny Christmas pin. A warm woman
with a voice like honey, she took time to spread caring
to students and uplift all that she met. "Hello.
Did you have fun today?" she asked students leaving
the gymnasium. READ
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Sciabarra to Lead New Office at Dept. of Ed
Elizabeth Sciabarra has been appointed Chief Executive
of the newly created Office of Student Enrollment Planning
and Operations. In her new role, Ms. Sciabarra will
drive the Department of Education's effort to connect
the issues of student placement, zoning, and enrollment
to the... READ
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Virtual Enterprises Brings HS Entrepreneurs Closer
to
Reality
by Michelle Accorso
When you were sixteen did you know what a "break-even" point
was? Yet on a recent afternoon, at the World Financial
Center, high school kids were speaking with ease and
confidence about all the aspects that go into creating
a business, specifically their own. They may be virtual...
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COLLEGES
Accreditation Agencies Promote Change at CCNY
School of Ed
by Gretchen L. Johnson
The Education Department of the City College of New
York has undergone a transformation in the last few
years. In 1998 the department was placed under intensive
review by the New York State Education Department as
a result of poor performance of teacher education students
on the... READ
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Baruch College—A Brief History Compiled
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College President's Series:
Leon Botstein: The Maestro
of Annandale
by Jacob M. Appel
For someone who has been a college president for more
than half of his life, Leon Botstein sounds much more
like a young revolutionary hell-bent on transforming
the American education system. Maybe that is because
he has kept one foot outside the field of academic administration,
serving... READ
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MEDICAL UPDATE
Columbia and Vanderbilt University Nurses
Plan Emergency Response
by Jocelyn K. Egyes
With the increasing rise of terrorism threats and everyday
man-made emergencies world wide, nurses are at the
forefront of helping to save lives. Usually first on
the scene or first to respond to a patient, they need
to think fast and perform quickly. And thanks to Columbia
University's and... READ MORE
Center for Research & Treatment
of Childhood Diabetes Expands
The world's premier center for the research and treatment
of childhood diabetes is about to get a new $32 million
home, tripling its original size and making it the largest
pediatric diabetes facility in the country, if not the
world. READ
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New Center for Osteoporosis
Treatment, Research
& Education
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center at New York-Presbyterian
Hospital announced the completion of the Toni Stabile
Osteoporosis Center, a new standard for treatment,
research, and education relating to the disease. The
Center, the largest in the New York City metropolitan
area and one... READ
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Two Weill Cornell Faculty Elected to the
Institute of
Medicine
Two outstanding physician-scientists at Weill Cornell
Medical College have been elected to the Institute of
Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, one of
the highest honors bestowed by the scientific community.
They are Dr. Flint Beal, Chairman and Anne Parish Titzell...
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
Best Education Products:
Playing & Learning
by Stevanne
Auerbach, P h .D. (Dr.Toy) READ
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Product Review: Coloride Workbooks
by Rick Sulz
High technology is a wonderful thing, and, when used
correctly in an educational environment, can greatly
enhance learning. That's an undisputed fact. But given
the fact that teachers have been teaching and students
learning for countless centuries, one sometimes wonders "is
it possible... READ
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Learning—The Process
that Counts
by Dr. Carole
G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
I'm sure every parent has been asked this question by
their children more than once. It usually comes up during
homework, or maybe after receiving a poor grade on a
test or assignment. Our children look to us to answer
satisfactorily "Why do we have to learn this?" They
might even follow... READ
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Sweet Treats in the Everett
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BOOKS
Book Review: Choosing
Choice—
School Choice in
International Perspective
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Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations READ
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Book Review:
Lucy McCormick Calkins: The Art of Teaching
Reading
Reviewed by Merri Rosenberg READ
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Book Review:
Overcoming a Brutal Disability:
Healing with Nature READ
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Start the Year with an Array of New Books!
by Selene Vasquez READ
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Make your New Year's Resolution Reading
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Book Review:
Stand Columbia: A History
of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754--2004
Reviewed by Merri Rosenberg READ
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MUSIC, ART & DANCE
The
Rossini Festival in Pesaro: Part II
by Irving Spitz
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Arts Vital to National Educational Reform
by Scott Noppe-Brandon
Recently, I was invited to participate in a conference
on the impact that The Nation at Risk report has had
on education in the United States over the past twenty
years. The conference, sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation
of New York and the J. Paul Getty Trust, was divided
into two... READ
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LANGUAGES
ESL Students Get Special
Language Instruction
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Navajo Code Talkers Show
Language Matters
by Sybil Maimin
The importance of teaching and preserving languages was
made critically clear during World War II when Navajo
Indians from the American Southwest developed a code
based on their native language that literally saved
thousands of lives in the Pacific Theater.
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METROBEAT
January
is National Mentoring Month:
"Who Mentored
You?"
by Matilda Raffa Cuomo & Dr.Jay
Winsten
This month marks the third annual National Mentoring
Month campaign, a nationwide effort to recruit volunteer
mentors for young people who are at risk of not achieving
their full potential. Research has shown a mentor can
greatly enhance a young person's prospects for leading...
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Making Sure Our Public Schools Are Safe
by Mayor Michael
R. Bloomberg
Our public schools are for learning—and if some
students don't want to learn, that doesn't give them
the right to rob their classmates of the opportunity.
Over the last two years, we've driven serious crime in
the schools down some 23%; this year; assaults are down
more than 8%. Nevertheless, one... READ
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Stopping School Bullying
and Harassment will Curb School Violence
by Assemblyman Steven Sanders
The most recent and shocking reports of school violence,
against students and against school staff, raises several
questions. Why? Why now? What's to be done? Who is responsible?
Some of the answers are less obvious. To Mayor Bloomberg's
credit, he has acknowledged that mistakes... READ
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MOVIES AND THEATER
Powerful
Tools for Helping Young Children Become Strong Readers
The Partnership for Reading announces the availability
of "A Child Becomes A Reader," two booklets
that use findings from scientifically based research
to suggest how parents can help their young children
become strong readers. One booklet covers birth to
preschool, the other K-3. READ
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Two School Films: Mona Lisa
Smile & The Company
by Jan Aaron
A likeable female cast, including Kirsten Dunst, Julia
Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, playing skin-deep roles
from class brat to class temptress is a main reason to
see Mike Newell's "Mona Lisa Smile." Star Julia
Roberts' cashmeres fit her perfectly, but alas, the role
of Katherine Watson, a... READ MORE
TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Product Review:
Advanced Force's Remote Desktop Manager
by Mitchell Levine
Managing the largest computer network in secondary
education is a vast undertaking, but New York's Department
of Education is doing it. With the new year beginning,
the goal of implementing the "one-to-one computing
standard" in
our city's public schools, or the ideal of one... READ
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Product Review:
Musical Spanish
by Pola Rosen, Ed.D
Sad to say, but true: when students are asked to name
their least favorite academic subject, study after
study has shown that "language study" ranks
high in their lists. What should be an incomparably
broadening cultural experience seems to have become,
in the minds of many, a sterile... READ
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No Child Left Behind's Case for School Report Cards
The No Child Left Behind law offers an unprecedented
amount of data and information. For the first time,
school districts must distribute a report card with
information on every school's academic performance.
To help parents make the most of their school report
cards, Parent Leadership... READ
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