A Monumental Tribute to
American Nobelist & Student Essay Winners
By Joan Baum,
Ph.D.
Theodore Roosevelt Park)—recently was the scene of
a joyous and significant double celebration: a tribute to
the seven 2004 American Nobel Laureates whose names had just
been inscribed on the columnar Nobel Monument in the park,
and an awards ceremony for the winners of the first Laureates
of Tomorrow Nobel Essay Contest. READ MORE
Ellis Rubinstein,
President, NY Academy of Sciences:
Catalyst for Excitement About
Science in Schools
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Though
on the job for only two and a half years, Ellis Rubinstein,
the dynamic president of the 188-year old New York Academy
of Science (NYAS), has been on the go constantly, enhancing,
innovating, prompting, prodding, his energy and enthusiasm...
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Exploring Science at
the Wetlands Institute
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
Would you like to see an
osprey’s nest that measures three to four feet across
housing a patient osprey atop whose wingspan is six feet?
That and the diamondback terrapin are just two of the wonders
that await at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, New
Jersey. READ MORE
SPOTLIGHT
ON SCHOOLS
Harlem Children’s
Society Excels with Dr. Sat Battacharya
By Nazneen Malik
“We are all made
of genes [and like genes] we cannot be appropriately expressed
without the right environment,” muses Dr. Sat Bhattacharya,
founder of the Harlem Children’s Society, a nonprofit
dedicated to providing students from under-resourced and
under-represented communities with the opportunity to explore
the sciences. READ MORE
Ode to Those Hobart
Shakespeareans
By Liza Young
It is rare to see a school
year come to a close with a room full of students with tears
streaming from their eyes, but when it’s the classroom
of Rafe Esquith it’s not a surprise. READ MORE
Interview
with Karen Winnick:
“Books
Implore Us To Go After Our Dreams”
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Though she always wanted
to bring toge ther her training and talent in art and
writing, the publication of Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers (1996),
which she composed and illustrated, proved to Karen B.
Winnick that she could make her mark in the crowded world
of children’s
literature by pursuing her love of history. READ
MORE
The
Dean's Column :
Getting
into an Endless Loop
By Alfred Posamentier, Ph.D.
Now that the summer is upon
us, it is time for some true recreation—in mathematics,
of course. In that spirit you may want to consider a rather
unique situation that demonstrates an unusual phenomenon
that arises out of the peculiarities of our decimal number
system. READ MORE
BOOKS
Summer Reading Choices
by Education Update
Compiled By Michelle
DeSarbo
Eleven fantastic book reviews for your summer education enjoyment.
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EDITORIAL
Dead Souls
By Pola Rosen,
Ed.D.
Though we are living through
the dog days of August, we are on the brink of a new school
year. I go back in time to school days past, before my life
as a college professor and newspaper publisher: my experiences
as a home instruction teacher, special education teacher,
hospital teacher and regular education teacher spanning grades
two through twelve. READ MORE
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Inside
Dyslexia: A Dynamic View of Learning Disorders
By Liza Young
Attaining a real understanding of the perspectives of children with learning
disabilities is a daunting task. Having themselves grown up with dyslexia, filmmakers
Josh Easdon and Nate Hamlin are powerfully aware of the educational significance
of witnessing a true perspective of children facing disabilities. READ MORE
CAREERS
Hot Job:
Jim Flak, Sous-Chef
By
Jan Aaron
Have you ever thought of
a career in the burgeoning culinary field? Then, Jim Flak’s
story will interest you. At 25, Mr. Flak was living in Lincoln,
NE unhappy in marketing. He had always liked to cook.
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Careers
in Fine Arts, Architecture & Design:
Rhode Island
Has Designs On You
By
Jan Aaron
Having recently toured
the sprawling campus with 41 buildings, 34 historic properties,
a world-class museum, galleries, library, and a nature
lab all displayed under towering trees on sculpture-studded
grounds, I wanted to know what goes on inside. READ MORE
A
Cooking Career: Visiting Johnson & Wales
By Jan Aaron
J & W,
founded in Providence as a business school in 1914, now
is a world-class university, offering students an opportunity
to pursue career education in business, hospitality, culinary
arts, or technology.
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METROBEAT
The Heavy Hand of Autocracy
By
CSA President Jill Levy
What does one call a governance
structure or governing body that does not respect dissent,
discourse and the free flow of ideas and information? READ
MORE
COLLEGES
Fighting
Cancer in a University Lab:
Dan Jordy at SUNY Binghamton
By
Sybil Maimin
A college undergraduate
getting an opportunity to work in a lab with scientists developing
a device to detect and monitor cancer is exciting stuff.
The stakes are even higher and the experience more meaningful
when the student has himself been a victim of the disease.
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College of New Rochelle
Offers Certificate in Palliative Care
The College of New Rochelle
(CNR) School of Nursing recently announced that it will offer
a Post-Master’s Certificate in Palliative Care beginning
in January, 2006. READ MORE
MUSIC ART & DANCE
The Incredible Maxine
Greene
By Scott Noppe-Brandon
Over 30 years ago, Lincoln
Center Institute, through its founder Mark Schubart, began
a critical re-examination of its performing arts program
for young people. READ MORE
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Dr. Toy’s
Vacation Playtime Pointers
By Stevanne Auerbach,
Ph.D. (Dr. Toy)
Here are some guidelines
from Dr. Toy for wholesome vacation playtime to help you
to make the time even more interesting and fun for your
children. READ MORE
MEDICAL UPDATE
Toxins Drove Evolution
Of Human Taste Sense
Edited By Herman Rosen,
MD
Plant toxins in the diets
of early humans drove the evolution of a bitter taste receptor
better able to detect them, suggests new genetic research
by scientists at University College London, Duke University
Medical Center, and the German Institute of Human Nutrition.
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BLOOMBERG FOR MAYOR
Education Update endorses
Mike Bloomberg. READ
MORE