Education Update - October 2006

McGraw Hill’s Corporate Leadership & Responsibility in Education
Teacher Development, STEM & HS Reform Leaders Honored with 2006 McGraw Prize in Education
Recently the 2006 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education honored three significant innovators—Norman R. Augustine, Wendy Kopp and Vincent D. Murray—who have brought a deep, steady commitment to the improvement of education in the United States. READ MORE

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS

Corporate Contributions to Education
Jeffrey Wiesenfeld Speaks Out:
CUNY Trustee Shares his Views on Public Education
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Wiesenfeld is not afraid to speak his mind. READ MORE

Yale Senior Carolyn Sussman ‘Gives Back’ in the Family Tradition
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Yale senior Carolyn Sussman is living proof of John F. Kennedy’s famous saying, “Of those to whom much is given, much is required.” READ MORE

Financial District Welcomes New School
By Sybil Maimin
Within earshot of the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan’s financial district, an exciting education is being offered in a majestic former bank building meticulously renovated to fit the needs of learners. READ MORE

TIAA-CREF & 257 Independent Colleges Offer Prepaid Tuition Plan
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
There’s hardly a family in America who hasn’t gasped at the rates colleges are charging for tuition these days. READ MORE

Lighthouse International: Educating Preschool Students for the 21st Century
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Lighthouse International, the hundred-year-old organization that is widely regarded as the gold standard in low vision care, held its annual graduation for forty preschool children last June. READ MORE

CUNY Vice-Chancellor Botman Tackles the Future of Math & Science Ed at CEI-PEA
By Liza Young
President of The Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association (CEI-PEA), Seymour Fliegel’s, notation of research from Arizona regarding the strong correlation between student achievement and the grades of teachers as undergraduates sparked the recent creation of the City University of New York (CUNY) Teachers Academy. READ MORE

Usability in Education
By Julie Strothman
On November 14th, World Usability Day will raise awareness about the consequences of design: things that are easier to use are more effective, more efficient, and more satisfying for the people who use them. READ MORE

EDITORIAL & LETTERS

Guest Editorial:
Analysis of High School Minority Enrollments
By Dean Alfred S. Posamentier,
Dr. Joyce R. Coppin
& Dr. Edmund W. Gordon
A recent report in The New York Times, which the deputy chancellor found “extraordinarily surprising,” indicated a precipitous drop in the percent of black and Hispanic students enrolled in New York City’s six specialized high schools —those requiring a written test for admission. READ MORE

Letters to the Editor - October 2006
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COLLEGES AND GRAD SCHOOLS

Profiles in Education:
TC Trustee William Dodge Rueckert, A Legacy of Education
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Inheriting a mantle to serve education and particularly advance the mission of Teachers College, Columbia University, William Dodge Rueckert, his moderate tone in no way masking his heartfelt dedication, speaks eloquently of his family’s long tradition with the 119-year old teaching institution, beginning with the vision of a remarkable woman, his great aunt, Grace Hoadley Dodge, who wanted to start—and did—a school for immigrant women. READ MORE

Dr. Charlotte Frank Inducted into CCNY’s Alumni Hall of Fame
Charlotte K. Frank, one of America’s leading authorities in the education field, was recently inducted into the City College Communications Alumni Hall of Fame. READ MORE

Carnegie Corp & Knight Foundation Revitalize Journalism Education
By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D.
Is print journalism dead? READ MORE

Pennsylvania Academy of Music Realizes Founders’ Impossible Dream
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Without the bells and whistles enjoyed by many high-powered, urban-centered music schools, the Pennsylvania Academy of Music in Lancaster, PA has been in its 15 years, that began “with talk in a living room, steadfastly making its voice heard in an ever-expanding chorus of top-level performer—teachers and supporters from the Lancaster business community, and proving to its founders that “the impossible dream can be done.” READ MORE

Bank Street at Bedford Hills: College Ed in Prison
By Elva Berger with Maureen Hornung
In line with Bank Street’s commitment to diversity and its belief that everyone deserves a chance at a better life through education, in 1998 the College’s Division of Continuing Education (DCE) entered into the College Bound Consortium with nine other colleges to provide women in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, in Bedford, New York, with the opportunity for a college-level education. READ MORE

Study Forensic Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY
By Lawrence Kobilinsky, Ph.D.
Forensic Science has become one of the most popular areas of study in the United States today. READ MORE

Global Careers in Engineering
Convene at Polytechnic U
By Ashish Malhotra
Recently, the 5th global congress on Education Engineering convened at Polytechnic University, in Brooklyn, New York. READ MORE

SPECIAL EDUCATION

From The Nyu Child Study Center: Ask The Expert
Play It Again, Sam….Or Else
By Glenn S. Hirsch, MD
Parents and educators strive to help their children and students develop good habits. READ MORE

CAREERS

Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, NY Philharmonic
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Marrying ease and expertise, the award-winning violinist Glenn Dicterow speaks of his various lives—concertmaster, guest soloist, teacher, recording artist, orchestra and chamber musician —with such purpose and delight that it’s clear he’s always the right man in the right spot at the right time—in all his roles. READ MORE

CHILDREN'S CORNER

From The Superintendent’s Seat
And The Balancing Act Begins
By Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs
School certainly starts with a bang, doesn’t it? READ MORE

BOOKS

Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations
By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore
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Review of Chicken Soup For The African-American Woman’s Soul
By Merri Rosenberg
READ REVIEW

The World In Autumn Is Far More Colorful With Books!
By Selene Vasquez
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Review Of Powerful Teacher Education
By Merri Rosenberg
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METROBEAT

The “Ah-ha!” Moment
By Randi Weingarten
For many educators, the most rewarding experience is watching their students’ faces light up with glee as they make a connection and suddenly understand what’s being taught. READ MORE

Schools Adrift in Space
By Jill Levy
Here we are at the beginning of another school year and, once again, nothing is the same except for the fact that we still do not have a new contract and have not had a raise for more than three years. READ MORE

Increasing Opportunity & Reducing Poverty: Partnership with CUNY
By Mayor Michael Bloomberg
So far this year, unemployment in our city is the lowest it’s been since 1988, and fewer city residents are on welfare than at any time since 1964. READ MORE

School Building Leader Certification Program for Small Schools & Charter Schools
The Renaissance Charter School, one of New York’s leading charter schools, is co-sponsoring a 25-credit program for educators interested in earning New York State certification as a School Building Leader (SBL). READ MORE

MEDICAL UPDATE

Dr. Bruce Logan, President: NY Downtown Hospital
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
Although he is proud of his new $25 million center for disaster preparedness and emergency response which opened on September 7, Dr. Bruce Logan, President and CEO of New York Downtown Hospital—whose emergency room was the first-line responder after the bombing of the twin towers, reportedly seeing 175 patients an hour (as opposed to 80-100 a day)—looks to a “mindset” change in the wider community about how better to deal with catastrophes like 9/11 and Katrina. READ MORE

MUSIC, ART & DANCE

St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Opera on the Red Sea
The Sum of its Parts is Greater than the Whole
By Dr. Irving Spitz
This was not Moscow on the Hudson but St Petersburg on the Red Sea. READ MORE

The Salzburg Festival, 2006
A Feast of Mozart
By Dr. Irving Spitz
Thiis year is the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth and Salzburg rolled out the red carpet in its annual Festival to honor its most illustrious local son. READ MORE