Education Update - MAY 2007

New York's First City-Wide Special Education Conference Provides Knowledge & Hope
Outstanding Special Educator of the Year:
Dr. Bonnie Brown, Superintendent District 75
Bonnie Brown has been in Special Education for thirty years working with students with a wide range of cognitive, social and emotional challenges, She has worked as a teacher, staff developer, Assistant Principal and Principal prior to her becoming Deputy Superintendent and now Superintendent. MORE

Our Esteemed Speakers Continue to Make Important Contributions to Special Education
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Massacre at Virginia Tech
The Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Tragedy; Asking the Right Questions
By Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D.
Once again we are confronted with headlines telling us that violence has erupted in one of our schools. MORE

EDITORIAL & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Guest Editorial:
Giving Parents Help, Not the Run Around
By Betsy Gotbaum
The City is failing to provide basic information to parents of special education students—even ignoring phone calls asking for help. MORE

Letters to the Editor - April 2007
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COLLEGES & GRAD SCHOOLS

COLLEGE PRESIDENTS’ SERIES: KAREN LAWRENCE
New Sarah Lawrence President is “Coming Home”
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
When Karen Lawrence assumes presidency of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York this summer, she’ll be, in her words, “coming home.” MORE

The Dean's Column:
The Flight of the Bumblebee
By Dr. Aldred S. Posamentier
Problem solving is not only done to solve the problem at hand; it is also provided to present various types of problems and, perhaps more importantly, various procedures for solution. MORE

Landmark College:
Do College Students with Learning Difficulties Use the Resources Available To Them? A Self-Evaluation of Higher Education LD Support Services
By Ben Mitchell, Krista Muller and Sarah Crowther of Landmark College
Every college and university is required to provide services for students with diagnosed learning difficulties. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act states that “no qualified individual with a disability in the United States shall be excluded from, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under” any program that receives Federal funding. MORE

BANK STREET On The Issues
The Impact of Global Warming
By Astley Robinson
The scientific and environmental communities are drawing attention to the way our society is negatively impacting our world. MORE

CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein Named Carnegie 2007 Academic Leadership Award Winner
Recently, Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, announced Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor of The City University of New York, as the latest recipient of the Corporation’s Academic Leadership Award. MORE

Brown Alumna Celebrates 75th Birthday
Peg Ogden recently celebrated her 75th birthday. MORE

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Lindamood-Bell: Success for Students with Learning Difficulties
By Liza Young
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes provides a haven of learning for students, from pre-K to adult age, with mild to severe learning disabilities, across the spectrum of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and autism spectrum disorder. MORE

From the NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER: ASK THE EXPERT
How Can I Help My Child Cope with College Application Jitters?
By Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D.
My daughter Emily is finishing the eleventh grade, preparing for her SAT exam, two SAT subject exams, and her calculus and chemistry AP exams. MORE

Helping Students Climb the Learning Curve:
From Base Camp to Summit with Kaplan’s Tutoring Company, SCORE!
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
“Congratulations! You’ve made it to the top of SCORE! Mountain,” exclaims the cartoon mountaineering figure at the end of SCORE!’s newest workbook series for students from Kindergarten to Grade 6, aptly titled Mountain Challenge. MORE

Review of Attention Deficit Disorder: Unfocused Mind In Children And Adults
By Merri Rosenberg
Here’s a useful reference book that would certainly be helpful to parents and teachers who struggle to understand why their children and students have difficulties. MORE

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS

Corporate Contributions to Education
Sadlier Education Publishing Company Celebrates 175th Anniversary
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
The name of the oldest family-owned publishing company in America may not (yet) be a household name, but some of its educational materials, especially its best-selling graded Vocabulary Workbook series and Progress in Mathematics textbooks are used in schools K-12 across the country in numbers that can only be described as in the millions. MORE

PROFILES IN EDUCATION:
Dr. Arlene Ackerman Intersects the Worlds of Teachers College and the Broad Institute
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
They just created a special position for her so you know Dr. Arlene Ackerman’s a significant player. MORE

Unique Partnership: Brooklyn Botanic Garden & Brooklyn Academy of Science & Environment
By Sybil Maimin
Location, location, location! MORE

Oral History Brings Life to Archives: Wiederhorn & Shorin Immortalize Mr. Rogers’ Legacy and More
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
As people rely increasingly on e-mail, blogs and video sharing web sites like YouTube to communicate, archivists face a new challenge in gathering biographical and historical information that will stand the test of time. MORE

Defying Gravity and Defining Myself
By Heather Maher
During the first few days of September when everyone comes back to school sun-tanned and fresh from the relaxation of summer, the first question on everyone’s mind is “What’d you do this summer?” MORE

BOOKS

Your Child In The Balance: An Insider’s Guide For Parents To The Psychiatric Medicine Dilemma by Kevin T. Kalikow, M.D.
Reviewed By Merri Rosenberg
Few situations are as distressing for a parent as having a child who has problems. MORE

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
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CAMPS

Five Best Tips for First-Time Success at Camp
Sending a child away to camp for the first time is a major milestone for most families, one that is often marked by excitement, anticipation, and perhaps even some anxiety. MORE

A Guide to Camps for Special Needs Children & Youth
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CAREERS

Radio Host William Camacaro
By Alberto Cepeda
The decision to go to college and pursue a career is almost always monetarily influenced. MORE

The World Was Ours: Mira Jedwabnik Van Doren
By Dr. Pola Rosen
After ten years of painstaking labor, research and travels to the city of her birth, Mira Van Doren has exquisitely captured the cultural life and the world that was Vilna before it was brutally cut off by the Nazis in World War II. MORE

CHILDREN"S CORNER

From The Superintendent’s Seat
Bringing the Latest Educational Technology to the Classroom
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
We’ve all so used to computers in the classroom and at home, that it was almost hard to believe that I’d be shown a new kind of computer technology that would amaze me. MORE

MEDICAL UPDATE

Muriel Petioni, M.D., Saves Harlem Hospital From Closing
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
She opens the door of her sunny Harlem apartment, a wide smile showing off high cheekbones. She’s elegant, slim, dressed in a simple floor-length dashiki. MORE