After the Flood: Life in Louisiana |
“Public
Health Service officers from many different
parts of the United States (New York, California,
Oregon, Alaska, Maryland) came together and
formed a cohesive unit that served superbly
with state and local authorities to provide
medical and social services for hurricane evacuees.”
— Dr. Herman Rosen (October 2005)
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SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Now is the Time for
Action
By Randi Weingarten
Most politicians know that
even the best poll ratings can be undone by a crisis. Sometimes
the crisis can be foreseen and averted, sometimes not. READ
MORE
Scholastic
Education Takes Lead in Literacy
Scholastic Offers Solutions
in the Face of National Reading Crisis
By Michelle DeSarbo
With 68 percent of 8th
graders failing to meet proficiency requirements in reading,
schools are facing a staggering literacy crisis nationwide.
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Scholastic
Education Takes Lead in Literacy
Scholastic Hosts School Reform
Initiative
By Liza Young
Opening
at the Majestic Ballroom of the Westin Hotel before a crowd
of scores of superintendents from around the country, Scholastic
graciously hosted a two-day Superintendents’ Literacy
Leadership Summit to address the national dilemma of adolescent
literacy.
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News
From The Front-Line:
A Life Is Spared Because
Of A Teacher’s Skill And Swift Action
By Phyllis C.
Murray
When a choking victim
can’t
speak or breathe and needs your help immediately, the fine
line between life and death is incalculable. Fortunately,
because of swift and heroic action of Scott Dentz, a seasoned
teacher and part time volunteer fireman, a young life was
saved at P.S.75, Bronx. READ MORE
Learning
Leaders Support & Inspire
NYC Public School Students
By Liza Young
Learning Leaders, the organization
aptly named for its volunteers who lead kids throughout New
York City public schools towards optimal learning, recently
held a kickoff event for the new school year at the Times
Square Marriott, where there was a buzzing crowd of 2,400
of the nearly 15,000 learning leaders. READ MORE
Teaching Matters Celebrates
Tenth Anniversary
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Recently,
Teaching Matters, a non-profit educational organization
that helps teachers and students use technology effectively
in the classroom, celebrated its tenth anniversary with
an evening program at Rockefeller University’s Caspary
Auditorium featuring guest speaker George Stephanopoulos,
ABC Sunday news anchor. READ MORE
2005
McGraw Prize In Education Given to Leaders In Early Childhood
Education & Teacher
Education
Preparing students and
teachers for success has been the focus of three exceptional
educators who were being honored for their innovations and
accomplishments. READ MORE
$1 Million Broad Prize
Awarded To Norfolk Public Schools, Four Finalist Districts
NYC was one of the five finalists.
The Broad Foundation announced
recently that Norfolk Public Schools is the winner of the
2005 Broad Prize for Urban Education, the largest education
prize in the country awarded to the most outstanding urban
school districts. READ MORE
The
Dean’s Column
Some Amazing Number Relationships
By Dean Alfred Posamentier
Who
said numbers can’t
form beautiful relationships! Showing your students some
of these unique situations might give them the feeling that
there is more to “numbers” than meets the eye.
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GUEST EDITORIAL
The
Fertile Crescent for Fertile Minds
By Sandra Priest Rose
We face the new school year, teachers and children alike, with high hopes for
a productive year. Our job as
educators is to make it an exciting one, full of new discoveries. READ
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METROBEAT
“Union” Is
Not A Four-Letter Word
By CSA President Jill
Levy
Labor in the United States
faces a great challenge in this 21st century. During the
AFL-CIO annual convention in July, three of the largest affiliates
walked away from the parent union even after intensive talks.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
Group for ADHD: Questions
and Answers
My daughter is diagnosed
with Learning Disabilities and I am dissatisfied with the
services she is receiving in her public school. I have
found some private programs that I believe would directly
deal with the specific learning issues that she has. READ
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COLLEGES
Bank Street to Endow
New Scholarship for African-American Students
By Sybil Maimin
It was a love fest! Alums,
faculty, and friends of Bank Street College of Education
gathered at the June Kelly Gallery in Soho recently to honor
Priscilla Elizabeth Pemberton (1918-2004) and inaugurate
a new organization in her name that will help Bank Street
students and alumni of color. READ MORE
Indiana U Gets $53
Million For Genomic Research
Indiana
University President Adam W. Herbert announced that the
Lilly Endowment Inc. is giving IU Bloomington $53 million
to broaden and intensify its life sciences research, retain
its distinguished scientists, attract new world class scientists...
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City College
Helps Students Prepare for Careers in NASA
By Liza
Young
Working for the National
Aeronatics and Space Administration (NASA) need not be a
dream deferred; it can in fact be a dream come true. READ
MORE
Study Reveals Americans
Support Expanding Community College System to Serve More
Students
By Ivette Zamora
Community colleges are
highly valued and integral in American society, a new national
survey of more than 1,000 adults has revealed.
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Bank Street College
To Receive Three-Year Federal Grant For Heds-Up Project
Bank
Street College of Education has been named the recipient
of a 3-year grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education
totaling $987,658. READ MORE
Go to College? Get
a Job? What to Do After High School
A national survey
of young adults age 18 to 25 from the nonprofit, nonpartisan
opinion research organization Public Agenda finds that
the vast majority of today’s young adults, be they
African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American or
white, strongly believe in the value of higher education.
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MUSIC ART & DANCE
Profile:
Richard Kessler
At the Center of The Center
for Arts Education
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Though the name
of this nine-year young arts advocacy organization doesn’t
yet win awards for recognition, its new 46-year old executive
director, with his lively, down-home enthusiasm, seems ideally
positioned to “trumpet” the mission of The Center
for Arts Education...
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Profile:
Hollis Headrick
The Weill-Tempered Arts Initiative
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Amazing but inevitable,
perhaps, and certainly understandable that Hollis Headrick,
the director of the Weill Music Institute (WMI) at Carnegie
Hall, named for benefactor Sanford I. Weill, is pursuing
a career started at 16 when his music teacher at Central
High in Cape Girardeau, Missouri gave him the go ahead to
assemble musicians for an R & B and Rock band... READ
MORE
The Time is Right for
Arts in Education
By Scott Noppe-Brandon
Education
has always been and will always be a hot-button issue. Questions
regarding local, state, and federal influence or control
will always be debated, as will the curriculum: what and
how students should be taught.
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
Smart Gifts for Learning
and Fun
By Stevanne Auerbach,
Ph.D (Dr. Toy)
Looking for unique gifts
anytime, especially for use in classroom or home, or for
the holidays, is easier with this guide to products offering
fun and extra value. READ MORE
From
the Superintendent’s Seat
Plan Ahead for Future School
Breaks
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin
with Randi T. Sachs
The summer heat
has abated and the children are back in school and getting
settled into their routines. You’ve got a whole school
year to look forward to in which your children will be
busy learning and growing in every way. READ MORE
Attention
All Elementary School Students
Wolves
Sydney Kontopirakis is a fourth grader at PS 236, Brooklyn.
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MEDICAL UPDATE
Dr.
Eric Kandel to Kick Off YIVO’s “Maimonides and Medicine” Conference
By
Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
On
November 6, Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Kandel, the Fred Kavli
Professor and Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain
Sciences at Columbia University’s
College of Physicians and Surgeons, will provide the kick-off
address at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s
conference on “Jews and Medicine.” READ MORE
Dr.
Sherwin Nuland: Personal Responsibility & Humanitarianism
in Medicine
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Wading
in where others might fear to tread or never think to go,
Dr. Sherwin Nuland, whose dazzling nine-book and prolific
article-writing career reached best-sellerdom with How
We Die: Reflections on Life’s
Final Chapter which won the National Book Award for nonfiction
in 1994, took another surprising turn... READ MORE
MOVIES & THEATER
Roll
Bounce &
Hard Goodbyes: My Father
By Jan Aaron
Set
in the 1970s when the flashy art of jam skating was all
the rage, Roll Bounce spins an engaging, imperfect coming
of age tale about Xavier “X” (the
charming teen heartthrob Bow-Wow), a nice kid from Chicago’s
South Side, and his beleaguered dad, Curtis (the terrific
Chi McBride). It’s a good family film, despite some
plotting missteps.
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MUSEUMS
Children’s Museum
of Manhattan Offers a Touch of Whimsy with “Alice’s
Wonderland”
By Michelle DeSarbo
The
Children’s Museum
of Manhattan (CMOM) recently opened a brand new exhibit–and
with it, a world of discovery and learning. Using Lewis Carroll’s
tale of Alice in Wonderland as a model, the “Alice’s
Wonderland...A Most Curious Adventure” exhibit features
everything from its own flamingo croquet game to an afternoon
tea party. READ MORE
LETTERS
Letters
Re:
Fighting Obesity Starts in Schools
To the Editor:
As an award-winning health
teacher, I know how important it is for schools to help foster
healthy eating habits in young children.
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CAREERS
OT—The “Other” Therapy
Comes Into Its Own
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
For some years, OT has
been listed in the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Labor
Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook in the top ten out
of approximately 120 health profession specialties, but more
recently has climbed to second or third place. READ MORE
BOOKS
E-Audiobooks—From
Emily Bronte to Dr. Phil—Now Available Free From
the Los Angeles Public Library
To the list of things
you can do while stuck in traffic, climbing the Stairmaster,
eating lunch at your desk or just relaxing at home, you
can now add listening to a downloaded best-selling book,
thanks to the new e-audiobook service from the Los Angeles
Public Library. READ MORE
Chris Whittle’s
Crash Course
By Joan Baum Ph.D.
It’s often the
case—terrible irony—that people in the communications
field don’t communicate clearly. Enter Chris Whittle,
formerly of Whittle Communications and Channel One [news
in the schools] and, for the last 16 years, CEO of The
Edison Schools, with Benno Schmidt as Chairman. READ MORE
Logos
Bookstore’s
Recommendations
As the season changes
to autumn and the New York City residents return to
their city while the autumn travelers visit the Big
Apple, museums continue to be places of great interest
to visit. READ MORE
TECHNOLOGY
Product
Review
Stepware’s AceReader
By Mitchell Levine
Reading’s
been on the radar of education for, well, forever. As literacy
is one of the generally accepted keys to collective social
success, ensuring functional reading has always been a
major focus of education as an organized institution. READ
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Balance
Education’s
Professional Development Seminars
By Mitchell Levine
In order to offer students
the most effective education possible, school personnel must
be aware of the most current best practices to effectively
curtail bullying, harassment and social aggression. READ
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Technology
Profile:
Bytes of Learning’s
Ultrakey 5.0
By Mitchell Levine
With
the launch of UltraKey 5.0, software manufacturer Bytes
of Learning now offers districts the ability to easily
manage keyboarding instruction from a centralized location
no matter where that instruction is taking place – at
school or at home. READ MORE
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