HELPING CHILDREN IN NEED

A Unique Birthday Celebration at the New York Foundling Hospital
By Dr. Pola Rosen
Gillian Granoff, a Brown graduate, had celebrated her 10th reunion at Brown University, when she decided she would have her birthday party with 15 children, ages 4 to 12 whose birthdays, and indeed existence, had been ignored by absentee parents for years...MORE

Adoptive Families’ Summer Reading Guide
It’s July, and time for Adoptive Families’ yearly crop of summer reading picks...MORE

Education Update's MUSEUM MILE

Mummies in Brooklyn Museum Collection to Undergo Scientific Study
The Brooklyn Museum Conservation Laboratory is beginning a study of the human and animal mummies in the Museum’s collection, using the tools of modern-day scientific investigation to reveal new information about mummification practices in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago...MORE

El Museo del Barrio Spotlights Emerging Artists
By Sybil Maimin
For those unfamiliar with El Museo del Barrio, the exciting Latino cultural institution on Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets in Manhattan, now is a great time to become acquainted...MORE

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS

PROFILES IN EDUCATION
Barbara Grodd Makes a Difference Behind Bars
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
It’s not every social worker who extends the professional credo of helping the disadvantaged and downtrodden to those who are locked away in prisons...MORE

PROFILES IN EDUCATION
Professor Dennis Dalton, Barnard College: Living an “Examined” Life
By Joy Resmovits
Within the ranks of Columbia University’s renowned faculty, it is a rarity to stumble upon an educator who has been teaching the same course for 38 years...MORE

Review of The (Fabulous) Fibonacci Numbers
By Merri Rosenberg
Most of the time my work gets little more than a passing glance from my family...MORE

PROFILES IN EDUCATION
Dr. Carole Hankin:
Creating A Unique District
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Dr. Carole Hankin’s formula for success is a simple one: “I believed early on that I wanted everyone to have what I wanted for my kids as a mother,” explains the superintendent of the award-winning Syosset school district, a 10-school, 6700-student district in Long Island...MORE

Corporate Contributions to Education
Marsh & McLennan Mentors Bklyn HS’s New Legal Academy
By Joy Resmovits
Two groups huddle on either side of the boardroom overlooking a sunny urban panorama, enthusiastically negotiating their clients’ claims with an insurance company—just like a real case...MORE

Nation’s Middle And High School Students Ignored By NCLB
By Sarah Holt
Congress is currently considering changes in major federal education law; as part of the process, they must recognize that the pressing needs of the nation’s 14.3 million high school students, including the 30 percent who do not graduate on time with a regular diploma, are not being met by the existing No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law...MORE

National Summit on America’s Children
By Speaker Nancy Pelosi
When I was sworn in as Speaker, I did so surrounded by children, because they must be the center of our work here...MORE

Bergen County Academies: Excellence in Action
By Danny Jaye
Stem cells. Nano-technology. Robotics. Simulated Patient. Flow Cytometry. Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer...MORE

GUEST EDITORIAL & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GUEST EDITORIAL
Back from the Brink: Harvard Gets It Right
By Tom Ehrlich
Eighteen months ago I wrote an eight-cylinder blast for Carnegie Perspectives about the proposed new Harvard general education...MORE

LETTERS From California to Maine,
From Pennsylvania to New Mexico & NY to Washington
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COLLEGES & GRAD SCHOOLS

MSPinNYC at Hunter College:
A Model Educational Program
By Liza Young
With mass media exploding with news of the latest innovations in technological devices, it’s refreshing to see the mentor-mentee model used with dramatic success to enable failing HS students to score high on regents exams after a summer at Hunter College...MORE

Innovative Teaching Methods At Hunter College Summer School
By Alberto Cepeda
The two most interesting things that I observed taking place in these classrooms were the teaching techniques used by the teachers and tutors to get these at risk students to comprehend the material being taught in these classes and the number of tutors who were in the classroom to provide support to these students...MORE

Bank Street’s Leadership Preparation Institute (LPI)
As long as New York City schools continue to need leaders dedicated to bringing effective learning to students who represent a wide spectrum of abilities, Bank Street College of Education’s Leadership Preparation Institute (LPI) will be there...MORE

Chancellor Recognizes 2007 Graduates Who Have Overcome Extraordinary Odds To Receive A Diploma
Walton High School graduate Keila Matos receives diploma while battling lupus
Keila Matos was diagnosed with lupus when she was nine years old...MORE

CCNY Senior Jessica Tibbets Wins Fulbright Scholarship
Jessica Tibbets, a graduating senior at The City College of New York (CCNY), has received a 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholars Award to study Arabic and learn about the deaf community in Yemen...MORE

SPECIAL EDUCATION

From the NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER: ASK THE EXPERT
What Can I Do If My Child Has Anxiety at the Start of the School Year?
By Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D.
As I get older it feels like the summers get busier and shorter each year...MORE

Taking Giant Baby Steps: Early Intervention Services Under Part C
According to recent statistics done by the Developmental Disabilities Branch from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, about 17 percent of children under the age of 18 develop and cope with learning, behavioral and developmental disabilities...MORE

BOOKS

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
You are not sure whether you want to read fiction or nonfiction?..MORE

Review of Learning Like A Girl: Educating Our Daughters In Schools Of Their Own
By Merri Rosenberg
I’ve read many worthwhile and significant books during the past few years as a reviewer for these pages...MORE

Anorexia Reexamined
By Merri Rosenberg
So this is what our daughters think of us...MORE

CHILDREN"S CORNER

From the Superintendent's Corner
Making Sense of College Prep Courses
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
If your child is in middle school or entering high school, it won’t be long before your mailbox regularly holds offers to enroll in a college testing prep course...MORE

Home Schooling
By Joy Resmovits
In September, Staples will overflow with eager youngsters eyeing the star-shaped post-its, flanked by frenzied parents, frantically checking the school supply list...MORE

Careers in Special Education
Working with Special Needs Adults in Residences
By Skip Holiday
Autism is a perplexing neurodevelopmental disorder that has befuddled the medical community for many years...MORE

National Institute for the Deaf Receives $900,000 Grant
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology, has received a three-year, $900,000 Steppingstones of Technology for Individuals with Disabilities program grant from the U.S. Department of Education...MORE

MUSIC, ART & DANCE

An Odyssey Through Illness to the Shores of Health (i.e. Ithaka)
By Vera Frances
My journey began on an eve so fine
In the spring of 1989,
When to the halls of Asclepius I did go
To learn why my head was aching so...MORE

Salzburg Festival -2007 (Part 1)
By Irving Spitz
Despite high profile cancellations, it remains as impressive as ever...MORE

MEDICAL UPDATE

49-Year-Old Weill Cornell Graduate Shows New Diversity in Medical School Classes After Naval and Business Careers
One graduate of Weill Cornell Medical College’s Class of 2007 did not take the usual route to gain his degree. Louis Cooper, of Brooklyn, recently earned his medical degree at the age of 49, following a long and diverse career...MORE

Back to School Tips from Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
The first day of school always requires preparations—notebooks, pens and a new set of clothes. But don’t forget to prepare for your child’s health, says Dr. Pamela F. Gallin, a pediatric ophthalmologist with the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, a mother of four, and the author of The Savvy Mom’s Guide to Medical Care...MORE

In Memoriam
Peggy Benjamin
Only 26 years old, she was a heroine to her mother, Josette, her husband Alix and her 3-year-old son Junior...MORE

CAMPS & SPORTS

Usdan Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary
By Reva Cooper
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), called by Time Magazine “One of the most unique camps in America,” is now celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season of introducing young people to the arts, and addressing children’s educational needs in exciting new ways...MORE

MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS

Harry Potter 5: A Treatise on Education
By Joy Resmovits
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is not about magic...MORE

Fun For All: Shrek The Third
By Jan Aaron
When asked if he wanted a birthday party, Nicolas, a hip about-to-be seven-year-old I know, shook his head and said: “No, I just want to see Shrek with my cousins.” And they were not disappointed...MORE

Frozen Treat: Artic Tale
By Jan Aaron
The fluffy bear cub struggles in the snow to keep up with his mother and sister bear, named Nanu, on the prowl for food...MORE