COVER STORIES
New York's First City-Wide Special Education Conference Provides Knowledge & Hope
Outstanding Special Educator of the Year:
Dr. Bonnie Brown, Superintendent District 75
Bonnie Brown has been in Special Education for thirty years
working with students with a wide range of cognitive, social and emotional
challenges, She has worked as a teacher, staff developer, Assistant Principal
and Principal prior to her becoming Deputy Superintendent and now
Superintendent. MORE
Our Esteemed Speakers Continue to Make Important Contributions to
Special Education
READ MORE
Massacre at Virginia Tech
The Aftermath of the Virginia Tech
Tragedy; Asking the Right Questions
By Harold S. Koplewicz,
M.D.
Once again we are confronted with headlines telling us that
violence has erupted in one of our schools. MORE
EDITORIAL & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Guest Editorial:
Giving Parents Help, Not the Run Around
By Betsy Gotbaum
The City is failing to provide basic information to parents of
special education students—even ignoring phone calls asking for help. MORE
Letters to the Editor - April 2007
MORE
COLLEGES & GRAD SCHOOLS
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS’ SERIES: KAREN LAWRENCE
New Sarah Lawrence President is “Coming Home”
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
When Karen Lawrence assumes presidency of Sarah Lawrence College
in Bronxville, New York this summer, she’ll be, in her words, “coming home.” MORE
The Dean's Column:
The Flight of the Bumblebee
By Dr. Aldred S. Posamentier
Problem solving is not only done to solve the problem at hand;
it is also provided to present various types of problems and, perhaps more
importantly, various procedures for solution. MORE
Landmark College:
Do College Students with Learning Difficulties Use the
Resources Available To Them? A Self-Evaluation of Higher Education LD Support
Services
By Ben Mitchell, Krista Muller and Sarah Crowther of
Landmark College
Every college and university is required to provide services for
students with diagnosed learning difficulties. Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act states that “no qualified individual with a disability in
the United States shall be excluded from, denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under” any program that receives Federal funding. MORE
BANK STREET On The Issues
The
Impact of Global Warming
By Astley Robinson
The scientific and environmental communities are drawing
attention to the way our society is negatively impacting our world. MORE
CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein Named Carnegie 2007 Academic
Leadership Award Winner
Recently, Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of
New York, announced Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor of The City University of New
York, as the latest recipient of the Corporation’s Academic Leadership Award. MORE
Brown Alumna Celebrates 75th Birthday
Peg Ogden recently celebrated her 75th birthday. MORE
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Lindamood-Bell: Success for Students with Learning Difficulties
By Liza Young
Lindamood-Bell Learning
Processes provides a haven of learning for students, from pre-K to adult age,
with mild to severe learning disabilities, across the spectrum of Attention
Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),
dyslexia, and autism spectrum disorder. MORE
From the NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER: ASK THE EXPERT
How Can I Help My Child
Cope with College Application Jitters?
By Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D.
My daughter Emily is finishing the eleventh grade, preparing for
her SAT exam, two SAT subject exams, and her calculus and chemistry AP exams. MORE
Helping Students Climb the Learning Curve:
From Base Camp to Summit with Kaplan’s Tutoring Company,
SCORE!
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
“Congratulations!
You’ve made it to the top of SCORE! Mountain,” exclaims the cartoon
mountaineering figure at the end of SCORE!’s newest workbook series for
students from Kindergarten to Grade 6, aptly titled Mountain Challenge. MORE
Review of Attention
Deficit Disorder: Unfocused Mind In Children And Adults
By Merri
Rosenberg
Here’s a useful reference book that would certainly be helpful
to parents and teachers who struggle to understand why their children and
students have difficulties. MORE
SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Corporate Contributions to Education
Sadlier
Education Publishing Company Celebrates 175th Anniversary
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
The name of the oldest family-owned publishing company in
America may not (yet) be a household name, but some of its educational
materials, especially its best-selling graded Vocabulary Workbook series and
Progress in Mathematics textbooks are used in schools K-12 across the country
in numbers that can only be described as in the millions. MORE
PROFILES IN EDUCATION:
Dr. Arlene Ackerman
Intersects the Worlds of Teachers
College and the Broad Institute
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
They just created a special position for her so you know Dr.
Arlene Ackerman’s a significant player. MORE
Unique Partnership: Brooklyn Botanic
Garden & Brooklyn Academy of Science & Environment
By Sybil Maimin
Location, location, location! MORE
Oral History Brings Life to Archives: Wiederhorn & Shorin
Immortalize Mr. Rogers’ Legacy and More
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
As people rely increasingly on e-mail, blogs and video sharing
web sites like YouTube to communicate, archivists face a new challenge in
gathering biographical and historical information that will stand the test of
time. MORE
Defying Gravity and Defining Myself
By Heather Maher
During the first few days of September when everyone comes back
to school sun-tanned and fresh from the relaxation of summer, the first
question on everyone’s mind is “What’d you do this summer?” MORE
BOOKS
Your Child In The Balance: An Insider’s Guide For Parents To The
Psychiatric Medicine Dilemma by Kevin T.
Kalikow, M.D.
Reviewed By Merri
Rosenberg
Few situations are as
distressing for a parent as having a child who has problems. MORE
Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
READ MORE
CAMPS
Five Best Tips for
First-Time Success at Camp
Sending a child away to camp for the first time is a major
milestone for most families, one that is often marked by excitement,
anticipation, and perhaps even some anxiety. MORE
A Guide to Camps for Special Needs Children & Youth
READ MORE
CAREERS
Radio Host William Camacaro
By Alberto Cepeda
The decision to go to college and pursue a career is almost
always monetarily influenced. MORE
The World Was Ours: Mira Jedwabnik Van Doren
By Dr. Pola Rosen
After ten years of painstaking labor, research and travels to the city of her birth, Mira Van
Doren has exquisitely captured the cultural life and the world that was Vilna
before it was brutally cut off by the Nazis in World War II. MORE
CHILDREN"S CORNER
From The Superintendent’s Seat
Bringing
the Latest Educational Technology to the Classroom
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
We’ve all so used to computers in the classroom and at home,
that it was almost hard to believe that I’d be shown a new kind of computer
technology that would amaze me. MORE
MEDICAL UPDATE
Muriel Petioni, M.D., Saves Harlem Hospital From Closing
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
She opens the door of her sunny Harlem apartment, a wide smile
showing off high cheekbones. She’s elegant, slim, dressed in a simple
floor-length dashiki. MORE |