Cover Story:
Summer in New York City
Golf,
The Park, and Other Things
by
Tom Kertes
There
are a multitude of ways for children (of all ages) to have major
fun in the sun in Central Park this summer. But few programs can
match the scope and imagination of the tennis and golf programs
run by the City Parks Foundation, the private, non-profit branch
of the New York City Parks and Recreation Department. (more)
Almost
300,000 Attend Summer School
by
Sarah Elzas
Nearly
one third of all students in the New York City Board of Education
will be attending summer school this year, according to the Board’s
pre-registration statistics. In grades 3-8, 72,074 students are
mandated to attend summer school, up from 62,537 last year, and
almost 152,000 high school students are pre-registered for Summer
School 2001.
(more)
Summer
Events in City Parks (more)
Edison
Schools Enter NYC Market by
Sarah Elzas
Chris
Whittle is not unfamiliar with controversy over the role of commercial
interests in education.
(more)
Bard
College Launches New High School: Apply Now!
by
Sarah Elzas
“The high school may be an outdated model,” suggests Dr. Leon
Botstein, President of the private Bard College, who has launched
an ambitious project with the New York City Board of Education
(BOE). (more)
Mills
& Regents Close the Gap
by
M.C. Cohen
“New York City is chock full of talent and we have to figure
out how to engage this talent,” said State Education Commissioner
Richard P. Mills.
(more)
From
Accused to Redeemed: How a Teacher Fought Back Cheating Allegations
by
Anita Patil
There was a time when 30-year-old Rebecca Ballantine was shy
about saying she wanted to be a teacher.
(more)
German
Delegation at Bank Street’s Liberty Partnership Program
by
Joan Baum, Ph.D.
“Hugs”? The word was unfamiliar to The Hon. Angela Merkel,
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union Party and Member of
the German Parliament.
(more)
Welcoming
a New Group of Fellows
by
Sarah Elzas
“Teachers are the most important people in the world,” said
Dr. Thelma Baxter, Superintendent of District 5 in New York, addressing
a new cohort of Teaching Fellows at the Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture. (more)
Thanks
to PENCIL, Brooklyn School Has a Logo
Thanks
to fourth-grader Alina Mishchenko, PS 197 in Brooklyn has a new
logo, “Put Your Hands Together and Explore.”
(more)
July
in History compiled
by Chris Rowan (more)
Fascinating
NYC Maritime History Provides Lessons for Teachers
by
Sybil Maimin
From
the beginning, New York City has been shaped by its proximity
to the sea.
(more)
City
Tech Students score 100 on Teacher Certification Exam
Students
in New York City Technical College’s teacher education programs
posted pass rates of 100 percent on the 1999-00 liberal arts and
sciences test. (more)
New
Report Finds Major Improvements at CUNY
In
June of 1999, the Mayor’s Task Force on the City University of
New York, led by Benno Schmidt, released a study that criticized
CUNY for high levels of remediation and low college graduation
rates. Now, in June of 2001, a new report finds vast improvements
in these areas. (more)
New
PSAT Advice Available
According
to the College Board, high school students who will take the Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) this
fall will be the first to receive detailed, personalized feedback
on how to improve their skills through the recently introduced
Score Report Plus. (more)
Downstate’s
Dean Eugene Feigelson: Professionalism in a New Curriculum
by
Joan Baum, Ph.D.
As
the Dean of the College of Medicine, one of the five major divisions
of The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn,
known simply as Downstate, Dr. Eugene B. Feigelson holds an understandably
responsible position: Downstate is the borough’s only academic
medical center.
(more)
The
Healing Power of Laughter
by
Tom Kertes
Helping
sick children feel better is no joke. But for the over 300 third-grade
kids at Manhattan’s PS 128, learning that they can help others
feel better through humor has been serious business. (more)
Mt.
Sinai ‘Graduates’ High School Students by
Joan Baum, Ph.D.
“This
is unique, there’s nothing else like it,” beamed Dr. Nathan Kase,
Dean Emeritus of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), captivated
by the graduation of the latest group of youngsters from the Secondary
Education Through Health (SETH) program and the Bioscience Studies
Institute. (more)
Make
Summertime a Learning Time
by
Dr. Lorraine McCune
Educators
often bemoan the loss of learning in their students over the two-month
summer break in the school year. (more)
A
Teacher's Journey to Understanding War Play
by
Judi Gentry
Every
year, the children in my preschool classes have engaged in some
kind of war play. (more)
A
Visit To Washington by
Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
A
few years ago, Syosset Schools received a visit by then US Secretary
of Education Richard Riley, who wanted to see a successful public
school district in action. (more)
Variations on a Blue Guitar: The Lincoln
Center Institute Lectures on Aesthetic Education by Maxine
Greene,
reviewed by Joan Baum, Ph.D. (more)
July
Books to Ignite the Imagination by
Selene S. Vasquez (more)
CFE
v. State of New York: Explaining the Landmark Decision
by
Tom Kertes
While
many people say that education has problems, not many are willing
to examine the complex question of how to make it better. (more)
Real
Estate May Be Key to Tuition
by
Marsha Mack Frances
The
location and value of your New York apartment may turn out to
be the key to your children’s or grandchildren’s private school,
college or graduate school tuition. (more)
A
Revolutionary Chess Champ
by
Tom Kertes
Susan
Polgar, an attractive, stylish young woman, defies the stereotype
of the chess grandmaster as a bearded, revolutionary old man.
(more)
Channel
13 Honors Adult Learners by
Rachel Mittelman
The
familiar paradigm—graduate college, get a job, retire and move
to Florida—played no role in the recent ceremony held at Channel
Thirteen/WNET headquarters on West 33rd Street. (more)
Something
for Everyone at MMC’s Writing Conference by
Sarah Elzas
Lewis
Frumkes, director of the Marymount Manhattan College’s Writing
Center, founded the annual Writers Conference nearly ten years
ago in order to “restore Marymount as a premiere cultural institution.”
(more)
Berlitz
International: An Institute for Language Lovers
by
Toni Brett
In
a city as culturally diverse as New York, the sounds of Spanish,
German, Italian, French and many other foreign tongues fill the
air like international symphonies. And if music soothes the soul,
language lures the intellect. Should the passions of your mind
and spirit merge in a quest to learn a foreign language, then
the 125-year old Berlitz International is to foreign language
students what Carnegie Hall is to concert musicians. (more)
Cracks
in Wall Between Church & State
by
Martha McCarthy, Ph.D.
On
June 11, 2001 the Supreme Court delivered a significant decision,
Good News Club v. Milford Central School, allowing a private
Christian organization to hold its meetings in this New York school
district. (more)
Act
to ‘Leave No Child Behind’ (more)
Public-Private
Partnerships Promote Children’s Health
by
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Last
year, I launched HealthStat, a comprehensive, citywide initiative
to provide uninsured New Yorkers with access to existing heath
insurance programs such as Medicaid and Child Health Plus. I am
pleased to announce that the first year of HealthStat was a tremendous
success and we have programs in place to ensure that 2001 will
bring even bigger gains.
(more)
Funny
Fairy Tale: Shrek
by
Jan Aaron
This engaging,
unusual PDI/DreamWorks (“Antz”) animated feature about an ornery
ogre is fine family fare. (more)
Tuneful
Treasure: Songcatcher
by
Jan Aaron
Wonderful
music, memorable images and a strong performance by British actress
Janet McTeer (“Tumbleweeds”) make this movie a first-rate summer
choice. (more)
Supercomputers
at the Natural History Museum
by
Sarah Elzas
In
natural history museums, dinosaurs are usually displayed as skeletons,
not as code scrolling down computer screens. (more)
Creative
Education Creates Miracles
by
Tom Kertes
In
most schools, wiggly, gyrating students are not looked upon too
kindly in class by their teachers. But in at least one program
in the city, the teacher actually leads the twisting. (more)
Arts
Education & Internships: A Road To Success
by
Assemblyman Steven Sanders
With
headline after headline focusing on standards and high-stakes
testing, it is too easy for New Yorkers to lose sight of some
of the important success stories in our public schools—among these,
the restoration of arts education. (more)
Deaf
Art Sees Light: Lexington School Celebration
by
M. C. Cohen
“Seeing
Through Deaf Eyes” is a daring and different art exhibit featuring
14 of the best known deaf artists around the country. (more)
Fourth
of July Fireworks Safety for Eyes by
Betsy van Die and Lori Brenig, MPH
Fourth
of July celebrations can be a magic time for kids. Yet that magic
can be shattered if you don’t protect your eyes from danger. (more)
Leaving
School for the NBA
by
M.C. Cohen
Will
this year’s NBA talent extravaganza be the Taj McDavid/Korleone
Young draft, or the Kevin Garnett/Kobe Bryant draft? If you’re
not sure, stay in school.
(more)
Product
Review - Zero-Halliburton Z5 by
Mitchell Levine
A few months ago, I bought a computer. The next day, as I
walked to work, every mobile-user’s worst nightmare came to pass:
the backpack-style case that came with it burst open because of
a defective zipper. (more)
Website
Connects Women in Science on Long Island
St.
John’s University has launched a website designed to encourage
women to explore careers in technology and science. (more)
Technology
Shorts (more)
San
Francisco: City on the Bay
by
Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
San
Francisco holds great visual appeal: its hills and architecture
combine the gracious curves of the past with the edges of the
present and everywhere, the sense that all streets lead to the
beautiful bay.
(more)
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