COVER STORIES
Eighth Anniversary
Celebration!
by Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
I can relate to the reverberations of Martin Luther King’s, “I
have a dream.” I too had a dream, a vision of bringing
education news to all people in order to help them make better
decisions about their children’s education as well
as their own. Coming from an immigrant family myself, education
was revered as the gateway not only to knowledge but to breaking
out of the confines of a circumscribed life to one filled
with unimagined adventures, mysterious roads and paths untraveled.
Without experience as a publisher or a businesswoman, I decided
to take the plunge and learn while doing. READ
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FEATURED STORIES
Bullying
vs. Creating Climate of Peace:
Prof. Garbarino at Teachers College
by Sarah N. Lynch
Bullying was the topic of the Virginia and Leornard Marx
Lecture at Teachers College recently. READ
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Global Classrooms
Teach Power of Peace
by Michelle Accorso
Created in 1995, Global Classrooms’ main objective
is to educate children from grades 612 about other cultures
and ideas around the world. READ
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Jane Goodall Shares
the Spirit of Peace with Teens Around the World by Michelle
Accorso
Starting with a moment of silence for all those around the
world who are suffering, Rick Ulfik, founder of We, The World,
commenced a videoconference located in a room at the UN not...
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Teaching
the ABC’s of Peace
by Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
For as long as history, there have been wars and conflicts.
More recently we have witnessed anger and conflict in children
who have changed schools from formerly safe havens to places...
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
Helping the Visually Impaired at Baruch
College
by Jocelyn K. Egyes
It’s not everyday that advances are made in technology
to benefit the blind and visually impaired. But it is everyday
that places, like Baruch College’s Center for Visually
Impaired People... READ
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Dr. Cecelia McCarton Leads Symposium
on Learning Disabilities
by Joanna Leefer
“How can I tell if my child has a learning disability?” “Will
my son be stigmatized if he is officially classified as LD?” “I’m
applying to schools for my daughter. READ
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Reforming Special Education. . . Again
by Michelle Accorso
How can we best serve the city’s neediest children?
That was the question posed to the diverse array of panelists
at a recent special education hearing housed at the New School.
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NEW JERSEY NEWS
Guardian Life’s Patricia
McNeilly
Helps Girls Entrepreneurship Conference
by Pola Rosen,
Ed.D.
At a recent meeting of 25 women business executives and
college leaders from Montclair State University, preparations
were made for the first Teen Entrepreneurship Conference
called... READ
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NJ School
Districts Improve Mathematics,
Science, & Technology
Education
The New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative (NJ SSI) will
distribute approximately $300,000 to over 20 districts in
an effort to implement successful, education enriched programs,
focusing... READ
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McGreevey to Highlight Reforms that Support
Great Teachers
Recognizing that providing our children with the skills to
compete in the 21st century economy means supporting great
teachers and high teacher quality, Governor James E. McGreevey...
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Rutgers Aids Understanding of Math
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will be the
lead recipient of up to $10 million over five years from
the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct a project
focused on... READ
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EDITORIALS
Cameras in Schools: An Idea Whose
Time Has Come
by Stuart Dunn
No one argues with the general objective of the No Child
Left Behind Act—raising American children’s
proficiency in reading and math. However, details, such
as funding levels, progress... READ
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SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Running
the Marathon—
22nd
Time Anything in Life is Possible
Dr. Stephen Wertheimer, an orthopedist from Los Angeles,
is reflective on the eve of his 22nd marathon.
by Stephen
A. Wertheimer, M.D.
I was a non-athlete most of my life, a bookworm as a child.
When I went into practice at the age of about 31, I took
up bike riding.
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80 Beacon Programs Address Needs of Young People Around the
City
by Michael Ognibene
When hundreds of young people and community members gather
at I.S. 488 in Morningside Heights every week to learn about
African dance, the New York City Department of... READ
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A Different Way to Think about Accountability:
No Drive-by Teachers
by Lee S. Shulman
It’s hard to open the paper or turn on the radio these
days without finding yet another call for educational accountability.
It’s a reasonable thing to seek. The public needs to
know that schools... READ
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So You Want to be a Biology Major?
by Sarah N. Lynch READ
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Marathon Ideas for the Classroom
by Dr. Alice Wilder READ
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NY Historical Society: Children at Risk, 1653-2003
The New-York Historical Society is pleased to announce the
opening of its exhibition Children at Risk: Protecting
New York City’s Youths, 1653-2003, which will be
on view... READ
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History
of New York Road Runners READ
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Chancellor Klein Reviews His First Year
by Sybil Maimin
Making a return visit to an issues forum at the Community
Service Society of New York after a year on the front lines
as Schools Chancellor, a still optimistic and determined
Joel Klein reported on... READ
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Beth Lief,
Civil Rights Attorney & Education
Visionary
by Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Mentors in the professional development of this leading civil
rights attorney turned top-level educational leader? She
pauses; Beth Lief’s really thinking this through, there
will be nothing... READ
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Open Letter
to America’s
Educators:
50th Anniversary of Veterans Day
by Rod Paige
On November 11, 2003, we as a nation give thanks and pay
tribute to our 25 million living veterans—men and women
who have risked their lives, including many who are doing
so right now, to... READ
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Eleanor Roosevelt, New East Side HS,
Opens to Great Fanfare
by Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty
of their dreams.” This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt permeated
the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new high school named after
the great first lady. READ
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Running
the Marathon—
First
Time Dynamic Duo Dashes Through Marathon:
Dr. Alice Wilder & Deborah Reber
by Joan Baum, Ph.D.
For Dr. Alice Wilder, the Emmy-nominated Director of Research
and Development for Blues Clues, the phenomenally successful
pre-school television series, not to mention the related...
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The Voice of the People
by Randi Weingarten
If you believe in democracy, it seems to me that you have
to take seriously the idea of the voice of the people.
Mayor Bloomberg says he believes the same thing, but his
recent actions... READ
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COLLEGES
College Board Reports Financial
Aid at $105 Billion
After grants are taken into account, the net price that
the average undergraduate student pays for a college
education is significantly lower than the published tuition
and fees. READ
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CCNY-Austria Educational Collaboration
by Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
President Gregory H. Williams of the City College of New
York, welcomed a meeting of college personnel and high
level Austrian education ministers, quoting a letter from
Mayor Bloomberg...
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A Message from Chancellor Matthew Goldstein
I am pleased to invite you to visit “Open Houses” at
all 20 CUNY colleges, located in every borough, during CUNY
Month November 2003. You will meet financial aid experts,
counselors, faculty... READ
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St. John’s
University: Father Donald J. Harrington
by Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Coming up soon on 15 years as the 15th president of St. John’s
University, Father Donald J. Harrington, C.M. [Congregatio
Missionis] actually traces his service back to the 17th century...
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MEDICAL UPDATE
Bristol-Myers Squibb Awards
$5.6 Million
in Unrestricted Grants
Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) recently hosted the “Freedom
to Discover” awards ceremony, an event-recognizing
scientists who have made significant contributions to biomedical
research. READ
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Hospital Launches Joint Emergency Medicine Residency Program
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has inaugurated an innovative
Emergency Medicine Residency Program, one of the first
emergency medicine residency programs between two academic...
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Innovative Holistic Nursing Program at Bellevue Hospital
Center
Through an unprecedented state grant award, New York College
of Health Professions will offer its innovative Holistic
Nursing program at Bellevue Hospital Center, the first in-hospital...
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Gov. Opens Cancer Center in South Jersey
Continuing his personal commitment to make New Jersey a national
leader in cancer care and research, Governor James E. McGreevey
formally opened the state’s first and only multidisciplinary...
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Women’s
Health Symposium at
Weill Cornell Medical College
by Jocelyn K. Egyes
“Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women,” said
Dr. Lisa Callahan to an auditorium full of women at the 21st
Annual Women’s Health Symposium in New York. “If
you are not worried... READ
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
Children Wrap Up Autumn at The
New York
Botanical Garden
The fall season is coming to a close but there is still so
much on display for all to see. Reds, yellows and other
colors in between are shimmering on the trees, vying
for attention. Visitors can check... READ
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About Special Education
by Lorraine McCune, Ph.D.
There was a time when students with disabilities received
no education at all. The state of New Jersey by passing
laws proposed by a state legislator named Beadleston in
the mid 20th century led... READ
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BOOKS
Connecting Character
to Conduct:
Helping Students Do the Right Things
Reviewed by Merri
Rosenberg READ
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Important New Education Titles
Compiled by Michelle Accorso READ
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Feast on a Cornucopia of Good Reading for November!
by Selene
Vasquez READ
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Logos
Bookstore’s Recommendations READ
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MUSIC, ART & DANCE
Claudio Abbado: A Unique Musical Personality
by Irving Spitz
A perspective from live performances, DVDs and CDs READ
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Baruch Performing Arts Center
by Eric Krebs
At last we have a home for the performing arts at Baruch,
which will soon be filled with music, dance, theatre and
other related events! READ
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Distance
Learning at Carnegie Hall
by Michelle Accorso
The students of Glacier Valley Elementary School in Juneau,
Alaska were just finished with breakfast as the students
from PS 34 in New York City filed into the Zankel Hall
theatre in Carnegie... READ
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Donations Provide Free Music Education
for NYC Schools
Little Kids Rock, the D’Addario Foundation for the
Performing Arts and drum companies, bring free music classes
to under-funded NYC schools. The new support will provide
the instruments... READ
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Fiddlefest at Carnegie
Fiddlefest, the 10th anniversary gala concert to benefit
Opus 118 Harlem Center for Strings that will take place
on December 2, 2003, will bring together at Carnegie Hall
some of the greatest musical talents of our time in a highly-charged
program of varied musical styles and cultures including...
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METROBEAT
AP Program:
Using Global Languages to Advance Cultural Understanding
by Matilda Raffa Cuomo & Dr.
Lee Jones
There is no doubt that the children of the 21st century
are citizens of a global society. Almost all aspects of
their lives—the economy, the environment they live
in, the diverse array of individuals...
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Tests are a Tool, Not an End
by State Senator Liz Krueger
Last year I created a high school civics education program
to encourage students to think critically about government
and politics. Through experiential learning and active
participation, they... READ
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Where is the Promised Help for Principals?
by Jill Levy,
President, CSA
Our nation’s urban public schools are a mess. Of course,
not all are failing, and some are even models for the educational
process. But with the nation’s collective eye focused
on standardized... READ
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NYC’s
4th Grade Math Results
Reflect Success of Early Childhood Initiatives
by Assemblyman
Steven Sanders
The recently released figures reflecting an unprecedented
rise in 4th grade math scores is a direct reflection, at
least in part, of the success of the State Assembly’s...
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MOVIES AND THEATER
Disney’s
Brother Bear
by
Jan Aaron
The tale of three brothers in the Pacific Northwest,
set at the end of the Ice Age, Disney’s Brother
Bear, starts and ends with prehistoric story telling
and ancient rites. READ
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“To Be and to Have”(Etre
et Avoir)
by Jan Aaron
One of the most touching and interesting movies about education
ever made, Nicholas Philibert’s terrific documentary
To Be and to Have chronicles one year in the life of Georges
Lopez who teaches kids in the Auvergne region of France.
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HOMESCHOOLING
The Garden
School—
Empowering
the Family for Children’s Education
by Mitchell Levine
Garden Schools is an online private school offering a
complete curriculum for Second Grade through Tenth Grade.
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TECHNOLOGY
Product
Review:
GoKnow’s Handheld Learning
Environment
by Mitchell
Levine
Although, thanks to the enormous technology initiative
now underway in the New York City schools, mobile technology
in education has been traditionally aassociated with laptop...
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Product Review:
Deer Park Turns Internet into Valuable Learning Resource with netTrekker
by Mitchell
Levine
Like many school districts nationwide, Deer Park Public Schools
in Deer Park, New York faced the challenge of integrating
technology and online resources into their K-12 curricula...
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Product Review:
NTI’s Dragon Burn CD/DVD Utility
by Mitchell Levine
Simply having hardware doesn’t necessarily benefit
the user. Although this might seem like an obvious truth,
it unfortunately doesn’t always hit home until it’s
too late. The investment in... READ
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