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GUEST EDITORIAL The DEAN’S COLUMN Partnerships Make The Regular Pentagon That Isn’t By Dr. Alfred S. Posamentier Universities Good Citizens The geometric construction of the regular pen- By Mary Brabeck, Ph.D. talented high school students from low-income tagon is one of the more difficult constructions Earlier this year, the Carnegie Foundation for families; educators reducing the numbers of our to do using only an unmarked straightedge and the Advancement of Teaching awarded a spe- youth who end up in prisons instead of college, compasses. There are many ways to do this con- cial classification to New York University as a and much more. struction, none particularly easy. Your students research university with “an outstanding and One example: recently, members of our depart- might try to develop a construction on their own, mutually beneficial relationship with its host ment of nutrition, food studies, and public health realizing that the Golden Section is very much community.” The classification is reserved for collaborated with the New York City Department involved here. universities that have reached a point of dis- of Health and Mental Hygiene to help group For years engineers have been using a method tinction for high quality teaching, learning, and daycares improve the diets of preschool children for drawing what appears to be a regular pen- research, and also giving back to their commu- and their families. Students in the department tagon, yet careful inspection will show that the nities. Our host community is, of course, New visited 30 centers in underserved communities construction is a tiny bit irregular*. This method York City. in the South Bronx, East/Central Harlem, and was developed in 1525 by the famous German As dean of the NYU’s Steinhardt School of Central Brooklyn. They studied the current diet artist, Albrecht Dürer, who was aware of its short- 6. The polygon ABCDE is (supposedly) a regu- Culture, Education, and Human Development, in the schools and some of their recommenda- comings, but nevertheless found it a useful and lar pentagon. I take enormous pride in this award and in tions—like making sure children had healthy simple procedure to produce an (almost)-regular [SEE DIAGRAM A] Steinhardt’s contributions to community-based foods (fresh fruit and vegetables) and beverages pentagon. Joining the points in order, we get the pentagon learning and research. The Carnegie Foundation’s (low-fat milk and water)—influenced the city’s We refer to the diagram below. Beginning with ABCDE. award validates NYU founder Albert Gallatin’s new nutritional policies that went into effect on a segment AB, five circles of radius AB are con- [SEE DIAGRAM B] belief in the power of a university that is deliber- January 1, 2007. structed as follows: Although the pentagon “looks” regular its ately built, in Gallatin’s words, to be “in and of NYU Steinhardt’s engagement with the City is 1. Circles with centers at A and B are drawn and m∠ABC is about 22/60 of a degree too large. the city.” This distinction also highlights NYU’s also reflected through the Partnership for Teacher intersect at Q and N. That is, for ABCDE to be a regular penta- advantage in the twenty-first century: to be in Excellence, which brings together various schools 2. Then the circle with center Q is drawn gon, each angle must be 108°; instead we have and of a global city like New York is implicitly within NYU, The City University of New York, to intersect circles A and B at points R and S, that m∠ABC≈108.3661202°. Student may be to be a global university. A global university is and the NYC Department of Education. Funded respectively. enchanted with this geometric situation and one prepared to meet the demands of the twenty- by the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation, 3. QN intersects circle Q at P. might like the challenge of determining why first century, to prepare students to be citizens of the partnership addresses New York City’s need 4. SP and RP intersect circles A and B at points it is not regular—as it appears to be. It is nice a global society and to bring added value to the for highly qualified, well-trained teachers by E and C, respectively. to provide your students with some geometric global community, to be, “in and of the world.” locating more of teacher training in the schools 5. Draw the circles with centers at E and C, novelties—especially in light of the new found NYU Steinhardt’s reach within New York City themselves and by offering incentives to college with radius AB to intersect at D. highlight of geometry in the new New York State belies the notion of the university as an “ivory students to become teachers of mathematics, sci- standards. tower.” The very nature of our School’s mis- ence, TESOL, and special education, all of which DIAGRAM A *For a discussion of where the error lies sion—to advance knowledge, creativity, and face critical shortages in New York City. see A. S. Posamentier and H. A. Hauptman innovation at the crossroads of human learning, These are just a few examples of recent initia- 101+ Great Ideas for Introducing Key Concepts culture, development, and well-being—depends tives that have brought NYU Steinhardt students in Mathematics, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin on strong relationships with myriad organiza- and faculty into New York City schools and Press, 2006). Pp. 153 – 158. tions, large and small, throughout the city, such other organizations. I look forward to expanding Dr. Alfred S. Posamentier is Dean of the School as clinics and hospitals, performance venues, this reach in the coming years. Together, NYU of Education at City College of NY, author of over schools, and art, media, and cultural institutions. Steinhardt and its partners are committed to 40 books on math including Math Wonders to Examples of Steinhardt faculty and students in educating New York City’s diverse students so Inspire Teachers and Students (ASCD, 2003) and the community include economists researching that all might achieve at high levels. If you are Math Charmers: Tantilizing Tidbits for the Mind school funding policies; occupational therapists interested in learning more about our most recent (Prometheus, 2003), and member of the NYS helping students with disabilities; educational partnerships, please visit our website at www. Standards Committee on Math. theater professionals bringing Shakespeare to steinhardt.nyu.edu/news/2007.# public schools; speech therapists treating ado- Mary Brabeck is dean of the Steinhardt School lescents with communication disorders; profes- of Culture, Education, and Human Development DIAGRAM B sional artists helping to develop the portfolios of at New York University.

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Orlando, FL the criminal society, why do you not focus on the Harvard’s Howard Gardner Receives Standing younger children who are statistically more likely Ovation at Bank Street Event to end up in prison based on social factors including In This Issue Guest Editorial ...... 2 To the Editor: poor educational opportunities? The prisoners need Letters to the Editor ...... 2 Dr. Gardner has contributed so much to the spiritual rehabilitation first and then they can get out Spotlight on Schools...... 3-9 teaching of diverse students with his theories. in the world and pursue an education like everyone Book Reviews...... 9, 21 I wish he could see the relief spread over the else that wants one. I cannot believe that our justice Special Education...... 10-11 Cover Story...... 12-13 faces of my community college students when I system allows for so much crime to continue happen- Scholarships ...... 14 explain Multiple Intelligences. For the first time, ing with little deterrent for committing crime. Think Colleges & Grad Schools...... 15-20 I think some students understand that they are not back to Singapore when an American broke the law, Calendar of Events...... 21 dumb and that they have their own strengths. It they carried out justice immediately, not like we do Resource & Reference Guide...... 21 must be a relief to them after years of being put here where someone can have a history of assault or Medical Update...... 22 Theater ...... 23 down by our traditional views. robbery and other crimes and is still roaming free, Dr. Shelby Morrison and only after repeat crimes and a casualty do they Orlando, FL get put away. Do you raise money or help the victims would very much like for her to speak to our you give me a mission statement, aims and objec- of these prisoners in counseling and furthering their district leaders here in Seattle. How do I go about tives for proposed program on prison education? New York, NY education, or seeing to their needs? Why do we work contacting her, and do you know if she is avail- Thank you. About Dr. Muriel Petioni for the benefit of the criminal? Prevention as I under- able in August 2008? Thank you. Steven Ugonna To the Editor: stand it is the best medicine, Prison is not rehab. It Sandra Nance New York Dr. Muriel Petioni believes that everyone should is not supposed to be glamorous it is supposed to be Seattle, WA have access to medical. She not only demonstrat- punishing, that is the idea. When you think about Greeley, CO ed that here in the U.S., but now to a less fortunate going out of your way to educate and rehabilitate Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Rikers High: A Filmmaker’s View of Prison Chiefdom—Gbonkolenken Chiefdom, in the war- these individuals, do the victims ever cross your Prison College Programs Unlock the Keys to Education torn country of Sierra Leone. Thanks for continu- mind? I am for rehabilitation, but prisoners should Human Potential To the Editor: ing to pointing us all at Women for Women of be the last society we worry about educating. These To the Editor: I have been trying to find out if Rikers High Sierra Leone USA in the right direction. efforts are an injustice to society. Why is it in this Am a Ugandan junior prisons officer, currently will ever be released to the public. I am a teacher Women for Women of Sierra Leone country that we go so far out for the criminal? in Malaysia, how can I benefit from prison cours- in an Alternative HS and this documentary would New York, NY Julie es or scholarships in order to help inmates. be a tremendous teaching tool for my students. I Spartanburg, SC Frederick have tried to go through Showtime, but have had Spartanburg, SC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia no luck. Please let me know even if I can contact Prison College Programs Unlock the Keys to Seattle, WA Mr. Bhuler for info. Thanks. Human Potential Katie Haycock New York Cindy To the Editor: To the Editor: To the Editor: Greeley, CO How about instead of being complacent with I just read the article on Katie Haycock, and Your article is incisive and enlightening. Can December 2007 ■ For Parents, Educators & Students ■ Education update  07AA_PIMNY_EducUp10_ad_v2 11/1/07 11:26 AM Page 1

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Management Act of 2007. by a physician, by all school personnel, and staff parent-teacher conferences. Yearly rankings keep our nation’s best colleges The legislation is the first involved with the child’s care be instructed about This year, for the first time, on their toes, and these progress reports will do in a series of steps the state must take to ensure the potentially severe nature and proper treatment they’ll be able to see the the same for our city’s highest-performing ele- that schools statewide implement an action plan of allergic reactions; school’s grade too. mentary, middle, and high schools. At the other that protects students with food allergies, or 3. Allowing for prescribed epinephrine auto- Last week, we released end of the spectrum, these evaluations provide who suffer allergic reactions. If left untreated, injector devices to be clearly labeled with the the results of the largest, most comprehensive the schools that received the lowest grades with a within minutes an allergic reaction can lead to child’s name and classroom number, with children evaluation of schools ever undertaken by any city. real opportunity to turn themselves around. The anaphylactic shock, which can lead to death. old enough to self-administer allowed to carry their More than 1,200 schools were given a letter grade Chancellor has already met with the principals of According to the Food Allergy Initiative, food own kits. Students not old enough should have of “A” through “F.” Those grades are based on some of these schools to support them in creating allergies claim over 200 lives and are responsible their kit easily accessible by school personnel. several factors, such as the school’s learning an “Action Plan,” which they must follow as they for over 30,000 emergency room visits each year. In the event that the kit is administered, the child environment—as described by parents, teachers, work to help students improve. If these schools The law sets up a commission to implement an would be immediately transported to a hospital; and students on the survey we conducted last can’t meet the new standards, they could face action plan for all schools under the guidance of 4. Informing cafeteria staff, in writing, of foods spring, student performance in reading and math, leadership changes, or even closure. the State Departments of Education and Health. to be avoided while preparing meals, along with a and most importantly, student progress—how the I know that not every parent will be happy with The way that things are currently handled is list of “safe” substitutions; school is helping its students improve from one the grade their son’s or daughter’s school receives, not adequate considering the severity of ana- 5. Requiring that food brought in from outside year to the next. but that’s exactly the point: to resist complacency phylaxis. Though the majority of reactions can vendors have complete ingredient declarations. In some cases, these progress reports have and to challenge our schools to do better this year be remedied quickly, in a world of allergies The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America challenged our perceptions about individual and every year going forward. And I know that and allergic reactions, our current system does says that at least 8-percent of children less than 3- schools. They have shown us whether schools are some have questioned the grading formula. We’ll not allow for immediate medical attention, years of age have allergic reactions to food, and 2- moving the lowest-performing students forward, take those concerns into account, but the most potentially allowing anaphylaxis shock to set percent of adults. More than 3-million children are and they have allowed us to see, for the first time, important thing is that parents now know more in. Waiting too long can cause permanent dam- allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. Life-threatening how each school matches up to schools with simi- about their children’s schools than ever before. age, or in some cases, an unnecessary loss of reactions most often come from peanuts, tree nuts, lar student bodies. Parents in particular deserve We’ve made some tremendous gains over the life. We need a comprehensive response sys- shellfish, fish, and eggs. Children with asthma are to have this information at their fingertips. Not last five years: graduation rates are at a 25-year tem in place in every school across New York. more frequently subject to severe reactions. only will it encourage them to get more involved high, the achievement gap is narrowing, and If a food-allergic child accidentally ingests even Every day that our schools are left without an in their child’s education, it will also help inform more students across the city are succeeding. a miniscule trace of the wrong food, it can trigger actual response system, someone’s life remains such decisions as which middle and high schools But we still have a long way to go before we can a reaction that can kill within minutes. By imple- at risk. The Commissioners of Education and their sons and daughters should apply to. say that all of our students are getting the educa- menting the recommendations of the American Health should immediately follow these suggest- Having this information will also help all of us tion they deserve. 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Testing Fails the Arts drama—the arts provide students with unique arts. The city has also developed a “Blueprint opportunities to work collaboratively, to develop for Teaching and Learning in the Arts” that By Richard Kessler cent, came down to how well students did on two creative and critical thinking skills, to solve prob- emphasizes arts instruction. However, it is no As New York City public schools begin to standardized tests, the state math and English lems and develop innovative solutions—all 21st secret that principals and teachers are feeling the receive new funds from the state as part of the language arts multiple-choice exams. While these century skills that employers in New York City squeeze to sacrifice the elements of an education agreement in the long-standing Campaign for are indeed very important measures, relying too and around the world want. that do not directly relate to what appears on Fiscal Equity lawsuit, schools will undoubtedly heavily on them and penalizing those schools and In fact, a national poll released in early standardized tests. face enormous pressure to improve scores on principals that receive failing grades, ultimately November by Harris Interactive, an indepen- The Department of Education has also launched standardized tests. This is understandable, but cheats our students and our city. What is more, dent research company, showed that 83 percent ArtsCount, with a focus on holding principals should not come at the expense of social studies, many people fail to understand the relation- of people earning $150,000 or more had a accountable for meeting the minimum state foreign languages, physical education—and the ship between the Progress Reports and Quality music education. requirements in arts education. It is not at all clear arts. All of these make for a well-rounded educa- Reviews issued for each school, the latter of In New York City, arguably the arts capital of how ArtsCount, which is separate from the well- tion but are not measured on standardized tests. which consider a much wider array of data. the world, the arts in our public schools have only publicized school report cards, will ensure that While the “Contracts for Excellence” recently While both the Department of Education and the recently begun to recover from the devastating every child receives the minimum arts education agreed to with the state forgo the funding for federal government identify the arts as vital to a budget cuts of the 1970s. The scarce data that required by New York State. Moreover, many additional standardized tests that the Bloomberg good education, the grades—and the standardized exists indicates that more New York City public people remain skeptical of the department. The administration had sought, the bulk of the funds— testing approach—fail to acknowledge the central school students have access to arts education school system has, after all, eliminated Project $442 million—are not governed by these agree- role subjects beyond reading and math play in a now than they did 25 years ago. In 1991, only Arts, the only real guarantee, a financial guar- ments. And the $248 million that they represent is child’s education. Arts education may very well one-third of the schools indicated having at least antee, that no matter what else happened, there a very small part of the city’s $19 billion budget be the “incomplete” in these report cards. one arts specialist, but in 2006, according to a would be funding for arts education for every for public schools. After the recent release of the Progress Reports, Department of Education study, two thirds of the single child in every public school. The Department of Education had to come to a vice principal at I.S. 318 told the New York Sun schools reported having at least one full or part- In this age of high stakes testing and account- terms with the governor and so earmark funds to that his school would not give in to the pressure time arts specialist. Evidence also indicates that ability, a focus on the arts is more important than reduce class size and improve training for teach- to up its “grade” from a B to an A. “We…care school partnerships with cultural organizations ever. Fortunately, New York State has set mini- ers and principals. Similarly, one would hope about the test, but not enough to sacrifice…art, have expanded, although children living outside mum state requirements that all public schools that decision-makers will also begin to rethink music, chess, robotics—just to make sure they of Manhattan are half as likely to go to a school across the state must meet for the arts. However, the emphasis placed on standardized testing in get a better or equal score than they got the year with such a partnership as those in Manhattan. this minimum is little more than a starting point, reading and math. before,” he said. More test prep, according to There is still, however, a long way to go to as all it requires in the critical middle and high While the drive toward accountability and the principal, would leave students bored, not restoring arts education for all of New York’s school years is a total of two years of arts. As a the focus on reporting is well intentioned, the stronger learners. 1.1 million public school students. According matter of equity and of access, the city should over-reliance on standardizing testing has been What this administrator understands is that test to the Department of Education’s parent survey redouble efforts to ensure that all New York City met with growing public criticism. In fact, the prep, often called “drill and kill,” has its limits. for the 2006-2007 school year, 41 percent of public schools at the very minimum meet these recently released Department of Education Parents know it too. They want a well-rounded edu- parents surveyed say their children receive zero requirements and provide a high quality well- Progress Reports and their assigned letter grades cation for their children, and that may be why some arts education. A 2006 department study found rounded education to every child in the city.# to schools, have left many parents and school send their children to private schools or flee the city that hundreds of schools did not have a single Richard Kessler is the executive director of the communities scratching their heads, while others to enroll their children in suburban schools. certified arts teacher. Other studies have indicated Center for Arts Education, a not-for-profit orga- are just plain angry. The Importance of the Arts that, even in schools where arts are offered, only nization committed to restoring, stimulating, and An ‘Incomplete’ for the Report Cards Multiple studies show that learning in the arts a fraction of the students receive the instruction. sustaining quality arts education as an essential What strikes many observers is how narrow enhances learning in other subject areas and Recognizing the value of arts, New York part of every child’s education. the reporting scheme for the Progress Reports contributes to a student’s overall development. State in 1996 developed a minimum set of state This article originally was published by the developed by the Department of Education is. In addition to the skills taught in the individual requirements that, if adhered to, would be an Gotham Gazette on November 26, 2007. 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PROFILES IN EDUCATION Ten Lessons From NYC Alice Wilder: Publisher & Creator To Improve Education By Eric Nadelstern performing schools. This can 1. Invest in Leadership. be accomplished by phasing of Think It Ink It The position of principal is the most pivotal out large failed schools and replacing them with By Vicki Cobb when it comes to reforming schools. The legiti- several new small schools that occupy the same There are two problems that face every writer mate role of a central education authority is to building. from the grade-school child to the professional recruit the best principals, support them, develop 6. Reduce teacher load. author. First, you must have something to say. them, reward them when they do good work, pro- Each teacher at the secondary level should be That means content. Second, you must find a way tect them from external political interference, and responsible for no more than 100 students. This can to say it. That means style. It goes without say- hold them accountable for high levels of student be accomplished by doubling instructional periods, ing, that if you don’t solve the first problem, you achievement. Look among your best teachers to and providing students with fewer, longer classes. can’t begin to address the second. You’re stopped find your next principals. This type of scheduling change does not require a before you even get started. Dr. Alice Wilder 2. Devolve responsibility, resources and significant infusion of additional resources. doesn’t want to see that happen to children. She authority to schools. 7. Focus on improving student learning. believes that literacy means more than just read- The central relationship in a school system is The principal’s primary responsibility is to cre- ing. It means writing and writing means using between students and teachers in classrooms. ate a relentless school wide focus on improving the imagination. Everyone else exists to support that work. Those student learning. Student performance data, in the “Imaginative” is the perfect word to describe closest to the students and their families, princi- broadest sense, should inform that work on a daily the four new products to come from Dr. Wilder’s pals and their teachers, should have the author- basis. Evidence of such improvement must extend brand-new company Think It Ink It Publishing. ity to make the important decisions about how beyond test scores to include excellent examples Her mission is to have children write a book that students learn best, along with the resources of student work (research papers, literary essays, has already been illustrated by a professional necessary for success. Closing at least 50% of original scientific experiments, applications of illustrator—a book that can end up as a beautiful- the regional offices and devolving the resources conceptual mathematics, works of art, etc.), which ly produced hard cover complete with the child’s saved to the schools, is a good way to begin. must be visible throughout the school. title, name as author, personal dedication and 3. Make everyone directly responsible and 8. Partner with the private sector. photo on the back with a bio. In the process of accountable for higher levels of student per- In a competitive global economy, the distinc- producing such a book, the child learns to write formance. tions between public, not-for-profit and private a draft, and rewrite it until satisfied, with lots of Arts Counsel Inc. represents artists to publishers, Most school systems are designed around com- sectors within national borders lose the signifi- tips on how to think about language and create a approached her with a beautiful illustrated word- pliance to the next higher authority. The real mea- cance they held for most of the 20th Century. It story. The key products to make this happen are less picture book that told the story of Sleeping sure of a school system must be whether students will take all three segments of society to build four wordless books, professionally illustrated in Beauty. Fran asked Alice how children reacted to are succeeding. Everyone in the system, from 21st century school systems. Not-for-profit orga- different styles, and designed so that children can wordless picture books. This is exactly the kind teachers, to principals, to regional office staff, to nizations and private companies should be asked write their own words. A high quality workbook of question Alice loves to research. Why not ask central office employees must understand their to sponsor schools, and provide seed money for in full color in each style comes with a pad of kids? So they made several mock-ups of word- responsibility to improve student performance. promising innovations. Involving these sectors is lined sticky notepaper and a pencil and sells for less picture books each from a different artist, All decisions regarding staff retention, granting also the key to the sustainability of reform. $12.95. The child can draft the story in the space including Sleeping Beauty, and went to a second of tenure, promotion and bonuses must be based 9. Reform the central office. under each picture on the notepaper, adhering it grade class in Brooklyn. The kids could choose on demonstrated ability to improve student per- Schools cannot be reformed unless the cen- to the page with the appropriate drawing. (There the book they wished to write about and work formance. Such data must be readily available, tral office undergoes transformation as well. is plenty of notepaper for rewrites.) When satis- in groups or singly. After forty-five minutes, and everyone who works in the system must Such reforms must include direct responsibil- fied with the story the child can copy it (in ink) time was up and Alice asked to collect the work. know exactly what they are accountable for, and ity and accountability for student achievement. directly onto the workbook page or go on the Not so fast, the kids protested. Ideas and words what their annual student performance targets are. Large insular divisions and offices should be website: www.thinkitinkitpublishing.com/, where were flowing. Writing was happening. When Such targets should reflect student attendance, replaced with cross-functional teams respon- the custom hardcover can be purchased, and type Alice finally read the results, she went back to retention, course and exam pass rates, promotion sible and accountable for a limited number in the text for each picture. For $29.95 the child the illustrators with suggestions for revisions. and graduation. of schools. These teams should work for, and will receive a beautifully produced, full color, Sleeping Beauty didn’t make the cut because 4. Reward success and exact consequences report to, the schools. hardcover picture book, taking advantage of the the kids already knew the story and that was the for failure. 10. Be bold! relatively new print-on-demand technology. only story they told. Think It Ink It Publishing Teachers and principals who successfully When asked what Great Britain should have It is important to Alice that, “the focus is on needed to offer art that encouraged a variety of improve student performance should receive done differently in its school reform efforts, Sir writing, not drawing. The art serves as “scaffold- interpretations. After much field-testing, the four bonuses and promotions. Those who persistently Michael Barber, former education advisor to ing” to give them something to think about, to different styles they ultimately produced are very fail to do so should be replaced. Students who Prime Minister Tony Blair responded by saying, spark their imagination and creativity. She says, different from each other, giving each budding perform well should receive cash incentives. The “We weren’t bold enough.” Large failed govern- “A lot of times the blank piece of paper is intimi- author a real choice. lowest performing schools should be closed. mental agencies cannot be transformed through dating to children. I wanted to give them some- Think It Ink It Publishing is the latest step in 5. Create small schools. incremental change. Such organizations need to thing that is both educational and empowering.” Alice Wilder’s career. Since 1995, Alice has The most significant variable in determining be rebuilt from the idea on up. # The project began about two years ago when a student success is school size. Schools of no Eric Nadelstern is CEO, Empowerment Schools, continued on page 8 colleague, Frances Black, whose company more than 400 students should replace large low NYC DOE.

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Educational Psychology, where she was awarded Wilder continued from page 6 the Miriam Goldberg Research Award for her dis- 11 Nobelists Honored in Los Angeles sertation and the Early Career Award. The Consulate General of Sweden in Los Gross, 2004, Physics, UC Santa Barbara; Finn E. been the Director of Research and Development What’s next for Think It Ink It Publishing? Angeles and the University of California hosted Kydland, 2004, Economics, UC Santa Barbara; and Producer/Writer for Nick Jr.’s breakout pre- Alice would like to see it catch on in classrooms. the Sixth Annual Nobel Laureate Dinner at the Robert H. Grubbs, 2005, Chemistry, Caltech; and school series Blue’s Clues. In this capacity, she She would like to create art to stimulate stories Getty Center recently. Consul General of Sweden George F. Smoot, 2006, Physics, UC Berkeley. ran the formative research process of working from different regions of the country starting with Nina Ersman welcomed the 240 guests that The gala evening also showcased science and with the show’s audience (2-5 year olds), co- New Orleans. She has seen how a book signing attended the black-tie event that honored the 11 math projects during the reception presented authored the curriculum on which Blue’s Clues for one ten-year-old was a transformative event attending Nobel Laureates of California’s more by 18 high school students enrolled in UC’s and spin-off Blue’s Room were based, and wrote for this inner-city child. Ultimately she would than 100 Nobel laureates awarded the Swedish California State Summer School for Mathematics scripts, books, educational workbooks, and col- like Think It Ink It to create a foundation to sup- prize since 1901. Actor David Krumholtz, of and Science, known as COSMOS. Former First umns for the magazine and Nick Jr.’s website. port writing from kids. If Dr. Alice Wilder had the popular CBS “Numb3rs” show, introduced Lady of California, Gayle Edlund Wilson, who is She has been nominated for Daytime Emmys for her way “writer’s block” would be two words keynote speaker, UC Santa Barbara Nobel lau- on the Advisory Board of COSMOS, also made Outstanding Preschool Children’s Series as well permanently eliminated from every potential reate Alan J. Heeger. In addition to Dr. Heeger some special remarks. as Outstanding Writing in a Children’s Series. writer’s vocabulary.# were Rudolph A. Marcus, 1992, Chemistry, The California Nobel Laureate Dinner is Wilder also served as the Director of Research Vicki Cobb is a well-known science author Caltech; Kary Mullis, 1993, Chemistry, UC San organized and hosted by the Consulate General and Development for Little Bill and Oswald, both of more than 85 nonfiction books for children. Diego; F. Sherwood Rowland, 1995, Chemistry, of Sweden Los Angeles and the University of animated series on Nick Jr. All the products mentioned are available on the UC; Paul D. Boyer, 1997, Chemistry, UCLA; California, not only to recognize California’s rich A graduate of Columbia University Teachers Think It Ink It Publishing website: www.thinki- Louis J. Ignarro, 1998, Physiology/Medicine; trust of Nobel laureates, but also to highlight the College, Wilder earned her doctorate in tinkitpublishing.com. Dan McFadden, 2000, Economics, UC; David importance of math and science education.#

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For more information, visit us online at www.nlns.org or contact [email protected] DECEMBER 2007 ■ For Parents, Educators & Students ■ Education update  William Sadlier Dinger, Pres. of William H. Sadlier, Inc. and Maureen Dinger Receive Child of Peace Award William Sadlier Dinger (’63), President of mitted individuals Founded in 1925, the Maternity Services William H. Sadlier, Inc. received the Child of to achieve extraor- Program of the Catholic Guardian Society and Peace Award at the 22nd Annual Child of Peace dinary goals, Mrs. Home Bureau provides pregnant women with Award Dinner together with his wife Maureen Dinger has been access to pre- and post-natal care, free counseling, Dinger on Thursday, September 27th at Jumeirah instrumental in safe new cribs with bumper guards and mattresses, Essex House in New York City in recognition boosting the fund- blankets, layettes, baby clothing, baby formula, of their exemplary commitment to bettering raising efforts of the assistance with immunizations and other support- the lives of those in need. All proceeds from American Cancer ive services. The Program serves over 500 women the Dinner benefited the Maternity Services Society, Winthrop each year in metropolitan and upstate New York. Program of the Catholic Guardian Society University Hospital, It also offers full-service adoption and post-adop- and Home Bureau, a human services program and Southampton tion programs, conducts domestic and interna- addressing the needs of mothers-to-be and moth- Hospital. She is tional home studies and places infants in approved ers with newborns. also a board mem- homes. The Maternity Services Program is one William Sadlier Dinger received his BA from ber of the Save the of several Catholic Guardian Society and Home the University of Notre Dame in 1963. After col- Children organiza- Bureau programs designed to help families, chil- lege, he joined the family firm, where he served as tion and affiliated dren, and individuals with special needs. While salesperson, sales manager, Director of Marketing, and volunteering at Lenox Hill Hospital. with the Inner-City many of the agency’s programs are supported and National Sales Manager before assuming Mr. Dinger is an advisory Board Member of Scholarship Fund, the Committee for Mission by public funds, the Maternity Services Program the responsibilities of President. His professional the Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame Responsibility, The International Catholic relies exclusively on private charitable donations affiliations are numerous. His interest in the com- reflecting his commitment to strengthen the U.S. Organizations Information Center at the United to provide its much needed services. munity has led Mr. Dinger to become involved in a Latino community, an interest stemming from Nations, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year marks the 175th Anniversary of number of activities outside of publishing such as time he spent in Mexico as an undergraduate. He She is currently a teaching volunteer in the William H. Sadlier, Inc., a leading educational offering handicapped children from the Manhattan also participates in the Families Achieving New Learning to Look program. She is the recipient publishing company, which for nine generations has Occupational Training Center a vital work experi- Standards (FANS) Literacy Project at Rutgers of the 100-Hour Service Award from Winthrop been helping educate students from Kindergarten ence at Sadlier, participating in the Principal for a University. He is past President of the National University Hospital and the Volunteer of the Year through High School. William Sadlier Dinger and Day program for New York City Public Schools Catholic Educational Exhibitors (NCEE). In the Award from the American Cancer Society. his brother, Frank Sadlier Dinger, continue the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Mr. Dinger orga- The couple resides in Manhattan and has two tradition of family management by publishing a nized a task force that went to Mississippi and married sons, William, Jr. and Michael, and a broad array of mathematics and language arts pro- Louisiana to replace much-needed school books grandson, Andrew. grams designed for today’s classrooms.# for those communities. Among many honors, Mr. Dinger received the Distinguished Service Award from the NCEA and the Leadership Award from the University of Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations San Francisco Institute for Catholic Educational By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore Leadership. Maureen Dinger received her BA from St. 1575 York Avenue, (Between 83rd and 84th Sts.) Joseph’s College. A proven leader who has New York, NY 10028 recruited, motivated and supervised other com- (212) 517-7292, Fax (212) 517-7197 www.logosbookstorenyc.com

Ahab’s Wife or, The Star-Gazer exciting adventure and life. by Sena Jeter Naslund Holiday shopping time at Logos Bookstore 92nd Street Y (Harper Perennial, $15.95) is a great time to find music for all occa- As the year-end holidays come and go, and as sions, as there are many world music CDs from winter approaches and one is looking for a good the Putumayo label as well as recordings by The possibilites are endless! book to read during these long winter nights, Ruben Gonzalez, Ibrahim Ferrer and Compay Ahab’s Wife or, The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Segundo of Buena Vista Social club fame. Also Spring classes begin January 28—Enroll Today. Naslund is the book to read. As mentioned in Moby there are recordings by Machito and his Afro- Dick by Herman Melville, captain Ahab has a wife. Cubans, Jesus Alemany’s ‘Cubanismo’, Dave The premise of Ahab’s Wife or The Star-Gazer is Samuels Caribbean Jazz Project’, music by Gal who is Ahab’s wife and what is her life like. Costa, newcomer Nanny Assis, Leny Eversong, The narrative flows as Una, Ahab’s wife, tells an old-time Brazilian cabaret singer, and Herbie the reader of her pregnancy in Kentucky, helping a Mann, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Sammy runaway slave named Susan, Una’s childhood, her Davis Jr., as well as Berlin Cabaret music, bad relationship with her father, and her parents’ and music of New York collections from the decision to have her go live with her mother’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Also for Christmas sister and her family in a lighthouse on an island the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s fine col- off of the Massachusetts coastline. Una runs off to lections of ‘Medieval Christmas’, ‘Renaissance sea disguised as a cabin boy and has momentous Christmas’, ‘Classical Christmas’ and ‘Baroque adventures there. Later after her marriage to Ahab, Christmas’ are available for purchase as well she meets such historical figures as Margaret as many other fine Christmas collections. Also Art • Music • Dance • Architecture Fuller, Fredrick Douglass, and John Brown. available at Logos are Holiday greeting cards and Aquatics • Cooking • Kid’s Fitness Naslund’s best incorporation of a historical gifts and books for many occasions. Come shop figure into the story is a lesser-known person, the holidays at Logos! Gymnastics • Sunday Science Spectaculars whom I thought was another fictional character, Upcoming Events At Logos And so much more! because she and her family interact consider- Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 7 P.M., Weekday and Saturday classes available! ably with Una in the course of the novel. Maria KYTV Reading Group will discuss A Pair Of Mitchell was America’s first woman astrono- Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy. We also offer programs for children with mer and the first woman to join the American Tuesday, December 4 and 11, 2007 at 7 P.M. developmental disabilities. To learn more call Academy of Arts and Sciences later becoming Sit-n-Knit Group will meet. Melanie Mandel, Nesher Director, at 212.415.5626. in 1865 the Astronomy department at the newly Monday, December 17, 2007 at 7 P.M. the created Vassar College. Her claim to fame and Sacred Texts Group led by Richard Curtis will monumental triumph was that of discovering a hold its holiday party and conclude its discussion telescopic comet in 1847 that happens in chap- of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. ters 150 (‘During The Pleasure Party’) and 151 Wednesday, January 2 or 9, 2008, KYTV For complete class listings (‘Celestial’) of the book. The author’s triumph Reading Group will discuss The Gathering by visit www.92Y.org or call with this novel are the seamless interaction of Anne Enright. 212.415.5500 to register a historical figure, Maria Mitchell, with the fic- Check with the store for which date. 92nd Street Y tional narrator and chief protagonist of the story, Transit: 4,5,6 Subways to Lexington Avenue and request a catalog. Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Una, the wonderful storytelling Una weaves of and 86th St., M86 Bus (86th St.), M79 Bus (79th Lillian & Sol Goldman Family Center for Youth & Family May Center for Health, Fitness & Sport • School of the Arts her life, the rich atmosphere present in the book St.), M31 Bus (York Ave.), M15 Bus (1ST and An Agency of UJA-Federation as 19th century America and the sea come to life, 2nd Aves.)# and for the reader the sense of being witness to an 10 Special Education ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ December 2007

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Private Placements for Children From the NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER: ASK THE EXPERT with Disabilities: Who Pays? “Play is a child’s job” by Martha McCarthy, Ph.D. until recently that parents would have to give the By Glenn S. tearing down a structure. He may create scenes On October 10th, the U.S. Supreme Court public school program a fair trial period for the Hirsch, M.D. reflecting anger, fear, disappointment or jeal- divided evenly in Board of Education of New “appropriateness” determination to be made. My grandson Tani ousy. Play can also help a child cope with fears; York City v. Tom F., which affirmed the Second The Tom F. case is significant because some started kindergarten this in play he can master scary situations by being Circuit’s decision without setting a national fear that it will be very costly for school districts year and I don’t remem- brave and fearless—a doctor sewing up a cut, a precedent. Justice Kennedy excused himself from and will provide an incentive for parents to select ber the process being runner winning a race, a lifeguard saving a strug- the Supreme Court decision, which made the private programs over public school offerings. this stressful when my gling swimmer. four-four vote possible. As customary with tie Also, there is some sentiment that the ruling own children started Learning through play is happening all the time. votes, there was no written opinion, so we can favors wealthy parents. Those without financial school and I certainly know that we believed that In addition to conventional toys, children are con- only speculate as to the justices’ reasoning. means may not be willing to take the risk of uni- playing was the major task of children this age. stantly experimenting with whatever is available; The Second Circuit had vacated the district laterally placing their child in a private school, Nowadays, getting ready for kindergarten seems they construct things, tear them down, compare court’s ruling in light of its opinion in a com- since ultimately they may be responsible for the to start shortly after birth. Children barely (or objects and use them in different ways. As they panion case, Frank G. v. Board of Education of tuition. The New York City school system argued not quite) out of diapers are being taught to sing experiment they learn about math, words, sym- Hyde Park, which in effect became the appellate that the Individuals with Disabilities Education the alphabet, recognize letters and watch Baby bols and science (what floats, what sinks; heavy/ holding in Tom F. Essentially, the Second Circuit Act (IDEA) was not designed to allow parents Einstein. Prepping for the preschool interview light; large/small; in/out; backwards/forwards). ruled that parents can get reimbursed for private to enroll their children with disabilities in private takes precedence over allowing time for imagina- It is through play that children gradually learn school tuition for their child with disabilities even schools without giving the public school program tion and creativity and fun. The fact is, however, which activities they enjoy and excel in—from though the child has never received any special a chance to meet their needs. School officials are that play actually enriches children’s develop- music to science to sports to art. Through group education or related services from the public concerned that some parents who never intended ment and prepares them for learning. The years play they learn to get along with others and to school district. The appeals court concluded that to enroll their children in public schools will seek from 2 to 6 are often called the “play years” since understand the viewpoint of another person. the private placement need not satisfy state edu- to have their child qualify for IDEA services play thrives during these years. Parents can encourage their children’s play by cation standards as long as the program allows solely to be eligible for private school tuition. A child at play is working hard; in addition to making space and props, and most of all, uninter- the child to receive educational benefits and the Only New York, Connecticut, and Vermont are having fun, she’s busy learning lots of things. rupted time, available. For preschool children proposed public school program is not considered covered by the Second Circuit ruling, but other Make-believe and imaginative play really relate making time for play is more critical than time appropriate. Of course, parents who unilaterally jurisdictions may decide to follow this decision. to her everyday life; she’s finding out how her for structured classes in reading, math, and bal- place their child in a private school do so at their The Supreme Court declined to review the Frank world works and where she fits in. Play reflects a let. Play reflects the predicaments of childhood own risk. In prior decisions, the Supreme Court G. case, and until it renders a decision on the child’s world in miniature; through play children and can give parents insight into what their child ruled that parents can get reimbursement for merits of this issue, the legal requirements may act out relationships—they assume the roles of is thinking, worrying about, and wishing for. unilateral private placements only if ultimately vary across jurisdictions. # parents, bus drivers, storekeepers, doctors and Finally, play is just plain fun, so get down on the determined through the appeals process that the Dr. Martha McCarthy is the Chancellor’s even television characters. They set up scenes floor and join in. available public school program for the specific Professor and Chair, Educational Leadership from different points of view and explore differ- This monthly column provides educators, par- disabilities is not appropriate. It was assumed and Policy Studies, Indiana University. ent ways of mastering situations. Play can help ents and families with important information children deal with changes in their lives such as about child and adolescent mental health issues. ADVERTISE ON the birth of a new baby, moving, parental separa- Please submit questions for ASK THE EXPERT tion and other events. to Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D., Medical Director at www.EducationUpdate.com Play is a safe way of expressing emotions that the NYU Child Study Center at glenn.hirsch@ may be too complex to verbalize. In play a child med.nyu.edu. To subscribe to the ASK THE Choose an animated or stationary online banner ad. 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By Marisa Suescun port and rigorous training. On a recent school day, the large wall calendar During her residence year, Nguyen’s typical hanging in Phuong Nguyen’s office at East Bronx work day looked like this: she arrived at school by Academy for the Future—a small public middle 7 am for an hour of what she called “quiet time,” school where she served as a principal in train- which amounted to completing hefty amounts of ing, an understudy for the role she will fulfill paperwork, including writing observations and on her own next year—was jam-packed with suggestions for teachers whose classrooms she color-coded tasks and appointments, all written had visited. At 7:45, Nguyen walked the halls in Nguyen’s neat print. and greeted students and staff; at 8 am, she per- If the calendar was full, it reflects only a frac- formed “morning duty,” supervising breakfast in tion of what Nguyen—a 2007 participant in New the cafeteria. For the rest of the morning, once Leaders For New Schools, a national non-profit classes began, Nguyen visited classrooms and that selects and trains accomplished educators worked on three ongoing projects: developing a to become urban principals—got done in a day. math literacy curriculum, enhancing data driven Nguyen is part of a growing cadre of educators instruction, and building instructional leaders across the city and country who are training to among her staff. Then, it was lunch duty in the become principals by spending a year essentially doing what principals do, guided by targeted sup- continued to page 17

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Young Artists Make Making Pianos: Their Mark at the Historical Perspective by Joan Baum, Ph.D. belongs to a slight- oguchi useum There should be a limit as to how often the rela- ly lesser line than By KatarzynaN Nikhamina M tively unknown General Society of Mechanics the grand Steinway “When someone walks through and Tradesmen of the City of New York is identi- (whose major com- our doors, you know they’ve been fied as being across from the Harvard Club on petition was Masson motivated,” said Heather Brady, 44th Street, but the fact is that this marvelous and Hamlin), but head of Education at the Isamu institution, founded in 1820 for the “general edu- certainly served the Noguchi Museum, an oasis tucked cation of the apprentices of NYC,” and filled with Wallaces well. A bit away in Long Island City, Queens. unique archival material, especially books and brighter in sound For eight New York City high school pamphlets on the “useful arts,” still hasn’t made than most pianists Benjamin Treuhaft students who attended Making Your it onto the radar screen, and that is a shame. The today would like, Mark, the Museum’s free four-week six-story Beaux Arts building also contains a col- and no longer showing off its elegant “ice cream” summer art program, the converted lection of 370 locks in its Museum. The Library, legs, the Weber seemed to strike an affectionate factory building encircling a garden the educational arm of the General Society, was note with Vita Wallace who celebrated its distinct served as a space for reaction and the largest free circulating library in the city, registers and tone. Surprising, perhaps to the lay synthesis. before the public library system came into exis- public, were Treuhaft’s remarks on America’s “Some of our students attend tence, and its 2007-8 Tuesday Lecture series on place in the piano-making industry in the last schools with developed art pro- Labor, Landmarks & Literature is reason enough quarter of the 19th century. In 1893, for example, grams; for others, this was a rare to come by. The recent presentation shows why. the U.S. produced over half the pianos in the opportunity,” said Brady, who came Titled, “The Piano: Hammer and Hands”—a world, with factories concentrated in the East to the Museum as a freelance edu- play on the General Society’s cator in 1999. (The program was motto, “By Hammer and first held in 2001.) She co-taught Hand All Arts Do Stand,” the the summer session with Maryann audience was treated to an Kranis, who is earning her Masters unusual educational experi- in Art and Art Education at Teachers College and to create one out of plaster: it contains a small ence—learning about late interned at the Museum in the spring. pool of water. She enjoyed the daily “homework 19th century musical culture, For the first three weeks of July, the young art- letters” that Brady and Kranis tailored to each seeing the “action” of the ists, most of whom had never visited the Museum student. The sketchbooks which contained the General Society’s 1883 Weber before, experimented with a different material or responses to these letters were also on display, piano, and hearing two gifted medium each day, using Noguchi’s life and work along with all eight final projects and two addi- young musicians, Vita and as a jumping-off point. Noguchi (1904-1988), tional pieces by each artist. Ishmael Wallace, brother and born in Los Angeles to an American mother Carolina Fung Feng, a senior at St. Michael’s sister constituting The Orfeo and a Japanese father, was a versatile artist who Academy in Manhattan, learned that you don’t Duo (violin and piano), play sculpted, painted and designed furniture, sets and have to follow your blueprint. “The newspaper pieces that would typically buildings. When the Museum opened in 1985, it collage is the only remaining part of my original have been heard in NY in the housed only Noguchi’s work; it now hosts other idea,” she said, reaching up to run her fingers 1880s, including Schumann exhibits, too, including the Making Your Mark over the varying textures of her piece. and Wagner. group show (September 1 to 9). Kozanecka chose to portray Belgium, where Janet Wells Greene, curator In the program’s last week, each student pro- she lived as a child, abstractly, because she only of the lecture series (“bring- posed a final project and developed a three-day had memories of color and light. “I remembered ing musicians to unexpect- plan for it. “Maryann and I questioned: why chickens; I wanted toes mingling in the chickens’ ed places”), introduced free this material, why this idea,” said Brady. Kranis feathers. I wanted to create a sense of touch spirit, Benjamin Treuhaft, 60, Vice President of and Midwest. Everyone fought over endorse- called the studio setting “empowering.” between two things.” the NYC Piano Technicians Guild, and piano ments, and virtuosi like Lizst, who loved to love, The artists spoke confidently about the curato- Sybil Errazuriz, a sophomore at the Renaissance tuner extraordinaire. Given his charm, modesty endorsed everyone. But clearly, Steinway led the rial decisions they had made. Justin Calder, a Charter School in Jackson Heights, dyed yarn and humor—not to mention appearance—ban- field. And then, sadly, by the 1920s, pianos fell sophomore at North Rockland High School, rear- with watercolors to create a bell that sways but dana, rolled up work shirt and, as the evening into the hands of “unscrupulous dealers,” who ranged his ink sketches of ships, to see if people does not sound. progressed, bare feet—he would particularly took advantage of a growing popular interest in would discern the actual order. Maria Kozanecka, Sheila Salazar, also a sophomore at Renaissance, delight young people. A self-declared sixties hip- piano playing and forged dates. And mechanical a sophomore at the LaGuardia High School made a series of plaster molds – the Peruvian pie who roamed the country, looking for a pro- piano players moved in. of Music, Art and Performing Arts, hung her flag, a brush and palette, a cross – to represent her fession that would turn him on, he finally found It would certainly be instructive for students abstract paintings in the gallery’s corner because life. The final mold? A wild smattering of color. it tuning Steinway pianos, for, among many, to know about the culture of piano playing in she “wanted them to loom over the viewer. I “My many ideas,” she explained. Vladimir Horowitz. But, also, in the spirit of the late 19th century, in the home and in con- wanted to create a sanctuary,” she said. To receive an application for the summer 2008 his parents, he took his passion to places where cert halls. There was time when opera could Vivian Ho, a senior at Benjamin Cardozo High session of Making Your Mark, email education@ he felt he could do good, such as Cuba, where not succeed in NY, unless it was in German (an School, was inspired by Noguchi’s sculptures noguchi.org or call 718-204-7088, ext. 205. his nonprofit organization gave away over 237 open air opera house in Brighton Beach used to pianos to churches and schools. His mother was put on Wagner for 25 cents). As Vita Wallace Jessica (The American Way of Death) Mitford, his also reminded the audience, the 1880s were a father the well-known trade union lawyer, Robert wonderful time for music. Amateur choirs and Treuhaft—both Communists (who left the party groups were everywhere and piano for four hands ony ennett in the in 1958). especially popular. Serious chamber music was T B In his talk, much of which he said relied on played in the home. It was in the public forums Men, Women and Pianos: A Social History by where more accessible works were performed, Studio: A Life of Arthur Loesser (with prefatory pieces by Edward flashy orchestral and operatic transcriptions. Rothstein and Jacques Barzun), Ben Treuhaft Quite a telling cultural comment.# rt usic stressed how competitive piano making was in the For information on the General Society, go to A & M late 19th century. The General Society’s Weber www.generalsociety.org or, better yet, just stop in. Reviewed By Joan Baum, Ph.D. youngsters in the school he started with his wife, Tony Bennett in the Studio: A Life of Art & Susan, five years ago (see article on p. 13). Frank Music is the name of this big, handsome book, Sinatra called Tony Bennett simply “the best,” he says, was the best possible place for him to best lighting or a formal pose. but note the order of the last two nouns: “Art” high praise from the Chairman of the Board, but learn how to draw and paint and perfect technical What becomes obvious early on in Tony before Music.” It’s not a statement of prefer- Tony Bennett’s first love would appear to have skills—a judgment articulated by many a well Bennett in the Studio is clear evidence of his tal- ence but of appropriateness, considering the been art. It’s been with him all his life, early and known New York painter. Industrial Arts was also ent, especially for drawing and watercolor. The nature and content of the volume just published late. where young Anthony learned to appreciate hard people (mostly musicians) and places he does by Sterling. The sequence may seem surprising, When he was but a youngster, an art teacher work and discipline, both of which stood him in over and over again (alas, no dates are provided) however, because Tony Bennett is one of the found Anthony Benedetto chalking up the side- good stead when he left school at 16 to help sup- are instantly recognizable, not just because he’s greatest popular singers of the 20th century and, walk outside a railroad flat in Astoria, where port his family. But since those formative years, superb at capturing a likeness but because he at 82, proving he can take on the 21st as well. the child lived with his mother. Impressed, the Tony Bennett has never gone anywhere without a also captures the spirit, expression and mood of Indeed, the day Education Update caught up teacher offered to give him some lessons. Bennett sketchpad and paint box. He raises no eyebrows his subjects. No rank amateur, Tony Bennett has with him last month, Bennett was getting ready confesses that he wanted to go to The High with colleagues in the music industry who know enjoyed many well-reviewed exhibitions; his for a forthcoming concert on Staten Island, and School of Music and Art but didn’t make it. He of his passion for drawing and painting and who continued to page 21 anticipating attending more performances by the wound up, instead, at Industrial Arts and that, know he’s there, sketching them, not needing the 13

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Making Pianos: Kudos for the Frank Sinatra High School Historical Perspective for the rts a k a ony s chool By Joan Baum, Ph.D. A , . . . “T ’ S ” have become more competitive, with auditions Can Tony Bennett really be 81 when his speak- playing a central part. And how about those awards, ing voice, clear and strong, suggests 31? He Tony points out: The school’s Wind Ensemble won explains—when you’re taught how to sing, you a Level VI Gold with Distinction medal from the know how to conserve energy and project. What New York State School Music Association, a pro- he’s particularly delighted to project these days is fessional organization that tests secondary students his total delight in the public high school in Long in music, after students performed various pieces on Island City that he founded six years ago with his June 1 this year. Music is the largest arts program at then companion, now wife, Susan Crow, former the school, though it is likely that in February 2009, Principal of Instruction at the school and now pres- when FSHS moves into its own building, a block ident of Exploring the Arts, a nonprofit arts orga- away from the Kaufman Astoria Movie Studios nization Bennett established with the enthusiastic and the American Museum of the Moving Image, support of former NYC Council President Peter the filmmaking program will expand. And prob- F. Vallone. The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts ably the dance and drama programs as well, with (FSHS) bears the name of one of Tony Bennett’s overall enrollment expected to grow to over 900. most significant mentors and friends—“Frank and So what sets FSHS apart from other art and I were good buddies, but I wasn’t part of the Rat academic high schools? A broad smile comes Pack”. over Ms. Finn’s face. Three things, she says, in The school’s been such a success in its brief six addition to the school’s relatively small size: (1) years of existence that, for sure, there’s “A Song In It’s not enough to be a good performer; a student [Tony Bennett’s] Heart”—not to mention Principal should also know about the history of an art form, Donna Finn’s. FSHS’s dynamic leader has a back- aesthetic theory, interpretative differences in dif- ground in Fine Art, a B.A. and M.S. Ed. from ferent cultures, and also have the ability to express Queens College, a certificate in Administration, these in writing. Students are also given a global and great pride in having found herself in educa- sense of their discipline and taught to respect each tion, after years in the work force and starting other’s preferences and gifts. For example, those college at the age of 32. But, as it’s often said, love who love classical music come to performances affairs started later in life often last for life, and the of pop and vice versa. (2) Because education also passion Ms. Finn exudes for FSHS—its mission, takes place outside school, partnerships with arts students and curricula in dance, drama, fine art, institutions are important: Among FSHS’s many music and film—looks to be forever. Her great prestigious partners, including American Ballet enthusiasm for the school is shared, of course, by Theater and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, its founder. the nearby Queens Museum of Art plays a major “Tony” shows up for every graduation, invites role in introducing students to the administrative, students to attend his concerts and TV specials, educational and business sides of the art world. and tries to attend theirs. Recently, “the kids” A “Degas” scene Professionals visit the school and students visit performed at the75th anniversary of Radio City organizations. (3) Typically, high schools intro-

Principal Donna Finn stands beneath her first watercolor painting A vocal class

Music Hall’s Christmas Show, and it was an espe- duce students to professional opportunities in their cially “wonderful” event, he notes, because they junior and senior years, but FSHS lets freshmen had been invited only three days before. When he participate in performances, thus creating, in effect, comes to the school, he says that he sees “young an internal internship program where students learn Americans full of hope—not one drop out.” The from each other. data back him up: 90% of FSHS’s 610 students are For Tony Bennett FSHS is simply “the best.” “I graduated within the traditional four-year period, love this place,” he says, and is especially proud and 100% go on to college. “The kids adore him, that it is “public” school. That was important to the parents are thrilled,” Ms. Finn says. They know him, and he looks to FSHS to provide a creative what he does professionally and what he contin- arts model for public schools nation wide. “There’s ues to do for them to encourage their artistic and not enough culture in the country today. If there’s academic endeavors. It’s a tricky balancing act, more involvement in the arts, perhaps there will of course, to attend to both art and academics, as be fewer wars.” The arts teach the “history of the Ms. Finn well knows. But she is sensitive to those world, what it was like at certain times,” an impor- twin needs and tries to hire subject teachers who tant lesson in humanity and civilization. He quotes understand the arts and arts teachers who respect Winston Churchill on WW II: “What else are we the academic curriculum. That means, for example, fighting for?” Most of all, Tony Bennett wants finding ways that allow students to participate in FSHS students to know that they must “never performances that may turn up during a school give up.” His own mother inculcated that attitude week and not scheduling recitals in June when in him. She may have made only one cent a dress they’re prepping for and taking Regents exams. (”can you believe that!”), but she got her message Their day starts at 7:15 and ends at 3:20. across: as her son would put it years later in one of Clearly, the school must be doing something String ensemble his more famous songs, with hard work and faith, right: applications have gone up and admissions “the best is yet to come.”# 14 Education update ■ For Parents, Educators & Students ■ DECEMBER 2007

TEACHERS & PRINCIPALS: GRANTS & RESOURCES

Free DOE EdTech Grant Free Teaching Resources: Directory, 4th Edition Energy, Life Sciences, Bridge Multimedia and the National Center for mented Matt Kaplowitz, President of Bridge Technology Innovation (NCTI) announced today Multimedia. Mark Twain and More the launch of the fourth edition of http://www. EdTech Online will be one of many resourc- EdTechOnline.org, a user-friendly Web site that es featured at the upcoming National Center By Peter Kickbush & Kirk Winters offers a “One Stop Shop” for the latest informa- for Technology Innovation’s Eighth Annual of computers to advance our understanding of tion on federal grants available to support educa- Technology Innovators Conference. For the past Renewable energy, life science careers, com- biology and human health. Learn how computers tional technology funded by the U.S. Department eight years, this conference has provided opportu- puters and health, space food and space suits, are used to simulate the spread of flu through a of Education. nities for researchers, entrepreneurs, policymak- prehistoric sea monsters, Mark Twain, politics school, the movement of cells in our bodies, and Available free of charge, EdTech Online links ers, technology developers, and venture capital- in antebellum America, and creative writing are the beating of a heart. Find out how computers state and local educators, technology developers, ists making advances in educational technology among the topics of new resources at FREE, help in the search for gene variations that could vendors, and publishers to the latest data on cur- to network and share innovative ideas. # the website that makes teaching resources from lead to disease. (National Institutes of Health) rent and upcoming grants that focus on increas- About Bridge Multimedia federal agencies easier to find: http://www.free. http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ ing technological capacity within K-12 pub- Bridge Multimedia is a New York City-based ed.gov id=1976 lic schools. The online resource offers updated media services company that develops univer- History K-12 Energy Lesson Plans and Activities offers information on federal grant program summaries sally accessible media designed to make the Colorado’s Historic Newspaper Collection fea- 350 lessons on energy efficiency and renewable and strategic objectives, appropriations, contact 21st century classroom equally accessible to tures newspapers published throughout Colorado energy. They’re organized by grade level and information, and links directly to the government all learners. In partnership with the American from 1859 to 1930. Topics include Colorado state- topic—biomass, geothermal, fuel cells, ocean agencies offering specific grants. Foundation for the Blind, Bridge was awarded hood, the 1908 Democratic National Convention, energy, solar power, transportation fuels, wind “We are pleased to connect the education a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Denver mint robbery, early days of telephone ser- energy, and energy efficiency and conservation. technology community with a wealth of timely Education, National Institute on Disability and vice, and early gold mines. (Institute of Museum Learn about passive solar buildings, advanced information on available federal grants geared Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to build and and Library Services) photovoltaics, or basic wind turbines. Take an towards increasing capacity to assist the learning test the Universal eLearner. Bridge Multimedia’s http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ energy awareness quiz. Estimate your carbon of all students,” announced Tracy Gray, Ph.D., website can be found at http://www.bridgemulti- id=1974 footprint; find ways to reduce it. (Department Director of the National Center for Technology media.com Getting the Message Out! National Political of Energy) http://free.ed.gov/resource. Innovation. About the National Center for Technology Campaign Materials, 1840-1860 looks at politics cfm?resource_id=1969 The revised tool highlights current and upcom- Innovation in antebellum America. Read about the presiden- Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure Movie ing grants for the 2007-2008 academic school The National Center for Technology Innovation tial campaigns. See campaign biographies of the provides photos and video clips from this movie calendar and offers two, new useful resources: (NCTI), funded by the Office of Special Education candidates—from William Harrison, Martin Van about creatures that roamed the seas 82 million Grants at a Glance, a snapshot of available tech- Programs at the U.S. Department of Education, Buren, and James Birney to Abraham Lincoln years ago. Discover sea monsters of the past and nology funding and No Child Left Behind Titles advances learning opportunities for individu- and Stephen Douglas. Learn about the “sec- present using the interactive time line. Excavate I-X, a digestible overview of the various compo- als with disabilities by fostering technological ond party system.” (Abraham Lincoln Historical fossils on a “virtual dig.” See a video on how to nents of the law. innovation, as well as by providing resources and Digitization Project, Institute of Museum and survive a shark attack. (National Geographic, “Rather than searching multiple Web sites promoting partnerships for the development of Library Services) National Science Foundation) http://free.ed.gov/ outlining various federal funding agencies, a visit technology-related products by manufacturers, http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ resource.cfm?resource_id=1970 to EdTech Online provides all of the necessary producers, publishers and researchers. For more id=1975 Space Food and Nutrition Educator Guide information in a comprehensive and accessible information on NCTI, please visit their website at Language Arts looks at the history of preparing and packag- format, saving members of the education and http://www.nationaltechcenter.org Mark Twain’s Mississippi examines what the ing foods that taste good, provide necessary technology communities valuable time,” com- Mississippi Valley meant to people in the 1800s nutrients, and travel well in space. The guide and how these meanings influenced Twain’s writ- includes math and science activities in which ing. Learn about economic development, politics, students (K-8) classify space food, ripen fruits race, religion, culture, and the idea of “the West.” and vegetables using a chemical inhibitive, mea- National Memorial Seeking Read a biography of Clemens. Find the full text sure food packaging, determine the percentage of of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures water reduction by dehydrating fresh food items, of Huckleberry Finn, and Life on the Mississippi. and plan a nutritionally balanced 5-day menu Educators for Fellowship Program (Northern Illinois University, Institute of Museum for astronauts. (National Aeronautics and Space The Oklahoma City National Memorial & ogy integration, communication arts, dramatic and Library Services) Administration) Museum invites educators from across the coun- arts, and history. Years of teaching ranged from http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ try to participate in a five-day fellowship at the three to 32, and five had more than 20 years id=1973 id=1977 museum in Oklahoma City, June 22-27, 2008. experience in the classroom. Poets and Writers is a source of information Suited for Spacewalking Educator Guide exam- The Educator Fellowship Program at the “The fellowship was emotionally moving, grip- and inspiration for creative writers. It features ines the technology behind space suits. Students Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum ping, and eye opening. From the opening activi- Poets & Writers Magazine and includes a discus- learn about the environment of space, the his- provides educators from across the United States ties, bringing in a counselor to talk about our sion forum, a database of writers, and advice tory of spacewalking, NASA’s current space an opportunity to study the events of April 19, reactions, to the private tour of the memorial with about publishing and copyright issues. A teachers suit, future space suits, and work that astronauts 1995, and understand the impact of violence, (Memorial designer) Hans Butzer, it was above guide offers a place to discuss essays on writ- do during spacewalks. Students (grades 5-12) the senselessness of using violence as a means and beyond my expectations,” said Renee Semik, ing and teaching. (Poets & Writers, National are challenged to design and build a protective to effect change and the importance of personal 2007 Memorial Fellow and Freshman Seminar Endowment for the Arts) garment that will permit future space travel- responsibility. Using what they learn, participants and Advanced Placement US History teacher at http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ ers to explore the surface of Mars. (National will create and use in their subject or program Santa Monica High School in Hermosa Beach, id=1979 Aeronautics and Space Administration) area lesson plans that promote nonviolent prob- Calif. “This fellowship raised the bar and I doubt Science http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ lem solving and conflict resolution as well as another professional opportunity will be able to BioWorksU introduces students to life science id=1978 respect for self and others. compete with the content I learned, support we all careers. It is set in a virtual university and uses Voyages Through Time is a yearlong integrated The Memorial Fellows will participate in a received, and all the materials we were given.” games, experiments, and simulations to show science curriculum for 9th or 10th grade based variety of activities geared toward helping them Applications for the Teacher Fellowship jobs at a range of locations—a nurse’s station, on the theme of evolution. It is presented in six incorporate lessons learned in Oklahoma City Program are available on the memorial’s web ambulance bay, diagnostic lab, pathology lab, modules: cosmic evolution, planetary evolution, about the impact of terrorism into their own les- site at www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org. radiology department, pharmacy, physical thera- origin of life, evolution of life, hominid evolu- son plans. Applications for the program must be All applications must be returned to Lynne py room, dentist’s office, and more. Watch videos tion, and evolution of technology. Individual postmarked by December 21, 2007, and partici- Roller, Deputy Director, Oklahoma City National of professionals describing what they do. Play modules can be used in discipline-based science pants will be notified February 1, 2008. Memorial & Museum, PO Box 323, Oklahoma the ambulance maze game. (IPIC, Department courses such as biology, earth science, geology, The Memorial Fellows will participate in work- City, OK 73101, and postmarked by December of Labor) or astronomy. (Learning in Motion, National shops, tours and other sessions during the fel- 21, 2007. The Memorial’s Educator Fellowship http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ Science Foundation)# lowship, which will be held at the memorial and Program is made possible through the generous id=1972 http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_ museum. Last year, teachers from California, support of JPMorgan Chase. Computing Life looks at ways physicists, biolo- id=1971 Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, South The Oklahoma City National Memorial & gists, and even artists are harnessing the power Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Utah par- Museum was created to honor “those who were ticipated in the program. Their subject areas killed, those who survived and those changed educating visitors about the impact of violence, For more information on the Oklahoma City included American literature, English, reading, forever” by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. informing about events surrounding the bombing, National Memorial & Museum, call (888) 542- American Constitution and citizenship, world Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. and inspiring hope and healing through lessons HOPE or visit www.oklahomacitynationalmemo- civilizations, social studies, U.S. history, technol- The Memorial and Museum are dedicated to learned by those affected. rial.org. # December 2007 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ COLLEGES & GRADuate Schools 15 The College Of New Rochelle United Negro College Fund Leads Receives $50,000 Grant From NYS Way in Cutting College Costs

State Assemblyman George Latimer has pre- Green Building Council under its Leadership Following Congressional passage by an over- ing college doors to the young men and women sented The College of New Rochelle (CNR) with in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) whelming majority, President Bush recently who are our future scientists, teachers and doc- a $50,000 capital construction grant from New Green Building Rating System®. Assemblyman signed the College Cost Reduction and Access tors..# York State. The funds will be used toward the Latimer recently toured the Wellness Center Act into law. The United Negro College Fund Learn more about UNCF at www.uncf.org. construction of multi-media “smart” classrooms construction site. was a leader in the broad-based coalition that in the College’s new state-of-the-art Wellness The first Catholic college for women in New supported the bill from introduction through Center, scheduled to be completed this December. York State, The College of New Rochelle was final passage. The One That Did Not Get Away In addition to the smart classrooms, the Wellness founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order. Today, This measure will represent the single larg- Center will include areas for conferences and it comprises the all-women School of Arts & est investment in higher education since the GI seminars, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a gym- Sciences, and three schools which admit women Bill, and will avoid additional taxes through nasium equipped with arena-style bleachers, com- and men: the School of New Resources (for adult savings resulting from the reduction of federal petition-size basketball and volleyball courts, an learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate subsidies to lenders in the commercial student interior running track suspended above the gym School. The main campus of the College is locat- loan industry. floor and a six-lane NCAA competition swim- ed in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north The bill’s highlights include: increasing the ming pool. Other highlights include a meditation of New York City. The College maintains five federal investment in historically black col- room and contemplation roof garden. The ecolog- other campus locations in New York City. Visit leges and universities by a total of $170 million ical design of the building as a metaphor for well- the College’s website at www.cnr.edu. over two years; increasing the maximum Pell ness will be eligible for certification by the U.S. Grant award by 25 percent over five years, from today’s maximum of $4,310 to $5,400 by 2012; protecting low- and moderate-income student loan borrowers by guaranteeing that their loan CCNY Launches New Website To payments will not exceed 15 percent of their dis- cretionary income, and by forgiving loans to bor- rowers with economic hardship after 25 years; Commemorate The Centennial Of reducing interest rates on student loans for more than 5 million low- and middle-income student Its Historic, Landmarked Campus borrowers receiving subsidized Stafford loans. Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President And CEO of The City College of New York (CCNY) recently Several smaller projects during the first half the United Negro College Fund stated that at a launched a new website, “100 Years on Hamilton of the 20th Century expanded the main Campus. time when a college degree is a prerequisite to Heights,” to commemorate the Centennial of its These culminated with the 1950 acquisition of launching almost every good career, the increas- Campus in Harlem. The CCNY Campus, which the old Manhattanville College campus, which ing cost of attending college has made it difficult was designed by George B. Post, is considered extended CCNY south to W. 130th Street. or impossible for students from low- and moder- one of the finest examples of neo-Gothic archi- Unfortunately, the buildings Post designed ate-income families to get the education they tecture at any academic institution in the United could not withstand the harsh New York environ- need and deserve. The Act’s 25 percent increase David Mercado States. The structures are on national and state ment due to flaws in the structural design. Their in Pell Grants and tying student loan repayment 75 lb. Yellow fin tuna caught on Viking fleet registers of historic buildings. exterior walls supported steel beams, but the terra to income level will be important steps in open- sailing out of Montauk. Using historic and contemporary photographs, cotta proved too brittle to function as part of a the website tells the story of the Campus’ devel- load-bearing system and the mortar joints were opment, its role in CCNY’s growth, its restora- too rigid to absorb building movement. Within tion and what is in store for its second century. In two decades, cracks had formed. This allowed addition, the site contains a bulletin board where water to seep in and rust the steel beams. alumni may post reminiscences and anecdotes By the mid-1980s, the situation had become from their student years as well as photographs critical, particularly for Shepard Hall’s main taken on campus. tower. Ultimately, the top 60 feet of the tower Qbsfou “In developing this campus 100 years ago, New would have to be taken down and rebuilt. York City’s leaders made a powerful statement A solution was devised by architect Carl Stein that City College students, who came mainly from that called for a “thin-shell cladding system” working class and immigrant families, deserved a with the ornamental elements attached to new, Hvjeft" ‘plant second to none,’” said CCNY President weatherproof structural walls using stainless and Dr. Gregory H. Williams. “This is still true of galvanized steel brackets. The terra cotta was “Brisk, thoughtful profiles of top- our students today. By restoring The City College replaced with glass-fiber-reinforced concrete, a notch, intriguing schools.” Campus to its original glory, today’s leaders have material that could replicate complex forms and reaffirmed their commitment to that ideal.” withstand harsh weather. Flexible sealant joints, —New York Daily News CCNY acquired the site of its campus, stretch- which accommodated movement, were used in “Hemphill has done for schools ing along Convent Avenue from W. 138th Street place of mortar. what Zagat’s did for restaurants.” to W. 140th Street, in the 1890s after having out- Ultimately, 70,000 pieces would be needed for grown its original home, the Free Academy build- Shepard Hall plus tens of thousands more for —Big Apple Parent ing at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue. In 1898, the other buildings. More than 10,000 different “A bible for urban parents.” A Parents’ George B. 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For the first time in 208 pp./Paper, $19.95 Hall, Baskerville Hall and Compton Hall. many years, none of the original buildings are New York City’s Best For the buildings’ facades, Post selected clad in scaffolding. Public Elementary Schools Manhattan schist, a dark gray native stone with “100 Years on Hamilton Heights” was pro- Clara Hemphill white terra cotta trim applied to the windows, duced and written by Ellis Simon, CCNY 320 pp./Paper, $21.95 The Positive doors and other architectural details. These details Director of Public Relations, and designed by Parent are the buildings’ most distinguishing features, Angela Franklin, CCNY Director of Web-Based Raising Healthy, Happy, and they include over 600 grotesque figures relat- Communications and Marketing. Visit www1. New York City’s Best and Successful Children, ing to the buildings’ academic functions. ccny.cuny.edu/ci/centennial. 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LaGuardia Community College both public and independent schools in New York Among the many NYC public school people in City and the tri-state area. The program extends the program, “some go on to create small schools, from preschool, to early childhood, through which have become a very important part of the Gets $574,930 Grant To high school, and even into other kinds of edu- NYC scene. We’ve had a number of small school cational settings (e.g., after-school programs, principals and directors come through our pro- district offices, non-profits, and into policy and gram,” says Schmerler. “These more personal- Help Hispanic Students advocacy work). We are now also offering an ized, collaborative schools have been a growing LaGuardia Community College in New York improve academic quality, institutional stability, important new Leadership in Special Education phenomenon in New York the last twenty years. has been awarded a $574,930 grant to strengthen management, and fiscal capabilities of eligible track.” Typical program applicants are experi- People can actually start their own schools, and improve its facilities and academic pro- institutions. Funds may be used for a variety of enced teachers spanning all of the grades from and Bank Street is very much in the middle of grams for Hispanic-American according to U.S. activities, such as: faculty development, curricu- early childhood through twelve, as well as prac- that. Some of these schools are part of the NYC Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. lum development, scientific or laboratory equip- ticing leaders. system, others are outside it.” He adds that a A total of $17.2 million will fund 30 new devel- ment, construction and renovation of instruc- “Basically, we help these teachers develop new part of the NYC system, the Empowerment opment grants in FY 2007 under the Developing tional facilities, academic tutoring, counseling the skills to become leaders, and those who are Zone (EZ), headed by Eric Nadelstern, a former Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. and student support services. already leaders to develop more in-depth skills,” instructor in the Leadership program, offers a “Thanks to No Child Left Behind the achieve- There are two types of grants awarded under says Schmerler. The common denominator is growing number of small schools freedom from ment gap is closing for Hispanic students and the program. An Individual Development Grant working to make schools more dynamic, humane, some Department of Education regulations and academic progress is on the rise,” Spellings said. is awarded to a single, eligible institution. A and collaborative places—a typical Bank Street gives them more autonomy. [See article page 6 “At the higher education level it’s a different Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant orientation. “We focus on teaching our students by Nadelstern] story where Hispanic students still lag behind is awarded to an institution and its partners. A how to organize the people within the schools, Says Schmerler: “It’s not easy being a leader their peers in earning a postsecondary credential. Hispanic-Serving Institution (HIS) is defined as often working from the bottom up. Changing a anywhere in education. It takes strength and This program will ensure that Hispanic students a non-profit institution that has at least 25 percent culture is a very inclusive job, and if you don’t wisdom. We are sending people to sometimes have access to quality programs at the higher Hispanic full-time equivalent enrollment. attend to all the areas, the change won’t happen. lonely, isolated learning outposts. At Bank Street, education level to improve their opportunities for Additional information on these grants is avail- Helping students acquire the skills to bring the we surround them with people who understand success beyond school.” able at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/ total school community together into a collabora- them and help them in their personal journeys The overall purpose of the program is to index.html. # tive culture is a major goal,” he says. The students toward new roles, skills, and accomplishments; get certification as School Building Leaders. The and who give them a feeling of connectedness to program is also pursuing an additional certifica- other educators with similar ideals and goals. We tion for School District Leader, which equips do this through the advisement process and with Student Explorers in students for an even larger role. support from their teachers and peers. This is why Since all school leaders have to understand people come to Bank Street. They don’t get that o to ntarctic adults and how they work and relate, the Adult kind of support in most other places.” NYC G A Development course functions as a central part “Through Bank Street’s Educational Leadership Five New York students are joining the Wings for International Studies (Staten Island), Mr. of the program. “We focus primarily on the pro- Program, I found the guidance and mentorship to Antarctic expedition representing the boroughs of Victor Pagan – Mount Saint Michael Academy fessional years. For instance, how do you work reach deep within myself and take action in mak- Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten (Bronx), Miss Iraida Cabrera Marmolejos – High with faculty in mid-career or late career; people ing changes within my school. I have doubled Island: School for Enterprise, Business and Technology who have been in a very narrow environment; the size of my school and staff, run a Capital Miss Yvette Alfaro – Eleanor Roosevelt High (Brooklyn), Miss Felicia Vanacore – Long Island those with a vested interest in stability or job Campaign, and moved us into a state-of-the-art School (Manhattan), Miss Kasey Fausak – City High School (Queens).. security; or those who have lost the spark,” he space designed to support our special needs The College of Staten Island High School says. “Knowing how to work with diverse groups population. Now, in collaboration with my school of adults toward goals of equity and community community, we are making a difference for more is very important to us.” families and children in need. That is what it is see myself.” —Thomas Brunzell, Dean of Students, to say that adult learning parallels students’ learn- Developing instructional leaders is a complex about: making a difference with others, for oth- KIPP Infinity Charter School, Harlem, NYC ing, but it isn’t. It represents a paradigmatic shift process. “Our students learn to observe teachers, ers. That is success.” —Donna Kennedy, Head of “Bank Street has a clear vision of how stu- in how we think about school and school districts. listen to them, model for them, and, most of all, School, The Gillen Brewer School dents learn. From that vision, they developed an Bank Street helped me understand that. It is engage in rich, non-judgmental discussions about “Bank Street taught me to slow down, listen, Educational Leadership program that pushed me core to the work I am now supporting through- curriculum and instruction with them. You have and reflect. Above all, I took from Bank Street a to think about how adults learn and how to cre- out NYC.”—Josh Thomases, Chief Academic teachers watch each other, so you create peer process which profoundly changed the way I think ate institutions that best support learning for all Officer, Office of New Schools, New York City interaction and peer coaching. This is where the about children, my role as a leader, and the way I members of the community. It may seem simple Department of Education.# December 2007 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ COLLEGES & GRADuate Schools 17 Powerful City & State Officials Salute CUNY Women’s Leadership

Pres. Regina Peruggi & Pres. Jennifer Raab Keynoter Sheryl McCarthy Sr. Vice-Chancellor Jay Hershenson

by Sybil Maimin the workplace.” serious contender for president. The goal is no options. Internships, district political clubs, and It was mutual admiration all around at the In a keynote, Sheryl McCarthy, print journal- longer “fitting in” or simply advancing politi- election campaigns are some entry points. “The Women’s Leadership Conference as some of ist, TV show host, and Distinguished Lecturer cally and economically. The current discussion bottom line is you have to get involved in the most successful and powerful women in at Queens College, gave advice to the student is more comprehensive and asks how women politics,” offered Stavisky, and “you have to the city and state saluted the city’s future leaders: Being successful is not the same as can transform the nature and structure of power love it.” Another panel, of female City Council leaders, the fourteen female student partici- being a leader. Leaders listen, recognize talent, and impact values previously informed by men. members, discussed “Women’s Leadership for pants in the 2007-2008 CUNY Women’s Public delegate responsibility, and give credit. The To the interns, she said, “I see here the faces of Change: Building a Better New York City,” and a Leadership Internship Program. Speakers hon- way to get back at detractors is to work hard women who are the future of New York City.” panel of female executives in finance considered oring the young women included four female and do well. Ask for what you want or you A panel of female state assembly and sen- “How Women are Transforming the Practice of City Council members as well as the Speaker, won’t get it. When seeking a job, find people ate members tackled, “Women’s Leadership for Leadership.” four female members of the State Senate and who see something wonderful in you. Getting Change: Building a Better New York State.” Catherine Alves, a bright and enthusiastic junior Assembly, seven female presidents of CUNY hired is about chemistry between prospective Moderated by President Regina Peruggi of at the prestigious Macaulay Honors College at colleges, and female executives from The New employee and employer. Getting ahead is about Kingsborough Community College and President Hunter, works 12 to 15 hours a week as an intern York Times and the financial community. City doing your job well, not about playing politics. Jennifer Raab of Hunter College, the group agreed for State Senator Liz Krueger. All CUNY stu- Council Speaker Christine Quinn explained, If a woman has to work harder than a man, work it is particularly difficult to elect women to top dents, female and male, may apply to the intern- ‘When recruiting for workers in city govern- harder. Take work seriously, but take yourself positions (such as governor or speaker) in New ship program and, if selected, are placed with a ment where it is important to have real life lightly. Don’t let ego interfere. York because of the state’s profile as a financial mentor (mainly in politics) of the same sex for experience as New Yorkers… when we want CUNY executive vice chancellor and provost and media center, high costs, and entrenched a one-semester paid position. At the conference, to get work done in a New York way, we go to Selma Botman explained, “The university has power. There has been a steady growth of women Alves was pleased with the opportunity “to hear CUNY to get fast, efficient employees with a a long history of educating leaders” and counts in government, but the numbers are “still pitiful,” from women active in public life and to learn little bit of attitude.” The audience chuckled. many among its graduates. In 2005 it held explained Assembly Member Deborah Glick. about the various ways women can influence To the young women being recognized, she its first conference focusing specifically on “Recruitment is one of the keys,” advised State other women.” She is interested in policy-mak- exclaimed, “You will be a powerful example… how to prepare women for leadership. Botman Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, and “We haven’t ing and is “still learning a lot of things” at the as you take real life experiences as New Yorkers noted that women outnumber men at the polls done a good job…Encouragement from other center of activity in Krueger’s office. and bring it out there into your fields and into in this country and a woman is presently a people is what makes people run.” Pheffer spoke The conference was a special opportunity for of “pushing people forward and grooming peo- Jay Hershenson, senior vice chancellor for uni- ple…we need a farm team.” Assembly Member versity relations to announce publication of the called the 90/90 goals,” Mashea Ashton, Michele R. Titus spoke of the importance of CUNY/New York Times Knowledge Network Experiential Training Executive Director of the New York program mutual support by women in government as they 2008 calendar, Let Freedom Ring, an endeavor continued from page 11 of New Leaders for New Schools stated. try to balance complicated lives. Focusing solely in which he played an instrumental role. The “This means that, by 2009, 90% of students on women’s issues is a mistake, warned Stavisky. fourth in a series of annual handsome hanging cafeteria, followed by more classroom visits and in our schools would be proficient in 90% of “We should not forget our roots, but should also calendars, it is packed with information celebrat- project work in the afternoon. At the end of the subject areas, and we would have a 90% gradu- take on budgets and finance. Women’s issues ing freedom and rights in the United States, rang- school day, Nguyen attended weekly meetings ate rate.” are really “people issues,” declared Glick, and ing from slavery and emancipation to women’s with her leadership coach and training seminars New Leaders partnered with researchers women do have a special perspective. Albany equality and the Cold War, all beautifully pre- with other “New Leaders.” from RAND Corporation, which will evalu- is leadership driven, they all declared. “To make sented through historic documents, pictures, and “The theoretical aspects combined with the ate New Leaders’ progress towards its 90/90 a difference you must be part of the action,” text. A treasure trove of materials, including some practical application really give me a solid goals through a four-year longitudinal study. advised Assembly Member Audrey Pheffer. from CUNY and New York Times archives, it is grounding for the profession,” she said. This Preliminary findings show that in 2007, NYC Chairing major committees is key to success. a readily accessible teaching tool available to all school year, one in five NYC public school public schools led by New Leaders principals Young women interested in politics have many on-line at www.cuny.edu/letfreedomring.# principals are graduates of experiential training for three years or more had an average 3-year programs: 252 principals graduated from the gain of about 10 percentage points in math NYC Leadership Academy’s Aspiring Principals and 5 points in ELA, and that 43% of New program and 39 from New Leaders. Between Leaders-led elementary schools outperformed the two programs, an additional 49 graduates the district in both ELA and math. “In New FOR ARTISTS WHO WANT are assistant principals, and 22 serve in other York City, our New Leaders led schools are school-based leadership roles. making substantial gains, but they are not yet Many graduates of New Leaders, in keeping dramatic enough to reach our high standards TO BECOME TEACHERS with that program’s mission, have opened their for all students,” Ashton said. own new, usually small schools. Nguyen is Beyond a commitment to improving student spending this school year working for the NYC achievement, the two programs share common Department of Education at the Office of New features in how they go about attaining that The School of Visual Arts offers a Master of Arts in Teaching in Schools, while she prepares to open a small mid- commitment. They recruit and select educators Art Education. This 36 credit, three-semester program, leads to dle school in September 2008, where she will with a record of high student achievement and a New York State Initial Certification in Art. The MAT curriculum serve as principal. Other new principals from leadership. They immerse those educators in centers on a community-oriented approach to art education. both programs take posts at existing schools that an intensive summer training – “which a lot need a change in leadership. of participants like to call boot camp,” Stein The faculty of artists offer expertise in a range of areas, including “Our participants go into the hardest-to-staff said with a smile – comprised of instructional arts-integrated curricula, technology and museum education. schools and underserved neighborhoods,” said seminars and individual and group activities Sandra Stein, CEO of the NYC Leadership designed to simulate the challenges that urban Academy, a non-profit created by Chancellor principals face. For further information, please request a Graduate Programs Joel Klein and Mayor Michael Bloomberg that And they guide those educators through catalog from the Office of Admissions, 212.592.2107. also offers ongoing support to all NYC DOE a residence year, in which each “Aspiring principals in their first four years. Principal” or “New Leader” is assigned a Improving student achievement and the philos- school and “mentor principal” – the actual ophy that “all students can learn” – forms a key principal of the school, in some cases a gradu- R component to the mission of both Leadership ate of the program – and completes a host of School of VISUAL ARTS 209 East 23 Street, New York, NY 10010-3994 Academy and New Leaders and is accompanied typical duties, from giving instructional train- Tel: 212.592.2107 E-mail: [email protected] by an increase in principals’ autonomy to make ing and support to teachers to handling student Web site: www.sva.edu budgeting, staff, and support service decisions. disciplinary issues to managing the school’s ltd. press, arts visual 2007, © “We have clear, high accountability goals budget.# 18 COLLEGES & GRADuate Schools ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ December 2007

Penn Grad Makes Good As Cyclones Pitcher

By Richard Kagan ship as they faced the Auburn Doubledays in a It’s the 9th inning and the game is on the line. best of 3 game series. The Cyclones compiled Lefty Reliever Josh Appell has been called to the best record in the league and beat their rival, the mound to get the Cyclones out of a late jam. the Staten Island Yankees, in a playoff series, to Appell, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, reach the championship round. They did it with is focused on retiring the side. As he made his lights out pitching and timely hitting. way to the mound, he could hear the noise, the The Cyclones’ pitching staff led the league, cheers, and could feel the churning energy of the and as of September 1st, had an impressive 2.95 crowd at sold-out KeySpan Park. That’s quite earned runs average per game. Cyclones’ pitch- a difference from taking notes in a psychology ers had a 2 to 1 strikeout ratio, striking out more seminar. Appell made his pitches and got out of than 500 batters, and walking only 214, as of the jam. “The fans are so electric. The energy September 1st. in the stadium when you’re on the mound.” said The pitchers also hurled 8 shutouts, second in Appell. “Everybody in the stadium, probably the league, heading into the final week of the sea- like 9,000 people (are) on their feet. It’s a special son. That translates into a winning season. atmosphere.” Appell observed. The Brooklyn team, a class “A” affiliate, of Appell is riding the baseball wave as far as the New York Mets, has become a bona fide it will take him. “My job is to play baseball. If fan attraction. This summer, the team drew its baseball ever ends, I could go out and get another 2 millionth fan, and averaged over 8,000 fans job. Hopefully, it won’t have to end for a while,” a game. The team also broke single attendance Appell said. records twice as the Cyclones were playing for a It’s the beginning of winter and that means the playoff berth. “Hot Stove League” is heating up. The New York – Penn League is a short season The offseason has seen ex-Yankees manager league. Games begin in June and end shortly after Joe Torre headed to Los Angeles where he’ll Labor Day. Many players come to the league manage the Dodgers, Joe Girardi, was named just out of college, their first step on the way his successor in New York, and Alex Rodriguez, to baseball stardom. Hall of Famers like Wade wants to continue his career as a Yankee, after Boggs, Nellie Fox, and Warren Spahn, started first refusing to negotiate with the team. Baseball in the NYPL. Current big-leaguers who have stirs the passions of its fans, even when the teams played in the NYPL include Met’s slugger Carlos don’t play. Delgado, relief ace Billy Wagner, and the young- The teams from the Majors draw the big head- ster, pitcher John Maine, who is showing promise has become his “out pitch.” well,” said Appell. From books to baseball… lines. But minor league baseball in Brooklyn, was with the Mets. Pitching consistently gave Appell a lot of pretty heady stuff for a young man to commute Off-Broadway’s smash hit. New York native, Josh Appell, a lefty reliever, confidence and the Mets management selected from Long Island to Coney Island to play base- It’s an old adage in baseball that pitching wins with a degree from the University of Pennsylvania, him to play in Brooklyn. “They decided to keep ball in front of 8,000 fans a night. championships. A good hitting team is exciting seems to epitomize the grit of the Cyclones’ me in extended spring training where I was able Postscript: The Cyclones’ quest for their sec- to watch and will win you some ballgames, but to pitchers. Appell, is one of two players on the to work on a lot of things. I got to develop as ond league title ended in disappointment when emerge victorious in those “white-knucklers”, the team that saw action in 2006. Appell, 24, who a pitcher,” said Appell. The Long Island , NY they fell to Auburn, 4-1. Auburn took the first 2-1, 3-2 games, you have to have good pitching. majored in sociology at Penn, made the team native is pleased with his progress as a pitcher. “I two games of the best of 3 game series to win the This past season, the Cyclones, were on the after a good “extended” spring training down in had a real good extended (spring training). Came NYPL 2007 crown.# Education Update cusp on a New York - Penn League champion- Florida. While there, he developed a slider and it to Brooklyn…so far everything is going prettySeptember 2006 Issue P.O. #: 17897 Education Update 5 1 5 ⁄8 x 7October ⁄4 2006 Issue Would you like Education Update mailed or delivered to your school, college or apartment building? Just email us and letP.O. us #: 18032know at [email protected]. We are

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Teachers College and China have had a and “over-education” are fueling a rethinking long and fruitful relationship. The school’s first of the “investment efficiency” of higher educa- Dr. Steven Levy, President of Phi Delta Kappa years. student from China to receive a PhD (1914), Dr. tion. Free tuition versus fees (current practice) is (PDK), Columbia University Chapter, presided Graham Windham founded in 1806 by Isabella Kuo Ping-wen, became president of a college in debated. The doctoral students visiting Teachers over a gala event at the Faculty House celebrat- Graham and Elizabeth Hamilton, widow of his homeland as did several other TC Chinese College are funded by the Chinese government ing the achievements of Dr. Anthony Polemeni of Alexander Hamilton, is the nation’s oldest non- PhDs. Between 1914 and 1950, forty-five stu- which hopes they “learn from a first-class univer- Touro College as well as Poul Jensen, President sectarian child care agency. This premier social dents from China earned doctorates at the school. sity and first-class professors.” and CEO of Graham Windham. service agency, provides a wide range of fam- Research and collaboration began in the early Yingshi Yang, a Chinese student in doctoral Anthony Polemeni, Ph.D. is the Vice- President ily foster care and adoption services, center and 20th century; John Dewey, famous philosopher studies at TC, is researching “Art Museums as and Dean of Education at Touro College who has family-based early childhood programs, a variety and education reformer, lived and researched in Educational Institutions: A Case Study of Four expanded affordable quality graduate education, of family and community support services and a China from 1919 to 1921. Museums in New York City with Implications growing the enrollment of Touro College from campus-based residential school and treatment China is supporting its current aim, “Education for China.” Both China and the United States several hundred to over 7000 students. center for troubled children and adolescents. for all” in K-12, with greatly increased funding. have relatively short histories of public museums The Child Advocate of the Year 2007, Poul Graham Windham employs over 500 full time and Curriculum reform is central to its efforts, and (they took the idea from Europe), but the concept Jensen has been the President and CEO, Graham part-time staff and is accredited by the Council in creation of learned “quality citizens” with correct of museum as educator is quite new in China. Windham, President, Board of Education in the Accreditation and the National Academy of Early values and attitudes is its goal. The country shift- Since the first art museum was established in Greenburgh Graham School District for over 10 Childhood Programs.# ed from Soviet to international model in 1949 and China in 1936 (it had a history museum in 1906), has seen dramatic social and economic changes unprecedented future growth is indicated by the in the past twenty years as it has gone from a government’s plan to have 3,000 museums by lection “is not of use unless seen by the public,” Volunteer docents give tours. Judith Burton, planned to a market economy. In education, it 2015. China is determined to build a “harmonious he concludes, and “public service is probably the TC international exchange director, explains, has moved from centralized to decentralized and, society” and museums are seen as instruments of best and only future for museums.” NAMOC, the “Education is a very popular topic in China recently, back to centralized funding and control this aim. Yang, who is associated with Beijing’s most important museum in China (“as a national today,” but a particular challenge is “people do as it struggles to find the most equitable sys- National Museum of China (NAMOC), which leader, if it changes, others will follow”), opened not have the qualifications and training to work in tem. Increasing disparities in resources between houses a collection of 19th and 20th century, to the public in 1962 but did not establish an the field of museum education.” Collaborations regions and between urban and rural areas have mostly Chinese, art, has been seeking reasons for education department until 2005. Yang reports “a within and beyond the museum, professional created challenges. The new curriculum has the lack of large crowds at his institution and for lot of things are happening in China and… learn- training, and international exchanges are in order. run into some resistance from teachers and the many visitors found in New York museums. ing from other museums, education programs Studies such as Yang’s, which consider cultural administrators who are wed to traditional ways. He has realized that museums must “put audience are expanding quickly.” Audio guides, public similarities and differences, will help determine In such a large, multicultural country, uniform at the heart of their priorities” and “balance their lectures, children’s workshops, book stores, and which museum education practices are appropri- implementation is difficult. The number of stu- role as conservator and public educator.” A col- art appreciation classes have been introduced. ate for China.#

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TEACHERS COLLEGE CONFERENCE on EDUCATIONAL EQUITY The Future of School Desegregation & Affirmative Action: Analysis of Seattle & Louisville U.S. Supreme Court Ruling By Richard Kagan Louisville’s plan of voluntary school desegrega- decision and said that in essence, the court has place for “potential movement.” Kennedy is tell- This morning panel kicked off the two day tion. At the same time, a different majority of the turned its back on the landmark Brown v. Board ing us there is something that we can do. powell Symposium “Equal Educational Opportunity: court indicated that other voluntary integration of Education case. He said there is a need for states that this issue is not over; he said that 95 What Now?” Panelists included Ted Shaw, plans which do not assign individual students by political pressure and called the challenge before percent of the people in the U.S. say they sup- President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal race, but which rely on mechanisms, like magnet the nation, “daunting and depressing.” Shaw said port having integrated schools. powell notes an Defense and Educational Fund, john a. powell, school, re-drawing of attendance zones, strategic that if the issue of school segregation can’t be “Implementation Gap”, saying people agree to Executive Director, Kirwin Institute for Race site selection of new school, allocated resources solved by both whites and blacks together, the do something, but they don’t want to make the Ethnicity, Ohio State University, and James for special programs, recruitment of students and nation as a whole, will suffer. effort and that applies to integration in schools Ryan, Professor of Law, University of Virginia faculty in a targeted fashion, and tracking enroll- john powell of Ohio State University, had a today. Progress can be made, but we, as a nation, Law School. The panel was moderated by Dr. ments, performance, and other statistics by race more positive outlook on this case. He admits the need to be clear about what we want. powell Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Sociology are permissible. Justice Kennedy was the swing court seems conflicted, that Kennedy isn’t clear refers to the work of Thomas Jefferson who noted and Education, Teachers College, Columbia vote in his concurring opinion. on what the decision means. He himself admits that education is the bedrock of democracy. This University. Mr. Shaw, a legal expert in the continuing he doesn’t know what it means. powell states is the goal that we need to work toward, that This past summer, the Supreme Court handed struggle for civil rights for people of color, con- that this case is a very complicated and confused everyone, regardless of color, have equal access down a 5-4 decision, to overturn Seattle and veyed his disappointment in the Supreme Court opinion. And, precisely because of this, he sees a to education.

The Impact of Special Education Laws Michael Rebell, Executive Director of Campaign for Educational Equity: on Equity & The Classroom zation of due process, and better teacher training. “The Campaign for Educational Equity is In 1987, the National Longitudinal Transition By Richard Kagan about a commitment at Teachers College here Dr. Hehir served as Director of the U.S. Study looked at a nationally representative sample at Columbia, to try to organize all the resources Dr. Tom Hehir, Professor of Practice and Department of Education’s Office of Special of high school students with disabilities in 1987, of the institution to promote educational equi- Director of the The Leadership Program at Harvard Education Programs from 1993 to 1999. As and did a follow-up, three years later. The results ty, which we think is a major education issue of University, Graduate School of Education made an Director, he was responsible for federal leadership found that disabled students were dropping out at the 21st century. We try to do that by extensive informative presentation. in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities higher rates, approximately double to that of their research, by holding symposia, like this, by tak- Kim Sweet, Executive Director, Advocates for Education Act (IDEA). He also served as non-disabled peers. Those who did drop out faced ing policy positions, by publications to under- Children of New York City, and Linda Chen, Associate Superintendent for the Chicago Public difficulties with getting a job, got in trouble with stand what the problems are and go from there Principal of P.S. 165 in New York City, were panel Schools prior to joining the U.S. Department of the law, and became unwed mothers. to shape messages and keep promoting equity.” participants. Dr. Jay Gottlieb, of the New York Education. The findings in the study influenced the 1997 University Steinhart School of Education, moder- Dr. Hehir said tremendous change has happened re-authorization of the IDEA, which mandated zeal to effect change, advocates for the disabled ated the panel. in special education due to informed testing, utili- change. Disabled students were taught the same have a tendency to seek too much, and the school subjects of their non-disabled peers. Children with district resists the effort to change. disabilities were given “more accountability” in Kim Sweet is an attorney for a group that repre- the general education system. There was a greater sents the disabled. She said her agency gets almost emphasis toward “inclusion” into the system. 4,000 calls a year from parents with children of A follow-up study conducted in 2003 found pos- disabilities. She said her office can only represent itive gains for children of middle and upper middle a fraction of those calls. She noted that the sheer class families. 70% of disabled students completed number of substantive and procedural issues that school. More youngsters went on to postsecondary need to be addressed by large school districts, like The Art of Teaching education (32%), double the 1987 rate. that in New York City, is completely overwhelm- More kids were employed, a 70% employment ing. She stressed that early evaluation of a dis- rate among those who had been out of school up to abled child is paramount. Master’s Program two years, an increase of over 50%. Linda Chen, a Principal at a NYC public school The findings of this study showed that disabled said more emphasis should be placed on training Discover our unique community of youth from low-income backgrounds did not show educators to help in early intervention of a student the same academic improvement, and employment who might be disabled. She noted that building the learners with a passion for teaching gains. capacity and creating communication among all Dr. Hehir believes legal intervention can improve parties: the students, parents, advocates, litigants, Small seminar classes changes in districts. But, he points out, in their and school administrators is critical.# � connecting theory with teaching practice, leading to a Master of Science emocracy iversity in in Education D & D Student teaching and Higher Education � fieldwork in tri-state by Richard Kagan area public and treats students as consumers. alternative schools This panel featured the distinguished Visiting Gunier explores a new paradigm based on Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, Lani “democratic merit” where universities can direct Students prepared for Guiner. In 1998, she became the Bennett Boskey their admissions practices to expand to the � certification in Early Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and whole community, and be of service to a lively Childhood, Childhood the first woman of color appointed to a tenured democracy. or dual certification professorship. Lee Bollinger, current President Dr. Bollinger, was engaged in a ground-break- of Columbia University and former President of ing affirmative action case which was upheld by Students of diverse the University of Michigan and Susan Sturm, a the Supreme Court in 2003 while dean of the � backgrounds and Professor of Law at Columbia University rounded University of Michigan Law School. He noted experiences are out the panel which was moderated by Jonathan that inner metro Detroit is more segregated today encouraged to apply R. Alger, Vice-President and General Counsel at than it was in 1960. “The very problems that Rutgers University. This panel looked at the role were there from the beginning are still there,” Part-time/full-time study the University plays in our society today and how Bollinger said. “I view this as a very, very seri- it can change to be more responsive to the needs ous matter.” and financial aid available of a changing community. Guiner gave two illustrations as to how a Professor Guiner gave a thought provoking University can expand, and be a transformer of For information contact: talk on the nature of democratic merit and how change, which can affect immediate neighbor- Sarah Lawrence College Office of Graduate Studies our university operates today. Guiner notes that hoods, and hundreds of lives. 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708 part of the problem is that today’s parent is very The Texas 10% plan was a direct response to concerned with getting their child enough “cre- a federal court decision. It said that anyone who (914) 395-2371 x236, [email protected] or visit us at dentials” to get admitted to the school of their graduated from a Texas public high school in the www.sarahlawrence.edu/teaching choice. What this reinforces is a system where the university is a private actor, an institution, that continued to page 23 DECEMBER 2007 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ BOOK REVIEWS 21 New York City’s Best Public High Studio Thinking: The Real Schools—A Parents’ Guide Benefits Of Visual Arts Education

New York City’s Best Public High Schools— visit, the kinds of questions to ask when they Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits Of Visual positions that are specific to the visual arts…but A Parents’ Guide—Third Edition actually tour the school, and even how to evalu- Arts Education also at least six dispositions that appear to us to by Clara Hemphill ate a new school that may not have much of a by Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema and be very general kinds of habits of mind, with the Published by Teachers College Press: New York, 2007 (240pp) conventional track record. Kinberly M. Sheridan potential to transfer to other areas of learning.” Hemphill writes candidly about a school’s Published by Teachers College Press: New York, 2007 (120pp) The authors studied five high school teachers reviewed by merri rosenberg physical appearance, which can range from the in the Boston area—three at the Boston Arts brand new and beautiful to the dilapidated or Reviewed by Merri Rosenberg Academy and two at Walnut Hill—and spent time No one said raising children in New York City downright ugly. Some schools require that stu- In a world dominated by what seems to be a throughout the school year observing and video- was easy. dents wear uniforms and that parents sign a con- never-ending stream of assessments and account- taping what went on in their classrooms. And trying to select an appropriate public high tract or agreement that they will attend meetings ability, with the expectations from No Child Left Through art, students learn how to work on a school for one’s child is almost as nerve-racking with teachers and monitor homework. Behind looming large and casting a very long shad- project that interests them over a long period of for city parents as negotiating the college admis- Like the best college admissions’ guides, ow on educators’ independence and creativity, arts time, or grapple with a challenging problem and sions process is for anxious suburbanites. Hemphill’s guide offers detailed snapshots of a education is often side-lined as a frill or luxury. resolve it. To help with this process, Clara Hemphill, an school’s culture. Prospective students, and their Some advocates, disheartened by the stepchild This isn’t a how-to manual, offering studio art award-winning journalist who was the founding parents, can get a sense of how they might fit in at a status too often conferred on arts education, have teachers ideas and inspiration for specific proj- editor of Insideschools.org, an online guide to particular campus. At Manhattan’s The Lab School tried to argue that the arts mattered because they ects or lessons. While there are examples of art New York City public schools, has written an for Collaborative Studies, for example, Hemphill could help students perform better on standard- projects, they are provided as a way to illuminate updated (third edition) of her popular guide to bluntly writes that “It is based on the notion that ized math and reading tests. a concept, such as how to draw for meaning or New York City’s Best Public High Schools—A kids learn best in groups—hence the name col- Which, according to the authors of this book, feeling, or comparing works of art. Parent’s Guide. laborative studies…Lab is not for everyone. Some kind of misses the point. The arts need to be As the authors explain in their preface, “Our It’s invaluable, and should be offered to every kids hate group work. Classes that start as early as valued, and taught, because of what students goal was to understand the kinds of thinking parent of an eighth (no, make that seventh) grader 7:15 am drive some kids nuts. But other kids love learn from these disciplines, not because the arts that teachers help students develop in visual arts to help them narrow their choices and prepare the place, and Lab’s consistently high test scores are going to boost SAT scores. Here the focus is classes and the supports they use to do that.” their admissions materials. It’s practically a full- and graduation rates attest to its success.” on visual arts, where the authors-as-researchers The techniques and best practices these five time job, with tasks that include touring prospec- Or consider this assessment of Edward R. find that—at least when taught by gifted teach- teachers use—from the design of their studios, tive high schools, attending open houses and Murrow High School in Brooklyn, a school that ers—students acquire such important skills as the assignments they provide, the critiques they high school fairs, studying for entrance exams, “is racially and ethnically diverse and has kids flexibility and being able to shift direction, imagi- offer—are certainly good models that could completing applications, writing personal essays, of every level of skills—from super-high achiev- nation and expression, among others. be adapted by other studio arts teachers. More and in some cases, arranging for auditions. ers to the severely disabled. It also attracts kids In their model, proficiency in what they term importantly, though, are the universal lessons There are now nearly 400 public high schools from different social milieus—from politically “studio thinking” develops students’ capabilities students acquire that go beyond facility at throw- in New York City, primarily as a response to the conservative residents of Marine Park to openly in areas like craft, observation, expression, reflec- ing a clay pot or drawing a credible self-portrait. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other gay kids from Park Slope. Shocks of turquoise tion, exploration and understanding the art world, As one teacher said, (p.56) “It is about con- foundations’ initiative to transform large, anony- blue hair and the white head scarves that modest to cite some examples. necting the art to your life and to the world, and mous high schools into smaller, more focused Muslim girls wear are both in evidence, and you As the authors write, “We present the case here your place in the world.” Ideally, couldn’t—and academic communities. may see kids in wheelchairs or a blind girl navi- that the visual arts teach students not only dis- shouldn’t—that be the goal of any teacher?# As a result, the idea of a neighborhood public gating the corridors with a cane.” high school has pretty much disappeared, which A particularly valuable feature of the guide also means that nearly all eighth graders and their is a section, at the end of each borough, high- two most unlike artists instantly taking a liking parents have to figure out the somewhat mystify- lighting what Hemphill calls “Worth Watching” Tony Bennett to each other, not to mention sharing a sense of ing and daunting process of selecting a public schools that show great potential, such as the continued from page 12 Kline’s importance. Bennett’s always reading and high school. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School that “offers work is in the private collections of some very ready to learn, an attitude that may explain in part What’s welcome in Hemphill’s work is her a gentler alternative to large neighborhood high important people; and one of his many takes on why he and Susan, an art teacher, founded a pub- —and her researchers’—ability to provide inti- schools” or The Scholar’s Academy in Queens, Central Park is in the permanent collection of the lic high school devoted to both music and art. mate, insider knowledge that goes beyond such “a promising new school with strong leadership, Smithsonian. This is a good-looking collection and, if at statistical information as class size, graduation imaginative teachers and smart kids.” Although it’s obvious that his influences and $29.95, the art alone was not enough to recom- and college admissions rates, ethnicity or the There is a wealth of excellent material here, abiding loves have mainly been the French mend it, readers get a lively text from co-writer percentage of students who qualify for free lunch. written in an engaging style that conveys exactly Impressionists, some works here show his admi- Robert Sullivan, the deputy managing editor She also offers suggestions about what parents, what parents and their prospective high school ration for abstract art and, lately, for aborigine of Life Magazine who has known Bennett for and their children, should consider before they students need to know. # art. Among the numerous anecdotes in the vol- many years. 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Beth Israel Medical Center Inaugurates The Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute By Alberto Cepeda The Beth Israel Medical Center officially opened the Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute with a gala on World Diabetes Day. The event featured expertise from leaders in the medi- cal community such as Leonid Poretsky, MD, Director of Beth Israel’s Diabetes Management Program and Gerald Bernstein, MD, former presi- dent of the American Diabetes Association. It also included speeches from other leaders in the Dr. Leonid Poretsky Susan Thomases Katie Couric David Schulkin, CEO medical and political communities such as Mary Bassett, MD, Deputy Commissioner Bureau of the art care, education, research and awareness Dr. Poretsky then discussed the progress that has by insurance companies to pay for the costs of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, NYC through different wellness programs and a full been made the last several years in the field of educational and preventive services. and New York City Council Members John Liu of time staff of nutritional, educational and clinical diabetes care and research. He explained, “It’s David J. Shulkin, President and Chief Executive District 20 and Daniel R Garodnick of District 4. experts. The development of the institute was hard to believe that just about twenty years ago we Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center, explained, Over half a million New Yorkers are afflicted made possible through the philanthropic efforts were treating patients with diabetes in the hospital “The problem with this institute being a model is with diabetes which is the fifth largest cause of of the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman New without knowing their blood sugar levels.” He that no one wants to pay for this care. We can’t death in New York City. Despite this fact a center York Foundation for Medical Research which continued, “It was the work of Dr. Friedman and get the managed care companies or the insurance has never been established to provide adequate care was established in 1992 to help create institutes this institution that allowed us to develop bedside companies to pay for these services.” He adds, and education to the hundreds of thousands New and programs that support the study and practice glucose monitoring which became a model for the “My fear is that unless the payers understand to Yorkers who suffer from diabetes which contributes of diabetes and metabolism as well as clinical country and the world.” pay for nutrition and educational support, they’re to cardiovascular disease, retinal damage and renal nutrition, cardiology and endocrinology. Dr. Poretsky described the institute as “a new going to be paying the cost when people are in the failure among other disorders and in many cases In his opening remarks, Dr. Leonid Poretsky, beginning for diabetes care which focuses on hospital for heart surgery and renal failure. This is leads to the development of gangrene in the feet an expert in the field of diabetes described Dr. wellness over illness. We’re going to focus on a crisis in health policy… Patients with diabetes and legs which results in probable amputation. Gerald J. Friedman as, “a man of great intellect, preventive services with a lot of education and and employers should be demanding from their The Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute will energy, vision and compassion who became pas- we’ll also provide a big outreach program to the insurance companies access to education and provide people afflicted with diabetes state of sionate about the plight of people with diabetes.” communities. And in about six months we will preventive services.” have an interactive educational website where The evening culminated with a speech by Katie people from anywhere in the world can learn Couric, anchor and managing editor of the CBS BASEBALL SUPERSTAR BERNIE WILLIAMS SAYS: about diabetes. It’s a very different approach than Evening News, who in a short address congratu- has been used before.” lated the staff of Beth Israel Medical Center for Despite all the progress that has been made the launching of the Gerald J. Friedman Diabtetes over the past couple of years in diabetes care Institute and praised fitness guru High Voltage Go with New York’s and research there are still challenges that the (aka Kathy Dolgin) who capped the event with a diabetic community face, most notably the failure fitness performance. #

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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT’S SEAT THEATER REVIEW Good Health is Up to YOU, Says Dr. Oz Kleynkunst! Warsaw’s Brave and By Dr. Carole G. Hankin with Randi T. Sachs Brilliant Cabaret at the JCC On Election Day, while the By Jan Aaron Syosset Schools were closed for “Funny,” “sexy,” “ironic” are apt to describe students, our faculty and staff met “Kleynkunst! Warsaw’s Brave and Brilliant Jeff Fasano together for a Superintendent’s Yiddish Cabaret” inaugurating the 93rd con- Conference Day of staff develop- secutive season of the National Yiddish Theater ment workshops. All 1,100 people – Folksbiene. The new show playing through were invited to meet for breakfast December 30 at the JCC in Manhattan revives at the High School and then attend the irreverent, politically charged theater that a presentation given by our keynote flourished in Warsaw roughly between Polish speaker, Dr. Mehmet Oz. Independence pre World II and the Nazi exter- For those of you who haven’t read In his presentation to Syosset’s 1,100 faculty and mination. any of his best-sellers, such as You: staff members, Dr. Oz clearly explained how diet and Jews then made up roughly one-quarter of Stephen Mo Hanan & Rebecca Joy Fletcher The Owner’s Manual, You: On a exercise impact on an individual’s overall health city’s population, and abundant Yiddish cabarets Diet, or his most recent book, You: thrived drawing inspiration from famous clubs Tantstn!”, from the 1920’s, Ms. Fletcher urges the Staying Young, or have never seen him on The daily routine. in Berlin. hesitant Mr. Hanan to dance. And dance he does! Oprah Winfrey Show or read his column in The When we plan Superintendent’s Conferences, Reviving this lost theater, Rebecca Joy Fletcher, In the poignant “Krokhmalne Gas” (“Street”) Reader’s Digest, Dr. Oz is a cardiac surgeon with generally, a full year in advance, we give special who is also a cantor, researched and wrote the from the 1930’s, they both stoke memories while Columbia Presbyterian who has made one of his attention to who will give the keynote address. show, stars along with Broadway veteran, Stephen strolling familiar territory; in “Oy Madagaskar!”, missions in life teaching people how to live lon- Our goal is to bring someone who will edu- Mo Hanan, whom Folksbiene fans will remember from 1937, when Jews were beginning to feel less ger, better, and healthier. He has established an cate, motivate, inspire, and certainly generate a from his rollicking performance in last season’s welcome in Warsaw, Mr. Hanan imagines an in-school education program, The Health Corps, lot of thinking and discussion among our staff Yiddish version of “Pirates of Penzance.” The exotic deportation, and “The Last Jew in Poland,” and Syosset High School is a member school. members, in large part to thank them for all that show is performed in English with supertitles for from 1938, a sketch featuring both actors, is both The Health Corps brings young health profes- they do each day. In the past we’ve had talks by the Yiddish parts, and includes songs from the ironic and satiric. Toward the end of the program, sionals into schools to help students adapt and philosophers, entrepreneurs, psychologists, and period as well as well as new arrangements by “Mues” (“Money”) and “Minutn fun Bitokhn” revise their lifestyles to improve their overall some fascinating motivational speakers. But Dr. musical director, pianist Bob Goldstone. (“Moments of Believing,”) were sung in the health and nutrition throughout their lives. Oz seemed to make the most compelling impres- Ms. Fletcher and Mr. Hanan do a fantastic job Polish ghettos. Dr. Oz delivered his message to the 1,100 sion. Perhaps the reason he reaches us so well is covering a wide range of timeless topics like Director Michael Montel allows the stars to adult members of the Syosset School community the same reason that his books all begin with the money (or the lack of it), love, debauchery, shine and Gayle Cooper-Hecht’s hats, shawls, with humor and hard, indisputable facts. With word, “you.” When he speaks to 1,100 people he Zionism, feminism, anti-Semitism, and urban and payess (“curls”) provide effective changes to the graphic visual aids of actual human organs is truly speaking to each individual, and every blight in 14 songs and comedic sketches in a costumes in tune with the songs. that had been damaged by disease caused by individual listening knows that if they want to broad range of styles from Argentinean tango to The show is fitting tribute to a time long ago, be poor nutrition, smoking, obesity, and high blood prolong their lives by improving their health then cantorial chants and opera. sure to see it before, too, becomes history. (JCC, pressure, Dr. Oz showed us what we are unwit- they must take personal responsibility for that. In one charming number, “Kum, Leybke 334 Amsterdam, 76th St. 2i2-279-4200) tingly doing to the organs that keep us alive. By reaching out to schools, both by his Health Fortunately, he told us, we know exactly what Corps and by speaking directly to our teachers, we need to do to prevent this organ disease and Dr. Oz is helping us to reach multiple genera- Democracy & Diversity University took a seat on the local Community it is simply up to us to make the choice to live a tions. In Syosset, our students will share what continued from page 20 Development Board and asked what they could healthy lifestyle. they learn with their parents and younger do to help. They were told to help provide bet- Aging, he says, does not have to result in a siblings and our teachers and staff members top 10% could attend the University of Texas. ter housing and help construct a school for K-12 devastating loss of bone mass, strength, and will make changes in their own homes, and we This opened the doors to blacks, latinos, and rural grades. The University Park Campus School start- abilities. 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