JUNE 2010
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EDITORIALS

GUEST EDITORIAL
Great Teachers Yield Excellence for Students
By Chancellor Joel I. Klein
The past decade brought long-overdue accountability to public education and cast a spotlight on a shameful achievement gap that had gone unaddressed for generations....READ MORE

GUEST EDITORIAL
America’s Misguided Education Policy
By Diane Ravitch, Ph.D.
Education is at a crossroads in the United States today. After eight years of the regime of No Child Left Behind, we are worse off than when we started...READ MORE

COLLEGES & GRAD SCHOOLS

COLLEGE PRESIDENTS SERIES
Alan Kadish, M.D., Touro President and CEO
By Lisa K. Winkler
Little did Alan Kadish know that he’d see his future mentor at his own medical school graduation party....READ MORE

Preparing for the 21st Century:
Hong Kong’s Educational Reform and Attraction for Foreign Youngsters
Hong Kong is a place where East meets West. People from different parts of the world come to Hong Kong for education, business, enjoyment, and for exposure to the blend of Chinese and Western cultures. Hong Kong provides an attractive learning environment for preparing students to meet challenges in a globalized world...READ MORE 

MUSIC, ART & DANCE

Married Music Teachers Les and Abby Learn From Each Other
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Performers and music teachers Les Horan and Abigail Lumsden not only finish each other’s sentences, they knowingly and lovingly take each other’s “measure” and riff on intuitions...READ MORE

Arthaus Musik’s DVD series on Great Artists: Jackson Pollock
By Dr. Irving Spitz
Arthaus Musik, one of the leading DVD labels for classical music, offers a wide range of opera, ballet and orchestral performances....READ MORE

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS

Outstanding Principals Initiated as Cahn Fellows at Teachers College
By Sybil Maimin
Again and again, we hear from researchers and from teachers that an effective and supportive principal is the key to a high-performing school....READ MORE

Panelists Address School Food
By Judith Aquino
Greater efforts are needed to offer free breakfasts in classrooms, confirmed guest speakers at the School Food Matters panel discussion recently hosted by the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School in Manhattan...READ MORE

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., Receives Prestigious Award for Outstanding Contributions to Adolescent Psychiatry
Recently, at the annual conference of the American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry, Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., received the William A. Schonfeld Award for his outstanding achievement, excellence, and dedication throughout his career in psychiatry. Adam Raff, M.D., the president of the society, presented the award....READ MORE