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BIOTERRORISM:
Are Our Children In Danger?
Anthrax:
Disease
of the Past Becomes Terror of the Present By
Herman Rosen, M.D.
Until
recently, anthrax was an uncommon disease in the United States.
Prior to 2001, the last person to die of anthrax in the U.S. was
a home weaver who inhaled anthrax spores introduced by infected
Pakistani yarn in 1976. (more)
Gilda’s
Clubs Would Have Made
Gilda Proud By
Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
When
Gene Wilder’s wife, comedienne Gilda Radnor died prematurely of
ovarian cancer, the decision was made to found a club where cancer
patients and their families could find repose, a haven to seek
solace and a shared compassion with others who were going through
similar trying times. There are now 14 clubs nationwide that are
free and open to the public. (more)
Freedom
vs. Security: Challenge to Educators By
Sybil Maimin
As
the nation enters a new kind of war in its efforts to end international
terrorism, the question of finding a balance between security
and freedom promises to be both daunting and contentious. An early
voice in the debate was the broadcast at the First Amendment Center
of WNYC’s “On the Line,” hosted by Brian Lehrer, which
tackled Defending Freedom In Its Hour of Maximum Danger: A
Challenge to Educators. (more)
Opening
Channels for Expression By
Matilda Raffa Cuomo and Deborah E. Lans
In
a group of 21 7-13 year olds, working with their mentors (judges,
lawyers and other court personnel), picture book stories about
family, friends, trips, summer vacations and school prevail. But
one girl, 8 years old, creates a book about the twin towers and
the destruction there. (more)
National
Education Summit Reaffirms Educational Commitment By
Marylena Mantas
Governors,
educators and CEOs attended the 2001 National Education Summit
recently reaffirming their commitment to education at a time when
the country faces growing security concerns since the events of
September 11th. (more)
The
Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at The New York Botanical
Garden (more)
Geography
Corner By
Chris Rowan (more)
Conference
Addresses Needs of Grandparents
Raising Children
Nearly
300 grandparents and professional experts gathered at the Fordham
University Lincoln Center campus recently to attend a conference
addressing problems faced by older New Yorkers who have assumed
the responsibility of raising their children’s children. (more)
Bank
Street President Speaks on HBO Series By
Tom Kertes
In
the new HBO reality series Kindergarten, filmmakers Kirk
Simon and Karen Goodman let their camera tell the story of an
Upper Nyack kindergarten class of five and six year olds over
the course of a full school year. (more)
No
Longer In Their Infancy: Centers
Provide The Best of Education By
Tom Kertes
Infancy
centers are becoming an increasingly sizable slice of American
life. “It’s one thing to say that, in an ideal world, mothers
should stay at home and raise their babies,” said Nancy Wiener,
Educational Director of Upper Manhattan’s The House of Little
People (HLP). (more)
November
in history Compiled
by Chris Rowan (more)
View
from the Top
By
Jill Levy
In
the early morning of April 1, 1946 there was an earthquake in
the Aleutian Islands. Almost five hours later the largest and
most destructive tsunami waves ever recorded struck the Hawaiian
Islands. There was no warning. Waves of water 54 feet high penetrated
more than half a mile into the Big Island. (more)
Half
of NY State School Principals to Retire
in Five Years: Survey Confirms Crisis
An
independent survey released recently reveals that 48 percent of
the state’s current school principals intend to retire by the
year 2006 and 74 percent by 2011, validating education leaders’
concerns of the looming crisis facing the schools and communities
of New York State. (more)
NY
State Test Results Released
The
New York State Department of Education released recently the results
of the standardized Math and English Language Arts (ELA) tests
taken last May by fourth and eighth grade students across New
York State. (more)
Barnard
Summit: Women, Leadership, and the Future By
Jessica Shi
Barnard
College recently held a day-long summit which aimed to address
the importance of women as leaders in our society and the challenges
women face in achieving gender equality. The venue of the summit
seemed to fit perfectly with Barnard’s reputation as one of the
nation’s top liberal arts colleges for women. It is affiliated
with Columbia University. (more)
November
2001: In Brief (more)
Jaffe-Ruiz
in Nursing Hall of Fame (more)
Secrets
to Beating the
Cost of College By
David Michaels (more)
Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons: Dean Gerald Fischbach
By
Jacob M. Appel
If
good marriages depend upon a combination of something old and
something new, then the match between recently appointed Dean
Gerald D. Fischbach and Columbia University’s College of Physicians
and Surgeons seems promising. (more)
Rita
Kaplan Fights For What She Believes In: Honored at NYU School
of Medicine By
Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
It
was a grand turn-out for "Tea with Our Doctors," an innovative
approach to disseminating information about women's health, honoring
an individual whose contributions to medicine have been outstanding
and raising money for the New York University School of Medicine,
one of the oldest and most venerable in the nation. (more)
HealthWise
Tips for Travelers By
Louise Merriman, MS, RD
In
order to begin your trip feeling more energetic, try eliminating
or at least limiting alcohol and caffeine-containing beverages
for two or three days before your flight. Both alcohol and caffeine
are diuretics which can dehydrate you and make you feel less alert.
Also, alcohol and caffeine can interrupt your normal sleep pattern.
(more)
Should
We Celebrate Holidays in School? By
Diana Musa and Heather Prince-Clarke
There
are several factors that influence how we celebrate holidays at
the Bank Street Family Center. Our overaching philosophy of inclusion
dictates that we find ways for every member of our community to
be included in our daily classroom activities. Ours is a community
rich in cultural and family diversity. (more)
New
Roles And Possibilities For
Our Schools By
Dr. Carole G. Hankin with
Randi T. Sachs
On
September 11, when our nation was devastated by the sudden attack
by terrorists, our schools were in session. It has been over 50
years since we experienced such an assault on our country and
the safety of our children was paramount in the minds of every
teacher and administrator in our schools. (more)
If
you ask Dr.
McCune… About
Children and Tragedy
Our
children have experienced a terrible change in the context of
their daily lives. Some have witnessed events first hand that
no one should have to see or remember. Others have lost a parent
in a sudden and difficult manner, leaving the remaining parent
to cope, explain, and rear the child without their loving partner.
(more)
Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations
By
H. HARRIS HEALY, III, (more)
Books
Shedding Light On Terrorism By
Merri Rosenberg
Try,
if you can, to get past the sentence, “the twin towers stand proud,”
with the almost unbearable use of the present tense early in the
first chapter, without breaking down in tears as I did, unable
to continue reading for nearly an hour. (more)
Bumps
on the Road to Higher Education:
Riding in Cars with Boys By
Marie Holmes
Drew
Barrymore heads a talented cast in Riding in Cars with Boys,
based on the life story of Beverly Donofrio as told in her memoir
of the same name, published in 1990. The film, directed by Penny
Marshall, spans 20 years of Donofrio’s life, recording her transformation
from a boy-crazy teenager to a young mother struggling to hold
onto dreams of going to college and becoming a writer. (more)
Guggenheim
Opens Sackler Center for Arts Education By
Marie Holmes
The
Guggenheim has undergone a number of renovations recently, and
they go beyond the black paint which now covers the museum’s ramps.
Beneath the dramatic lighting and the monumental Baroque altarpiece
in the rotunda–a highlight of the recently-opened Brazil: Body
and Soul exhibition–the museum has installed the facilities
that comprise the Sackler Center for Arts Education. (more)
Degas
Comes To Life At The Joffrey Ballet School By
Marylena Mantas
Some
admirers of Degas’ impressionist painting The Dance Class
argue that the realism of the image allows viewers to sense that
they have “walked into” the painting. Yet, a few miles south of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art the experience of “walking into”
The Dance Class transcends that of oil on canvas. (more)
Chess
Makes Children Blossom at Brooklyn’s League School By
Jason Gorbel
I
had no idea how my students would react to chess when I suggested
we start a team. I teach at a school for children with a classification
of serious emotional disturbances who are too impaired to attend
Board of Education schools. (more)
A
Successful Day Treatment Program at Young Adult institute (YAI)
By
Stephen E. Freeman
One
only had to step outside YAI/National Institute for People with
Disabilities’ Manhattan Day Treatment Program on West 13th
Street and look downtown to see the devastation at the World Trade
Center. (more)
A
Cyclone Over Brooklyn By
Tom Kertes
A
scant few months back, when the Cyclones were not even born yet,
everyone who’s anyone in (and outside of) baseball was already
predicting a sorrowfully brief lifespan for Brooklyn’s novice
baseball team. “Minor league baseball is nothing,” the theory
went. “Especially after what the Dodgers did–leaving Brooklyn
high and dry 44 years ago–Brooklyn deserves a major league team.”
(more)
Dr.
Alan Kay: Father Of The PC By
Tom Kertes
“Children
are the messages we send to the future,” said Dr. Alan C. Kay
in his intensely inspirational Lynford Lecture at Polytechnic
University. “So whenever we’re talking about the real future,
we must talk about kids. Because what they learn, and what they
consider to be normal, becomes most of what humanity winds up
doing.” (more)
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