www.EDUCATIONUPDATE.com AwardAward Volume XIV, No. 2 • New York City • OCTOBER 2008 Winner For PArentS, EDUCAtorS & StUDentS MAYOR CORY BOOKER & ANN TISCH PRESORTED STANDARD THE EDUCATION U.S. POSTAGE UPDATE PAID MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE EDUCATION UPDATE ■ For PArentS, EDUCAtorS & StUDentS ■ OCTOBER 2008 EDITORIAL Education updatE Mailing Address: Fulfilling the Dreams of Young Women 695 Park Avenue, Ste. E1509 By DR. POLA ROSEN scholarship monies which will lead to new jobs.” Keynote speaker Kimberly Davis, President of New York, NY 10065 Email: [email protected] According to Margaret Mead, it only takes a The average scholarship awarded is $8,000 and JPMorgan Chase Foundation, is a huge propo- www.EducationUpdate.com few dedicated individuals to make a difference helps break the cycle of poverty. A video show- nent of single gender education. “I’m impressed Tel: 212-650-3552 Fax: 212-772-4769 in the world. As a society, we don’t often focus ing college acceptance day in Farmer’s office by the poise and self-confidence of the girls. the spotlight on those individuals. One of the was emotional; the girls cried at having fulfilled They deserve a bright future.” As a graduate PUBLISHER & EDITOR IN CHIEF: missions of Education Update, throughout our unimaginable dreams. In fact, the new mantra of Spellman College, Davis spoke of her fam- Pola Rosen, Ed.D. thirteen years, has been to “pay attention” to of TYWLS, according to founder and president ily and of her great-grandmother who was the ADVISORY COUNCIL: those outstanding individuals who are making a Ann Rubenstein Tisch, is “We Have a Dream.” first graduate of Spellman. “Sometimes we Mary Brabeck, Dean, NYU School of difference; Ann Tisch is a salient example. The Incredible statistics indicate that every were poor,” she shared, “but never broke; broke Education; Sheila Evans-Tranumn, Assoc. poignant testimony of several young women TYWLS school in New York City (located in denotes broken in spirit.” She added, “Education Comm. of Education, NYS; Charlotte K. who took the podium at the recent celebration Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Jamaica and Astoria, can transform girls into future leaders. My mes- Frank, Ph.D., Senior VP, McGraw-Hill; of the 13th anniversary of The Young Women’s Queens; and East Harlem, Manhattan) outper- sage to the girls is that you are the future stew- Joan Freilich, Ph.D., Trustee, Barnard Leadership School (TYWLS) brought tears to formed peers throughout the five boroughs on ards of this country.” College & College of New Rochelle; the eyes of hundreds who filled the ballroom of the middle school standardized tests in read- Newark Mayor Cory Booker, recipient of Andrew Gardner, Technology Teacher the Pierre Hotel. “This school raised me; if not, ing and math. About 1,800 girls are served, “The Man We Love” award, enthusiastically & Advisor, The School at Columbia the streets would have raised me”; “My essay including a north Philadelphia TYWLS. The embraced the concept of TYWLS coming to U.; Cynthia Greenleaf, Ph.D., Director, described my neighborhood and got me into my CollegeBound initiative is an important compo- Newark. “TYWLS is a cathedral of learning. Partnerships, Chicago Public Schools; college” [Gettysburg College]; “I’m from East nent of the program. It is a school-based college Now in America, there is a waste of human Harlem. No one in my family has ever attended guidance system that Doris Davis, Associate potential. Thank you, Ann Tisch, for show- Augusta S. Kappner, Ph.D., President, college.” According to TYWLS college advisor Provost of Cornell University, says “should be ing us the real way to save the soul of our Bank St. College; Bonnie Kaiser, Ph.D., Chris Farmer, “graduates garnered $7 million in in every school.” country.” # Director, Precollege Program, Rockefeller University; Harold Koplewicz, M.D., Founder & Director, NYU Child Study LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Center; Ernest Logan, Pres., CSA; ROCKHILL, SC My son is incarcerated in Cape Vincent Prison. JOHANNESBURG, NY Cecilia McCarton, M.D., Dir., The Mercedes-Benz Launches First Lab at He just received his GED. He is interested in The Salzburg Festival: La Traviata Sets New McCarton Center; Eric Nadelstern, CEO, Automotive High School getting college courses while in jail. I don’t even Gold Standard Empowerment Schools, NYC; Alfred To the Editor: know where to begin, but I would appreciate any To the Editor: S. Posamentier, Ph.D., Dean, School I think this is great… help you can give me. I saw the Salzburg production for the first time of Education, CCNY; David Steiner, Paul Kane Mary Rivera last Sunday in South Africa on television and I Dean, Hunter College; Adam Sugerman, thought it was absolutely magnificent. Bravo to Publisher, Palmiche Press; Laurie Tisch, SCRANTON, PA SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA the creative director. Chair, Center for Arts Education Making History Honoring Outstanding Prison College Programs Unlock the Keys to Madelaine ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Teachers in New York City Human Potential Heather Rosen, Adam Sugerman, To the Editor: To the Editor: BRUNSWICK, GA Rob Wertheimer I remember Mark Finkle. He was my teacher in I would like to become a part of the process of An Immigrant Finds Success at Seward Park the 1970’s…A great teacher. rehabilitating inmates. People make mistakes and High School ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER: Jayson deserve a second chance. I believe our focus as To the Editor: Justine Rivera a country should be on rehabilitation not com- It has been a long time: Mr. Frankenberg’s class NEW YORK, NY pletely on punishment. at JHS 22. David Assail, Susan Felsen, Carmen GUEST COLUMNISTS: Outstanding Educators of the Year 2006 Winners Shaneen Encarnation, etc. Dr. Bonnie Brown, Allen J. Frances, M.D., To the Editor: Now that the school is being torn down, where Dr. Carole G. Hankin, Glenn S. Hirsch, What does it take to become teacher of the SEtaukET, NY will the 50th anniversary be held? M.D., Leah Ingram, State Senator Liz year? I raised the ELA Regents scores at Bayard Silver Hill Goes For The Gold in Offering Ronn A. Ben Aaman Krueger, Barbara Lowin, President Eduardo Rustin Educational Complex (M440) to 92% in Psychiatric Care J. Marti, Lisa Palmer, Alfred Posamentier, our small learning community. I am proud of my To the Editor: Ph.D. students and myself for this achievement yet no Do you treat borderline personality disorder IN THIS ISSUE STAFF WRITERS: one has ever recognized any of our hard work. (BPD) patients? What type of therapy do you Editorial. .2 Jan Aaron, McCarton Ackerman, Lisa F. Siemer use? Jacob Appel, J.D., Judith Aquino, Mary Lou Boyle Letters to the Editor . .2 Joan Baum, Ph.D., Alberto Cepeda, BROOKLYN, NY Dorothy Davis, Gillian Granoff, Prison College Programs Unlock the Keys to Spotlight on Schools. 3-5, 7-9 Richard Kagan, Sybil Maimin, Human Potential Medical Update. .6 Martha McCarthy, Ph.D., Joy Resmovits, To the Editor: Emily Sherwood, Ph.D., Marisa Suescun, I approve the idea that inmates should be Music, Art & Dance. 7-8 Lisa Winkler provided with education while in prison. This will give them a better opportunity in life when Special Education. 10-11 BOOK REVIEWERS: stepping out into society. Making them a better Harris Healy III, Merri Rosenberg, person for themselves and family if they have. CENTERFOLD. 1-13 Selene Vasquez Maris MEDICAL EDITOR: Colleges & Grad Schools . 14-19,21 Herman Rosen, M.D. BRONX, NY Movie Reviews. 20 Prison College Programs Unlock the Keys to MODERN LANGUAGE EDITOR: Adam Sugerman Human Potential Museum Reviews. 20 To the Editor: MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS: I think that this article is very interesting. I Books . 22-23 Jan Aaron think that if inmates want to learn, we should MUSIC EDITOR: provide them with an education. Children’s Corner. .23 Irving M. Spitz ART DIRECTOR: Neil Schuldiner ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: Martin Lieberman, Manager; Richard Kagan, Chris Rowan Education Update is published monthly by Education Update, Inc. All material is copyrighted and may not be printed without express consent of the publisher. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Education Update 695 Park Avenue, Ste. E1509 New York, NY 10065-5024 Subscription: Annual $30. Copyright © 2008 Education Update EDUCATION UPDATE is an independent newspaper OCTOBER 2008 ■ For PArentS, EDUCAtorS & StUDentS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 3 New LWI single ads:EdUpdate 10/3/08 4:40 PM Page 2 Look Who’s inCUNY! WILLIAM and LINDA MACAULAY William Macaulay (B.B.A. magna cum laude, City College) and his wife, Linda, donated $30 million to purchase a building on the Upper West Side for Macaulay Honors College, the new home to some of the brightest students from seven CUNY campuses (Baruch, Brooklyn, City, Hunter, Lehman, Queens and the College of Staten Island). Now a team of Macaulay graduates is raising funds from fellow alumni to help build the future of the Honors College. The Reading Room Macaulay Honors College William Macaulay, Chair & CEO of First Reserve Corporation, City College of New York class of 1966, and Linda Macaulay, a noted ornithologist; with alumni fundraisers: (rear) George Cermák, Baruch College 2005, Taconic Capital Advisors; Sophie Muller, Lehman College 2007, Ph.D. candidate, History, CUNY Graduate Center; (at table) Ryan Meltzer, Baruch College 2007, JP Morgan; Reshma Shah, City College 2008, St. John’s Law 2011; Claudio Simpkins, City College 2006, Harvard Law School 2009, Macaulay Honors College’s first Harry S. Truman Scholar. ar-sighted philanthropists know the value of quality public higher education.They are financing schools and “ programs, supporting scholarly research by world-class faculty, and endowing student scholarships at every F college of The City University of New York. They are answering CUNY’s call for a Compact for Public Higher Education that unites all stakeholders— government, donors, students and the University itself to ensure that our city, state and nation will continue to have well-educated leaders.