 
Joshua
Bell: A Genius of Note
by Joan Baum, Ph.d.
The surprise
is not that Joshua Bell, the world renowned violinist, lives
up to the hype about him as an all-around wonderful guy, or
that at 34 he is that relatively rare example of a prodigy who
has made good, but that he handles his still-growing fame with
such ease and confidence that he can switch suddenly from humorous
quip to profound comment and give the impression that an intimate
and deeply reflective conversation has
just gone on...
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Guaspari
Makes Music in Harlem
by Marie Holmes
Rest position. Put your violin out. Put your bow straight out.
Balance your weight–center your weight. Don’t
wiggle!”
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Education
Update Sponsors the John Lennon ‘Million Dollar Bus’
by Marie Holmes
Holland, an 8th grade student at the Professional Performing
Arts School, announces that she has been working on a song.
Without so much as a blush, she belts out the chorus, hitting
every note...
(more)
Profiles
in Education
Laurie Tisch-Sussman: Creative Solutions to Art Education’s
Woes
by Marie Holmes
Laurie
Tisch-Sussman has always had an idealistic streak...
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The
Transforming Power of Music and Art
by Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Since
1995, as an after-school mentoring program, Mentoring USA has
supplemented the classroom activities by developing partnerships
in the fields of music and the arts...
(more)
Inside
the Superintendent’s Office:
Supt. Vincent Grippo, District 20
by Marie Holmes
On
the fifth floor of a sparkling, newly renovated building, with
views of the nearby Verrazano bridge, Superintendent Vincent
Grippo and his staff oversee 31,000 children...
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Students
Learn Outdoors in the Pacific Northwest
by Brendan Kiley
Snuggled
in the woods of Bainbridge Island, just a 35-minute ferry
ride from Seattle, the newly-opened Puget Sound Environmental
Learning Center (PSELC) provides students with new...
(more)
School
Vouchers: Legal Perspectives
by Martha McCarthy, Ph.D.
On
June 27, 2002, the Supreme Court delivered a significant school
decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris...
(more)
Reforming
Math in Schools
by Jerrold Ross, Ph.D.
Public
and private college and university mathematics educators
gathered recently to establish a city-wide consortium on
improving the teaching of math in New York City’s
schools...
(more)
Learning
Leaders Helps Students Succeed
The recent opening meeting of Learning Leaders headed by
Carol Kellerman, filled the Sheraton ballroom to overflowing...
(more)
An
Open Letter From the Publisher
Who's the “Teacher of the Month” in Your School?...
(more)
Voucher
Lobby Gets a Boost
by Sybil Maimin
School vouchers, a controversial subject, is under
public scrutiny...
(more)
Back
to Math and Science
by Janet Perna
As
our kids get back into the swing of school, teachers, parents
and business leaders need to remind our young people that
math and science education is as vital to their future as
it is to ours...
(more)
Halstead
Brings the World into NYC Classrooms
by Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
Teachers
and students recently came together in a culminating activity
that really connected them to other countries and peoples,
clearly demonstrating the success of Heather Halstead’s...
(more)
Klaas
Kids & Court TV Present Forensics Curriculum
by Tom Kertes
“It’s
the most horrible thing that can ever happen to a parent...
(more)
ARC
of San Diego Provides Area with Quality Programs
The
Arc of San Diego has a rich tradition of developing
quality programs for children and adults with developmental
disabilities...
(more)
“The
Promise of Preschool” Airs
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 pm on WNET/13
by Merri Rosenberg
In
this compelling documentary, the film asks the provocative
question of whether the American convention of starting
public school in kindergarten is too late...
(more)
School
Humor Winner - Winner of $25 - Congratulations!
At
the beginning of the school year, one sixth grader was
reflecting on his chance at being the 8th grade valedictorian...
(more)
Poll
Shows Voters Want States to Fund Preschool
State
governments should provide enough funding so that every
American family can afford to send its three and four
year-old children to a high-quality preschool education
program...
(more)
Grants
for School Districts
A
New Monthly column to help school superintendents and
principals get addiitional funding so needed at a time
when school budgets have been cut...
(more)
 -new
Teaching
Art Through History as a Right Brained Activity
by Sharon Jeffus
I believe that art can be incorporated with many different
core subjects...
(more)
College
President Series:
Gregory H. Williams: President, City College
by Marie Holmes
My father
somehow developed this great thirst for knowledge,” says
Gregory H. Williams, who became City College’s 11th President
on August, 2001...
(more)
City
College: Past and Futur
by Alfred S. Posamentier, Ph.D.
High tuition costs do not guarantee a superior college education...
(more)
Dean
Series:
Teachers College Dean Plans Higher Profile for Insitution
by Merri Rosenberg
Mrs. Baker would be very proud...
(more)
$4
Million Gift Launches Sally Kerlin Institute
Sarah “Sally” Kerlin ’36, demonstrated a lifelong
commitment to Bank Street...
(more)
Sophie
Davis Med School Freshmen Win Scholarships
Pre-med students Elliot James Aguayo and Kimberly Watson are this
year’s recipients of the Leaders in Furthering Education
(LIFE) Unsung Hero Scholarships presented annually...
(more)
Columbia
Nursing Dean Hopes to Transform Profession
by Merri Rosenberg
To
hear Mary O’Neil Mundinger, Dean of the Columbia University
School of Nursing and the Centennial Professor in Health Policy,
explain it, the much discussed nursing shortage has less to do...
(more)
More
Than Moody: Depression in Teens
According
to a recent report by the United States Surgeon General, approximately
3.5 million children and teenagers suffer from depression...
(more)
Facts
On Teenage Depression From More Than Moody
by Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz
Each
year as many as 8.3 percent of the adolescent population will
begin exhibiting signs of depression...
(more)
Phi
Delta Kappa International: Meeting on Special Education
Area
6F Host Chapters: Columbia University, Teachers College, CUNY,
Fordham,Iona College, LIU, Mercy College, NYU,Pace University,
NYC, Westchester, S.I...
(more)
Life on the Color Line, by Gregory
Howard Williams
by Merri Rosenberg
Someone should introduce Gregory Howard Williams to Frank
McCourt...
(more)
October
Events at the Bank Street Bookstore
Located
on the corner of 112th Street and Broadway. All events are free!..
(more)
Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations...
(more)
Music
in the Schools
by Kitty Carlisle Hart
For
the past 25 years, I have been trying to get music into the regular
curriculum of the public school system...
(more)
Vienna
Choir Boys and Boys Choir of Harlem Join Together for First American
Performance in the Great Hall at City College of New York, Thursday,
October 17
On
Thursday, October 17, a historic meeting of two cultures representing
five centuries of glorious music-making, will take place in the
Great Hall of The City College of New York...
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Whitney
Museum to Host Family Day
Saturday,
November 2, 2002 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Whitney will clear
an entire floor of the museum for its third annual family day...
(more)
The
Little Orchestra Society’s “Lolli-Pops”
Find New Home
Lolli-Pops,
The Little Orchestra Society’s popular concerts for
children ages 3–5, will be making their new home at
the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th off Lexington)
for the 2002-2003 season...
(more)
Product
Review:
The JetSlide
by Andrew Schiff
Interested
in learning how to play slide guitar?
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Ashton
Digital Unveils Passport 2000
by Mitchell Levine
Ashton Digital, premier mobile technology manufacturer,
recently unveiled its Passport 2100 Series - the newest addition
to its family of Intel-based PC notebooks...
(more)
Lauren Glazer: Restaurant Manager
by Joan Baum, Ph.D.
It’s 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, gloriously sunny, a welcome
respite from the intense muggy heat of the last few days, and
anyone with a love of food, New York, and the outdoors would
be...
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Mayor’s
Management Report: Your City’s Report Card
by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Where
do you turn when you want to know what condition your child’s
school building is in, if the local playground is in good repair
or how clean the streets in your neighborhood are...
(more)
CFE
Case to Court of Appeals: Pataki Should Settle
by Assemblyman Steven Sanders
The
Court of Appeals will soon hear oral arguments in the landmark
Campaign for School Equity case. Governor Pataki, regrettably,
appealed the decision by Justice DeGrasse, which held...
(more)
Upbeat
Uptown: “Harlem Song” Dramatic Downtown: “Shanghai
Ghetto”
by Jan Aaron
George
C. Wolfe’s, “Harlem Song,” at the legendary
Apollo Theater, tells the history of Harlem through a 90-minute
revue, combining songs, dances, films, and interviews...
(more)
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