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www.EDUCATIONUPDATE.com AwardAward Volume X, No. 3 • New York City • NOVEMBER 2004 Winner FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS U.S. POSTAGE PAID U.S. POSTAGE VOORHEES, NJ Permit No.500 PRSRT STD. PRSRT 2 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ NOVEMBER 2004 GUEST EDITORIAL EDUCATION UPDATE AN INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN Mailing Address: 17 Lexington Avenue, A1207 By SANDRA PRIEST ROSE netic instruction that makes use of all sensory of Art or the American Museum of Natural History New York, NY 10010 Watching the History Channel at night on the pathways. Comprehension begins with the word, didn’t want to (ghoulishly) see the mummies? But Email: [email protected] heretofore arcane subject of the War of 1812, proceeds to the sentence and then to the para- the preservation of mummies explains the religion www.EducationUpdate.com Tel: 212-477-5600 I learned that the fires in Washington, D.C. set graph. As words are written, their meanings can of ancient Egypt. There is one publisher that is Fax: 212-477-5893 by the British were eventually doused by a huge be discussed. Teachers can help students examine publishing introductory materials at first– and sec- thunder and rainstorm followed by a tornado that words closely for meaning from first grade on. ond–grade levels on subjects such as these, and of PUBLISHER AND EDITOR: sent the British scurrying. I also learned Dolly For example, Sunday means the day of the sun, course, the above-mentioned museums have books Pola Rosen, Ed.D. Madison was the last to leave Washington, hav- Monday means day of the moon. Children are and kits for teachers and parents. Teachers could ing been preceded by her husband and all the fascinated by this, and it is the beginning of a also start reading Greek myths and proceed to ADVISORY COUNCIL: craven legislators, while she saved important wonderful intellectual journey. studying ancient Greece. Soon, with a good direct Charlotte K. Frank, Ph.D., Senior VP, artifacts from the White House. Why wasn’t I While this foundation for reading, writing and instruction and phonetic foundation in reading, McGraw-Hill; Augusta S. Kappner, ever taught these exciting facts in school? spelling is going on, a teacher can read to his second and third graders will be able to read for Ph.D., President, Bank St. College; Alfred If you ever watch kindergarten children on the or her pupils about ancient civilizations such as themselves simple books on these subjects. S. Posamentier, Ph.D., Dean, CCNY; first day of school, you’ll see that they are all Mesopotamia or Egypt. Together the teacher and These explorations will also make the class- Adam Sugerman, Publisher; Laurie Tisch dressed carefully, hair combed or tied in ribbons, the class can look at maps to see where these room more exciting for the teacher as he or she Sussman, Chair, Center for Arts Education and eager to begin school. By fourth grade these civilizations were. They can draw time lines broadens his own world in trying to find materi- ASSOCIATE EDITORS: bright eager children are slumped over in chairs, and measure with rulers to place 3000 or 2000 als for the children. Art, science, even arithmetic Heather Rosen, Adam Sugerman, listlessly going through the day. Why? B.C.E. on the line. They can sound out and write become integral to these studies, not peripheral. Rob Wertheimer School can be so much more exciting if we give words and names pertinent to these studies, such All children can absorb new knowledge, then students from day one of their education facts and as Mesopotamia, Hammurabi, pyramid, papyrus, read about the subject on their own level. We just ASSISTANT EDITORS: knowledge about history, science, music and art. (all of these words can be taught phonetically) have to expose every child to an education that Gillian Granoff, Sarah Ann Mockbee They come wanting to learn. Let’s capitalize on it. but most important, they can expand the child’s really challenges the intellect. GUEST COLUMNISTS: First, for beginning reading instruction, all world and make knowledge exciting. This is how Sandra Priest Rose is a reading consultant and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, children––no matter from what social or eco- to develop comprehension. Founding Trustee of Reading Reform Foundation Dr. Hugh Carroll, Matilda Raffa Cuomo, nomical group––thrive on good, systematic pho- What child on a visit to the Metropolitan Museum www.readingreformny.org Dr. Katherine Cohen, Marsha Mack Frances, Dr. Carole Hankin, Marvin Leffler, Dr. Ronald Lenkowsky, Jill Levy, IN THIS ISSUE Sandra Priest Rose, Randi T. Sachs, Assemblyman Steven Sanders, HAPPY 9TH ANNIVERSARY Editorial & Letters . 2 Randi Weingarten Spotlight on Schools . 3-13, 15 STAFF WRITERS: TO EDUCATION UPDATE Jacob Appel, J.D., Joan Baum, Ph.D., , Medical Update . 14 Dorothy Davis, Joanne Kontopirakis, Joanna Leefer, Jodi Lipper, Mitchell Levine, Calendar of Events . .15 Sarah N. Lynch, Sybil Maimin, Nazneen THE EDUCATION NEWSPAPER TEACHERS OF THE MONTH . 16, 26 Malik, Merri Rosenberg, Chris Rowan Emily Weiner, Liza Young FEATURE: THEATER . 17 OF RECORD IN NYC. BOOK REVIEWERS: MetroBEAT . 18 Harris Healy III, Lillian Shapiro, WE HAVE 200,000 READERS & RECEIVE Selene Vasquez Colleges/Grad Schools . 19-22 MEDICAL EDITOR: 3 MILLION HITS PER MONTH ON THE WEB. Children’s Corner . 23 Herman Rosen, M.D. MODERN LANGUAGE EDITOR: Special Education . 24-25 Adam Sugerman Music, Art & Dance . 26 MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS: LETTERS Jan Aaron Book Reviews . 27 RESPONSE TO RESPONSE TO MUSIC EDITOR: School Buses Need Seatbelts Bill & Melinda Gates: Native American Culture . 27 Irving M. Spitz To the Editor: The Gates Foundation Technology in Education . 28-29, 31 POLITICAL COMMENTARY: On October 13, 2001. I was traveling with my To the Editor: Stuart Dunn son’s high school band when our school bus, which This article is one of a kind. Kindly send copies Resource & Reference Guide . 30 did not have seat belts, careened off a bridge and of this article to us. ART DIRECTOR: plunged 60 feet into a creek bed. My 14-year-old M.C. Aninyei Neil Schuldiner son Benjamin, along with three other passengers, New Mexico GRAPHIC DESIGN: lost their lives. With 23 million children riding the David Greenhill school bus every day, I continue to wonder why RESPONSE TO ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: millions of parents put them on school buses not 77 Survivors are NYC’s Martin Lieberman, Manager. equipped with lap/shoulder belts. Newest Principals Steve Bailey, Joanna Leefer, National School Bus Safety Week occurs in To the Editor: Mitchell Levine, Nancy Kontos October. However, it is always a good time for This was an inspiring article well written and parents and educators to re-evaluate the need for well received! I believe we do need the right ACCOUNTING MANAGER: belts on school buses. We owe it to our children leadership in the right place at the right time. Nadia Veliz to make their transportation as safe as possible. Send this message to our U.S. President. Dawn Prescott Toby Kaminkow Education Update is published monthly by Education Update, Inc. 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