A Passion for Education
- Ad astra per aspera
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
It
all started with a belief in the power of education to change
people’s lives and
enable them to “reach the stars through hard work.” READ
MORE
SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Update
on Children’s
Mental Health, 2005
By Harold S. Koplewicz,
M.D.
This month’s issue of
Education Update highlights the tenth anniversary of a publication
that has been integral in informing school professionals about
important health, education and parenting issues. READ MORE
Corporate
Leaders In Education:
Interview with Suzanne Wright:
Education Leader & Passionate Advocate
By Pola Rosen,
Ed.D.
With regard to your education
what are some of the challenges you’ve faced and how
have you met them? READ MORE
Corporate
Leaders In Education:
Bob Wright: CEO & Chairman,
NBC Universal
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
It’s no accident
that NBC Universal chairman and CEO Bob Wright has reached
the top of his field. His media empire includes NBC, MSNBC,
CNBC, Telemundo, and Bravo, as well as stakes in the History
Channel and the A&E network, among many others. READ
MORE
Hundreds Attend Reading
Reform Foundation Conference
*By Sybil Maimin
In a workshop on using the newspaper
to develop skills, Roz Eskenazi, a consultant to The New York
Times Knowledge Network, shared tips and examples of exciting
and effective ways to incorporate daily papers into the curriculum. READ
MORE
*By Liza Young
Reading Reform Foundation—with
its credo that every child can learn to read—has been
going strong for over two decades with its mission of bringing
the joys of fluency in reading to children across the city.
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College Presidents
Series
President Michele Tolela Myers,
Sarah Lawrence College
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Delighting in fact that Sarah Lawrence
is known as “most inky college” because of the
extensive presence of writing in all classes, President Michele
Tolela Myers also notes with pleasure another possible designation: “most
idiosyncratic.” READ MORE
Heart Disease #1 Killer of Women
Lord & Taylor hosted a “heart-healthy” breakfast
for executive women to launch the NYC part of a national
campaign for awareness of heart disease as the leading cause
of death in women. READ MORE
Group For ADHD - Ask
the clinician
Do college age students
diagnosed with either ADHD or Learning Disabilities have
rights to accommodations in college. If so what is the procedure?
READ MORE
Gilder Lehrman Institute
Recognizes History Teacher of the Year
The Gilder Lehrman Institute
of American History recently announced the 2005 History Teacher
of the Year Award to Rosanne Lichatin, a U.S. history teacher
at West Morris Central High School in Chester, New Jersey.
Mrs. Lichatin’s
30-year career in education includes experience in both elementary
and secondary levels of instruction. READ MORE
Town Hall Honors Laurie
M. Tisch & Peter Yarrow
By Liza Young
Celebrities
and visionaries recently gathered at the lavish Princeton
Club for the gala celebration of Town Hall’s 84th season.
READ MORE
Neighborhoods—East
End Avenue
Suburbs in the City?
By Marsha Mack Frances
Families love living on East
End Avenue because of Carl Schurz Park, spectacular river views,
the Asphalt Green with its Olympic size pool and elegant schools
[such as Spence, Chapin, and Dalton], the FDR and the whole
city. READ MORE
A Potential Win for All
By
Randi Weingarten, UFT President
After almost two years
of a bitter struggle, New York City’s public school
teachers have reached a tentative agreement with the city
that has the potential to be good news for educators, students,
administrators and all New Yorkers who care about our schools.
READ MORE
United Nations Association
Honors Leonore Annenberg
“Education is
the foundation of society” according to Leonore Annenberg
who was represented at the gala awards dinner recently by
her youngest granddaughter, Liz. Dr. Lucia Rodriguez, VP,
UNA-USA said, “Only through education can we have
hope for the future.” SEE MORE
On Location
Education:
School Without Walls
by Gillian
Granoff
In
the late 1980s, Alan Simon, a Brooklyn native and aspiring
actor was making a living as a per diem substitute teacher.
Though the salary was stable, he felt dissatisfied. “I
always felt like one of the kids,” he says. Simon had
always harbored the dream of becoming an actor. READ MORE
An Innovative Performance
Teaches Adolescent Drug Addicts to “Act Out” on
Stage
by Gillian Granoff
Recently, the DayTop Treatment facility hosted an intimate group of parents,
probations officers, and teachers to witness a moving portrayal
of the cycle of addiction recovery and relapse, and strategies
to recognize, address, and respond to the signs and symptoms
of addiction. READ MORE
METROBEAT
Patting Yourself
On The Back Can Damage Your Rotator Cup
By President Jill
Levy
It took less than
24 hours after the city and UFT announced a tentative teachers’ contract
for Chancellor Joel Klein to crow about his perceived victory.
READ
MORE
COLLEGES
Dr.
Jerome Bruner Speaks at Columbia Teachers College: “Educating
a Sense of the Possible”
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
When
Dr. Jerome S. Bruner took the podium on a recent evening
at Columbia University’s
Lerner Hall, a palpable tingle permeated the packed auditorium.
READ MORE
Teachers College
Symposium Exposes Social Costs of Inadequate Education
*By
Michelle DeSarbo
At Teachers College’s recent
symposium, “The Social Costs of Inadequate Education,” a
panel of education experts convened to discuss the results
of a 1972 study on the subject. READ
MORE
*By
Liza Young
One of the soundest
investments for the financial and moral future of society
is proper management of education. Significant educational
gaps remain between whites and low income minority groups,
spawning the creation of the Campaign for Educational
Equity. READ MORE
FEATURE
Illuminating Parallels
from Kyoto, Japan
By Ted Fish, Ed.D.
On a typical morning at
the Kin Kaku elementary school in Kyoto, Japan, students
line up in the stone courtyard outside while a teacher makes
announcements for the day. READ MORE
CHILDREN'S CORNER
The
Big Apple Circus’ One-Room School
By Michelle DeSarbo
Tucked away just outside the heart of Lincoln Center, the Big Apple Circus appears
quiet and still from the outside, a series of nondescript trailers behind a quaint
white picket fence. But the silence belies the busy activity within. READ
MORE
NYC
Children’s
Services Officials Roll Out New Plan: “Rethinking Child
Care”
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Can Mayor Bloomberg
and the NYC Administration for Children’s Services
(ACS) follow through on their promise to reform the city’s
early child care system?
READ MORE
BOOKS
Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations
It is quite interesting to find
out what books some book clubs are reading for discussion
these days. The Kill Your TV Reading Group (KYTV) which meets
at the bookstore is discussing Moab Is My Washpot, the actor
Stephen Fry’s autobiography of his first 20 years...
READ MORE
CAREERS
Ana
Maria Martinez, Opera
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
It
comes as a surprise to learn that this “beautiful
woman with the fascinating voice,” as
the London Times referred to her recently, “one of
the most sophisticated of lyric sopranos singing today,” is
just this month making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
READ MORE
Chana Mlotek, Folk Songs
The Woman Isaac Bashevis Singer
Called “The Sherlock Holmes of Yiddish Music”
By
Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Belying her age
by years, the sturdy octogenarian moves with purpose and
quiet determination, up the steps, down the steps, across
the floor, finally propelling visitors into a small office
wonderfully crammed with books, many by her—hundreds
of songs and poems and oral histories. READ MORE
TECHNOLOGY
Bytes
for Learning’s
Ultrakey 5
By Mitchell Levine
Although
not everyone would agree on the actual educational efficacy
of the current emphasis in our schools on computers, there’s
little doubt that in the New York City schools, at least,
they’ve become
a focus. READ MORE
Smartdesk’s
iFlip Computer Suspension System
By Mitchell Levine
Over the last couple of years, thousands
of students and teachers have received portable computers
as part of an initiative carried through by the Department
of Education and the Laptop Foundation of America. READ MORE
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