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Women Shaping History
Women’s History Month 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 outstanding contributions in various fields. Education
Update interviewed 10 multi-faceted, fascinating, dynamic,
intellectual women who have improved the lives of people
all over the world:
- Augusta
Souza Kappner, President, Bank Street, Leader and Champion
for Children Everywhere
- Eve Kurtin, Ph.D., Managing Director, Pacific Venture Group
- Marianne
Legato, MD, Pres., Partnership for Women’s Health,
Woman in Science Award, American
Medical Women’s Association
- Jill
Levy, President, Council of Supervisors and Administrators
- Dr.
Louise Mirrer, Executive Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
CUNY
- Dr. Lorraine Monroe, President & CEO, The Lorraine
Monroe Leadership Institute
- Dr. Alice Wilder, Executive Producer, Blues Clues, WNET
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- Jody
Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1997
On the Advantages
of All-Girls’ School
by Dorothy Hutcheson
Recently, we welcomed parents of Kinder-garten applicants
for an “Insider’s View of the Lower School.” Five
juniors and seniors—Maha Atal ’04, Sonje Hawkins ’03,
Ali Jones ’04, Danielle Tappitake ’03, and
Charlotte Winthrop ’04—addressed the parents
in the auditorium. The visitors were bowled over by our
students’ confidence
and the seeming ease with which they talked about their
teachers, courses and activities, and favorite memories
of their Lower School years. READ
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Justice for All Women
by Catherine Douglas
Since 1993, inMotion has helped thousands of women free themselves
from abusive relationships, hold onto their homes and win
the financial support that they—and their children —are
legally entitled to.
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History
of Women’s College
by Mark Herz
In 1772, the history of women’s colleges in America
began with the founding of Salem Academy in North Carolina.
Salem was not chartered as a college until more than a century
later. READ
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Women’s City Club: 88 Years Old & Going
Strong
by Sybil Maimin
Eleanor Roosevelt was a member. So were Helen Hayes, the
actress; Dorothy Schiff, the New York Post publisher; Virginia
Gildersleeve, commander of the WW II WAVES; three college
presidents; officers of major corporations; the head of a
major labor union; and a member of the US House of Representatives. READ
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Choices
in Women’s Colleges READ
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TEACHERS OF THE MONTH
The Outstanding Teachers of the Month
for March 2003 - NEW!
The Outstanding Teachers of the Month for March 2003 have
each been nominated by their colleagues, students, parents,
principals and superintendents. Education Update has
selected five nominees for their outstanding work on the “frontiers” of
education... READ
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SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Free Daytime English Classes
Offered
at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House (331 East 70th Street)
announces openings in its English for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) program. Interested students must schedule
an appointment for a 10-minute assessment test prior
to registration. Classes are free but there is a $35
registration fee. Childcare is provided during class
for $15 for the entire session. “These
free ESOL classes emphasize civics and daily conversation.
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Elizabeth Sciabarra:
Chief Executive for New Schools Development
by Joan Baum, Ph.D.
If Elizabeth Sciabarra is stepping smartly up to the plate
in her new position as Chief Executive for New Schools Development
in the restructured Department of Education, the reason is
obvious after just a few minutes’ conversation. She
brings to the job a rich intelligence informed by both art
and science, and a confidence and enthusiasm that suggest
she expects to hit only home runs. READ
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Vocational Education Resurgent
by Frank
Carucci
A remarkable thing happened along the way to the presumed
demise of vocational education in New York City. It came
back stronger than ever and is now a model for academic—as
well as career—success.
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Women Mentoring Women
by Matilda
Raffa Cuomo & Catherine
E. Shugrue
Domestic violence is a serious crime, and often even deadly.
Every day in the US, more than three women are murdered by
their husbands or boyfriends. Most studies indicate that
women represent at least 85% or more of those who are victims
of intimate partner violence. At HELP USA’s seven New
York City homeless shelters, nearly 40% of our clients report
having been victims of violence. READ
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Close Up
Foundation & Smithsonian
Announce New Summer HS Program in Washington, D.C.
The Close Up Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution announced
a new educational travel program for high school students.
Destination DC: Culture, Politics, and History is a seven-day
program in Washington DC that will be held July 7-13, 2003.
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Famous Women Journalists Appear on Stamps
Find these women on your local postage stamps: READ
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COLLEGES
College
Presidents Series:
Diane Engelhardt, President,
DeVry Institute of Technology
by Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Because she had been encouraged early on by her parents
to learn shorthand and typing, Diane Engelhardt appreciates
both the importance of “hands on” skills and
the need to go beyond them for a meaningful career. READ
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Mothers & Daughters
As Teachers
Preserving the Legacy: In Her Own Words
by Joanne Robertson,
Ph.D.
Living history: Reflecting memories. My mother has asked
me to write this story, for she is no longer able to do so
herself. Her testimonial bears witness to the significant
contributions of women to the field of education, and to
the evolution of critical theories of teaching and learning.
For, embedded within her recollections about the four room
schoolhouse in a small coal mining town, are philosophies
influenced by her family culture, college education, and
gender perceptions.
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Pace University Offers MS in Accounting in China
Pace University’s Lubin School of Business is offering
a pilot MS in Accounting program for students in Shanghai
in conjunction with Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
(SUFE). “This mutual endeavor provides an excellent
opportunity for Chinese business professionals to study United
States accounting, auditing and taxation,” said Arthur
L. Centonze, dean of the Lubin School. READ
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Everett
Children’s Adventure
Garden
Learning plant science just got a lot more fun for students
and their teachers with the introduction of the kindergarten
and first grade elementary classroom curriculum, Adventure
Garden SEEDS (Science Exploration and Education Discovery
Series). SEEDS gives teachers a new resource that is packed
with easy-to-use hands-on, inquiry-based classroom lessons
that transform fieldtrips to the Garden into an extended
and powerful learning experience. READ
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Intel and Civil Air Patrol: For Self and College
by Katarzyna
Kozanecka
A Stuyvesant High School student walks into a bar. He asks
the bartender, Do you need someone to wash glasses? Play
the piano? Or maybe you’ll let me observe your establishment
for a month? I’m writing a social science Intel paper
about the effectiveness of holding Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
in bars. READ
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450 Teachers & School
Leaders from Around
the World Gather at Teachers College
Klingenstein Center’s 25th
Anniversary
Event Recognizes Role of Independent Schools in American
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Regents’ Vote
Affirms CUNY Admissions Policy
The New York State Board of Regents voted recently to uphold
the remedial policy of the City University of New York
(CUNY), which ended an open admissions policy to the University’s
four year colleges in 1999. Critics had cautioned that
the policy change could lead to a drop in enrollment, particularly
of minority students, at four-year CUNY institutions such
as City College in Washington Heights. READ
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MEDICAL UPDATE
Panel Investigates
Deaths of 3 Students
by Tom Kertes
During the first week of January, three public school
students—19
year-old Kimario Green, 16 year-old Katherine Bodden and
13 year-old Randy Charlotte—died of cardiac-related
problems on school grounds within seven days. The tragic
irony? Each child’s life might have been saved by
a defibrillator—and the New York State Legislature
passed a law requiring that all 1200 New York City Public
schools be equipped with defibrillators (AEDs) by December
1, 2002. Why the noncompliance? The City Council, in a
joint oversight public hearing by the Committees of Education
and Health, looked into the unacceptable situation. READ
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Governor McGreevey Backs Stem Cell Legislation
Continuing his commitment to make New Jersey a national leader
in cancer care and research, Governor James E. McGreevey
pledged to support legislation which would authorize stem
cell research in the state. READ
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Pace University Creates
Institute for Healthy Aging
The Lienhard School of Nursing of Pace University has
recently established the Institute for Healthy Aging
(IHA) on its New York and Pleasantville campuses. The
Institute will provide education and research geared
toward individuals 40 years of age and older and to health
care professionals servicing this population. Initial
funding for the IHA was provided by grants from the Mary
and Milton B. Rosenbach Foundation. READ
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
If You Ask
Dr. McCune Education Begins with Play… for
Boys & Girls!
by Lorraine McCune, Ed.D.
A trip to some of the showrooms at the recent Toy Fair
confirmed the broad divide between schools and toys and
between toys for girls and toys for boys. A visit to Toys-R-Us,
or the boutique toy store in midtown will tell you the
same thing. READ
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The 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle:
How
to Talk to Children about the Tragedy
by Robin F. Goodman,
Ph.D., A.T.R.-BC
What should I say to help children understand?
Some general guidelines: Keep in mind the child’s age,
personality, general tendency to fear and worry, and level
of interest. Monitor your own reactions as children learn
the most from, and often worry the most about, those in their
immediate environment. It is important for both children
and adults to maintain their routines and talk about information
and feelings as they evolve. READ
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
Technology & Inclusion at Children’s
Center
by Nancy Glass
The Children’s Center School, a division of Queens
Centers for Progress, in Jamaica Queens, offers comprehensive
educational and clinical services to children with special
needs, from birth through twenty-one years of age. Students
at the school present with a variety of disabilities, ranging
from mild to profound. While many students are multiply-handicapped,
the school also services “typically developing” youngsters
who are often participants in inclusionary programs where
children with and without disabilities share the same classrooms.
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Rhodes Scholar “Sees” The
World
by M.C. Cohen
Cyrus Habib is in elite company. As one of the 32 recipients
of this year’s Rhodes Scholarship, Habib is an accomplished
senior comparative literature and Mideast studies major
at Columbia University. Yet, he’s far from an elitist.
Whether lobbying for the rights of students with disabilities
at Columbia, where he is president of the campus group “Columbians
Organized for Disability Advocacy,” or rallying at
a peace demonstration in New York, Habib sees the world
as a place bigger then himself. “Education can’t
exist in a vacuum,” he says. “We must always
remember to fight the world’s fight.” READ
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Resources, Referrals and Help
As a principal of a private school for learning disabled
children, I am asked by parents and other professionals
on a daily basis for information on resources. READ
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MUSEUMS
Rabbi
Arthur Hertzberg & Professor
Ernestine Schlant Bradley Speak at Leo Baeck Center
by
Alexandra Shimo-Barry
The German-born professor writes about anti-Semitism.
The Orthodox rabbi downplays its relevance to Jewish
identity. They’re very different, but they say
they learn from their differences. READ
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BOOKS
Imre
Kertész—Nobelist
in Literature, 2000
by Lillian Shapiro
His writing appears to be even and calm but as the writing
proceeds it becomes more difficult to accept in that way.
What he tells us has been inspired by a sentence made by
someone who was at a meeting that he was attending. This
man said, “Auschwitz cannot be explained.” Kertész
has written a trilogy of which the first two, Fateless
and Kaddish for a Child Not Born are in print in English.
The third, Fiasco, has yet to be translated and I look
forward to seeing it here. These novels are written to
contradict that observation and emphasize that not only
can it be explained but it must be explained. READ
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Review of A Place to Grow
by Kent Kleiman
Questions of identity, growing up and finding one’s
place in the world are the central issues in the deceptively
simple new children’s book A Place to Grow, by Stephanie
Bloom and illustrated by Kelly Murphy. READ
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Celebrate
Women’s History
Month With
An Emphasis On The Journey of African Americans
BIOGRAPHY: AGES 6 THRU 10
A beautifully detailed homage to a world class musician with
a three octave voice. The shimmering semitone pictures enhance
the theatrical feast of Marian’s powerful singing.
Text underscores the political force of her voice in the
African American community. READ
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MUSIC, ART & DANCE
Soccer Saga: Bend It Like
Beckham;
Holocaust Harbor: Nowhere In Africa
by Jan Aaron
In the charming comedy, Bend It Like Beckam, an Indian
girl meets a blonde tomboy who helps her realize her dream
of playing big time soccer. As in her previous films, Bhaji
on the Beach and What’s Cooking, director writer
Gurinder Chadha doesn’t delve deep here, but assembles
a first rate cast to tell this story about changing social
conventions.
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City College
Library to Host “Jazz Age” National
Traveling Exhibition
The City College Library will celebrate Black History Month
this year with the only regional showing of The Jazz Age
in Paris: 1914–1940, a traveling exhibition organized
by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
(SITES). more
Disney Gives Schools First-Class Treatment
When you let your students discover the wonder and joy of
Disney on Broadway, we’ll make the experience unforgettable!
This school year give your students a day to remember by
taking advantage of Disney’s educational program,
which provides schools with special rates for groups of
15 or more for Beauty and the Beast, Aida and Lion King.
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METROBEAT
Holding Elected Officials To Their
Campaign Promises
by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
When I ran for Mayor of New York City, I said that if
there was one principle I would try to bring to government,
it would be accountability. The idea that you can promise
something over and over again, then not do it and get
away with it is simply unfathomable. After spending more
than a year in office, I can say with some authority
that a much higher standard of accountability is desperately
needed in government. Elected officials should be held
to their campaign promises, and I want the people of
New York City to start with me. READ
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Recommendations Issued on New Councils
to Replace Community
School Boards
by Assemblyman Steven Sanders
Recently the 20-member Task Force on Community School District
Governance Reform submitted its recommendations to the Leg-islature
and the Governor on what should replace the community school
boards, which go out of business on June 30th. Along with
Terri Thomson, I had the honor of co-chairing the Task Force,
whose recommendations were developed after hearing over 50
hours of testimony from nearly 300 witnesses at hearings
held in each borough in the past two months. READ
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An Open Letter from Chancellor Joel Klein
Dear Community/Faith-Based Leader,
In October, I launched Children First: A New Agenda for Public
Schools in New York City, an initiative to reform the school
system. During the first phase of Children First, we received
input from approximately 50,000 parents, students, teachers,
principals, superintendents, community, business, higher
education and faith-based leaders.
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CAREERS
Thomas Rockwell,
Writer:
Where Fried Worms Come From
by Jacob M. Appel
Celebrated children’s book au-thor Thomas “Tom” Rockwell
confesses that he grew up in a small New England town not
so different from the rustic communities depicted in the
Saturday Evening Post illustrations of his father, Norman
Rock-well. Arlington, Vermont, was a lot like the Berkshire
communities near where Norman Rockwell later settled, hamlets
like Lenox and Lee, only much smaller. READ
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TRAVEL
Weekend
Wonderland North Carolina’s
Outer Banks
by Jan Aaron
Thinking of getting away with the kids for the Spring
Break? Think about the Outer Banks, the strand of barrier
islands off the North Carolina Coast as your vast playground.
Do you fancy a trip without the kids? There’s that
here, too. READ
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