LEADERS IN EDUCATION

Howard Gardner,
New NYU Jacob Javits Visiting Professor
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Before a packed auditorium and balcony in the expansive Skirball Center at NYU, Howard Gardner–the “Mick Jagger” of developmental and cognitive psychology, as he was more than once jokingly referred to, given the crowd—delivered the inaugural Jacob K. Javits lecture on his specialty: Multiple Intelligences...MORE

7 Scholars at CUNY Named Distinguished Professors
The City University of New York Board of Trustees has elevated seven world-renowned scholars in chemistry, anthropology, art, music, media criticism and the law to the rank of Distinguished Professor, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein announced recently...MORE

THE ARTS IN EDUCATION

Dignitaries Cut Ribbon at Met’s New Uris Center for Education
by Sybil Maimin
The impressive $75 million redesigned and rebuilt Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education at The Metropolitan Museum of Art reflects a determination to give the decades-old teaching facility new importance and dignity...MORE

The 5 Browns Belt Out Tunes For The Students of P.S. 102
By Alberto Cepeda
Fresh off the release of their third album, Browns In Blue, the classical piano music quintet, The 5 Browns performed several songs from their albums in the auditorium of P.S 102 in Spanish Harlem recently...MORE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GUEST EDITORIAL
The Mathematics Community’s Dilemma
By Dr. Alfred S. Posamentier
As if mathematics teachers did not have enough to worry about with the constant focus on their students’ performance on standardized tests -- further exacerbated by the No Child Left Behind law,—beginning September 2008 New York City high schools will be introducing a new geometry course which is part of the New York State mathematics standards initiative...MORE

Letters to the Editor - November 2007
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SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS

NY Botanical Garden Celebrates Grand Opening of the Everett Children’s Garden Gate
By Liza Young
A ceremony celebrating the opening of the Everett Garden Gate at the NY Botanical Garden was recently held with expressions of excitement and gratitude by key members of the Botanical Garden and governmental officials...MORE

When the Police Rule School Corridors
By Ernest Logan, President, CSA
Last month, we once again faced a most disturbing issue regarding our members and the New York Police Department...MORE

Education  in a multicultural society
Review of  Educating Citizens
in a Multicultural Society
By Merri Rosenberg
I was a bit surprised by the polemical and provocative tone of this book...MORE

Education  in a Multicultural Society
Professor Ofelia Garcia Speaks Out In Favor of Bilingual Education
By Emily Sherwood. Ph.D.
Are we marginalizing our immigrant children by denying them the opportunity to learn in a language other than English?...MORE

Profiles in Education:
Dr. Diana Meehan, Founder,
Archer School for Girls
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
It is a story that’s been repeated a thousand times in a thousand coed American classrooms: The boys assume the role of class clowns, exhibiting aggressive and spontaneous behavior...MORE

Profiles in Education:
Dean Eleanor Baum,
Cooper Union School of Engineering
By Lisa K. Winkler
Eleanor Baum, dean of Cooper Union’s engineering school, remembers it well: an African-American woman, upon receiving her diploma, said: “No one in my family will ever be on welfare again.”...MORE 

Mandarin Now Spoken at Staten Island Academy
“I want to be able to talk to Wang next time I go to a Yankees game.” “I want to learn how to eat with chopsticks.” “Mandarin is so cool.”...MORE

HS Students Do Advanced Science at Mt. Sinai Hospital
By Lloyd Sherman, Ed.D.
Each time I come across Whitehead, my heart sings; at the same time I wonder why so many sidestep his judicious idea that education is the art of being able to use the knowledge we have...MORE

Bergen County Academies in NJ Named Star Innovator
Bergen Acadamies, under the leadership of Principal and Director, Daniel Jaye was recently named Star Innovator (the only school in the country) as well as a School of Distinction as the most innovative program in mathematics (also the only one in the country for the high school level)...MORE

COLLEGES & GRAD SCHOOLS

The Dean's Column
Understanding Limits: A Challenge for a Young Mind
By Dr. Alfred S. Posamentier
The concept of a limit is not to be taken lightly...MORE

School of Visual Arts Plans for the Future
By Sybil Maimin
As executive vice president of the School of Visual Arts (SVA), Anthony Rhodes, son of the college’s legendary founder, the late Silas H. Rhodes, is committed to furthering his father’s vision of “education as the primary means to improve people’s lives.”..MORE

New Actors & New Writers Bring Words to Life for Students
By Lisa K. Winkler
Arriving at the 22nd floor of an industrial building off 8th Ave, a few blocks up from Penn Station, you wouldn’t expect to find a 50-seat black box theater...MORE

Bank Street College of Education
Leadership in Museum Ed Program Keeps Pace with Changing Times
By Elisabeth Jakab
Bank Street’s leadership in museum education program is designed for individuals already working in museums or cultural organizations...MORE

Outstanding Alumni Awards at Teachers College
Recently, Teachers College honored five alumni with awards for service to education...MORE

General Barry McCaffrey Speaks at Ogden Lecture at Brown University
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
Hosted by Peg Ogden, Pembroke Class of ’53, the Ogden Lecture at Brown University, named in memory of her brother Stephen Ogden, featured General Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) who quipped that the best introduction he’d ever had was when his son named him as a teacher of “lawn maintenance.”..MORE

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Templeton Awards
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Noting the theme of the 2007 Templeton Awards Dinner at the University Club on October 30—Humane Economics in an Age of Globalization—Dr. Richard Brake, director of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s (ISI) Culture of Enterprise Initiative and Master of Ceremonies at the awards, remarked on ISI’s significance as a publisher for young scholars dedicated to the 54-year old Institute’s motto: Educating for Liberty....MORE

From the NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER: ASK THE EXPERT
First Semester College Checkup—How is Your Child Adjusting?
By Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D.
The fall semester is well underway and I still remember vividly some of the issues that came up when my four older children began their first year at college.MORE

Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., Receives Prestigious Child Psychiatry Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) recently awarded Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., the Irving Philips Award for Prevention, its highest honor, for his dedication and outstanding achievements in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry.MORE

Innovative Leadership Program Finds Solutions to City’s Problems
By Gillian Granoff
Recently, a group of bright ambitious young professionals, city officials, and representatives of the mayor’s office were joined by prominent community leaders including Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav, of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and Commissioner Guillermo Liners of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, to celebrate the launch of the NYC Diversity Leadership Training Program.MORE

Mayor’s Office Kicks-Off Disability Mentoring Month
In honor of Disability Mentoring Day (DMD), a national program highlighting NOVEMBER as National Disability Employment Awareness Month and hosted by the American Association for People With Disabilities (AAPD), the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) will host a number of mentoring activities, demonstrations and a kick-off breakfast to be held at Tavern on the Green.MORE

BOOKS

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
As November starts, Logos Bookstore is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Children’s Story Time storyteller, Lily Nass...MORE

“I Lost My Tooth in Africa” wins Children’s Africana Book Award
By Lisa K. Winkler
When Penda Diakité wrote about her sister losing a tooth during a visit to Mali for a third grade assignment, she never expected it to become an award-winning picture book...MORE

CHILDREN"S CORNER

From the Superintendent's Office
You’ve Got To Have Friends?
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin
with Randi T. Sachs
When our children go off to school, two of our biggest concerns are how they will perform academically and how they will do socially...MORE

The Big Apple Circus Turns 30
By Lydia Winkler
The big blue tent is up in bloom in the middle of Lincoln Center...MORE

MEDICAL UPDATE

Weill Cornell Medical Center Spotlights Chronic Pulmonary Disease
By Liza Young
New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in collaboration with the National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recently held a conference to raise awareness and understanding about what few know as the fourth leading cause of death in the US, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which is characterized by chronic cough, shortness of breath, and excessive sputum...MORE

Modern Surgery—Minimally Invasive and Maximally Restorative
New, state-of-the-art technological advances have redefined surgery in the 21st century, and a new surgical paradigm has evolved...MORE

‘Expression Of Hope’ Opens At National Museum Of Health And Medicine
“I am ten years old and have MPS I...MORE

MUSIC, ART & DANCE

Salzburg Festival—2007 (Part 3)   
By Irving Spitz
Daniel Barenboim in Salzburg—he was here, there, everywhere….MORE