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GUEST EDITORIALS EXCLUSIVELY PREPARED FOR EDUCATION UPDATE Teaching Democracy Hunter College President Our freedoms are under attack by a president who threatens to imprison his political opponents, who openly wishes Looks Ahead to the he could “get rid” of journalists, and who props up white nationalism. School’s 150th Year Our elections are undermined by wide- spread voter suppression, by extreme this year, perhaps our most diverse group partisan gerrymandering (which was just ever. Nicholas Bloom brings expertise on upheld by the Supreme Court), and by subsidized housing, Ashley Jackson on open invitations to foreign interference— orchestral harp, Collin Craig on African with Trump even joking about it with American rhetoric, Anita Raja on com- Vladimir Putin recently. puter science, Lázaro Lima on poetry and Our very moral character as a nation documentary film… Each brings fresh is tested when government leaders por- ideas and perspectives. By RANDI WEINGARTEN, tray immigrants and asylum-seekers From overseas, our students who have PRESIDENT, AMERICAN not as people in need, but as invad- earned prestigious academic awards— FEDERATION OF TEACHERS ers so threatening and worthless that like the Fulbright, Marshall, and Luce— Teachers have always had a huge the government’s inhumane treatment of are also getting underway. I just heard responsibility for the next generation: To them—denying even children adequate from three recent grads who have teach and nurture students so they have food, sleep and hygiene—is somehow arrived in Beijing, each the recipient of a the opportunity to live fulfilling lives. deserved. The shooter in El Paso, Texas By JENNIFER J. RAAB, Schwarzman scholarship, a competitive To make our classrooms and schools used the president’s own language in his PRESIDENT, HUNTER COLLEGE national award that funds a year of gradu- safe and affirming. To help young people hate-filled manifesto, and since then, the Even after 18 years as President ate study in Beijing to promote a richer develop the skills, confidence, and sense administration has gone on to wage a of Hunter College, the start of a new understanding of China’s role in global of responsibility to be engaged citizens. continued war against immigrant fami- school year is still very exciting for me. trends. I know they’ll do Hunter proud. As schools reopen this season, the lies, raiding their workplaces, and sub- Returning students reconnect with class- But this year is extra special because role of America’s teachers is even big- jecting them to inhumane conditions in mates and faculty, while new students we are celebrating Hunter’ 150th anni- ger—they are called on to be defenders detention centers. I have come to the make their initial choices on classes and versary—the perfect time for reflection. of decency and guardians of democracy chilling realization that the president of clubs. The halls are abuzz with promise Fleeing his native country over his because, while our democracy has never the United States, by his actions, is lead- and possibility! role in the Young Ireland movement been perfect, today its very existence is ing a homegrown hate movement. New faculty join as well—26 new faces continued on page 31 threatened. continued on page 31 Children Hear the Blaming Gun Violence Message of the Gun on the Mentally Ill

we model a surprisingly un-American Survey); more than one gun for every attitude: that there is nothing to be done. man, woman, and child; many arms This should ring false to the nation that of military grade (able to kill dozens has confronted everything from the Great of people in seconds); and virtually no Depression to traffic fatalities to the control over who owns a firearm and the AIDS epidemic. power of the firearms they own. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, The evil expertise of the National Rifle I can see my field being used as a scape- Association lies in defending this inde- goat and a cop-out in the fight over gun fensible firestorm. It spends lavishly to policy. “Mental health” is trotted out to buy and bully politicians into passive blame when a shooting occurs. What acceptance of gun death as an acceptable everyone needs to know is that people part of the American way of life. Any with psychiatric disorders are no more continued on page 31 likely to be violent than the general popu- By HAROLD KOPLEWICZ, M.D. lation. And the most important risk factor By ALLEN FRANCES, M.D. What must our children think? for violence, whether it’s to oneself or to Our country now lives in a perpetu- Again and again, a terrible spree of others, or even accidental, is the presence al state of terror. The rate of gun violence IN THIS ISSUE gunfire takes 10, 20, 50 lives. The nation of firearms. They have the capability in the United States is 50 times higher Guest Editorials.....2, 3, 7, 11, 17, 18 flirts with addressing the elephant in the of magnifying sad stories and making than in the United Kingdom resulting in Violence in Schools & Society.....2, 16 room — the gun — but as the funerals poor decisions irrevocable, whether it’s an alarming 40,000 deaths per year and pass and the shocking pain subsides, we a person who is angry at his boss or one 80,000 injuries. We have, on average, Colleges....2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17, 19, 23 retreat to a stalemate. who feels desperately alienated from his one multiple shooting/day and frequent STEM Education...... 8 What must our children think? They peers. enough mass murders that kids are afraid Law & Ethics...... 10, 15 must think it’s open season and nowhere If lawmakers are serious about the to go to school and grownups fear assem- Museums...... 12 is safe. High school, college, elemen- health of our children, they will see that bling in malls and places of worship. Learning Specialist...... 12 tary school, church, concert, Walmart, guns are the primary poison that threat- This unprecedented murder and may- Math...... 13 out on the town. Columbine, Virginia ens them. Guns are the method of death. hem arises from our ubiquitous gun cul- Medicine...... 14, 16 Tech, Newtown, Charleston, Las Vegas, We need only look at the statistics from ture: Almost 400 million guns in civilian History...... 14 Parkland, and now El Paso and Dayton. our own states’ different approaches to hands (half the world’s total accord- When we fail to act on gun violence, continued on page 31 ing to the watchdog group Small Arms Sports...... 19 SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 3

GUEST EDITORIALS By Empowering Women, We Serving Our Students

By TIM HALL, Improve the Lives of Everyone PRESIDENT, MERCY COLLEGE By CHARO UCEDA Women are now more likely than men to At Mercy College, we take seriously In March 2018, the Pew Research have a college degree. the obligation to serve our students. It Center published a set of promising yet is an obligation we inherited from the discouraging statistics concerning gen-  Sisters of Mercy, who gave the college der equality: Over the past half-century,     its motto: inserviendo consumeri, “to be women had strengthened their position   consumed in service.” in the U.S. labor market with higher We don’t call the service owed to wages, yet their leadership roles at top our students “customer service,” though, levels of government and business were since we don’t think of our students as still lagging. The Pew researchers found  “customers,” any more than a physician the following:  would call her patients “customers” or a • Women comprise 47% of today’s U.S. Jewish rabbi her congregants “custom- labor force, up from 30% in 1950. ers.” In fact, our college founders would • Women have seen steady growth in probably be astonished at the notion        labor force participation over the past that service finds its highest expression several decades. In 2017, 57% of women when located in a commercial transac- President Tim Hall, Mercy College 16 years and older were either employed Source: US Census Bureau, US Bureau of Labor tion. They would say, I think, “Can’t you or looking for employment; in 1980, the Statistics, Pew Research Center imagine service in contexts other than one’s customers and they increasingly percentage was at 51% • In     business and government, women where money is changing hands?” So, we understand what good service looks • Growing wages for women have still   lag in top leadership positions serve our students, even though we don’t like. Institutions interested in attracting narrowed the gender pay gap, however, although  there was a recent jump to think of them as customers. today’s students can’t afford to have women still earn less. Women’s median 23% of women in the most current US Our students can’t opt out of taking lousy cultures of service. Why should hourly earnings were $16.00 in 2016, Congressional period session from the final exams or writing research papers students put up with burdensome regis- up from $12.48 in 1980, while men 19% in 2013–2015. However, women “because they are paying our salaries.” tration processes when they know what earned $19.23 in 2006, down slightly continue woefully underrepresented That’s what makes them students and not it’s like to shop on Amazon? Why should from $19.42 in 1980 as only 6.6% of Fortune 500 company simply customers. But even as students, they tolerate inhospitable offices when • In educational attainment, women CEOs are female. they deserve our best service. Why? they know what talking with a Zappos have made gains which has contributed These preliminary figures show that First, because even though they may customer service representative is like? to progress in the work force at large. continued on page 29 not be our customers, they are some- continued on page 29 4 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

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The Center for Student Success at Beacon College By SHERYL NICHOLS, M.A. enced in educational and developmental clubs or organizations may help create Beacon College was founded in order psychology, applied behavioral analysis, greater engagement and which counsel- to serve students who learn differently mental health counseling, and other areas ing groups may best support their stu- — those with diagnosed learning dis- related to special education work toward dents’ social-emotional needs. abilities, dyslexia, ADHD, and related helping students reach their academ- All in all, the most important responsi- conditions. The Center for Student ic goals by assisting with multifaceted bilities of learning specialists are actively Success at Beacon is one of the college’s aspects of the learning process. assisting students in the development of important services designed to provide Beginning with acceptance to Beacon skills necessary to be successful in col- advising and individualized learning sup- College, each student’s admissions file lege; motivating students toward achiev- port/assistance. In research published in is reviewed to identify their social, emo- ing academic and larger personal goals; 2004, researchers James Parker, Laura tional, and anticipated academic needs networking with other learning special- Summerfeldt, Marjorie Hogan, and Sarah for support. Upon review, students get ists, faculty, and staff; and celebrating Majeski concluded that predictive factors matched to the learning specialist who students’ success and helping them over- of academic success include post-high will be working with the student to help come difficulties. school transition programs, academic them to best support their needs through- The individualized supports that and social engagement emotional intel- out the academic year. This may include Beacon College’s Center for Student ligence. The Center for Student Success individualized meetings, group sessions, Success provides to its students’ results focus includes all of these areas. tutoring, and assistance registering for Sheryl Nichols, M.A. are a strong component of the impressive The goals of the department include a courses as well as referral for additional 66% graduation rate within four years successful transition from high school or campus support services and scheduling while studying; enhancing performance which exceeds the national graduation their previous college to Beacon, reten- for individual advising sessions. on tests; finding balance in selecting rate of 37% of students at traditional col- tion, along with increased emotional During advising sessions as students course loads and meeting the require- leges, according to the National Center intelligence, and successful postgraduate progress through their degree programs ments of their majors; learning when and for Special Education Research. The transition from Beacon. Our ultimate at Beacon College, learning specialists how to access other support services; and Center for Student Success is just one goal, though, is to help Beacon students work toward assisting students as they becoming effective self-advocates. of the facets of student support which become independent learners and join increase their academic independence In addition to academic support, learn- makes Beacon College the right choice the workforce possessing the knowledge using various strategies that include ing specialists also assist with social inte- for so many of the students who learn and skills necessary for competent per- integrating how to learn with what to gration. Through collaboration with the differently. # formance. learn; developing critical thinking skills; Department of Student Affairs, learning Sheryl Nichols is the Director of Beacon Learning specialists who are experi- taking effective notes during class and specialists help students identify which College’s Center for Student Success.

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I bring this up in Education Update ments for bridge and highway construc- because authentic career guidance in tion projects in six states on the east the sciences was not available as I grew coast of the US. In 1978, I continued my up in the 1960s in New York City. I tell career as a biologist with the National these students that my path to my work- Park Service as a Research Scientist ing life some 55 years into the making is and subsequently received my PhD in definitely not a straight line. So, I share 1988 from Polytechnic University (today this with all readers interested in science the Tandon School of Engineering at and STEM careers for themselves, their NYU-Polytechnic) in Environmental students, and their children. As a 16-year- Engineering. I worked on coastal envi- old growing up in a housing project ronmental issues and had the unique in Brooklyn, I would walk to Coney opportunity to work on a World Heritage Island to go fishing and to volunteer as program specifically with the Chilean a docent at the New York Zoological National Park system on Easter Island Society (today the Wildlife Conservation where a new species not previously Society, or WCS), NY Aquarium in the known to science was identified in the Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences. 1,400 specimens collected on three expe- That is where I started my science career ditions to Easter Island. The species, now journey. I met the director of the NY named Cryptopontius tanacredii, is one Aquarium, Dr. George Ruggieri, whose of my greatest honors! book The Healing Sea I read, and it was I retired in 2000 from the National Park my first inspiration to be a scientist. Service and started a fulltime academic I was a biology major and devoured career as Chairman of the Department of anything in writing about science: Earth and Marine Sciences at Dowling William Bebees’ Half Mile Down, John College, establishing what is today the & Mildred Teal’s Life and Death of a Salt CERCOM Field Station supporting the Marsh, Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring, Earth and Environmental degree pro- Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki; and René grams at Molloy College in Rockville Dubos’ Man Adapting. I also watched Centre, New York. CERCOM is a semi- “Mr. Wizard” on a black-and-white TV nal component to all natural sciences at as well as all the Jacque Cousteau shows Molloy College and is an interdisciplin- and films. ary program emphasizing the research In 1967 I volunteered to serve in the and conservation efforts I have worked US Navy and was set to a Weather with students since those early days as Reconnaissance Squadron and flew as a a docent at the NY Aquarium [on the aerographer’s mate (“Hurricane Hunter”) study of] horseshoe crabs. I am now an in the 1969/1970 hurricane seasons, and integral member of the first Scientific flew the tail end of 1969 Camille, one of Specialist Group for Horseshoe Crabs only four Category 5 hurricanes recorded within the world’s largest conservation ever to make landfall in the continental organization, The International Union United States. Camille had a landfall for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). intensity of 150 knots (about 175 miles CERCOM is the only Horseshoe Crab per hour); the storm surge west of Pass Aquaculture Facility in the U.S. and Christian, Mississippi was measured at only one of two such academic centers 24.6 feet. globally, the other HSC breeding lab at I was honorably discharged and Hong Kong City University. I have come went to complete my undergraduate full circle and today reveal to students Biology degree in 1972 under the GI the interconnections of all the sciences Bill, and went to graduate school for we explore, as we say at the Explorer’s Environmental Health Sciences under Club, “from outer space, to inner space.” an HEW Fellowship. After completing My life’s passion for horseshoe crabs the MS degree, I started working for has only been exceeded by my continued the US Coast Guard in 1974 as an attempts to inspire students to pursue Environmental Administrator preparing a career in science. I know it will be environmental impact analyses/assess- continued on page 31 SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 9

David Bell, Ed.D., To Lead The School of ducation at t ohn s niversity St. John’s University E announced that S . J ’ U to Intervention at schools within the David Bell, Ed.D., became Dean of The Archdiocese of Chicago. School of Education effective August 1, Dr. Bell replaces Yvonne Pratt- 2019. Johnson, Ed.D., who served as Interim Dr. Bell earned his B.S. in Finance Dean of The School of Education and from the University of Illinois Urbana- will now serve as the School’s Chair of Champaign and his M.Ed. and Ed.D. in the Department of Education Specialties. Curriculum and Instruction from Loyola About St. John’s University University at Chicago. As a faculty mem- St. John’s University is a private, coed- ber, Dr. Bell has extensive teaching expe- ucational, Roman Catholic University rience at the undergraduate and graduate founded in 1870 by the Congregation levels. He has been awarded more than of the Mission (“Vincentians”), with its $1.6 million in external funding and has main campus located in Queens, NY. published in the field of diversity, equity St. John’s University also has campus- and inclusion, and teacher professional es and locations in Staten Island and development. Manhattan, and on Long Island, NY; Dr. Bell comes to St. John’s from and in Rome, Italy; Paris, France; and West Chester University, Pennsylvania, Yvonne Pratt-Johnson, Ed.D. David Bell, Ed.D. Limerick, Ireland. St. John’s University where he served as Associate Dean for is comprised of six colleges, including Curriculum and Accreditation in the demic program and curricular develop- man bridge program, a junior faculty the College of Pharmacy and Health College of Education and Social Work. ment, assessment, faculty development, development mentoring program, a com- Sciences, College of Professional During his tenure, he was instrumental and accreditation. munity-based principal preparation resi- Studies, St. John’s College of Liberal in developing a valid and reliable assess- Dr. Bell brings outstanding leadership dency program, and urban high school Arts and Sciences, The Peter J. Tobin ment system and coauthored a grant to skills to St. John’s in many critical areas partnerships to serve minority students. College of Business, The School of recruit veterans into the teaching profes- in higher education, including planning Dr. Bell has also served as an Education, and St. John’s School of Law. sion. and operations, student enrollment and Instructional Leader for the Illinois State As of fall 2018, the University has 1,559 Prior to joining West Chester University, budget forecasting, student recruiting, Board of Education, as an Illinois State full-time and part-time faculty, 16,884 Dr. Bell was an Associate Dean at Saint student advising, and external outreach. Regional Evaluator for Chicago Public undergraduate students, and 4,759 gradu- Xavier University in Chicago. In his role Examples of his many accomplishments Schools, and as a Lead Coach for the ate students who come from 47 states and as Associate Dean, Dr. Bell oversaw aca- include the development of a pre-fresh- implementation of the Illinois Response 123 countries. #

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Preparing for Longtime NYSUT Leader the LSAT Exam Lubin Awarded Union’s By STEVEN STEIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Highest Honor Preparation for important tests is often Alan Lubin — whose work fighting His many successes include protect- worthwhile! for public education, civil rights and ing public employees’ pensions from I began teaching LSAT preparation working people has spanned a half cen- inflation through enactment of a cost-of- while earning my JD at the University of tury — received New York State United living adjustment; winning record school Virginia (UVA) Law School, and I found Teachers’ (NYSUT’s) highest honor: the aid increases; and gaining passage of one misconception to be a curious and Albert Shanker Award for Distinguished legislation that requires schools to be recurring theme: many students believe Service. equipped with automated external defi- (and some are told) that preparation for “Albert Shanker taught me every- brillators — a move that has been credit- such tests is not likely to have much thing, including the skill of listening,” ed with saving dozens of lives in schools effect on the outcome. While this is a said Lubin, who in 2015 was named and on athletic fields across the state. convenient belief to adopt for those who NYSUT’s executive vice president emer- Lubin was a young teacher and union- might not be interested in the prospect of itus. “He used to throw out outrageous ist in New York City when Shanker — preparing — and from my experience, ideas and then he’d sit down and listen the legendary UFT and AFT leader who taking and teaching such tests — per- as they were transformed into debates pioneered a militant brand of teacher formance can improve (in some cases and arguments.” unionism — invited him to participate in dramatically) with the right kind of study Steven Stein, J.D. A former fourth-grade teacher from meetings with other leading labor figures and preparation. Brooklyn, Lubin served for decades of the time. With some perspective, preparation can is often considered an inherent part of in leadership roles in both the United “Those meetings were tough, really be productive (and even enjoyable!). such efforts — and, importantly, help to Federation of Teachers and NYSUT, and tough, but in retrospect, fantastic,” Lubin I have certainly found this to be true ensure that such preparation can indeed spent 17 years as NYSUT’s executive recalled. “Picture this: a chubby kid from my own perspective; I very much be worthwhile. # vice president and head of the union’s from Brooklyn sitting in a room with enjoy teaching, from when I was casu- Steven Stein began preparing students legislative and political action opera- Al Shanker, Bayard Rustin, A. Phillip ally tutoring friends early on, to when for graduate level admissions tests over tions. His work in that capacity helped Randolph, Norman Hill. Those meetings my teaching took on a much more struc- two decades ago. A graduate of UVA, establish the union as one of the most were the genesis of my saying: If you are tured approach under the tutelage of a The Law School at UVA, and the Fuqua powerful forces in New York and his doing this alone, you are doing it wrong.” great teacher and friend back in 2004. School of Business at Duke University, leadership helped secure numerous vic- Lubin said that saying is worth keeping I have found that a good perspective Steven scored in the 99th percentile on tories for NYSUT members across the in mind as the union confronts the numer- and approach can reduce the stress that the LSAT, the GMAT, and the GRE. state. continued on page 29

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The Fulbright Assemblymember rogram ebecca eawright By JOHN P. ALLEGRANTE,P Ph.D. R S When Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas introduced legislation in 1946 Speaks that established the cultural exchange In a historic legislative session for program that bears his name, he under- New York State, we passed the Climate stood the value of Americans engaging Leadership and Community Protections the world. Act (CLCPA), which I was proud to Since then, 390,000 students, schol- cosponsor. Ever since the 2016 presi- ars and professionals have called them- dential election, President Trump has selves Fulbrighters. Many of them have unleashed an all-out assault on climate changed the world for the better. They protections. His administration has have served with distinction in many worked hard to abolish Obama-era cli- fields representing education, culture, mate policies, such as the Paris Climate and science, with over 250 Fulbright Accord and many more. Overall, the alumni counted among heads of state Trump administration eliminated 70 or government, Nobel Prize Laureates, John P. Allegrante, Ph.D. nation-wide environmental rules and MacArthur Fellows, and Pulitzer Prize laws created during the Obama admin- winners. which supports visiting scholars to teach istration. At a time when American lead- Today, over 1,600 students from the at institutions that do not have a strong ership is needed on this issue, we are Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright United States and approximately 4,000 international component; or the Outreach continuing to send the wrong message to students from around the world partici- Lecturing Fund, which provides funding the rest of the world. income and minority neighborhoods. The pate in the Fulbright Program each year. to bring a Fulbright Visiting Scholar However, there is hope. While the CLCPA requires 40% of all state climate Two of New York’s premier research that is in the United States to a host Federal government is shredding car- and clean energy spending will go to dis- institutions—Columbia University and institution’s campus for short-term lec- bon regulations and other environmental advantaged communities. We have also New York University—were among the ture visits. Minority Serving Institutions, protections, it is up to State Legislatures disproven the widespread and false nar- nation’s 15 top Fulbright producers in Community Colleges, Small Liberal across the country to enact protections rative that any climate change proposal 2018–19, with 40 of their almost 200 Arts Colleges, Women’s Colleges and that curb the rate of climate change. hurts our economy and takes away jobs. applicants being selected for awards. Art Colleges, as well as geographically During the last legislative session, New Through transitioning to net-zero carbon New York’s Hunter College and Pratt underrepresented institutions, are priori- York passed one of the strongest climate emission, 150,000 jobs will be added in Institute were also on this past year’s list tized for both of these programs. protections in the country. In the CLCPA, New York State. of top producers of U.S. students going Established scholars interested in we are joining seven other states in pass- I have always believed that there is no abroad on Fulbright awards. Fulbright have a variety of U.S. Scholar ing substantive climate policies in the greater responsibility for elected repre- Fulbright supports students to study, Programs from which to choose: the past year. The CLCPA targets net-zero sentatives than to protect our environ- conduct research, and teach English. But core U.S. Scholar Program, the Fulbright Carbon emissions by 2050, and require ment for generations to come. I am proud it is the opportunity to engage with their Distinguished Chair Awards and the New York’s greenhouse gas emissions that I have always supported the issue of global counterparts in host institutions, Fulbright Specialist Program, as well are lowered by 60%, of the 1990 emis- climate, represented by my perfect rating communities, and families throughout as the Postdoctoral and Early Career sions, by 2030. The CLCPA also targets by the League of Conservation Voters. over 160 countries that is at the heart of Awards that support young scholars. 70% renewable energy by 2030, and Our planet is in peril, and I am frus- the program. The cross-cultural exchange Several programs—the Fulbright Arctic 100% by 2040. By making electricity trated by the inaction and indifference so of ideas and perspectives always presents Initiative, Fulbright Global Scholar greener and switching electricity grids to many have toward this issue. However, the potential to catalyze new solutions Award, Fulbright-Hays Program, cleaner energy sources, meaning less coal I am also encouraged by the activism, for solving problems of shared global Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, and and more renewables, we are making especially from our youth, that have concern. Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program— every device contribute less to the overall planned protests, scheduled walk-outs, Columbia and New York University are provide opportunities for study and carbon emissions. These measures also and sent clear messages that protecting also perennially among the top producers research in areas of special focus. And include heavy investments in renewable our climate is of utmost importance. of faculty scholars and other profession- administrators in higher education are energy sources such as wind and solar, We must never forget that there are no als who win awards, and both are among eligible for the International Education which will transition New York’s energy second chances when it comes to our the leading destinations for foreign Administrators Seminars, which provide sources into the future, and establish one planet. We must sustain the sense of Fulbright Visiting Scholars. According an opportunity to learn about a seminar of the first net-zero economies in the U.S. urgency and continue to send the mes- to One To World, which plays host to host country’s education system while The legislation will also provide sage to our leaders in Washington that Fulbright and other foreign students and engaging U.S. and international col- necessary funds to the communities nationwide climate reform, such as the visiting scholars in the New York metro- leagues during an intensive two-week most impacted by the results of cli- measures instituted in New York, must politan area, last year over 175 Fulbright seminar experience abroad. mate change, which are usually low- be enacted. # Visiting Scholars and over 620 Fulbright Fulbrighters speak of their experienc- Foreign Students representing 166 coun- es as being transformative, even life- tries arrived at campuses throughout the changing. 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Educating Gifted Students, ur utside the ox hinkers By REBECCA MANNIS,O Ph.D. ‘O B T ’ be stressful for parents to maneuver this Also, we live at a time when there’s As the calendar turns to September, course, often learning about the philoso- access to information that can be grasped parents and educators turn their daily phies, methodologies, and world views and mastered. But that’s different from focus toward providing supportive and of various professionals and programs, basically learning how to be your own effective educational experiences for the all this while also integrating technical CEO, or what we refer to as ‘execu- children they cherish. We know that information about their child’s needs. tive functions.’ And that’s also different there is a paradox to child development. The varied roles that parents must play, from understanding one’s own thought There are predictable patterns of growth particularly in helping gifted students process, which is sometimes called and methods of instruction that foster and ‘outside-the-box thinkers’ is a shared ‘metacognition.’ So ideally the learning students’ development. At the same time, passion for Dr. Barbara Brown and me. process for a student involves that syn- each child is unique and will develop Barbara is Head of The Marin School, ergy of learning content and developing skills in a distinct way. This individual a collaborative learning community that problem-solving skills, while also devel- blueprint is a function of many variables, provides a backdrop for each student’s oping techniques that can be utilized in such as the child’s emotions, motiva- unique potential. She and I developed a Rebecca Mannis, Ph.D. various situations. tions, thought processes, physical devel- friendship over the past ten years, forged Barbara: Where does self-advocacy opment, community, family, and social when we were appointed to the Alumni Barbara’s responses to questions I posed fit in when students come to you? Do experiences. Council of Harvard’s Graduate School to her. they have this skill, and how do you think Not surprisingly, there are times when of Education, an institution committed Barbara: What are some current about this aspect? matters arise that necessitate thinking to training innovative educators who are themes among the clients who seek you Rebecca: That’s one of the hallmarks about how to make that course a better informed by solid theory and practice. out in what they need and in terms of of a developmental process that starts in one for a particular child. This often Barbara and I recently had an opportunity needs that feel are not currently being middle school and really is a lifelong pro- places the parent at the helm of a process to update one another about our observa- met in the classroom? cess. At my center, our students develop where the parent’s instincts are central, tions about trends in education for gifted Rebecca: One of the challenges that those self-advocacy skills as individuals while the parent’s understanding of how children. Barbara’s perspective as Head many students face is balancing the abil- and also as a function of the culture of to navigate those waters is less clear. It of School frames the questions she raised ity to learn material along with develop- their particular school. So, for example, may entail partnering with the current of me as a Learning Specialist, a person ing insights about themselves as learners. one school might have a prep period at school, identifying outside supports, or whose function is to bridge these islands Parents and schools often seek me out the end of the day when students are able perhaps investigating alternative aca- of information for parents of gifted chil- so that students can learn, in a way that to meet with the teachers. So a student demic options. This requires a parent to dren. is attuned to their developmental course, at that school may learn self-advocacy wear many hats while also keeping sup- A follow-up article in the November how to both master course material and through routines that enable him to spend port for the child front and center. It can issue of Education Update will provide develop skills that transfer. continued on page 28

Brilliant Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History By JAN AARON ents many other dinosaur specimens from Virtual Lab, and Interactive Opportunities. An extraordinary exhibit “T. rex: The that era. But the star of the show, T. rex, is It introduces T.rex as a helpless chick; Ultimate Predator” at The American said to be the largest and most predatory of provides opportunities for students to dis- Museum of Natural History features a the dinosaur family. The exhibit engages cuss what they already know about T. Tyrannosaurus rex model said to be the with interactive sites. On one of my recent Rex (from films and toys) and what they most accurate ever assembled. The show visits, one of these visitors, Tommy, who expect to see. Guide in hand, I explored runs through August, 2020, and is one of said he was 8, giggled at glowing flowers. the show. Engaged by interactives, I dis- many exemplary shows that mark the muse- At another site in the exhibit, visitors were covered how scientists calculate a dino- um’s 150th anniversary. “Dinosaurs” and placing various Tyrannosaur rex family saur’s age by counting rings in fossilized “Tyrannosaurs rex,” in particular, are such members in the correct period on a mag- bones; at the “Survival Challenge” and at important icons of the Museum and have netic wall; another part of the show permits “Hear Me Roar,” I mixed my own blend- been throughout our history,” said Ellen V. experimenting with a praxinoscope that ing sounds of a roaring T. rex with Futter, President of the American Museum animates the difference between walking birds, crocodiles, and other living ani- of Natural History. “So it seems fitting to and running as T. rex could only run when mals; I was also asked how I’d survive launch the Museum’s 150th Anniversary it was young. Here the exhibit lets visi- if I were a chick left alone in a nest. My celebrations with a major new exhibition tors pin the proper sized tail to create a answer? “Yelp! Yours? It’s up to you.” At on the ever-intriguing ‘King of Dinosaurs.’ ern subcontinent. For a mind-blowing correctly balanced T. rex (when people “Getting Bad,” I brought a T. rex shadow This fascinating new exhibit does what hundred million years, the T. rex made draw a T. rex, they incorrectly misdraw to life and saw it watch prey, learning the museum has done throughout history mincemeat out of everything in its way to the posture with the T rex upright with tail that its keen senses and unique traits made and continues to do today, to share the becoming some of the largest animals ever. dragging). Meandering visitors learn how it an effective killing machine. I also saw latest scientific breakthroughs with the I first encountered this champ in 2011 modern technology has aided research in scars left by the attack. “Sensitive Side” public, to introduce visitors to research- on a press trip to Montana where paleon- this field. We also learn that more research sheds light on new paleontologists who ers on the cutting edge of discovery, to tologists briefed me when I visited a Hell continues: The golden age of paleon- have made new discoveries about the shed new light on the greatest story of Creek’s dinosaur dig. It still is possible for tology is now,” said Michael Novacek, social behavior of the powerful hunter. life on Earth, and to inspire wonder and interested amateurs to participate in a dig curator of T.rex: the Ultimate Predator. In this section, especially engaging here curiosity for visitors of all ages,” she said. here. In 1905, the AMNH’s team first dis- Our readers will welcome the excel- is the interactivity that lets viewers cre- Cute and fuzzy when very young, but covered this massive predator’s bones and lent Educators Guide with easy-to-fol- ate their own color scheme and feather smarter than its peers, the “average T. rex” put them on display in New York in 1906 low instructions on teaching the exhibition. designs for a virtual T. rex. Be sure also to grew into a ruthless beast. It stomped and to elicit oohs and aahs from astonished There’s a color-coded numbered guided stop at the Virtual Lab Touchscreen Table chomped its way across the Earth’s north- visitors! The current museum show pres- map keyed to Projections, Case Display, continued on page 29 SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 13

THE MATH COLUMN Education Update A Conundrum of Celebrates 25 Years Probability in With An Ode to eometry By AL POSAMENTIER,G Ph.D. Pola...Past & Present There are times when seemingly-sim- To a Wonderful, Extraordinary, College and head of Arts and Education ple issues can be stretched to producing Visionary Leader Director for Brooklyn Arts Council, a conundrum that is not easily rectified. Who has been a Shining Light in the was selected as a Fulbright Program One such example is with two concentric Field of Education Specialist and a teaching artist. She rep- circles, where the radius of the smaller Pola is a Beacon For Those Facing resented the US in working with adults in circle is one-half the radius of the larger Challenges in their Earliest Years Uganda and India. circle as shown in the figure below. The She is a thoughtful, Intelligent,  question is: What is the probability that if Comforting Person Dear Pola, a point is selected in the larger circle that Who is Committed to Humanitarian Work Thank you for taking the time to come it is also in the smaller one? The typical I am Proud to Call Her My Best Friend here to interview me. (and correct) answer is 1/4. This can eas- Congratulations to You, Pola! It is always so good to be exposed to ily be shown by letting a smaller circle’s –Joyce Cowin your wide-ranging ideas, your grasping radius, OA, be represented by r, and the Ms. Cowin is the founder of the Cowin of big subjects and your enthusiasm. large circle’s radius be represented by R, Alfred Posamentier, Ph.D. Financial Literacy program at Teachers Your are a breath of hope of future plans, where r = (1/2)R. Then the area small College. of connecting everyone. circle is π((1/2)R)2 = (1/4)πR2, that is, do this for any other point in the larger  –Sandy Priest Rose 1/4 of the area of the larger circle, which circle, we would find the probability I just received the June-July issue of Sandy Priest Rose (1923–1999) sup- is πR2. of the point being on a radius line and Education Update. Congratulations on ported literacy programs for decades and in the smaller circle is 1/2. This, of Your Lifetime Achievement Award from became one of NYC’s leading matriarch’s course, is not correct, although it seems the Kennedy Children’s Center and infor- for the arts, sciences, and education. She perfectly logical. Where is the error? mative speech that you gave at that event. was the founder of the Rose Institute of Here is where you expose the trick, Congratulations also go to you and Learning and Literacy at Manhattanville which is actually an attempt to explain your team for the tremendous work that College and the widely admired Reading a conundrum. The “error” lies in the you have done in developing Education Reform Foundation. In her note, she A P B initial definition of each of two different Update into the impressive bimonthly was referring to the oil on canvas, Girl O sample spaces, that is, the set of possible it is. It was very like you to put the with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665, painted outcomes of an experiment. In the first announcement of your own award on by Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675). The case, the sample space is the entire area page 33 [and not on page 1]! You’ve per- painting at The Frick Collection could of the larger circle, while in the second severed with creativity and determination be viewed at frick.org/exhibitions/mau- case, the sample space is the set of points for almost two decades in developing an ritshuis/670. on a radius such as OAB. Clearly, when a independent newspaper that provides real  point is selected on OAB, the probability public service to the city of New York. I applaud Pola, Herman, Adam, and the that the point will be on OA is 1/2. These –Anita Reetz Education Update team for highlighting Therefore, if a point is selected at ran- are two entirely different problems even Anita Reetz, Anacortes, Washington. models of success throughout our city dom in the larger circle, the probability though (to dramatize the issue) they Anita Reetz is a graduate of Barnard and look forward to all that the organiza- that it would be in the smaller circle as appear to be the same. Conditional prob- College, lived in Japan, and taught in tion will accomplish in the years ahead. well is 1/4. ability is an important concept to stress. Rwanda for several years. Featuring journalism that imparts new Now here is where the conundrum And what better way to instill this idea  research and focuses on trends and devel- comes in, as you look at this question than through a demonstration that shows Thank you again for the honor and opments in classroom instruction and differently. The randomly-selected point obvious absurdities. Perhaps this conun- wonderful breakfast at the Harvard Club leadership practices, Education Update P must lie on some radius line of the drum will motivate the you to investigate this last Juneteenth. What a truly inspir- helps to fulfill my team’s mission to larger circle. Let’s say we will use radius this further. # ing event it was! I will always cherish support educators and empower the next OAB, where A is its midpoint. The prob- Dr. Al Posamentier is professor having been a part of it. generation to rise. ability that a point P on OAB would be emeritus and former dean, CCNY. Now –Steven M. Neier –Bill de Blasio on OA (i.e. in the smaller circle) is 1/2, Distinguished Lecturer at NYC College Steven M. Neier is Assistant Dean Bill de Blasio is the Mayor of New since OA = (1/2)OB. Now, if we were to of Technology, Brooklyn, NY. for Mission, Media and Outreach at York City. St. John’s University in Queens.   Throughout the years, Education Many thanks to you, Herman, and your Update has been connecting educators, team for inviting me to Education Update’s highlighting effective leadership, and Educator of the Year awards event in supporting academic achievements in June. What a glorious tribute it was to our schools. All of these efforts have the outstanding educators. I was honored helped educators throughout the country to be in the audience and help applaud establish transformational and sustain- these dedicated public servants whose able change within our education system. contributions to our nation’s most pre- –Richard A. Carranza cious resource, our children, deserve the Richard A. Carranza is the Chancellor, recognition and respect of our citizenry. NYC Department of Education. Bless you and Education Update on  continued success for many more years I commend [Pola Rosen and her team to come. at] Education Update for creating this –Carol Sterling important opportunity to come together Carol Sterling, a graduate of Barnard continued on page 29 14 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

GILDER LEHRMAN SCHOLARS A Family Practice Meet the 2019 National History That Builds Families Founded in 1987 by Dr. George Kofinas that many fertility practitioners don’t and based in New York City, Kofinas spend as much time on anymore before Teacher of the Year Finalists Fertility Group (kofinasfertility.com) is proceeding with fertility treatment, but one of the leading fertility care practices we think it’s absolutely essential to opti- Congratulations to the ten 2019 National Japan as a teacher and library media in the country with an impressive track mizing the patient for success from the History Teacher of the Year Finalists! specialist. She has been a NCSS record of success that has helped bring very beginning. Of course, once you These educators were chosen from Conference 2018 presenter, a PBS more than 25,000 babies in the world. know the source of the problem, you then the 53 exceptional 2019 State History LearningMedia Digital Innovator in Now in its 32nd year, Kofinas Fertility need the expertise and skillset to address Teachers of the Year for their innovative 2015, and a National Endowment for the Group is making headlines with the it, and we have the surgical expertise methods of bringing history to life for Humanities Scholar in 2011. opening of the Manhattan Reproductive and resources to correct the anatomical their students through the use of historic Carla Flanhofer, Peak to Peak Surgery Center “MRSC” (located at 65 problems that cause infertility, such as documents and artifacts, field trips, dem- Charter School, Lafayette, CO Broadway in Lower Manhattan), which fibroids and endometriosis. In both these onstrations, and hands-on projects. The Carla Flanhofer has will be the first standalone reproductive cases, surgery can be complex, and we National History Teacher of the Year, been a secondary social ambulatory surgery center in New York often see and successfully treat cases who will be announced in September, studies instructor since State. that other physicians aren’t willing to will receive a $10,000 prize and a special 2003 at Peak to Peak Education Update (EdUp): What operate on. ceremony in New York City, where the Charter School in brought you to the field of fertility medi- EdUp: What’s endometriosis and how Gilder Lehrman Institute will present Lafayette, Colorado, cine? does it affect fertility? the National History Teacher of the Year where she was the Dr. George Kofinas (GK): I was lucky JK: Endometriosis is a condition Award in October. department/Ccurriculum in my curiosity to be guided to this field. where endometrial tissue is found out- Learn more about these ten talented lead from 2011 to 2018. When I was finishing medical school in side the uterus. It’s a condition that educators: She has been an the 1970s, there was no such thing as unfortunately goes undiagnosed by many Alysha Butler, McKinley Technology Innovation Grant Recipient 2017/18 and fertility medicine. It began to form as a physicians and which many avoid oper- High School, Washington, DC 2018/19 and a Jared Polis Foundation 2015 sub-specialty within obstetrics and gyne- ating on because the surgery is complex Alysha Butler is a Teacher Recognition Award Recipient. cology after the first successful in vitro and requires a high level of expertise. But social studies teacher Amy King, Chatham Central High fertilization (IVF) birth in 1978; around this condition is a fertility killer. Many and department chair at School, Bear Creek, NC the time I came to the US. And I jumped clinics will go right to IVF, but we ask McKinley Technology Amy King is a history right in. The emerging science and the very specific questions that are associ- HS in Washington, teacher at Chatham surgery were so exciting to me. With ated with this condition. We go deep into DC. She won the 2019 Central High School in that, you could say that I’ve lived the their history, and if we suspect it, we’ll Daughters of the Bear Creek, North entire history of fertility medicine – I was perform a diagnostic, minimally-invasive American Revolution Carolina, where she there at its conception, I’ve evolved with laparoscopy and remove any lesions we Outstanding Teacher of received the Most the field every step of the way, and I’ve find. We believe that diagnosing and United States History Innovative Digital also had the opportunity to conduct sig- treating endometriosis before IVF is ben- Award, was a 2019 GrantEd Recipient, Lesson Design Award nificant research over the decades which eficial to the overall success rate of the and was selected as the 2010 Miramar in 2019 and was select- has helped us secure better outcomes for patient, and this approach has allowed us High School Teacher of the Year. ed as the Teacher of the patients. It’s the most beautiful field in to have higher fertility success without Karen Cook, Norwich Free Academy, Year 2017–18. She was also Teacher of medicine. fertility treatment once the endometriosis Norwich, CT the Year at Randolph County Schools in Dr. Jason Kofinas (JK): I decided to is treated. Karen M. Cook has 2008–09 and at Eastern Randolph High specialize in fertility medicine because I EdUp: Designing and building this been a history teacher School 2006–07. love helping create human life for people new facility from scratch must have been at the Norwich Free Doug Logan, Randall K. Cooper who can’t. Every day, I feel like I’m a huge commitment and undertaking. Academy in Norwich, High School, Union, KY making a difference in someone’s life Why make this investment? Connecticut, since Doug Logan is a social in a very positive and personal way, and GK: MRSC was built with one impor- 1998, where she has studies teacher at through this process, I also get to know tant purpose in mind: to enhance every been the head of the Randall K. Cooper my patients very well because we spend aspect of a patient’s surgical experience social studies depart- High School in Union, so much time together. For me, while the and optimize her reproductive health. ment since 2007 and Kentucky, who has also medicine is important, it’s not just about And so, in addition to the convenience the director of the hon- taught extensively in tests and procedures. The emotional side of offering patients the full range of ors program since 2015. She has served middle school. In addi- to fertility treatment is tremendously advanced fertility treatment capabilities as an Executive Board member, vice tion to being a frequent important and taking the time to know under one roof – including lab test- president, and secretary for the presenter at libraries, and support my patients establishes a ing, examinations, and surgery – we Connecticut Council for the Social clubs, and historical connection that goes beyond any spe- strongly believe that this centralized Studies, among other organizations. Her societies, he has been a state finalist for cific treatment. Also, growing up with approach to fertility care will signifi- awards include the 2014 Excellence in the Kentucky Teacher of the Year award my father in this field and with my cantly improve patient outcomes beyond Course Instruction Award for the in 2017, the Sons of the American mother who worked in neonatology was what we are already delivering, including UCONN Early College Experience and Revolution 2014 American History a wonderful introduction, though neither shorter post-surgical recovery periods the 2005 National Council for the Social Teacher of the Year, and a state finalist of them ever pressured me to go into and extremely low infection rates due Studies Outstanding Secondary Teacher for the Missouri Teacher of the Year medicine or into the fertility field, more to the facility’s advanced sterilization of the Year award. award in 2011. specifically. techniques. It will also be the first stand- Ellen Fisher, Frances Richmond Karalee Nakatsuka, First Avenue EdUp: What do you think has been the alone reproductive ambulatory surgery Middle School, Hanover, NH Middle School, Arcadia, CA key to your success? center in New York State dedicated to Ellen Fisher has been a Karalee Nakatsuka has GK: Well, there are a lot of factors that the treatment of patients who suffer from social studies teacher been a US and world have contributed to our success. For one, a wide scope of gynecological condi- at Frances Richmond history teacher since it’s our comprehensive approach, which tions, including fibroids, endometriosis, Middle School in 1990 at First Avenue is to always investigate every aspect of pelvic pain, congenital abnormalities of Hanover, New Hampshire, Middle School in a patient’s infertility challenges first. the uterus, and infertility. since 2010. Previously Arcadia, California, It’s only after this in-depth investigation JK: Everything in this facility has she worked in the where she has been rec- that we move forward with a treatment been designed around improving patient Washington, DC area, ognized with the plan. This initial discovery process can outcomes and optimizing our ability to Israel, France, and continued on page 26 be a tedious and time-consuming process continued on page 26 SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 15

LAW & EDUCATION Education Update

MAILING ADDRESS: Becoming a Lawyer? Part 2 695 Park Avenue, Ste. E1509, NY, NY 10065 Email: [email protected] By ARTHUR KATZ, J.D. life outside of their working environment. Web: www.EducationUpdate.com A year ago, I wrote about the prac- Although this may still sound good, the Tel: 212-650-3552 Fax: 212-410-0591 tice of law, how it has changed since I PUBLISHERS: vast majority of law school graduates are Pola Rosen, Ed.D., Adam Sugerman, M.A. became a lawyer and various miscon- unable to obtain employment at the larger ADVISORY COUNCIL: ceptions concerning the practice of law. law firms. April Bedford, Ph.D., Dean of Education, (Education Update – Sept/Oct 2018). In The ABA Profile puts the information Brooklyn College; Dominic Brewer, Ph.D., the past month, the Wall Street Journal from the WSJ in prospective. Since I start- Dean of Education, New York University Steinhardt; Mark Cannizzaro, Pres., CSA; (Aug 10-11, 2019 – pages B1 and B6) ed practicing law, the number of lawyers Christine Cea, Ph.D., NYS Board of Regents; published a page and a half article entitled has grown four-fold and the percentage Mary Driscoll, Ph.D., Dean, CCNY; Shelia “The Flip Side of Making Partner” and of women and minorities attending law Evans-Tranumn, Chair, Board of Trustees, Casey Family Programs Foundation; Scott the American Bar Association rendered school has increased at a healthy clip from Evenbeck, Ph.D., Pres. Guttman Community a 96 page report “ABA Profile of the less than 5% to more than 50%. However, College, CUNY; Charlotte K. Frank, Ph.D., Legal Profession” (americanbar.org/news/ the percentage of law school graduates Sr. Advisor, McGraw-Hill; Joan Freilich, Ph.D., Former CFO, Con Edison; Andrew reporter_resources/profile-of-profession). who pass the bar exam continues to hover Gardner, VP, Professional Learning, Anyone who is contemplating a legal at the 60% level. BrainPOP Educators; Arthur Katz, Attorney, career should read both. Most lawyers make significantly less Of Counsel, Otterbourg P.C.; Kenneth Gold, Ph.D., Dean of Education, College of Staten The WSJ article is an eye-opener for Arthur Katz, JD than the small number who are employed Island; Cynthia Greenleaf, Ed.M., J.D., those who are not familiar with the current by the large law firms. Although it still Former Dir. of Partnerships, Chicago Public state of the very large law firms today. probability is that these lower-compensat- is more than a ‘mere living wage’, the Schools; José Herrera, Ph.D., Provost and VP of Academic Affairs, Mercy College; The WSJ states that there are at least 29 ed partners will not move up the ranks to mean annual compensation for all lawyers Donne Kampel, Ph.D., Dean, Touro College; law firms with over 1,000 lawyers (each become higher-paid partners. Moreover, (from a novice out of law school to an Augusta S. Kappner, Ph.D., Pres. Emerita, with multiple offices both in the United becoming a partner can easily take more experienced attorney) is approximately Bank St. College; Harold Koplewicz, M.D., Pres., Child Mind Institute; Shenzhan Liao, States and abroad), and discloses informa- than ten years and, with the billable hours $144,000 according to the U.S. Bureau of Dir. of Education, China Institute; Cecelia tion concerning some of these huge firms, demanded by law firms, an attorney may Labor Statistics. However, this is skewed McCarton, M.D., Dir., The McCarton Center; in which lawyers most in demand may need to spend more than 80 working with starting lawyers at large law firms Craig Michaels, Ph.D., Dean of Education, Queens College; Michael Mulgrew, Pres., charge more than $1,500 an hour for their hours a week merely to have 40 billable making almost double the average amount UFT; Eric Nadelstern, Prof. Emeritus of time and a handful earn more than $10 hours (a minimum working requirement paid to lawyers at firms of 50 or fewer Educational Leadership, Teachers College; million annually. However, and as the at many firms) – the only benefit being lawyers. Unfortunately, the median start- Alfred S. Posamentier, Ph.D., Distinguished Lecturer, NYC College of Technology; John article points out, not all partners are treat- that they still may be paid several hun- ing salary for lawyers in public service Russell, Ed.D., Head, Windward School; ed equally, with some partners receiving dred thousand dollars for their labor and jobs (in many instances the only entry Michael Sampson, Ph.D., Dean of Education, more than 43 times the compensation paid devotion to their law firm and, in return, jobs available to law school graduates) St. John’s University; Debra Shanley, Ph.D., Prof., Brooklyn College; Ronald P. Stewart, to other partners at the same firm, and the may need to give up having a significant continued on page 31 Head, York Prep; Adam Sugerman, Publisher, Palmiche Press MANAGING EDITOR: THE ETHICS COLUMN Adam Sugerman ADVISORS: Heather Rosen Faulkner, Rob Wertheimer Research and the Race Paradox SENIOR EDITOR: Lydia Liebman By JACOB M. APPEL, MD JD Finns or the Alutiiq people of Aleutia STAFF WRITERS: Racial minorities in the United States may represent meaningful genetically- Jan Aaron, Joan Baum, Ph.D., Miranda have historically been heavily underrep- conserved populations, self-identified Goodwin-Raab, Merryl Kafka, Ed.D., Sybil resented in the clinical trials of pharma- African-Americans are not a meaningful Maimin, Rebecca Mannis, Ph.D. GUEST COLUMNIST: ceuticals. The result is that many medica- biological group, but reflect both wide- Diana Bilezikian; Jeff Ervine; Sharon Flescher, tions have been tested for both efficacy spread genetic diversity on the African Ph.D.; Allen Frances, M.D.; Tim Hall, J.D.; and risk in predominantly Caucasian sub- continent and the exchange of genes Harold Kaplowitz, M.D., Jana La Sorte, Eileen Marinakis; Dimple J. Martin, Ph.D.; Kate jects. Historical mistreatment of minority with European and indigenous popula- Moody, Ed.D.; Sheryl Nichols; Martha Pollack, research subjects—most notably in the tions in the Western Hemisphere. (And Ph.D.; Jennifer Raab, J.D.; Rebecca Seawright, case of African-Americans victimized by that’s ignoring European- and Indian- Steven Stein, J.D.; John Tanacredi, Ph.D.; Charo Uceda; Randi Weingarten Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment—makes descended populations in South Africa, BOOK REVIEWS: recruiting participants difficult, as does as well as Arab and Berber peoples of the Jacob Appel, M.D., J.D.; Joan Baum, Ph.D. the exclusion of non-English speakers Maghreb.) Being African-American was LAW EDITOR: from many studies. To combat this dis- largely defined by Jim Crow laws and Arthur Katz, J.D. parity, Congress included in the National physical appearance, not by underlying LAW REPORTER & ETHICIST: Jacob Appel, M.D., J.D. Institutes of Health Revitalization Act genetic make-up. That is not to say that MATHEMATICS EDITOR: of 1993 requirements that the NIH seek Jacob M. Appel, MD JD race may not have some biological impli- Alfred Posamentier, Ph.D. more underrepresented subjects, while cations, drawn the epigenetic effects of MEDICAL EDITOR: the Food and Drug Administration companies continue to invest research environmental exposure and systemic Herman Rosen, M.D., F.A.C.P. declared 2016 to be “The Year of money into finding similar race-based racism. For comparison, some research MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS: Diversity in Clinical Trials.” So far, suc- drugs. Hospitals and medical schools suggests that the descents of Holocaust Jan Aaron SPORTS EDITOR: cess has been limited. are glad to accept such funding and IRBs survivors have lower levels of stress hor- Mike Cohen One area of supposed progress is the generally approve these studies with little mones as a result of inherited epigenetic ART DIRECTOR: development of drugs specifically tar- controversy. 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By JEFF ERVINE the victim); and in the most advanced By DR. POLA ROSEN When I first started my journey into schools, restorative discipline is applied Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflamma- building safety and wellness tools to to the bully (the bullies understand why tory disease of the intestines, especially better protect students from bullying and what they did was wrong and they feel the colon and ileum, associated with cyberbullying, my goal was to empower true remorse). Meanwhile, the parents ulcers and fistulae. The inflammation students to always feel safe and secure at of victims, more often than not, support of the digestive tract caused by Crohn’s school. When children feel safe at school, their child with the timeless sticks and disease can involve different areas of they are willing to take more risks and stones mantra, “sticks and stones will the digestive tract in different people, subsequently learn more and faster. I con- break your bones, but names will never and can lead to abdominal pain, severe tinue to believe that almost every bully hurt you.” And after the bully serves out diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, and mal- was once a victim of bullying. Bullying his detention, gives his apology and after nutrition. and cyberbullying are learned behaviors; the victim receives his parental support, The disease was named after gastroen- they are behaviors we either model from fortified with a rendition of “sticks and terologist Burrill Bernard Crohn, who in others or learn from our personal experi- stones”, everything is expected to return 1932, together with Dr. Leon Ginzburg ences of being bullied. And I know that to normal. But things do not immedi- and Dr. Gordon D. Oppenheimer at Molly Roberts forgiveness and reconnection after an ately return to normal for the victim and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, incident of bullying is essential to a bul- sometimes never return to normal. This described a series of patients with inflam- ago. The Foundation has invested $350 lying victim’s continued social, emotion- is because the victim is still hurting from mation of the terminal ileum of the million in research since its inception al, and academic growth. But what I did the continuing effects of social rejection small intestine, the area most commonly to find a cure for Crohn’s disease and not know at the beginning of my journey and pain. The social pain is caused by the affected by the illness. ulcerative colitis. The fastest-growing was that the majority of the social pain bystanders’ inaction! And their inaction Recently, Education Update attended a patient population is children under the experienced by a bullying victim is not is rationalized by saying [that] no one spirited program, Women of Distinction, age of 18. caused just by his bully. I will come back will do anything about it, and sadly they hosted by the Crohn’s and Colitis Heartwarming were the personal anec- to this point, but first let’s look at how would be right in school communities Foundation, an organization dedicated dotes of students who battle Crohn’s and society addresses bullying in schools. that lack “connected” school leaders. to finding cures for Crohn’s disease and continue to be successful in school. In Most everyone in every community The reason the victim continues to ulcerative colitis, and improving the attendance at the gala and fashion show approaches solving a non-physical, social feel pain is that he or she believes the quality of life of people affected by these were family members of students who bullying incident by responding to the bully speaks for the entire school. That diseases. Among the founders are Irwin over the years have donated tirelessly bully with a combination of punitive is because the bystanders do and say and Suzanne Rosenthal, William and to the Foundation. The parents of Molly discipline (i.e. detention) and having the nothing, and the victim starts to believe Shelby Modell, and Dr. Henry Janowitz Roberts were in attendance. Their daugh- bully make amends (i.e. apologize to continued on page 28 who started the Foundation over 50 years continued on page 26 Chinese Fashion: A Bridge Hunter Celebrates This Year’s Between Two Nations Student Fulbright Winners By SYBIL MAIMIN now a New Yorker who has 700,000 For ten of the past 11 years, the U.S. A unique collaboration between two followers, aims to celebrate and help the Department of State has recognized Hunter ANASTASIYA young purveyors of contemporary Asian fashion community by bringing College as a “Top Producer” of Fulbright MATVEYENKO, Chinese fashion and accessories and one small boutique brands on to one platform, award winners. This year, there’s more BA/MA, of the biggest real estate development making them more accessible to consum- good news: The U.S. Student Fulbright Class of 2016, companies in China resulted in a pop-up ers. Also at the pop-up was Jenny Zheng, Program has selected seven members Destination: Italy shop and fashion party in a cutting-edge a Shanghai-born fashion and lifestyle of the Hunter Classes of 2018 and 2019 Manhattan building. A striking example blogger now living in New York, who – awarding four with full funding for of a popular marketing tool, the pop- established the media platform A.F.L. their 2019–2020 Fulbright proposals and up fashion party, which attracted over (Art, Fashion, Lifestyle) in 2016, to give three with alternate status (candidates BRESSNI NEARY, 200 visitors, was designed to highlight voice to the life stories and experiences of awaiting additional Fulbright funding). Class of 2019, Asian fashion and design and promote people in art and fashion. With an MA in In a few months, Darsen Hover, Destination: Spain exchanges between Asian and American Art Management from Boston University, Anastasiya Matveyenko, Bressni Neary, markets. It was co-sponsored by Velvet. she has worked in fashion marketing and Kevin Tang will travel abroad for Co, a New York and Shanghai-based and is now marketing and social media their Fulbright year of teaching, con- international marketing and public rela- manager at an international cultural insti- ducting research, and building lasting tions firm founded in 2017, and Verafied, tution in New York. Selling her wares at relationships with the people of their a marketer of Asian fashion and acces- the pop-up was Beijing native Yun Gao, host countries. Hunter applauds these KEVIN TANG, sories brands founded in 2016 by Beijing owner of Absolute Error, an online gift outstanding young scholars and takes a Class of 2018, native Vera Wang (not the bridal gown brand that includes whimsical candles, brief look at their backgrounds, college Destination: Jordan star) to “connect fashion and lifestyles chocolate bars, and jewelry from world- studies, Fulbright projects, and plans for across two continents.” Many attendees wide manufacturers. Yun Gao studied the future: were members of Velvet.Co Club, home design management at Parsons and hopes to over 350, mostly female, Chinese mil- to do future pop-ups. She should have DARSEN HOVER, lennials living in the United States who many opportunities as, in addition to Class of 2018, Hunter also congratulates the 2019 gather together to socialize, network, and online platforms that sell goods, pop-up Destination: alternate candidates, who are still in the share ideas about their common passion shops proliferate in spaces ranging from Hungary running for 2019 Fubright grants: — fashion and design. SoHo storefronts to Los Angeles outdoor • Elizabeth Mashkow, Class of 2019, Charming and vivacious, Vera Wang, marts to scenic rooftops. # continued on page 26 SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 17

GUEST EDITORIAL The Seasons by diana bilezekian The leaves turn colors and fall So, this is the season — yes, Shaping Artists as Entrepreneurs off the trees this is the SUMMER. By JANA LA SORTE, And onto the ground at the FOUNDER & CREATIVE starting of any breeze. Four seasons in a year — when DIRECTOR, AMBASSADORA We rake them up — yes, we they’re hot, try to stay cool When you are the daughter of an sure do rake them all. As you enter a nice beach or English teacher and trained opera singer So, this is the season — yes, swimming pool. and also the granddaughter of a woman this is the FALL. When they’re cold, bundle up who taught art from her home studio, perhaps it was destined that I would work — have hot tea — stay nice The tree branches are bare in arts and entrepreneurship and become and warm a teacher myself. without any leaves at all. As you stay inside your home Over the course of my almost 20-year The snow falls on the grounds during any big snowstorms. career as an arts consultant, I often tell — icicles everywhere — so, artists they are entrepreneurs who are don’t fall. running businesses. Not many welcome Thank the Lord for the rain as Do have some hot chocolate — this framing, although some do attend well as for the sun have some nice and minty. my Ask the Experts annual workshop And thank Him for creating So, this is the season — yes, to learn from the masters in the music everyone. industry as to how they can develop more this is the WINTER. Thank the Lord for the sun as effective pitches, products, marketing, well as for the rain and ultimately careers. The flowers start blooming — And thank him for the trees as While teaching corporate social respon- new leaves on the trees. sibility to undergraduate students at The many times again. On the dandelions, do be City College of New York, I was asked to careful of the bees. create a six-week entrepreneurship sum- The snow starts to melt away as For any season, do have a mer boot camp for young girls ages 14–20 Jana La Sorte for the Zahn Innovation Center, the start- the birds start to sing. super time As I now end my season up incubator at City College. I named it to the burgeoning Hudson Valley cultural So, this is the season — yes, the Boss Girl Boot Camp and just com- scene. The students will emerge not only rhymes. this is the SPRING. pleted the third one in late August with with the ability to plan, finance, develop, our exciting finals pitch competition. launch, and grow a music (or arts) orga- The sun shines so brightly — so Diana Bilezikian is an instructor The program helps students learn how nization of any kind, but also with their hot — so, stay cool. at Montclair State University in to collaborate to develop business ideas own launch plan to get underway. I will Have fun as you enter a nice Montclair, NJ and a student at — some that may even address press- be working on mine right alongside them. ing issues in society such as education, Jana La Sorte runs a creative agency beach or pool. Chapel Haven School in New transportation, and healthcare — into Ambassadora which advises global arts You can have barbecues outside Haven, CT. She has been a achievable plans that include prototypes and social impact organizations on growth for the warm days sure are writer for Education Update for and operations, marketing, and financial strategies. Her consulting includes orga- coming. several years. plans. The ideas that have emerged over nizational strategy and operations; pro- the last three summers from high school gram development/management; funding and first-year college students have been and strategic partnership development; amazing and so needed, and some of creating story narrative and marketing them are still being moved forward by materials; and comprehensive commu- the teams. The students inspire me to not nity engagement. An arts curator and Leaders in Education only keep learning more but also to get producer, she is a former executive direc- some of my own business ideas off the tor of the international arts organization ground. Urban Bush Women. While there, she One of them is to package more cul- executive produced three season presen- tural entrepreneurship learning for artists tations; booked the company in the New who increasingly are recognizing — and York City regional area and oversaw embracing — their roles as CEOs and worldwide bookings; co-produced a tour chief marketing officers of their own to South America working with the U.S. cultural companies. This has been excit- Department of State and BAM (Brooklyn ing to see and be a part of through teach- Academy of Music); developed and man- ing at graduate and undergraduate lev- aged programs; secured funding; and els for SUNY New Paltz, Northeastern managed all operations. She was select- University, and Hunter College among ed as an international Chief Executive others. Colleges and educational pro- Fellow by the prestigious arts industry grams at all levels are taking note of the organization National Arts Strategies. A rising demand arts and culture students former jazz saxophonist and music DJ, have for startup business acumen and are she has worked in music for over 25 also beginning to understand the STEAM years and has led / managed initiatives movement of teaching to which I fiercely for GRAMMY Award-winning artists and belong. The arts utilize research, science, organizations in jazz including Terence technology, business, and tap innovative Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at ideas. Lincoln Center; and Motema Music. She The MBA elective course I will launch has taught cultural entrepreneurship and and teach this fall at SUNY New Paltz is policy for Northeastern University and especially exciting as I have tailored it to Hunter College and teaches entrepre- the outstanding music students coming neurship for the Zahn Innovation Center L-R: Pola Rosen, Belle O’Brien, Joyce Cowin from the school’s music department and at The City College of New York. # 18 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

Notre Dame Fire Stuns Roads After the World & Spurs High School By DR. POLA ROSEN on Russian, German and International estoration ebate Two students, graduates of Regis Studies. R D were recently interviewed by Education Thomas Gilmore will attend Ave Maria By SHARON FLESCHER, Ph.D. will tell. Many of the cathedral’s pre- Update to find out what their next steps University in Florida on a half tuition The Cathedral of Notre Dame has cious objects were saved; some were were. Harry Brett-Butcher plans to go to scholarship. He plans to play on the stood for more 800 years at the very removed during the fire, while others St. Andrews in Scotland. Part of his fam- men’s volleyball team and have a double center of Paris, literally and figuratively were removed even before, to protect ily lives in England. He plans to focus major.# (the spot from which all official distanc- them while the cathedral was undergo- es from the city are mea- ing renovation, ironically sured). Although other intended to shore up the GUEST EDITORIAL French Gothic cathedrals spire and attic beams. are architecturally purer Mercifully, no lives were Cuba: A World Leader in Human Rights (Chartres, for example), lost. it is Notre Dame that Recently, much of the By KATE MOODY, Ed.D. 25 percent of the world’s prisoners! Have everyone knows and vis- focus has been on the risk Many conservative critics of Cuba have their rights to freedom been abridged? its. Statistics show that it of lead contamination to hijacked the words “human rights.” They Cuba has been praised by the UN for its is the most visited tourist workers and the nearby use the term narrowly to refer to past education, including universal preschool, site in Paris. Adding to community. The destroyed abuses of dissidents and ignore the human achievements in reading, math, science, its aura is its fame from roof had lead sheathing, as rights imperatives of healthcare and edu- and the arts. Its literacy rate is 98 percent. It Victor’s Hugo’s 1831 did the spire. cation, for which Cuba is a world leader. outperforms most other countries including novel, The Hunchback of Restoration plans have And the critics who target Cuba seem to the U.S. All education is free in contrast to Notre Dame. aroused controversy – turn a blind eye toward others. Where is the US, where many parents pay thousands So, it is no surprise that how to resolve the ten- their outrage about Saudi Arabia where of dollars in tuition for preschool alone. when tragedy struck on sion between architectural women until recently were prohibited In Cuba, state sponsored daycare centers the evening of April 15, 2019, and flames purity, modern technology, conserva- from driving or working without the per- were established in the 1960s with the pur- shot high in the air, toppling the cathe- tion ethics, and long-term preservation. mission of their husband or other male rel- pose of enabling parents to work. dral’s wood and lead spire — a 19th Should the oak “forest,” for example, ative? How about the Philippines where Technical schools also are free and pro- century addition by the architect Viollet dating to the 12th/13th century, be rep- a president has endorsed the murder of vide post-secondary education for those le Duc — and destroying much of the licated? Could it be replicated? What thousands of suspected drug dealers with- who do not attend university. By contrast, roof beneath it, the world was mes- about the spire, which, after all, wasn’t out due process? And the United States, in the U.S., most who attend college merized. French President Emmanuel original to the Cathedral? Should it be where millions of people can’t claim the must borrow dangerously large sums of Macron vowed to rebuild the cathedral replicated? fundamental human right of well-funded money resulting in 1.4 trillion dollars of quickly (too quickly, many experts say) An open letter signed by more than health care or a quality education. outstanding student debt. and to start a fundraising campaign. 1,000 conservators, academics, and other On this point, Raúl Castro got it. He Another human rights achievement in Within days, approximately one billion art specialists — including former Met said, at a press conference with President Cuba is universal free healthcare. Since dollars was raised, spurred by a competi- Museum director Philippe de Montebello Obama in 2015, “Countries that do not the revolution in 1959 Cuba has educated tion between two of France’s wealthiest — was published in Le Figaro on April provide universal healthcare, education more than 250,000 medical doctors who businessmen as well as contributions 28 asking President Macron to proceed for all, and equal pay are in no position to serve as local family doctors, or work in from the general public. cautiously with the renovations, rather lecture Cuba about human rights.” polyclinics or hospitals across the coun- We still do not know for certain what than rush to rebuild in time for the Before we hammer Cuba or other try. The infant mortality rate in Cuba is caused the fire, but arson and terrorism 2024 Paris Olympics. But it appears countries about human rights, we need to lower than the U.S. and their life expec- were quickly ruled out. What is clear is that Macron does have a 2024 goal. The look more carefully at the human rights tancy is comparable to the world’s most that the building’s construction — with complications of restoration and clean up picture here at home. Both education and advanced countries. its “forest” in the attic (actually called la (the latter still on-going as of this writ- healthcare are in such disarray that their In addition to caring for its own people, forêt in French) of 1,300 ancient dry oak ing) may require a serious adjustment to lack could be considered a human rights Cuba has sent tens of thousands of doc- beams — and the absence of sprinklers that target date. abuse. We know that we need to train tors to underserved areas of 67 other and firewalls in the attic where the fire 3D Scans and an IFAR Evening more good teachers and increase num- countries — mostly in the Americas and started, facilitated the spread of flames. The restoration process will be aided bers of mental health counselors—yet Africa — to provide for the human rights The lack of firewalls was intentional, an by the existence of detailed 3D laser the federal administration’s budget for of those individuals to medical services. esthetic and art-historical decision that is scans of Notre Dame that were made in this year cut 3.6 BILLION dollars (which Dr. Antonio López Rodríguez, rector of now being second-guessed. Fire security 2015 by the late Professor Andrew Tallon is five percent compared to the 2017 the Latin American School of Medicine procedures are also being reviewed – as a of Vassar College, which will be made budget, according to the US Department (ELAM) in Havana explained, “In Cuba misunderstanding when the initial alarm available to the French authorities. His of Education) from education services. we provide medical service according went off, cost dearly. By the time a sec- colleague, Professor Lindsay Cook, also Education is a human right. to need, not checkbook.” ELAM also ond alarm sounded twenty-three minutes of Vassar, will be showing those digital Health care is also a fundamental trains medical students, having graduated later, and firefighters were called, the fire scans at an IFAR Evening program orga- human right, but the U.S. grossly under- 29,639 doctors from 115 countries in the had a disastrous head start. nized by the International Foundation for performs in providing healthcare for all. last 20 years. But it could have been much worse. Art Research. Several other specialists Many people are refusing to go to their There are many kinds of human rights, Early fears that the entire cathedral in medieval art and stone conservation doctors because of the high cost. We and we must not overlook the fundamental would crumble didn’t materialize, due in will also be speaking. The edited and don’t even provide core preventive mea- right of all people to healthcare and educa- part to the heroic efforts of hundreds of illustrated proceedings will be published sures such as contraceptives, prenatal tion. Give credit where credit is due. # firefighters. The main cathedral structure in our IFAR Journal. This is a story that and maternity care, as do most developed Dr. Kate Moody, a lifelong educator, and its stained-glass windows “appear to will be around for years. # countries, and Cuba. now retired from the University of Texas be” intact, but it is feared that the stone Sharon Flescher is the Executive Some politicians point to the jailing of Medical Branch at Galveston, is author façade and mortar are still at risk due Director of the International Foundation political dissidents in Cuba, seemingly of The People’s Professors of Cuba: How to exposure from the intense heat, and for Art Research (IFAR). For additional oblivious to our own practices. The incar- the Nation Achieved Education for All. later water. Only meticulous inspection information, please visit ifar.org. ceration rate in the U.S. is the highest in Lexington Books (a division of Rowman the world. The United States has about Littlefield), 2018. Contact info: K. Moody NEXT ISSUE: HEALTH IN VENEZUELA five percent of the world’s population, but at [email protected]. SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 19

SPORTS Beacon College… Judo: Nick Delpopolo Learns ears oung By EILEEN30 MARINAKIS Y es, Yand in 1989, founded Beacon College. From the Past with Bronze Imagine if you will the frustrations The college was awarded a license to faced by students with learning and atten- operate by the state of Florida. Its early tion issues, along with their parents, growth in Leesburg, Florida was at a gla- in Pan Am Games when they are repeatedly told, overtly cial pace, but slowly the word began to By MIKE COHEN or subtlety, to lower their educational spread and the enrollment incrementally Nick Delpopolo did what Olympic achievement expectations. Meanwhile, grew. Several baccalaureate and associ- Judoka’s do and fought back. After los- these individuals are hopeful that pro- ate degrees were available to the Beacon ing his first round match in the 2019 vided the right programs delivered by undergraduates. Pan American Games in Lima, Peru this education specialists prepared in the field Beacon College earned accreditation summer, Delpopolo won his next two of special education, assisted by quali- by the Southern Association of Schools bouts to win the bronze medal in the Peruana de Judo Federación fied ancillary support, and delivered in and Colleges (SACS) in 2008. The Board men’s middleweight division. The 17-day the right community, these heretofore of Trustees grew to include an enlarged multi-sport event ended on August 11 underserved students could reach their body of individuals, some of whom were with a spirited closing ceremony in front maximum potential. Those with grit well informed about the issues these of a capacity crowd of 50,000 people at may embark on the search for an appro- learners faced while others were new Lima’s National Stadium. There were priate post-secondary education place- to the challenges. All became commit- nearly 7,000 athletes from 41 competing Two judoka, Nick Delpopolo and ment. However, all too often the search ted to the mission of the college and countries. For Delpopolo, who has com- Eduardo Araujo, prepare for for thousands upon thousands of these contributed their knowledge, talents, and peted in two Olympics, this was his first competition in the 73 kg division learners fails and they are destined to treasures. Pan American Games. lives of frustration, disappointment, and By 2011, the Board of Trustees faced “It’s a bittersweet performance,” said MMA fighter, but with the lure of a third underachievement. the reality that a change in leadership Delpopolo, 30, who grew up in Westfield, Olympics in front of him, his focus is For them the higher education horizon along with a reaffirmed mission and New Jersey, and presently lives in Fort now squarely on 2020 in Japan. remained dim until late in the 1980s when expanded vision were essential if Beacon Worth, Texas. “You always want to win “The road to success isn’t always a small group of parents of students with College were to advance beyond its start- gold, however I injured my knee in March upwards as much as we would like it learning and attention issues organized up phase. The Board was determined to and only fought one match since then and to be,” said Delpopolo. There are some to found Beacon College. The college’s change the national trajectory for this it was a brief encounter in which I lost. I bumps and bruises to be had. I know I start-up was challenging, the outlook underserved population by first perfect- have a lot of competition rust to shake off. have it in me to go back to the Olympics daunting and the outcomes uncertain. ing the Beacon College model. A highly I felt pumped after the bronze medal and take a medal. That’s been my lifelong The financial resources were limited, but intense one-day retreat was conducted match, especially after losing such an goal.” the determination of the founding mem- by the Board, inclusive of members of ugly first encounter. It shows me that I For Delpopolo, judo is his passion. He bers was strong. They came from varying the Senior Staff of the Administration. still belong out here and have a lot of was a wrestling star in high school before backgrounds, but shared the common The result was a framework clarifying resilience and experience to go off of.” a serious knee injury sent him back to experience of parenting young men and the role description and expectations for With his bronze medal secured, the sport he trained in as a youngster, at women for whom there was no collegiate the next President. Following a national Delpopolo continues to write a comeback the Cranford Judo Karate Center, in New fit. They organized, pooled their resourc- continued on page 26 story that seemed beyond improbable Jersey. when he was suddenly sent home before “The Olympic dream was instilled in the end of the 2012 games in London for me from the day I walked in the door,” a positive marijuana test. He said that said Delpopolo. ack to ampus he had accidentally eaten a pot brownie. As he looks ahead to the next year B C Delpopolo had already posted a respect- of intense training leading up to all the able 7th place finish in London when the qualifiers for the 2020 Olympics, he reetings test results were made public. He had his knows that he is only as good as the By MARTHA E. POLLACK,G a way to share Cornell’s culture, stan- wins stripped from the record books and team that surrounds him. His girlfriend PRESIDENT, dards, and expectations with those new embarrassed in front of the world. For of 11 years, Carrie Chandler, a five-time CORNELL UNIVERSITY to our community. I am now pleased someone who was a gold medal hopeful national champion in the sport, not only As we begin the 2019–2020 academic to share the statement of core values. before the games and a star on the rise helps him with his judo moves but she year, I want to take this opportunity Cornell is a uniquely American univer- for USA judo, Delpopolo, 21, at the time, does all the behind the scenes work from to welcome all of you to—or back sity built on uniquely American ideals of found himself on the outside of the sport managing his social media to booking his to—campus. The first days of a new opportunity, diversity, and free speech. looking in. travel plans. semester are, for all of us, a time of “Any person… any study” is a reflection “The London experience is something “She’s my rock, she’s my best friend,” excitement and potential: a time to look of that legacy—of our founding prin- I’ll still never ever forget despite the glar- said Delpopolo. ahead at the boundless possibilities ciple that an institution that is open, to ing asterisk,” said Delpopolo. “It was my His parents, Dominick and Joyce that await all of us at Cornell. They people and to ideas, will create a better first Olympic team and I fought well plac- Delpopolo, along with his sister, Helen, are also a time of ambition: a time environment for discovery and learn- ing 7th. Coming home early and fighting have always been there for him through- to reassess what we wish to achieve ing than one that is narrow in whom it my way back shaped who I am today as out his entire judo journey. He trains out and whom we aspire to become, both will admit or what it will teach. This an athlete, a person and most importantly, of the Fort Worth Judo Club and credits as individuals and as a community. belief, at the heart of Cornell’s identity mentor to others.” it with giving him the confidence needed As those of you returning to Cornell will for 154 years, is now our responsibil- Delpopolo did make it all the way back. to excel. remember, last semester we undertook ity: to strive always for excellence and Again placing 7th in the 2016 Olympics “Things actually haven’t gone better a community-wide process of devel- purpose, to be open to the ideas and in Rio. This time his finish was official. for me in a long time,” said Delpopolo. oping, through focus groups, listen- people we encounter here, and to take Still, he had to fight an intense wave of “I could not have done this without all of ing sessions, and feedback, a statement an active role in building a community negativity directed at him along the entire their efforts.” # of Cornell’s Core Values. The creation of scholarship and engagement where training period leading up to the games, In addition to being the Sports Editor of such a statement, recommended by every member has the chance to thrive. resulting from his failed drug test and of Education Update, Mike Cohen is the the Presidential Task Force on Campus I wish you all the best for a wonderful the stigma attached to it. He was unsure Founder/Director of Throwback Sports Climate and the Provost’s Task Force to and productive start to the semester. # if he wanted to continue competing for (a sports and educational program for Enhance Faculty Diversity, was intend- This article originally appears in The USA Judo after all he had been through. people of all abilities). He can be reached ed both to develop a shared sense of Cornell Daily Sun. Used with permis- He mulled over becoming a professional at [email protected]. what it means to be a Cornellian, and as sion. 20 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

Outstanding Educators of the Year 2019

(L-R) Alan Sebel (Leadership Prof., Grad. School of Ed., Touro College), Dominick D’Angelo (Principal IS 228 David A Boody, Brooklyn), Shenzhen Liao (Dir. of Ed., China Institute, accepting the award for Prof. Ben Wang), Forest Fisher (Prof. of Mathematics, Guttman CC), Mary Gatta (Sociology Prof., Guttman CC), Filippo Dispenza (STEM Teacher & Robotics Coach, John Dewey HS), Doreen Esposito (Principal PS 290 Manhattan New School), Sereida Rodríguez-Guerra (Principal PS 84 José de Diego, Brooklyn), Akeem Barnes (Social Studies Teacher, Riverdale Avenue Middle School, Brooklyn), Steven M.P. Neier (Assistant Dean, St. John’s U.), Ilene Rothschild (Spec. Ed. Prof., Mercy College), Anthony Conelli (Leadership Dept. Chair, Bank Street College of Ed.), Marian Stoltz-Loike (Dean, Lander College of Women, Touro College), Atara Grenadir (Art Prof., Touro College), Alexandria Timoll (Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Uncommon Schools, Brooklyn), Charo Uceda (L-R) Felix Matos Rodriguez (Chancellor, CUNY) (Founder & CEO, Uceda Schools), Deirdre A. Deangelis-D’Alessio (Principal, New Dorp HS, Staten Island) & & William Thompson Michael Wiesenfeld (Head of English Dept. & Mock Trial Program Coach, Dwight School, New York) (Chairman of the CUNY Board of Trustees)

(L-R) Erminia Claudio (Executive Director of (L-R) Adam Sugerman Operations, Council of School Supervisors and (Publisher, Education Update), Administrators), Doreen Esposito (Principal, PS 290), John Kerney (L-R) Katy Coppinger (Executive Director of Amy O’Brien (Assistant Principal, PS 290) (CEO, The Winchendon School) Development, Mercy College) & Charlotte Frank & Henry Rubio (Executive Vice President, Council & Sean Duncan (Senior, Vice President, McGraw-Hill Education) of School Supervisors and Administrators) (Head of School, Winchendon)

(L-R) Lee Hall, Tim Hall (President, Mercy College) (L-R) Herman Rosen (Education Update) & John (L-R) Scott Evenbeck (President, Guttman Community & Pola Rosen (Publisher, Education Update) Russell (Executive Director, The Windward Institute) College) & Tim Hall (President, Mercy College) SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 21

Outstanding Educators of the Year 2019

(L-R) Pola Rosen presenting a Distinguished Leader in Education award to Joyce Cowin for founding the (L-R) Windward School Patricia Wolff presenting (L-R) Tim Hall (President, Mercy College) & Brian Cowin Literacy Program at Teachers College award to John Russell Johnson (Vice President, Mercy College Manhattan)

The entire room responded when CUNY Chancellor Scott Evenbeck Michael Sampson Matos Rodríguez asked how many people in this (President, Guttman Community College) (Dean, School of Education, St. John’s University) room attended one of the CUNY schools?

(L-R) Jay Hershenson (Vice President, Department of Communications and Marketing, Queens College), Enjoying the festivities, including (standing and Vita Rabinowitz (Executive Vice Chancellor and (L-R) James Basker (President, Gilder-Lehrman laughing) Andrew Gardner (Vice President University Provost, CUNY), Pola Rosen (Publisher, Institute of American History) & Professional Learning, BrainPOP Educators), (sit- Education Update), Félix Matos Rodríguez Joyce Cowin (Founder, Cowin Financial Literacy, ting) John Kerney and Sean Duncan (Winchendon), (Chancellor, CUNY) & William Tramontano Teachers College) (laughing at left) Henry Rubio (Executive VP, CSA) (President, Queens College) 22 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS

CELEBRATING WOMEN IN JULY 1, 2020 NEW YORK STATE HISTORY Deadline Female Collar Workers from Cluett, All entrants must use Individual and group Peabody & Co. support the World War I entries welcome. historical records. Three awards (grades Troy War Chest in a parade along 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12) will be Historical records are: Photographs • Letters • Diaries River Street in Troy, NY, 1917. presented in Fall 2020. Maps • Broadsides/posters • Deeds, and more For official guidelines New York State Archives and an entry form: Categories: Computer-based projects like websites, www.nysarchivestrust.org PowerPoint presentations, etc. • Exhibits • Documentaries click on: Education Performances • Historic marker proposals • Research papers New York State Archives Partnership Trust PROGRAM PARTNERS An official entry form must accompany each application. 9C49 Cultural Education Center Albany, New York 12230 Funding for these awards is provided by generous contributions from donors to (518) 473-7091 the Archives Partnership Trust, a 501(c)3 organization. The Trust builds education, [email protected] preservation and outreach programs not funded by the State making accessible over 350 years of New York’s colonial and state government records housed in the State Archives. The State Archives is a program of the New York State Education Department. www.nysarchivestrust.org SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 23

High School Reunions: The Lack of Music and Art High Student Attendance: School, NYC Feed Them Carrots, By DR. POLA ROSEN fessor of music at the Conservatory of Originally, the “Castle on the Hill,” as Music at SUNY Purchase, gave a bril- its students called Music and Art High liant performance of the Schubert Sonata They Will Come School in the 50s and 60s, occupied in Bb and the Chopin sonata No. 3 in B By DIMPLE J. MARTIN, Ph.D., a lofty perch almost adjacent to The Minor at the Bechstein Piano Center in MILES COLLEGE, City College of New York on 137th New York City. He ended with his own BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Street and Convent Avenue. Comprised delightful composition called “Rag.” As a professor who just completed their of talented and gifted students from all Computer, performer, intellectual, pro- first academic school year, I was naïve to parts of New York City, from all ethnic fessor, he personifies the term “Music believe that students regularly attended groups, from all socio-economic levels, and Art High School graduate.” Other class. As college students, I thought they long before the concerted effort to inte- students in the class were Erica Jong, would demonstrate a level of commit- grate all groups became the education Caroline Birenbaum, Paul Shapshak, ment and focus regarding their future. mantra, the school was an idyllic place Vivian Fenster, Gloria Stern, and so To my chagrin, my initial assumptions for study and music. The dean, Mr. Kane, many more. were in stark contrast to my expectations. a walking lexicon of eight letter words, “Meet me under Toscanini,” most stu- Unaware, I was often lectured to by my was certainly not a figure to be feared. dents said to their friends, referring to colleagues about the chronic absentee- The string ensemble and violin teacher, the sculpture in the main lobby of the old ism among students. As I intently lis- Dimple J. Martin, Ph.D. Mr. Isidore Russ, was indelibly etched in building, which still occupies a place of tened about a behavior that somehow the hearts and minds of his students. To honor in the relatively new quarters near became normalized, I often had nothing improve my own skill-sets to exceed this day, 40 years later, all his students Lincoln Center. Alumni can still echo the to add to the conversations because I was the status quo. I am constantly think- can echo the familiar refrain, “make your refrain as they meet after many years, not experiencing the effects of chronic ing about ways to enhance the students' fingers into little hammers and come devoted to the ideals and education that absenteeism. For the most part, my stu- learning experience. Contrary to what down hard on the strings!” the school provided to its community of dents regularly came to class. Therefore, many believe, students are keenly aware Recently, graduate Steve Lubin, a pro- students. # I viewed student absence from a different of teachers who are prepared. I feel lens than my colleagues. As I continued that when students notice that you have to reflect on my experience, I asked the methodically given consideration to what following questions: “Why were my stu- you teach, they in turn will respect your andarin mmersion as a dents committed?” and “Why did they efforts. This level of preparedness signals M I feel obligated?” In retrospect, there could that you are totally invested in the out- possibly be three carrots that I gave my come of their future. Be prepared, they Gateway to the Future students to nibble on. will come. By SHENZHAN LIAO, SENIOR Contrary to some concerns that learning Carrot of Preparedness Carrot of High Expectations VP OF ED., CHINA INSTITUTE two languages at the same time might As a teacher, I feel compelled to pro- As we all know, your reputation pre- Does the future still speak Mandarin? confuse a developing brain and lag devel- vide my students with quality instruc- cedes you. This is true in my case. As parents exploring potential schools opment in the first language, research tion. In doing so, I am respecting their In the hallways and in the classrooms, for their children (for some it might be consistently demonstrates that bilingual time, monetary investments, and dreams. I am often scrutinized and misunder- before the children were born!), this may children are able to achieve a higher level Whenever my students came to class, I stood. From the voices of students, “Dr. be one question that is worth considering. of reading in English, as well as math. intentionally modeled preparedness and Martin’s classes are tough!” Of course, Today, Mandarin has never been more Indeed, as Dr. Tara W. Fortune from organization because I value their exis- I beg to differ, but I am able to accept popular as a language to learn in early the Center for Advanced Research on tence. Therefore, I plan and study to continued on page 29 childhood education for a myriad of Language Acquisition at the University reasons, not just when we consider the of Minnesota points out, being bilingual advantages knowing Mandarin may hold helps with the first language, as the child for the future. learns to understand how different parts Studies have demonstrated many of languages work, referred by linguists wight lobal benefits of starting one’s early child- as “metalinguistic awareness”. Since 1872,D Dwight’s mission has ules.G hood education with learning a second What sets Mandarin Chinese apart been to ignite the spark of genius in • Dwight Global offers in-person expe- language, especially in an immersion is that it is a tonal language, that is, every child. Dwight Global Online riences on Dwight’s campus in New York program, where 50–100 percent of the the meaning of a sound changes by its School extends this legacy and enhances several times a year, which create com- instruction is given in the target lan- pitch. The written Chinese language is Dwight’s ability to personalize learning munity — students meet and bond with guage. The goal of such programs is not based on the alphabet, like Roman and customize an educational path for their classmates and faculty, socialize, for children to be bilingual, i.e., age- languages such as English or Spanish, every student. engage in activities, and learn together on appropriate proficient in a language in but on “characters”, pictographic symbols • Our students have found that the pur- campus, differentiating Dwight Global addition to their native tongues. In a visualizing the meaning of the sound. suit of excellence in one domain does not from other online schools. Mandarin immersion preschool in the As a result, Mandarin Chinese by nature mean having to settle in others. Dwight • Dwight Global students participate U.S., it’s aimed toward bilingualism in triggers completely different parts of the Global Online School students, who hail in Dwight’s international exchange pro- English and Mandarin Chinese (acknowl- brain for children who are native English from around the world, include com- grams and trips to Dwight campuses in edging that Chinese has a variety of sub- speakers. Especially for those between petitive athletes, pre-professional ballet New York, London, Seoul, Shanghai, dialects including Mandarin, Cantonese, the ages of 2–5, a critical time for lan- dancers, working actors and actresses, and Dubai. Shanghainese, Fujiannese, etc. in addition guage development, exposing the brain and entrepreneurs, who are pursuing their • An online school like no other, Dwight to completely different languages among to a different “wiring system” helps maxi- dreams at the highest levels without Global combines real-time online video ethnic groups in China). Ultimately, bilin- mize its capacity to make sense of differ- sacrificing academics. They can attend conferencing seminars, Oxford-style gualism deepens a child’s cognitive and ences and denote specifics. For example, classes from anywhere, and have the tutorials, and a college-style schedule social/emotional learning while sharp- the ability to tell the nuances of pitches built-in flexibility needed to accommo- to provide students with the intimacy of ening executive functions of the brain, that may be natural for toddlers might be date their individual busy training, travel, an independent school coupled with the especially when exposed at a young age. continued on page 26 and competition or performance sched- freedom to pursue their passions. # 24 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

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A Family Practice see the fertility process as a journey. It Crohn's & Colitis Gala History Teacher of the Year continued from page 14 continued from page 14 can sometimes take time to diagnose continued from page 16 serve our patients. This facility has been and treat an infertility problem, which ter, now a college student in Atlanta, Outstanding Teacher Award in 2017 and five years in the planning and building can be quite frustrating. However, if raised tens of thousands of dollars by the Rotary Teacher of the Year in 1999 and has been informed by decades of they are committed to the process, we designing, manufacturing, and selling and 2012, and appeared in Profiles in experience. We calculated the space we will eventually know what the cause of bracelets since the age of eleven. Excellence for the Arcadia School need and designed it to support the way their infertility is. This is very important, Honorees included Nicole Pozzi, District in 2001. She has been published we work as a team. For example, we because understanding what the problem Esq., Woman of Distinction in Law; in the Social Studies Review, the Journal designed the operating rooms and the is and why you have to undergo fertility Tanya Zuckerbrot, MS, RD, Woman of the California Council for the Social laboratory so that they don’t get in the treatment helps people find the strength of Distinction in Health and Wellness; Studies, and has presented throughout way of each other, but so that we can and patience to go through the process. Barry Salky, MD, FACS at Mt. Sinai California at conferences. also work together through pass-through I spend a lot of time with my patients in Manhattan, and Brooke Stimmel, a Michael Neagle, Pyne Arts Magnet windows. This feature, which doesn’t helping them to understand this because Rising Star who is an emerging investi- School, Lowell, MA exist at hospitals, is absolutely essential I think it’s so important. gator in the field of Inflammatory Bowel Michael Neagle has because it will minimize the time that EdUp: What is the biggest miscon- Disease. taught history at the an embryo is outside of the incubator ception that women who are looking to The main dining room was packed with Pyne Arts Magnet down to around thirty seconds. On top conceive have about the fertility treat- parents and students during the luncheon; School in Lowell, of that, everyone in the facility – from ment process? as students spoke about their victories, Massachusetts, since the surgeons to anesthesiologist to nurses GK: Many women believe that no many parents wiped tears from their 2012. He has been rec- to administrative staff – is dedicated to matter what their age, they can get preg- eyes. Resilience and fortitude were the ognized as a 2020 fertility medicine. We all work together nant, but this isn’t true. It is all about mantra of the day. # Massachusetts Teacher every day and operate as a cohesive the quality of eggs a woman produces, of the Year Semi- team. and this quality naturally decreases with Hunter Fulbright Winners Finalist and the 2014 EdUp: For people considering fertil- age. Again, that’s why I recommend, to continued from page 16 Lowell Teacher of the Year, and received ity treatment, what’s the most important any woman who wants to have children the 2018 Don Salvucci Civics Award and thing you want them to know? at some point in her life but who isn’t Destination: Netherlands 2017 Teacher Change Maker Award from GK: For any woman who is interested in ready yet to freeze her eggs when she is • Sean O’Hara, Class of 2019, Generation Citizen. building a family at some point in her life, younger to preserve this option. Destination: Macedonia Scott Noet, Owatonna Public I would say the following: consider a fam- JK: Many people believe that IVF • Aidana Razhap, Class of 2019, Schools, Owatonna, MN ily as early as possible to ensure that your is a year-long process. I’ve had some Destination: Georgia Scott Noet has been a eggs are healthy. And if that’s not possible patients go through the whole process To get expert help with apply- 7th and 8th grade social now, I’d recommend that they consider in months and others who take a slower ing for Fulbright grants and other studies teacher at freezing their eggs at an earlier age. We’ve approach. So much depends on the indi- national awards, Hunter students and Owatonna Public now reached a point with our technology vidual. Another misconception is that graduates should contact The Ruth & Schools in Owatonna, where frozen eggs have the same success IVF is cost-prohibitive. The cost has Harold Newman Office of Prestigious Minnesota, since 1996. rate as fresh eggs, so the benefit of taking come down significantly, even from ten Scholarships & Fellowships at (212) He has been recognized action early on and preserving this option years ago, and the fact is that a lot of 396-6910 or e-mail [email protected]. with a 2019 NEA is tremendous. Along with advances in insurance companies will now cover a edu. # Award for Teaching technology, which have taken more than significant portion of the cost, so it’s Excellence and has twenty years to perfect, the cost of this good to investigate what your benefits our children is a mindset open to explore been a Minnesota Teacher of the Year procedure has also come down consider- are before concluding that it’s beyond anything new equipped with the ability Finalist in 2017 and the president and ably, so it is often much more affordable your financial reach. # to do so. vice president of the Minnesota Council than many women realize. While language immersion is proven for the Social Studies 2008–2016. Among JK: I think it’s important that people to be beneficial, given the current ten- other publications, he has written chap- Mandarin Immersion sions between the U.S. and China, par- ters and lesson plans on biodiversity and continued from page 23 ents may also wonder whether it is still green architecture for a STEM book Beacon College...30 Years largely diminished in adulthood. While worth it. Five years ago, this wouldn’t be published by Deutsche Bank. continued from page 19 it is not the only time for one to develop a question as curiosity and demand for John Zingale, iTech Preparatory, search, the Board in 2013 selected Dr. a second language proficiency (I myself Mandarin Chinese instruction coincided Vancouver, WA George J. Hagerty, President Emeritus didn’t start to learn English until I was in with China rising as a world economic John Zingale is a histo- of Franklin Pierce University, to serve middle school), it certainly helps tremen- and political power. For parents who see ry teacher at iTech as Beacon College’s third President. dously for children to obtain a much more learning Mandarin as a long-term career Preparatory in President Hagerty continues to serve as “natural” command of the language (and investment, this might seem problematic Vancouver, Beacon’s President and has provided much more effortlessly!) if they choose in the moment but educating a child is Washington. He has the excellence in leadership that was to continue studying the language later never a momentary project. been a Vancouver desperately needed in order to advance in life. Beyond individual development, learn- Public School K–5 its mission. In his book The Bilingual Revolution: ing Mandarin Chinese opens the door to social studies curricu- Today, Beacon College is celebrating The Future of Education Is in Two a civilization with over 5000 years of lum specialist and a its 30th Anniversary. Now educating over Languages, Dr. Fabrice Jaumont right- rich history, which goes beyond what’s board member for the 400 students and offering an expanded fully notes that parents choose bilingual at stake between the U.S. and China University of Portland Teacher Learning number of baccalaureate and associate programs for different reasons: some over trade. More so, it is important to Network, and has presented at confer- degrees inclusive of a comprehensively want to sustain their heritage, others recognize that the U.S. and China will ences in the integration of technology in structured career development program, are interested in the benefits for cogni- be the two most important and influ- education, such as the 2016 Google along with a high quality student life tive development, yet others might be ential countries in the next decade and Summit and Northwest Council for program, Beacon College was recently interested in planning for a career path in our children’s lifetime. Learning its Computer Education conference in ranked #1 in our nation by Peterson’s with more alternatives. Regardless of language — currently the most popular Seattle. # in their evaluation of colleges educat- the motivations, the shared understand- spoken language in the world — and ing students with learning and attention ing is bilingualism / multilingualism is culture creates a connection sure to pro- The Writing Center issues. The Board and Administration good for our children as their brains will vide an advantage when looking at future at Hunter College has are now in discussions planning for an be challenged, their world views will be educational and career-based endeavors. been renamed “The enrollment goal of 600 learners. # broadened, and their ability to deal with Case in point, Mr. James B. Heimowitz, Eileen Marinakis is emeritus of the uncertainties and solve problems will President of China Institute, who studied Lewis Burke Frumkes staff of Public Health Service Hospital on be refined. In a world that is constantly Chinese at the Little Red School in New Center for Writing Staten Island and served as the chair of more connected at a speed outpacing any York City at the peak of the Cold War and Culture” for its the Board of Trustees of Beacon College. previous generations, the best gift to give continued on page 30 founder and director. SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 27

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Educating Gifted Students her lab to get more targeted guidance continued from page 12 about the topic. In any of these situations, sk he earning pecialist some time listing tasks he can do on his my function as a learning specialist is to A T L S own and also a ‘hit list’ of material he help students learn how to take charge of We are excited to announce Dr. Rebecca Mannis’ monthly column, where needs to review with an adult’s support. their learning so that they have increased she responds to questions posed by Education Update readers. Dr. Mannis For a student who has a fast-paced cur- agency, confidence, and ability as inde- will use your submissions as a springboard for discussion with experts in riculum and who commutes, the self- pendent learners. medicine, education, and child development. We believe this will serve to advocacy skills may develop by learning Barbara: If you could give a message encourage dialogue from different perspectives and enable parents and how to e-mail a teacher to communicate that you knew that people would hear, educators access to critical information and insights. Please submit your her concerns. Another school whose cur- what would it be? questions at [email protected]. We look riculum I support encourages students to Rebecca: First, I think we’re living at forward to a rich conversation about ways to translate neuroscience and create a meeting agenda in advance of a time of great opportunity to embrace education into action plans that enhance the experiences of children, fami- meeting individually with a teacher. So the individual. But we need to help that lies, schools, and society. rather than telling the Chemistry teacher, individual learn how to appreciate him- ‘I don’t understand stoichiometry,’ the self or herself as part of a community of student is encouraged to consider what learners. Also, this is a time when there’s that are of interest. But we also? want to community in appreciating neurodiver- she didn’t understand about the data from great opportunity to aim for passions consider a given person’s role in society sity. But we also know that the brain for the long run because we don’t know is plastic and that there’s tremendous how careers or other avenues are going capacity for adaptability. From my point to develop over time. Careers that didn’t of view, we want to embrace differences GLOSSARY: TERMS RELATED exist when we attended Harvard’s School and help students learn toward what they of Education are now disciplines unto particularly love and via approaches TO GIFTEDNESS EDUCATION themselves, and ones that our students’ that align with their cognitive profiles. grandparents honed no longer exist. So But we also know what Charles Darwin Differentiated Instruction — A trend in education toward teachers provid- let’s help students be conscious of who found, that the species that developed ing each student with instruction and tasks that speak to that student’s learning they are and grasp for the golden ring were those that were able to adapt. So profile, including various ways of taking in information and modifying to ensure that they want, while also learning how hopefully a next trend in education com- mastery. to be flexible, and work or communicate bines appreciation for neurodiversity and Educational Remediation — Customized instruction designed to address in a novel situation. That will give them the capacity for students with skills to underlying difficulties using methods and materials that are attuned to strengths or skills and the ability to cognitively and adjust to differences that await them. deficits in processes related to learning, such as language, memory, spatial skills, emotionally adjust to life’s curve balls. Barbara: So you are saying that at motor planning, and executive functions. This methodology enables strengthening Barbara: You know that reminds me some point, schools are going to cele- of skills in tandem with increased awareness of one’s own thought processes. that I recently had a really meaning- brate and parents will celebrate the broad Enrichment — Extension of basic curriculum that encourages students to apply ful conversation with Jim McManus, range of styles of students within the concepts in new formats. Students who are gifted in one area are often strong the former Executive Director of the same classroom, right? It’s just a fact that candidates for activities that enable them to link material they have mastered in California Association of Independent we all learn in different ways, and we’ve creative and interdisciplinary ways. Schools (CAIS). He was talking about been sold this bill of goods that you have diversity and inclusion. He feels that to learn in a particular way, and it has to Executive Functions — Thinking processes, often ones that develop into our society has adjusted in some ways be assessed whether you’ve learned it young adulthood, that help a person plan, stay focused on, attend to, remember by being more inclusive and accepting in a particular way. But that perspective and juggle aspects of a task. of diversity in race, gender, and age. can discount a lot of the really creative Gifted — A term used to describe children or adults who possess an ability But Jim feels we are not there yet in and interesting out of the box ideas that that is significantly above the norm for their age in an area that is intellectual, cre- what he called the fourth frontier of people have had, people who have been ative, in social leadership, athletics, or a specific subject matter. Gifted individuals, diversity. There is not yet an acceptance taken seriously and made a difference whose abilities are typically not at the same level across all areas of functioning of neurodiversity in how we think and in the world, like Albert Einstein, Steve (often described as ‘asynchronous’), tend to require less instruction to master cer- learn. I believe that schools will be dif- Jobs, Bill Gates, all of whom had pas- tain subject matter and require specific instruction that is attuned to their patterns ferent after we’ve achieved a greater sions or a path that led them to learn in a of growth and to the depth of their interests. acceptance of the fact that people learn different way. So in the future, I believe differently. And there’s nothing wrong we’re going to see a greater acceptance Learning Specialist — Educator with advanced (postgraduate) cross-disci- with that. of different ways of learning and even plinary training and supervision in instruction, intervention, and enrichment that Rebecca: I agree. There’s so much to an appreciation and celebration of that is attuned to specific developmental profiles. This is an unlicensed field at pres- be gained for the individual and for the right. # ent, though educators may have certification in specific assessment and teaching methodologies. Educational remediation is a collaborative process that bridges an Based on studies from around the understanding of typical development, an individual student’s neuropsychological Pain of Being Bullied world, we know that approximately 10% profile and instructional needs as these factors relate to the person’s specific learn- continued from page 16 of students between ages 12–16 are bul- ing (or, for the adult student, workplace) context. the bully speaks for everyone. Why else lied on a regular basis. These students Neurodiversity — A vantage point that recognizes differences, such as ones would everyone watch the bully tease are in real pain every day. We also know impacting attention or social relatedness, in terms of how the brain is wired. It the victim. Additionally, victims often that these bullied students are seven times appreciates that individuals are all wired differently: We all exist under this broad, believe since a bully is singling them more likely than other students to report variable, and diverse umbrella. out, they must not be liked by the rest being depressed. They experience more Neuroplasticity — The capacity of our brains to change its neural pathways of the school community. In instances suicide ideation and are four times as and synapses (signaling sites) over the course of our lives. Children’s brains are of bullying, absence of any social sup- likely as others to make a suicide attempt constantly developing through a process of cell growth and pruning, which leads port is perceived as mass rejection. So in and more likely to succeed. This is the to strengthening of specific pathways into young adulthood. The brain remains today’s bystander-dominated schools, the status quo and represents the horrible plastic, or adaptable, throughout life and changes as a function of biology, genet- pain and social rejection of being bullied truth that all of us, who are “bystanders,” ics, environment, and exposure to positive or negative experiences and interven- is immediately amplified by the bystand- have to live with. No more need be said. # tions. ers themselves (the students, teachers, Jeff Ervine is a recognized expert in coaches, and administrative staff) just online defamation, student online safety, Twice Exceptional (2e) — A term used to describe children and adults watching, unwilling to do what is right: restorative practices, and social net- who possess significant strengths that can contribute to great achievement, while to deny, in public, what the bully is say- works. Jeff is the CEO of Bridg-it. He and also possessing disabilities that require interventions and accommodations. The ing about the victim. The bystanders his Bridg-it team are committed to help- difficulties they experience can be learning, attention, behavioral, or emotional become the bully’s accomplices, unleash- ing school leaders everywhere improve and necessitate interventions that are aligned to both the significant strengths and ing real pain, the social pain of being the social and psychological safety of challenges that they face and are entitled to under Federal law. bullied. their students. SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 29

Student Attendance Longtime NYSUT Leader Serving Our Students By Empowering Women continued from page 23 continued from page 10 continued from page 3 continued from page 3 the criticism without rancor. Instead, ous attacks on multiple fronts these days. Asking these questions doesn’t mean women continue to experience gains when the comments are stated, I lis- “We’re in for the fight of our lives,” students are “always right.” They aren’t. toward equality, but workingwomen are ten as if I were on the receiving end he said. Excellent service to our students doesn’t more likely to face gender discrimina- of my perceived raft. Surprisingly, the Attending the recent Representative assume that they are right, only that they tion. Forty-two percent of women claim students who resentfully succumb to Assembly to see Lubin honored were his deserve our respect. they experience it, against 22% of men. taking my classes, begin to unravel wife of 50 years and extended family, Second, students deserve our best ser- It also indicates that the public seems their sentiments. In the midst of their whom he thanked, noting they “spent vice because this kind of service con- to be divided on whether we have made disequilibrium, students often struggle many nights at home not seeing me” tributes to their ultimate persistence and adequate progress. with the comparison between being because of his union work. He also indi- graduation. At Mercy College, we’re Since there are always two sides to tough versus having high expectations. vidually recognized his granddaughter, not interested in seeing students acquire every coin, it is important to mention that Being committed, I dare not lower the who already has established an impres- a few college credits and a mountain the National Domestic Violence Hotline expectations that I have for my students sive record of activism, having taken part of crippling college debt. We’re trying posts that nearly three in 10 women because productive struggle is engaging, in several marches and demonstrations in to structure our affairs to support our (29%) have experienced rape and or intellectual dissonance is healthy, and both Albany and Washington. students’ ultimate success. For us, that physical violence. A report from the U.S. accountability is necessary. In knowing The co-founder of the Business and means we are working every day to cre- Census Bureau reveals that 62% of new so, why would my expectations differ to Labor Coalition of New York, Lubin ate conditions in which they will cross mothers in their early 20s are unmarried, placate the students? It’s my responsibil- remains active in union issues today. the finish line and graduate. Accordingly, while the U.S. Census found that 36% of ity to ensure that students understand He serves on the board of the New York once we admit students, we stop being all mothers were unwed in 2011, up from the lack of value in being mediocre. Rural and Migrant Ministry, as well as preoccupied with whether they are 31% in 2005. In families with incomes I often tell them, “Your intellectual other social justice groups. “college ready.” At that point, we are of less than $10,000, that number goes currency is determined by hard work, “His reputation precedes him and his laser-focused on whether we are “stu- up to 69%. Single mothers are one of the accountability, and commitment.” In my actions speak louder than words,” said dent ready.” For us, being student ready most disadvantaged groups in the U.S.— class, students are expected to think at NYSUT Past President Karen E. Magee. means being ready to offer our students nearly 30% of their families live under a higher level because the cognition “Alan is a humble servant.” the kind of service that will support their the poverty line. does exist. If I know that students have Promising to keep active as long as his ultimate success. We think it’s better for However, if we take a worldwide look the mental capacity to perform, but I’m legs “hold him up,” Lubin smiled and them to spend time preparing for their at the treatment of women, the situation only exposing them to low-level and said, “I’m having a great ride.” # classes rather than wandering around our is much more dire. In the 21st Century, irrelevant curriculum, I have committed campuses trying to handle some bit of we still see millions of women who educational malpractice. I am gratified college business, like getting a parking suffer abuse and the resulting lack of when I see my students transition from Research/Race Paradox pass or making arrangements to obtain opportunities show that they are not able a defeatist attitude. Unexpectedly, the continued from page 15 financial aid. to exercise their full rights of citizenship light bulb comes on and they realize these researchers picked many other cat- Service excellence has joined a roster in the countries in which they are born. that my intentions come from a mindset egories that include numerous subgroups, of success-oriented strategies at Mercy Millions of women are denied basic of excellence. Raise your expectations, some of which may be genetically simi- College. We know there are strategies— rights to freedom and access to educa- they will come. lar: people with shorter thumbs or a dis- mostly at scale—that impact all or most tion, resulting in zero participation in Carrot of Accountability like of cilantro. But nobody studies how of our students and create an academic carving their own futures and condemn- I only teach students who have been thumb size correlates with the efficacy environment where our students are more ing members of their communities to classified as juniors and seniors. These of cardiac medications. Nor would it be likely to succeed. We call these strategies continue to endure poverty, health crises, students are taking their major cours- harmful if they did, because there is no collectively the Mercy Success Toolkit. and isolation, both for them and their es in the fields of Early Childhood longstanding history of prejudice against The toolkit consists of practices such children. Education, Elementary Education, or short-thumbed individuals. In contrast, as intrusive advising, co-requisite reme- Gender equity and equality are vast and Child Development. According to their tying biology to race has a pernicious diation, guided pathways, and choice complex topics, and we need to become degree paradigm, at this point, students history. architecture. Across the past ten years, empowered to improve the lives of disad- are enrolled in 400-level courses; there- If race is largely a social construct, the Mercy Success Toolkit has seen vantaged women throughout the world. fore, I tend to elevate their expectations IRBs should not be approving research our freshmen retention rates increase Remember, statistics are only good if regarding accountability. In order for based on the opposite foundation. by fourteen percentage points. Service they are the basis for action plans! # students to become employable, they Rather, they should insist that all clinical excellence, the excellence our students Charo Uceda is the founder and CEO need to understand the consequences for trials strive for broad diversity, even if deserve even if they are not our custom- of Uceda Schools and has started the not being accountable in the workplace. this promises less financial payoff than ers, is a key element of increased success Charo Uceda Women’s Empowerment From my life experiences, I have learned racially-targeted drug. # for our students. # Lecture Series at Teachers College, that accountability raises consciousness, Jacob Appel is a psychiatrist at Mt. Columbia University. Charo earned empowers people, and builds character. Sinai Hospital in NYC. A maven on graduate degrees at both Harvard and Student accountability is woven in the multiple topics, Dr. Appel is an attorney, Ode to Pola Columbia. fabric of my classroom because students bioethicist, and nationally acclaimed continued from page 13 need to know what is expected. To award-winning playwright, novelist, and and honor the amazing work that our many, accountability is a dirty word, but writer of short stories. nation’s educators do on a daily basis. Brilliant Exhibit at AMNH continued from page 12 I view it as a way for people to improve A great teacher, principal, or college in their performance and to understand of the expectations I have for myself. professor can change a student’s life for- where students can analyze virtual fossils their purpose. From Day 1, in class, we My students come to class because they ever. We all remember the one educator and investigate questions by applying data discuss what is acceptable and expected respond to preparedness, high expec- who opened our eyes to our passion and from CT scans and microphotography. of them as students. My personal man- tations, and accountability. Students inspired us to pursue it. Here students can experience T. rex in its tra to all students, “Every six-year- inspire me not to change because at the –Carmen FariÑa Cretaceous environment. You’ll conclude old deserves a qualified teacher.” As end of each semester, many students Carmen Fariña is the former Chancellor, that T. Rex deserves extraordinary atten- teachers, we have to teach the “whole tell me, “Dr. Martin, I did not want to New York City Department of Education tion. student” because I have found that my come to your class, but you challenged  Considering a career? How about classroom protocols regarding account- us to think and I know that’s what we Congratulations to the sterling work paleontology? There are download- ability have made my students more needed. As the end result, the carrots of Education Update and its publisher, able activities and worksheets to help responsible. Also, I share with them ultimately becomes a metaphor for … Dr. Pola Rosen, who truly care about you prepare at AMNH.org/plan- that the reward for being accountable is SHE CARED. # Education and Special Needs Individuals. your-visit/school-or-camp-field trips. becoming a college graduate. Hold them Dr. Dimple Martin is an assistant pro- –Peg Ogden (The museum is located at Central Park accountable, they will come. fessor in Early Childhood Education and Peg Ogden (died, 2018) was a staunch West & 79th St. and is open daily from I can conclude that my classroom Faculty Professional Development at defender and supporter of all students, 10am-5:45pm; closed Thanksgiving and absenteeism is very minimum because Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama. especially the schools of NYC District 75. Christmas). # 30 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

Mandarin Immersion continued from page 26 when China barely had any relations with the U.S. After a successful career in China for over a decade, Mr. Heimowitz returned stateside to lead China Institute, the most renowned and oldest bi-cultural non-profit organization in the U.S., build- ing bridges between the U.S. and China. In fact, China Institute will open its own full Mandarin immersion preschool in downtown Manhattan in Fall 2020. While its School of Chinese Studies has long taught Mandarin to children as young as 18 months of age, China Institute recognizes the ongoing demand for multi- cultural understanding and language pro- ficiency today. “Our classes are full and our Summer Camp Programs have never been more popular. As a result, the next step is building on our history to open China Institute’s Mandarin immersion preschool to extend the many benefits of Mandarin instruction to the youngest generation,” Mr. Heimowitz says. So, does the future still speak Mandarin? New York State United Teachers is Not only will the future, but the present is currently doing so. Mandarin is more than the union that represents more than just another dialect. It is the gateway to 600,000 professionals dedicated to a vibrant and diverse culture, a passport excellence in education, health care to cross-cultural understanding, and the language through which a limitless future and human services. can be accessed. # Shenzhan Liao is Senior VP of Education and heads the School of Chinese Studies www.nysut.org Affiliated with AFT / NEA / AFL-CIO at the China Institute in NYC. SEP/OCT 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 31

Blaming Gun Violence Children Hear the...Gun Teaching Democracy Hunter College President continued from page 2 continued from page 2 continued from page 2 continued from page 2 sane country would have by now (at gun legislation to see how potentially Americans must be clear-eyed about and bringing his progressive ideas to a bare minimum) prohibited all semi- transformative this solution is. According the perilous time we are in. In a civil New York City, Thomas Hunter founded automatic weapons, instituted strict back- to research at Boston University and the society, there is no “both sides” on mat- Hunter College in 1870 with a fierce ground checks, required gun registration, Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, ters of human dignity, equal rights, tol- commitment to provide opportunity to allowed liability lawsuits against manu- states with fewer guns have fewer gun erance of diversity, truth or the rule of women of all backgrounds, no matter facturers and dealers; and encouraged deaths. Gun death rates are lowest in law. These are not options against which their race, class, or education. Hunter research aimed at reducing gun violence. states that score high marks on restrictive other beliefs can be regarded as equally was just the ninth college in the United Up until now, we have done none of gun legislation. Across the nation, when worthy. But today these values need States to admit women. these. But, increasingly backed against firearm regulations are tightened, the defending. From that inclusiveness was forged a the wall by mounting public outrage, second leading cause of death for adoles- That’s why this summer I gave a unique and lasting legacy that has shaped cynical and cowardly politicians are look- cents changed from homicide to suicide. speech (aft.org/news/weingarten-edu- the experiences of countless thousands ing for ways to appear to do something A gun in the home is linked to gun cators-must-save-democracy) to 1,200 of Hunter students and faculty over the while not offending the NRA or really violence. I’ll go further: All our children educators at the American Federation of ensuing century and a half. In that time, attacking the core problem of excess guns are in a house with a gun, and it’s called Teachers’ TEACH conference about the we have made important changes, includ- in circulation. America. But the damage is not just in gravity of our situation. The fight to safe- ing the addition of new schools, depart- The mentally ill are a sitting duck target the periodic loss of life. It’s also in the guard democracy begins in America’s ments, and programs—as well as male for such fake legislative responses. NRA message we send to these children: that classrooms and schools, where we both students, who were first welcomed in propaganda spreads the after-the-fact lie we cannot come together to find solu- embrace America’s diversity and forge a the ‘40s. But we have always stayed true that all gun murderers are mentally ill, tions. And that we don’t mean what we common identity. Our public schools are to Thomas Hunter’s essential values of while all other gun owners are perfectly say when we say our children are the where young people develop the skills equality, opportunity, and excellence. safe “good guys” ready and able to pro- most important thing to us. # they need to be engaged and empowered The students who begin their col- tect us from the “bad guys with a gun”. In Harold Koplewicz is the founder of the citizens—voice, latitude, and the ability lege career this fall will each build on fact, most gun violence is unpredictable Child Mind Institute in NYC. to think for oneself. Teachers must have Hunter’s important tradition in their own and done by people who don’t have a the freedom to teach these skills—which way. We’ll welcome students from more mental illness. People with mental illness violence along with the copy-cat glamor may not be measured on standardized than 60 countries and speaking more than have a somewhat elevated rate of violence that comes from such intense media cov- tests, but which are the measure of a 40 languages. Young adults and senior if untreated and/or using substances, but erage. vibrant citizenry. citizens, experienced workers embarking account for only a small percentage of The NRA must be investigated for its When classrooms are freed from the on a second career, parents, veterans, violent crime and are far more likely to be recently exposed financial and political tyranny of standardized testing and test and athletes will all contribute to our its victims than its perpetrators. corruption and ties to Russia. Gun irre- prep, there is time for students to analyze incredibly rich learning environment— Tragically and stupidly, it is far easier sponsibility must be exposed as a sign problems in their communities and advo- each with something unique to share. At for someone with mental illness in the US of weakness, not macho strength. Gun cate for change. When teachers don’t Hunter, our differences are something to to get a gun than to get treatment. This control must have teeth. Gun buyback have to adhere to lock-step pacing cal- celebrate. must be corrected both ways — much programs must have funds. The second endars, they can model democratic delib- And that diversity translates to amaz- more treatment, much fewer guns. But amendment must not be read as a phony eration—where disagreements are over ing and varied Hunter experiences. This let’s be clear — the US would still be an excuse for gun violence. And our epi- ideas, not people, and dissenting views summer, some students in our Grove intolerably violent country even if we had demic of gun deaths and injuries must be are respectfully heard, not shouted down; Fellows program visited Nepal, where a perfect system of mental health care and seen as a public health problem, requiring and where opinions need to be supported they discussed human trafficking and no one with a mental illness ever commit- practical research aimed at rational poli- with logical arguments and evidence, and women’s rights with a Nepali Supreme ted a murder. cies. We must end this preventable reign not simply asserted. Court Judge; others traveled to Detroit to The rate of mental illness in the US is of terror. # Public education at its best provides a volunteer with several non-profits. Still no higher than in other countries. And Allen Frances has been a psychia- ladder of opportunity, a path out of pov- other students applied their computer every country has its share of angry trist at Weill Cornell Medical College erty, and a place where America’s plural- science classroom training to internships losers. It is the prevalence of guns that as well as the Chair of the Psychiatry ism is celebrated. Democracy in educa- in local businesses, paving the way for distinguishes us as uniquely prone to gun Department at Duke University. tion has always been the foundation for future careers. And our faculty were providing education for democracy. busy, too, including our experts on Puerto Alexis de Tocqueville, the 19th-century Rico who witnessed the fast-changing Becoming A Lawyer My Working Life observer of American democracy, wrote: political developments there and shared continued from page 15 continued from page 8 “America is great because she is good. If their expert perspectives with the media. ranges from $49,000 to $58,000 and expe- rewarding at every possible turn or bend America ceases to be good, America will As summer quickly turns into the start rienced legal aid attorneys, with more in the road. # cease to be great.” of the fall semester, I look forward to than 10 years of practice, are paid an aver- John T. Tanacredi is Professor of When this moment in history is written, continuing to support our students as they age salary of less than $70,000. Earth and Environmental Sciences in the let it be said that Americans defended select and pursue their individual paths to The cost of going to law school has never Biology, Chemistry and Environmental what is best about our country, and promise and possibility. # been insignificant and the average law Studies Department, and Director of fought the worst. That hope won against school graduate has more than $145,000 CERCOM (Center for Environmental fear, aspiration over frustration, and Teachers, AFL-CIO, which represents in student loans upon graduation. Since Research and Coastal Oceans humanity over cruelty. That we defeat- teachers; paraprofessionals; and school- this amount is an average, many lawyers Monitoring) at Molloy College, Rockville ed demagoguery. And that our public related personnel; higher-education fac- graduate with loans exceeding $250,000 Centre, New York. He thanks all those schools were a sturdy cornerstone help- ulty and staff; nurses and other health- and, even with a reasonably-paying job who were inspirational to him, espe- ing to preserve our democracy. # care professionals; local, state and fed- after law school, reducing such indebted- cially M. Schreibman, R. Cardenas and Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.7 eral government employees; and early ness has become difficult for many except S. Hornstein. million-member American Federation of childhood educators. for those fortunate enough to be hired by a large well-paying law firm. Should the foregoing information deter Having said all of this, I personally Lastly, as a result of the demands on the someone from going to law school? As continue to find the law a rewarding, ADVERTISE IN legal profession and the pressures on a with any decision, it depends on what the albeit demanding, career and I have not lawyer, the ABA found, in a 2016 study, person hopes to gain from the educational looked back and questioned my decision. Education Update that 28% of lawyers suffer from depres- experience and the person’s drive and However, if I was starting today, I am in PRINT & ONLINE sion, almost 20% suffer from severe anxi- desire to become a lawyer. The law can be not at all certain that it is a path I would ety and 21% qualify as problem drinkers a rewarding profession and a competent follow as the profession has significantly (almost double the rate for other highly attorney can gain satisfaction from his or changed since I started practicing. # Call (917) 375-0497 educated professionals and more than her career, but it is not an easy path, and Arthur Katz is Of Counsel at Otterbourg for advertising rates. triple the rate for the general population). requires commitment. P.C. EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ SEP/OCT 2019

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