Outstanding Educators of the Year Honored at the Harvard Club
By Sybil Maimin
It was a great day for education in New York as the city’s power elite in the world of learning came to the Harvard Club to help Education Update honor 22 outstanding public school administrators and teachers and present its 2007 Distinguished Leader in Education award to George Weiss, founder of “Say Yes to Education.”  MORE

EDITORIAL & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

EDITORIAL:
Dream On
By Dr. Pola Rosen
Dr. Martin Florsheim, teachers, parents, families and graduates: MORE

Letters to the Editor - July 2007
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COLLEGES & GRAD SCHOOLS

Corporate Contributions to Education
David Everett Gives Back in Iraq
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Whatever their personal opinions about the war in Iraq, many Americans are content to watch the daily skirmishes play out from the comfort of their own living rooms, as disturbing as they may find what they see. MORE

Free Tuition for Children of Fallen Military Heroes
The Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund honors the bravery and dedication of Americans in our armed forces who have sacrificed life or limb in the defense of our country by providing college scholarships to their children. MORE

The Dean's Column:
Divisibility by Prime Numbers
By Dr. AlFred S. Posamentier
With the proliferation of the calculator there is not longer a crying need to be able to detect by which numbers a given number is divisible. MORE

Marymount Writers Conference Hosts Literary Greats: Cynthia Ozick Speaks
By Sybil Maimin
Stars of the literary world including Mary Higgins Clark, David Steinberg, Tama Janowitz, Richard Peck, Bruce Jay Friedman, Claire Messud and Christopher Lehmann-Haupt were among the many high-profile figures who shared experiences and gave direction to hopeful authors at the twelfth annual Writers’ Conference at Manhattan Marymount College. MORE

Bank Street Leads Effort To Strengthen Low-Performing Schools
Colleges and universities have tremendous resources to offer local schools that are working hard to strengthen teaching and learning. MORE

MMC Holds Groundbreaking for Lowerre Family Terrace
Recently President Shaver gathered with Paul C. Lowerre ’81, his wife Ursula, and members of the MMC administration to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Marymount Manhattan’s Lowerre Family Terrace. MORE

Remembering My Best Friend Vera, Forever
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
My best friend died last night in San Diego. MORE

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS

Part I: Series on Education of the Homeless
Covenant House: A Haven for Homeless Young People
By Gillian Granoff
A 17-year-old single mom wanders through the streets in the dead of night, kicked out of her parents’ home for refusing to have an abortion, a frightened runaway chooses a dangerous life on the streets over life at home subject to the abuse or neglect at the hands of an alcoholic and abusive step parent. MORE

Part I: Series on Education of the Homeless
Defying Statistics: A Homeless Mother Beats the Odds
By Gillian Granoff
Despite the fact that I know Covenant House is a shelter for kids between 17 and 21, I am still caught off guard when I meet Areleny Caballero in person, a 21-year-old single mother in Covenant House’s Rights of Passage program. MORE

Dr. Martin Florsheim Presides at School “47” Emotional Graduation
By Liza Young
School “47,” American Sign Language and English School recently celebrated the second graduation ceremony since being reformulated, five years ago, from a school exclusively for the deaf to one in which any student interested in learning American Sign Language is welcome—a transformation made possible through the pioneering efforts of the Principal, Dr. Martin Florsheim, the school’s first deaf principal. MORE

From the NYU Child Study Center: Ask the Expert
How Can I Help My Child Have A Rewarding Summer?
By Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D.
Our family always looks forward to summer. MORE

Hunter Science High School Scores 100% Graduation
Manhattan Hunter Science High School (MHSHS) recently celebrated the graduation of its first class, with 77 students and a 100 percent graduation rate. MORE

BOOKS

Review of Practical Wisdom For Parents: Demystifying The Preschool Years
By Merri Rosenberg
Here’s the perfect back-to-school book that will relieve those churning stomach butterflies that strike most parents of pre-schoolers as they are about to send off their cherished children to the daunting world of “school.” MORE

One Of The Sweetest Joys Of Childhood Is Discovering The Magic Of Books!
By Selene Vasquez
Can an owl without the necessary qualifications find happiness in a henhouse? MORE

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
Summer is in full swing at Logos Bookstore. MORE

Review of A Parents’ Guide To Special Education In New York City And The Metropolitan Area
By Merri Rosenberg
Here’s a volume that should be automatically given out to any parent who learns that his or her child has special needs. MORE

CHILDREN"S CORNER

From the Superintendent's Corner
Teaching for a Future Workforce
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
Former Secretary of Education Richard Riley has been quoted saying the top ten jobs that will be in demand in 2010 did not exist in 2004. MORE

MUSIC, ART & DANCE

The Center for Arts Education Holds 1st Governmental Affairs Meeting
By Jill Grant
The Center for Arts Education (CAE) released preliminary statistics indicating the noncompliance of New York City schools with state arts education standards at its first Government Affairs Breakfast recently. MORE

The Mariinsky Opera in Eilat, Israel
Congratulations Maestro Gergiev on a resounding success
By Dr. Irving Spitz
Valery Gergiev brought his magnificent orchestra, choir and soloists from the Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera in St Petersburg to Eilat for the Sixth International Red Sea Festival. MORE

Interview with Artist/Educator Linda Sirow
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Linda Sirow, who has a Master’s in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt Institute, might well prompt revision of that old, unfortunate saw that those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach, for like all the art faculty at the Dalton School she is a practicing artist as well as a classroom teacher. MORE