Two College Presidents Honored
President Augusta Kappner of  Bank Street College and President Judith Shapiro of Barnard College are retiring after 13 and 12 years respectively, of leadership of two of the most illustrious colleges in the nation...READ MORE

Women Shaping History 2008
For the past 12 years, Education Update has been honoring “Women Shaping History.” While it is a time to reflect on the achievements of women in the past, it is also a time to recognize the achievements of contemporary women who have made and are continuing to make outstanding contributions in various fields.  In addition to our illustrious honorees, for the first time, we have asked young women who have been interns or assistant editors for Education Update throughout the years to share their dreams and hopes for the future. They are indeed the future women leaders of our great nation. Some of the women who have appeared in Education Update in the past have been: Maya Angelou, Suzanne Wright, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Laura Bush, Edith Everett, Sandra Priest Rose, Dr. Lorraine Monroe, Laurie Tisch, Renee Fleming, Marilyn Horne, Erica Jong, Kerry Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt II & Jane Goodall.

• How did you choose your current career?
• What are some of the challenges you’ve faced; how have you resolved them?
• What are some of the accomplishments you’re proudest of?
• What would you describe as a turning point in your life?
• Who have been the most influential mentors in your life?
• What advice would you give to young people today?

• Augusta Kappner, President, Bank Street College
• Judith Shapiro, President, Barnard College
• Margaret M. Grace, Esq., Founder, Grace Outreach
• Artemis Simopoulos, M.D., Founder, Center for Genetics & Nutrition
• Julie Freischlag, M.D., Chief of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical School
• Shirley Cohen, Ph.D. Professor, Hunter College
• Paula Nadelstern, Artist & Quilter
• Sheila Johnson, Co-Founder, Black Entertainment Television
• Carol Bellamy, Director, World Learning

A Generation Later, Women’s Studies Programs are Thriving
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
From their origin in the late sixties and early seventies, women’s studies programs in universities have multiplied exponentially....READ MORE

Remarkable Women of Vienna
By Barbara Lowin
I am a Canadian-born opera singer, entrenched in the music of the great classical composers....READ MORE

2008 WINGS Women of Discovery Awardees
WINGS WorldQuest (WWQ) founded by Lela Hadley Luce and Milbry Polk in 1993 has announced the 2008 Women of Discovery Awardees....READ MORE

Loréal-UNESCO Awards For Women In Science
The L’Oreal-Unesco Awards recognize one woman (a Laureate) from each of five continents for her ground-breaking achievement in science. The ceremony, held in Paris this year, is presided over by the chairman, Nobel Laureate Gunter Blobel (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1999) and Nobel Laureate Christian de Duve (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974), Founding President of the Awards....READ MORE

Young Leaders
Who Will Shape History
For the first time, we have asked several young women, our future leaders, to appear in Education Update. All have been linked to our newspaper either as interns, assistant editors or reporters over the past several years. We are very proud of them.

•What college do you attend and what year are you in?
•What is/was your major and how did you choose it?
• What are some of the challenges you’ve faced and how have you resolved them?
• What are some of the accomplishments you’re proudest of?
• What would you describe as a turning point in your life?
• Who have been the most influential mentors in your life?
• Who was your favorite college professor? What course did he/she teach?
• What advice would you give to high school students?
• What undergraduate or graduate course have you enjoyed most?
•  If you have graduated, what are you currently doing?
• Where would you like to be 5 years from now?

• Heather Maher
State University of New York, Potsdam

• Katarzyna Nikhamina
Columbia College, 2007

• Liza Novogrodsky
Teachers College, Columbia University

• Sarah Stuckey
Trinity College, Hartford
Former Reporter,  Education Update

International Persepectives
on Education
To Moscow State University for St. Tatiana’s Day, the Students’ Holiday!
By Dorothy Davis
St. Tatiana’s Day, the Students’ Holiday—a fitting time for Education Update to be in Russia. Pamela Howell, my childhood friend had been in Russia since July with her husband, Professor Robert Howell of SUNY-Albany, at Moscow State University (MSU) on a Fulbright, had invited me to come visit, so I did!...READ MORE

An English Teacher in Siberia
By Dorothy Davis
As soon as I saw the attractive, energetic Vivian Leskes striding toward us in the “middle of the Metro,” the place in the station where subway-riding Muscovites meet, I told my friends who were introducing us that she looked as though she could be in my Barnard alum film group, and sure enough when we all sat down for dinner at Tiflis, an ethnic Georgian restaurant in the Kropotkinskaya area of Moscow, it turned out that she’s Barnard ‘68....READ MORE

Victor Sadovnichy, Rector of Moscow State University, Speaks to Students
By Dorothy Davis
Dr. Victor Sadovnichy, the Rector  (equivalent to our college president) of Moscow State University (MSU) is a man of many honors, yet he still finds time to teach and do research, and to try and help others get a good education....READ MORE

EDITORIAL

Women Shaping History 2008
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
I must confess that, during the past twelve years of publishing Education Update, the March issue celebrating the accomplishments of women, has been one of my favorites....READ MORE

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS

Teachers College Press: 104 Years Old and Still Going Strong
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
For the student of education policy, browsing through the bookshelves at the Teachers College (TC) Press headquarters on Amsterdam and 121st Street is like a child’s trip to the candy store....READ MORE

UNION PRESIDENTS SPEAK - ERNEST LOGAN, CSA
Inspiring Women
By Ernest Logan
“The greatest good is what we do for one another,” said Mother Theresa, one of history’s most inspirational leaders....READ MORE

UNION PRESIDENTS SPEAK - RANDI WEINGARTEN, UFT
Keep The Promises to Kids
By Randi Weingarten
This time last year, spirits were running high in New York City education circles as state and city leaders finally pledged to invest the resources needed to prepare the next generation of public school children for college and the challenges of the 21st Century workforce....READ MORE

TC Prof. Ofelia Garcia Speaks on Bilingual Education
By Sybil Maimin
The number of students for whom English is not a first language is growing rapidly in the United States, doubling in the last few years to approximately 10.5 percent of the total public school enrollment. About 75 percent are Spanish-speaking and most are urban and poor....READ MORE

The No Child Left Behind Act—Must Congress Fully Fund Its Mandates?
By Martha McCarthy, Ph.D.
January 8, 2008 marked the sixth anniversary of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act....READ MORE

Merrill Lynch Awards $25,000 Prize to Students for Best Business Plan
A four-day global business summit will bring more than 130 public high school students from 11 countries to New York City, competing in two concurrent competitions....READ MORE

Spotlight on Schools: Democracy Prep
Democracy Prep Charter School, 222 West 134 Street, New York, NY 10030
Ana is a seventh grade scholar from the CUNY advisory....READ MORE

Stimulus Package
By Barry Lisak,
IRS Enrolled Agent
On February 13, President Bush signed the long awaited stimulus package designed to put money into the pockets of many American taxpayers....READ MORE

COLLEGES & GRAD SCHOOLS

THE DEAN'S COLUMN
Sums of Consecutive Integers
By AlFred S. Posamentier, Ph.D.
Every so often it is wise to give students a challenge—yet one that is within their grasp—where they can use their intuition and observation talents....READ MORE

Teachers College Press: 104 Years Old and Still Going Strong
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
For the student of education policy, browsing through the bookshelves at the Teachers College (TC) Press headquarters on Amsterdam and 121st Street is like a child’s trip to the candy store....READ MORE

TEACHERS COLLEGE
Comic Book Project Helps Teach Literacy to NYC Students
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Do comic books belong in the classroom?...READ MORE

Addressing The ‘Mis-Education Of Children’: The Urban Education Initiative At Bank Street
By Katy Gurley
In a front page article in late August, The New York Times described the frantic search many school systems face in finding enough qualified teachers to fill classrooms for the opening day of school....READ MORE

CSI Honors Sen. Lanza for his $100K support of Teaching Scholars
New York State Senator Andrew Lanza was honored by the College of Staten Island for his enthusiasm, and his $100,000 support, of the Discovery Institute’s Teaching Scholars program, which provides 200 teaching scholars to 23 public schools on Staten Island....READ MORE

BOOKS

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
March is quite the month this year as both St. Patrick’s Day and Easter are celebrated less than a week apart, the 17th and the 23rd of the month respectively....READ MORE

CHILDREN"S CORNER

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT’S SEAT
Women Shaping History
By Dr. Carole  G. Hankin
Every March, our country observes Women’s History Month, a celebration of the innumerable contributions that women have made to American history, society and culture....READ MORE

SPECIAL EDUCATION

FROM THE NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER: ASK THE EXPERT
Family Meals—A Time to Reconnect
By Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D.
With parents and kids going off in different directions, it’s getting harder and harder to fit in family time....READ MORE

CAMPS AND SPORTS

St. Francis College Upends LIU, 67-64 in Battle of Brooklyn
By Richard Kagan
On paper, it looked like Long Island University, playing at the shiny Wellness Center would have a relatively easy game....READ MORE

MEDICAL UPDATE

Simple Screening Questionnaire for Kidney Disease Outperforms Current Clinical Practice Guidelines
The general public is not sufficiently aware that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious and progressive medical condition. It remains under-diagnosed and under-treated....READ MORE

Scientists, Lawyers, Clergy Discuss Stem Cell & Cloning Research At Hofstra Law School
Recent scientific developments in the field of human embryonic stem cell research and cloning have prompted a host of difficult questions that challenge lawmakers, scientists, ethicists, theologians, and ordinary citizens....READ MORE  

MUSIC, ART & DANCE

Tales of Hoffmann at the Vienna State Opera
American bass Samuel Ramey and Australian Tenor Julian Gavin steal the show
By Irving Spitz
The innovative staging of Andrei Serban’s 15 year-old production of Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is seen through a receding cube box....READ MORE