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Preparing
Students for 9/11
By
Drs. Jonathan Cohen & Steven Marans
As the one-year anniversary
of September 11th approaches, many children and adults are still
experiencing significant reactions to the tragedy...
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City
Schools Observe 1st Anniversary of 9/11
By
Katarzyna Kozanecka
September
11th falls on a Wednesday this year. Over a million children
will be in school across the five boroughs. Or will they?...
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Commemorative
Events for 9/11...
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Schools
Lose Great Teachers In a Sea of Red Tape By
Marie Holmes
As classes begin this month throughout the five boroughs,
a slew of newly certified teachers step to the front of the
classroom.
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New
York City Welcomes Over 8,000 New Teachers
By
Marie Holmes
Last year, hundreds of teaching positions were still vacant
just days before school started. A lot has changed since then,
and with the academic...
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Oldest
School at General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen
By Sybil Maimin
Among the many wonderful secrets waiting to be discovered
in New York City is the Mechanics Institute, a tuition-free
school started in 1820...
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September
11: One Year After
By Matilda
Raffa Cuomo and Susan Moesker
The unthinkable horror has passed, and we are left with the
memories: the remorse, the heroism, the frightening questions,
and the gaping hole in...
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Profiles
In Education: Cynthia
Greenleaf
“My
Kind of Town, Chicago Is . . .” By
Joan Baum, Ph.d.
If Chicago is not only her “kind of town” but her “kind of people
too,” as the Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen song has it, one
reason for...
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The
Future of Education By
Jill Levy
Astonishingly, I am more optimistic today about the future of
NYC public schools than during my past 43 years as an educator...
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Math
Adds Up At CCNY Teacher Training Program By
Kim Brown
It takes a suspension of disbelief to participate in “Mathematics
in the City.”...
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Inside
the Superintendent’s Office
Dr.
Angelo Gimondo: District 30 By
Marie Holmes
Superintendent Gimondo has a unique
understanding of the immigrant children who attend the 30 schools
under his jurisdiction. At the tender age of...
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September
in History Compiled
by Chris Rowan...
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Homeschooling:
Education Without Labels By
Jan Upton, Ph.D.
Homeschooling offers kids who do not easily fit into the system
an educational option that can be more readily tailored to
their individual needs...
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Dean
Deborah Shanley:
Brooklyn College School of Education By
Sybil Maimin
Deborah A. Shanley, Dean of the School of Education at Brooklyn
College, is in an enviable position...
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President
Barbara Sirvis, Southern Vermont College:
A Special Leader for a Special Place
By
Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Baileigh, who sits not too far from the president of Southern
Vermont College (SVC) is probably the college’s most visible recruiter...
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LIU
Offers New Program in Law Enforcement
As a direct result of the public safety concerns raised by September
11, the School of Continuing Studies at Long Island University’s
Brooklyn...
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Vaccines
Required for School
By
Herman Rosen, M.D., F.A.C.P.
With
the school year about to begin, it is useful to review the New
York City Department of Health’s requirements for school children...
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Colleges
Endorse Meningitis Vaccine
By
Priya Athiappan
This Fall, thousands of college students will be vaccinated
against meningococcal meningitis...
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If
You Ask Dr. McCune
About Children and Grief–in the Long Term
By Lorraine Mccune, Ph.d.
Some believe that if a loss occurs when a child is too young
to know their parent personally, or to remember a parent who has
died, that the...
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From
the Superintendent’s Seat:
Commemorating
an Unforgettable Day
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
“Where were you?” For many parents of schoolchildren today, that
question was usually followed by “when President Kennedy was shot.”...
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Fantastic
Fall Festivities in
Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, NY Botanical Garden
This fall surround yourself with the orange, yellow, and red leaves
of the trees in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden and experience
the beauty...
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A
Hearing Impaired Teacher Helps Children Discover the World
By
Tom Kertes
Linda Bodner has been teaching hearing-impaired children at Saticoy
Elementary School in North Hollywood, California for 17 years...
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NYU
Child Study Center & Museum of the City of New York
Sponsor Joint Art Exhibit
An
exhibition marking the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center presents the art of New York area children
made in...
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Kellogg’s
Awards Scholarships
Recently, parents, students, teachers and a variety of Kellogg’s
representatives–including Snap, Crackle and Pop and, of...
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Superintendent
Compiles Children’s Reactions to 9/11
By
Merri Rosenberg
I thought I had done with weeping for September 11...
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Children’s
Book Reviews
By Selene Vasquez
Dreading going back to school? Take comfort in books about...school!...
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Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
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Write
& Wipe & Let’s Play Along By
Laura Pretto
As we all are aware, teaching children takes time and often
an infinite amount of patience. Silver Dolphin Books, publisher
of...
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DVD:
The Technology of the Future:
Has DVD Made the Opera House Obsolete? By
Irving Spitz
The advent of DVD (digital video discs), a medium that combines
an outstanding digital video image with superb surround sound,
has revolutionized...
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More
Les Paul
By
Andrew Schiff
Throughout history, education has usually placed emphasis
on the teacher-student relationship...
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Transit
Museum Runs Nostalgia Train
By
Tom Kertes
Riding the New York Transit Museum’s Nostalgia Train really does
make you ponder the passage of time. For instance, what would
happen in 2002 to...
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Wendy
Hilliard Brings Gymnastics to Harlem By
Tom Kertes
The
first African-American to make the U.S. Rhythmic Gymnastics National
Team–she later became its captain and coach–Wendy Hilliard also
heads her...
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U.
S. Dept. of Ed.: “What Works Clearinghouse”
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a five-year, $18.5
million contract to a special joint venture to develop a national
What Works Clearinghouse,...
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One
of New York City’s Finest By
Tom Kertes
Albert Robles, Jr.’s choice of a police career was, quite
literally, due to a heady rush of inspiration...
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A
Word with Jesse Sheidlower, Lexicographer, Oxford U. Press
By
Marie Holmes
Part cultural archive, part authoritative database, nothing, perhaps,
fits the definition of “living document” as well as the dictionary...
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New
School System: Unfinished Business By
Assemblyman Steven Sanders
On July 1, a new system of governance for the New York City
public schools was begun. This marks a truly historic new beginning
for public education....
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Report
Helps Finest and Bravest Build on 9/11 Heroism
By Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Five months ago, Police Commissioner Kelly and Fire Commissioner
Scoppetta asked the highly respected consulting firm of McKinsey
& Company...
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Revolutionary
Afterschool Series on PBS By
Jan Aaron
Continue to inspire post September 11 patriotism with the
“revolutionary” new kids’ show, Liberty’s Kids, a clever animated
PBS series which features...
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LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR...(more)
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