A
Memorable Visit to Lafayette, Louisiana with
Robert Rauschenberg,
Christopher Rauschenberg
and Darryl Pottorf
By Pola Rosen, Ed.D.
To speak to and see the master
artist Rauschenberg in his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana
alongside his son, sister and friends amidst an opening of
his world famous paintings, was an extraordinary experience.
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SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Interviews
with Nobel Laureates
Around the Nation
Illustrious CCNY
graduates, nobel laureates, recently came together to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the seminal discoveries
of Albert Einstein who had visited City College when
he came to New York in 1921. Education Update interviewed
several of the nobelists about their school days, lives
in science and views about stem cell research.
Dr. Paul
Nurse, President, Rockefeller University
Scientists have a responsibility to the public that goes
beyond their science. Scientists must engage the public
in a dialogue so that people can understand and make
informed decisions about scientific advances that affect
society, such as genetically modified foods or embryonic
stem cell research. READ
MORE
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Kenneth
Arrow, Stanford University
I had two
significant challenges. One was to stay
the academic course. My parents had undergone
great economic insecurity, and I wanted
to avoid that. READ
MORE
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Herbert Hauptman,
SUNY Buffalo
Winning the Nobel Prize meant
acceptance of our work on the part of the crystallographic
community that for many years had rejected our work as
not valid. To be vindicated in this way was important
and meant a lot to me. READ
MORE
It’s
Time to Stop the Blame Game
By Randi Weingarten
Public officials who falter
on a pledge generally have two choices: They can admit the
task was too tough and promise to work harder, or they can
blame someone else. Sadly, the current school system administration
has chosen the latter. READ MORE
Corporate Leaders In Education
An Interview with Peter Boneparth,
CEO, Jones Apparel Group
By Nazneen Malik
The Jones New York In The Classroom program,
offers both monetary support and access to human resources
to combat these problems. Jones Apparel Group employees are
allotted up to three hours of paid time off each month to
donate their time to communities and schools.
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Environmental
Education
An Interview with Jake Kheel
By Nazneen Malik
New York City is brimming
with natural treasures, of which most people are simply unaware.
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A
Celebration of Father’s Day
Remembering Fathers in Different
Ways
By Richard Kagan
Fathers Day is just around the corner. For some families it will be a happy day.
For some fathers it will be a lonely day. Dad may be paying child support because
of a court order, unable to see his kids. Education
Update’s Staff Shares Insights
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Education Update’s Staff Shares Insights
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Channel 13 Hosts 15th
Annual Literacy Conference
By Gillian Granoff
The conference,
with 148 participants, brought together adult literacy educators,
computer and technology and community outreach professionals,
and representatives from New York’s Department of Education. READ MORE
OUTSTANDING TEACHERS
OF THE MONTH
June
2005
In 2003, Education Update began the tradition of honoring teachers
each month for their outstanding work on the “frontiers” of education.We
are now continuing the tradition which will culminate in a ceremony in June 2005
with Chancellor Joel Klein in attendance.
READ THIS MONTH'S HONOREES
FEATURE
Education
Behind Bars:
Part II of a Series |
Rikers
High: A Filmmaker’s View of Prison Education
By Gillian Granoff
“Making documentaries puts me in the enviable position of being able to
explore the world and be in places where you wouldn’t ordinarily be; that’s
the gift they give to you.”
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MORE |
Puppies
Behind Bars
By Mitchell Levine
In 1997, Gloria
Gilbert Stoga began New York’s
first such inmate program in Bedford Hills Prison, Puppies
Behind Bars (PBB), bringing in dogs to bond and be trained
by long-term prisoners in explosive detection and support
for the blind. READ MORE
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Integrating
Ex-Inmates Into Society
By Liza Young
Even with the discontinuation
of Pell Grants in correctional facilities for adults,
there are those whose belief in the value of higher education
and the power of the individual to continually improve
goes beyond funding crises. READ MORE
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Interview
with Dr. Michelle Fine
By Nazneen Malik
“College in prison
is a powerful intervention and relatively cost effective,” says
Dr. Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Psychology,
Urban Education, and Women’s Studies at the Graduate
Center of the City University of New York.
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MORE
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Island
Academy: HS Students Face the Challenges of School
in Jail
By Liza Young
All major subject areas are taught at the Island
Academy, with teachers certified in each specific area. There are additionally
arts programs as well as vocational educational programs... READ MORE
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Zydeco
Music & Jamming
with Mama
By Herman Rosen
Zydeco, a foot-stompin’,
hand-clappin’ music is an integral part of the culture
of Lafayette, Louisiana. It is considered black, Creole music,
with French lyrics and comes from a song called “Les
haricots sont pas sale” or “The snap beans aren’t
salty.” READ MORE
COLLEGE & GRADUATE SCHOOLS
Mayor
Bloomberg’s
Proposed CUNY Capital Budget
By Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor,
CUNY
We celebrate further
progress in CUNY’s renewal with the announcement by
Mayor Bloomberg of the largest community college capital
construction program in the history of the University.
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MORE
“How
a Cowgirl got to the Supreme Court”
By Nazneen Malik
Although Justice O’Connor is
the first woman to be appointed to the United States Supreme
Court in our country’s then 205 year history and became
the first woman majority leader in the Arizona State Senate,
her road to success was littered with many obstacles. READ
MORE
Reflections on Visiting
the Extermination Camps: 2005
By Howard Maier
We heard detailed survivor testimony
about their horrific experiences, we saw crematoriums, gas
chambers and many graves. On the other hand we were exhilarated
by being among thousands of youth carrying Israeli flags and
singing songs in Hebrew. READ MORE
The Triumph of Truth & Justice:
CCNY Sponsors Talk by Dr. Deborah Lipstadt
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Dr. Deborah Lipstadt spoke to an overflow crowd
of City College administrators, faculty and alums last month at The Sky Club
at the Met Life Building about why she felt compelled to write a book on her
trial: History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving (Ecco / HarperCollins) READ
MORE
Marymount
College’s
Mortimer Levitt Essay Writing Contest
By Liza Young
Mortimer Levitt is 98 and
still inspiring thousands. Not only does Mr. Levitt provide
philanthropic support to educational institutions, he inspires
students and educators alike with his wit and his passion for
living. READ MORE
SPECIAL EDUCATION
The Tennis Balls that
Helped Deaf Children
By E. Oxman
When you first realize you
are having a child your imagination runs wild. Mine envisioned
all sorts of things as I lived nine months with blissful anticipation.
The fact that tennis balls would become important to me in
raising my first-born child never entered my mind.
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Barbara Corcoran Speaks
at the NYU Child
Study Center
By Richard Kagan
Dyslexia is a learning disorder
that can be overcome. That is the message that Barbara Corcoran,
Founder and Chairman of the Corcoran Group, imparted at the
Adam Katz Memorial Lecture Series held at the New York University
Medical Center recently. READ
MORE
Helping Children with
Hearing Impairments
By Dianne Foutch, M.A.
It wasn’t too
long ago when a student who was identified as having a hearing
impairment was automatically relegated to a life of silence.
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Is
Corporal Punishment Alive and Legal?
By Martha McCarthy, Ph.D.
The use of corporal punishment in public schools attracts
strong supporters and even stronger critics—few people
are neutral. Surprisingly, the United States stands almost
alone among industrialized nations in allowing corporal
punishment in public education. READ MORE
METROBEAT
Moving in the Right
Direction
By Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
I’ve always believed
that if we set high academic standards for our city’s
students, and surround them with the right support and encouragement,
they will achieve more than we can ever imagine.
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Father’s
Day
By Matilda
Raffa Cuomo
Surprisingly, the
United States is one of only a few countries in the world
that sets aside one day of the year to honor fathers, and
it took a woman, inspired by a Mother’s Day sermon
in 1909, to think of the idea. READ MORE
Teacher,
Scholar, Manager, Entrepreneur?
Those Who Hire Principals
Often Don’t Understand the Job
By Jill Levy, CSA President
Having been part of the
public education system in New York City for 34 years, I
find the question of who is leading our schools of paramount
importance. Yet, no one has defined leadership as it applies
to our schools. READ MORE
Scandal
At The State-Operated School For The Blind Exposes State
Ed’s Neglect Of
Multiply-Disabled Kids
By Assemblyman Steven
Sanders
I
have called for a criminal investigation as well as for
two federal probes, by the Justice Department’s Office
of Civil Rights and by the Department of Health and Human
Services’ inspector general, into
the recent scandal involving serious neglect of multiply-disabled
children and young adults at the State-operated New York
State School for the Blind in Batavia, NY. READ MORE
MUSIC ART & DANCE
“Dancing
Through Barriers” at Dance Theater of Harlem: An
Interview with Keith Saunders
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Saunders, who went to Harvard when he was 18, got interested
in Afro-American and modern jazz dance, after taking
just one course, and was eventually accepted at DTH,
where he rose through the ranks. READ
MORE
Executive
Director of the Lincoln Center Institute Shares Insights
By Scott Noppe-Brandon
For this column, I thought I’d stray a litle
bit from my usual concerns, namely the state of arts
in education. Just a little bit, mind you: I want to
talk about a favorite television program and, after all, being aware of the impact
a powerful medium can have is part of my work.
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MEDICAL UPDATE
Health Effects of
Omega-3 Polyunsaturated
Fatty Acids
By Artemis P. Simopoulos,
M.D.
There are two families
of essential fatty acids, the omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated
fatty acids (PUFA). They are essential because human beings
cannot make them and they must be obtained from the diet.
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
From
The New York Botanical Garden
Q & A With Dr. Christina
Colon About Seeds 2 Curricula: Plant Adaptations
Garden Adventure SEEDS: Science
Exploration and Education Discovery Series, is a unique classroom
curriculum developed by The New York Botanical Garden to
educate children about science and improve their math and
literacy skills. READ MORE
BOOKS
Packed Crowd Hears
Book Winners at Bank Street College Awards
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
The 33rd annual
Irma S. and James H. Black (ISB) Awards for Excellence
in Children’s
Literature, hosted by Bank Street College of Education,
reached hilarious heights last month when 2004 ISB winner
Mo Willems brought down the house with his acceptance speech.
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