April 1997
Moderator President Augusta Kappner, Panelists Laybourne of Disney, Monroe of Fox Kids Network & Kleeman of Center of Children's TV speak at Harvard Club
Recently the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed a regulation that requires a minimum of three hours per week of... (more)

Working Session at Community School Board 2
A community school board is the policy making arm of the district and decides, in its working sessions, such issues as extension... (more)

AFT Pres. Sandra Feldman: Great Expectations
By Sandra Feldman, President, American Federation of Teachers
There's no mystery about what it takes to turn schools around: rigorous expectations for what students can and must learn, and... (more)

From the Principal's Desk
High Standards Call for Strong Home-School Partnerships
By Saudhi M. Vargas, Principal, P.S. 158
Children's lives are shaped by the web of relationships in their environments. In our capacities as school leaders, teachers, and parents, we... (more)

US Secretary of Education, Richard Riley: Challenges Facing NY's Schools
By Richard W. Riley, U. S. Secretary of Education
Anyone who has ever studied the history of New York City knows that public education made the "Big Apple" great. (more)

Horseshoe Crabs:
Ancient Wonders of the Seashore: Part I By Don Riepe
Each spring, between mid–May and mid–June, thousands of fierce–looking sea creatures crawl from the sea to mate and lay eggs along... (more)

Int’l Student Enrollments at U.S. Schools Bring $7 Billion;
U.S. Study Abroad Grows
The number of international students attending U.S. colleges and universities increased by only 0.9% this year, continuing a seven-year... (more)

Lets Get Ready For The Regents Exams
By Chancellor Rudolph R. Crew
Raising our children’s level of achievement has been my primary mission since becoming Chancellor, and many of the initiatives... (more)

Op Ed Commentary
The Disturbing State of Science Literacy By Stuart Samuel, Ph.D.
I felt a rather positive response to your February issue of Education Update for reasons of which I am not completely sure. (more)

How Asphalt Green Serves the Community By Sybil Maimin
CEOs typically have windowed offices with views, but Carol Tweedy, executive director of Asphalt Green, is perhaps the only one whose... (more)

An Educator and A Blue Dog Wow Pre-Schoolers By Sybil Maimin
Can a degree in education lead to a glamorous job? You bet! Alice Wilder, Ph.D. in educational psychology from... (more)

The Bronx New School: A Magnet for Learning By Tom Kertes
The Bronx New Community School is a unique, federally funded Magnet School for students in Grades K-5. (more)

Cyber Space Day:
Living and Working in Space for Children Around the World
During the third annual Cyber Space Day Webcast on May 4, 2000, millions of children across the country and around the world... (more)

Review of the Franklin Spanish Professor: Model BES-1840
By Adam Sugerman
Imagine yourself strolling through Madrid's Retiro Park, craving some popcorn. Rather than extracting a bulky English-Spanish dictionary... (more)

The Hit Man Cometh: Block at Marymount Manhattan
By Joan Baum, Ph.D.
There's a picture of him on the Web where he looks audaciously knowing. Straddling a stool, he stares ahead-short sleeve... (more)

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