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GUEST EDITORIAL in honor of women’s history month Education Update they return from war, but the record shows otherwise, taking out frustrations on spouses, Mailing Address: 17 Lexington Avenue, A1207 The Warrior Instinct partners and girlfriends. New York, NY 10010 By Janis Karpinski. and courageously in the military services, and Thankfully, women will persevere and prevail. Email: [email protected] Women are as much entitled to warrior status as their accomplishments often go unnoticed and We always do. It takes hard work and determina- www.EducationUpdate.com men. We are as capable as men in thinking, act- ignored. We are somehow regarded as less. It is tion. It takes courage. We have it all, in abun- Tel: 212-477-5600 Fax: 212-477-5893 ing and serving as warriors. The problem is men a tragedy the nobility of military service is some- dance. We will focus on the future and drive on. far outnumber women in the military and project how researched for the men who serve. Women will continue to serve and achieve. We PUBLISHER & EDITOR IN CHIEF: an air of entitlement; the military turf belongs to Women who choose to serve are described as will break through glass ceilings and find the Pola Rosen, Ed.D. them and society encourages and applauds them desperate or “looking for a man” as if the mili- challenges to overcome. We will make life bet- ADVISORY COUNCIL: in this process. And we, as women, allow it. We tary offers the best hunting grounds. What the ter for our sisters and daughters coming after us. Mary Brabeck, Dean, NYU School of move over, we give in; we allow them to make military has come to offer most recently is the We will not be afraid. We will fall and we may Education; Sheila Evans-Tranumn, Assoc. us earn every inch of any turf we get. We are as opportunity to be raped or sexually assaulted by occasionally falter, but we will stand again, face Comm. of Education, NYS; Charlotte K. much entitled as they are, but they make us feel male service members. Perhaps, and hopefully, the enemy and win. We are warriors and we are Frank, Ph.D., Senior VP, McGraw-Hill; otherwise. They gang up against us and make this dramatic rise in sexual assaults and rapes in entitled. The military knows this and many of the Joan Freilich, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Con us feel inferior because they are “real Soldiers” Iraq and Afghanistan is behavior unique to the men are afraid. They should be. # Edison; Cynthia Greenleaf, Ph.D., Director, and it is their Army, not ours. Mothers, sisters, combat zone. Perhaps this is how male Soldiers Janis Karpinski is the former commanding Partnerships, Chicago Public Schools; wives and lovers swoon at the sight of men in behave when they are facing the prospect of general at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Augusta S. Kappner, Ph.D., President, uniform and as the returning heroes, yet who is death 24/7 and female Soldiers are available. author of the book, One Woman’s Army: The Bank St. College; Bonnie Kaiser, Ph.D., swooning for the women going off to or return- Imagine this eventuality? Hopefully all Soldiers Commanding General of Abu Ghraib Tells Director, Precollege Program, Rockefeller ing home from war? Women serve valiantly will once again behave appropriately when her Story. University; Harold Koplewicz, M.D., Founder & Director, NYU Child Study LETTERS In This Issue Center; Cecilia McCarton, Ph.D., Dir., The McCarton Center; Alfred S. 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Education Update is an independent newspaper March 2007 ■ For Parents, Educators & Students ■ Education update  Special Education Superintendent Bonnie Brown Discusses Challenges and Opportunities for NYC’s Most Fragile Students By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D. on the other end of the spectrum, for those stu- New York City’s special education system dents not capable of obtaining a Regents or local has an old friend at its helm. Bonnie Brown, diploma, every borough offers a transition center recently appointed Superintendent of District that trains students to earn a livelihood in their 75, a network of some 23,000 special needs adult years, cycling them through such jobs as students in self-contained and mainstreamed hotel housekeeping or hospital/university food classrooms citywide, brings not just 30 years of services till they find one they want to pursue. NYC teaching and administrative experience to “We have kids that have gone through our auto- her job, but a passion and energy that make it motive shops who are making $36,000 a year clear to anyone who’s spent time with her that now,” she adds triumphantly. she’s a fierce advocate for the city’s most fragile Brown is especially proud of District 75’s inter- student population. nal paraprofessional training program whereby “The challenges that face me in 2007 are very their own students are trained to work with early similar to the challenges that faced me 20 years childhood students who are not cognitively able. ago—and that’s basically getting equity for our Brown tells a poignant story of Diana Miller, a students,” reflects the energetic Brown in a Down’s Syndrome child whose mother, Pat, was rare moment of tranquility between meetings. told to place her in Willowbrook 50 years ago. “Historically, special education started in the Instead, Pat became her daughter’s most power- basement and then we ended up in most buildings ful advocate, and today Diana is a veteran and on the fifth floor in the corner. We’re in co-locat- beloved paraprofessional in District 75. ed buildings where we [often] don’t have access Behind every statistic Brown recites is a heart- to the cafeteria or the library or the auditorium. wrenching story of human victory over adversity. Superintendent Bonnie Brown So we need equity in terms of resources that are Yet the challenges are still daunting: New York available in our schools,” sums up Brown. passion borne of long-waged crusades on behalf nates out of University of North Carolina; we City real estate is so expensive that it’s hard to Ever the optimist, Brown sees a new era of of her students. work directly with Dr. Cox at UNC Chapel Hill.” secure group homes to help young adults accli- collaboration as New York City embraces the Brown is no stranger to collaboration. She and She’s particularly proud of a recent multi-million mate to independent living, as BOCES programs small schools model, with sometimes three or her staff have formed impressive linkages with grant enabling District 75 to partner with Hunter are doing so successfully in the surrounding four principals, each heading up smaller learn- universities, hospitals and other institutions to College for Positive Behavior Intervention suburbs. “We try to link these young adults with ing communities, now co-habiting in the same infuse best practices into the city’s special edu- Supports (PBIS) in 40 general education schools, service agencies, but my parents come back and building. Sharing such close quarters forces cation programs. Brown reels off an imposing to develop and train teams on proactive behav- tell me that many of them are sitting home,” says the disparate parties to work together: “We’re array of partnerships: “Many of our parents are ioral interventions so that students can remain Brown regretfully. developing building councils to make sure that asking for ABA [Applied Behavior Analysis] in the least restrictive environment in their home But tomorrow is another day. There are new we’re making informed decisions about shared for children with autism. We’ve been work- zoned schools. battles to wage, new solutions to problems once resources, about safety plans, about extracur- ing for many years with Rutgers and they do Hard work pays off, and Brown’s success sto- deemed insoluble. And one never doubts Bonnie ricular activities. By doing this, it’s forcing all our professional development [in ABA]…. ries could fill volumes. Fifteen percent of her kids Brown’s ability to hurdle these challenges and District 75 to be brought to the table, and our Many other parents of children with autism are get phased out of special education classrooms bring hope to the lives of the 23,000 children and children are part of the mix,” she adds with a interested in the TEACCH model which ema- every year to less restrictive environments. And their parents who are under her capable watch.#

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WORLD PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN Thousands of North Korean The Education of Muslim Women By Lisa K. Winkler she said. Women Sold as Slaves in China Shadha al-Jubori, a BBC Arab language radio Education also suffered following the collapse By Han Min reporter in Iraq, worries about the education of of the Soviet government bloc. New govern- SEOUL—Thousands of North Korean women North Korean women said they were being sold the next generation of Iraqis. Faced with the ments are rewriting history with their own heroes, who fled famine in their homeland in recent years in China for between 2,000 yuan (U.S. $260) and severe challenges of surviving during wartime, explained Bukharbayeva, and the renowned rigor are believed to have been sold as “brides” to 20,000 yuan (U.S.$2,600), depending on their many children don’t attend school on a daily of the comprehensive, compulsory Russian edu- Chinese men, who often put them to backbreak- age and appearance. basis. Sports and other extra-curricular activities cation has diminished. Low salaries and poor ing labor and subject them to constant fear, physi- The traffickers, mostly ethnic Korean Chinese no longer exist; teaching methods and resources quality resources are causing many teachers to cal assault, and sexual abuse. citizens, operate a well-defined hierarchy and are antiquated, and teachers are physically and leave the profession. Additionally, the free mar- In an unprecedented series of interviews by division of labor: there are “merchandise” scouts, mentally exhausted as they worry about how to ket has created private schools that previously RFA’s Korean service, women who were traf- distributors, brokers, and transporters. The scouts teach amid electricity and fuel shortages. Al- didn’t exist, she said. As women journalists in ficked into China, lured by the promise of food identify vulnerable North Korean women who Jubori and Bagila Bukharbayeva, the Central war torn nations, both encounter danger daily. and a decent living, described their experiences seem to be “marketable” and lure them into Asia correspondent for the Associated Press, Security dictates al-Jubori’s career and personal on air. crossing the Chinese border, with promises of shared their concerns about the education and life. As a secular woman in a Muslim nation, “A woman from our village, who said she’d well-paying jobs and a better life. the dangers of working as women journalists at a she’s under constant scrutiny. She varies her rou- been to China, told me that we could make some The distributors match the women with poten- recent discussion sponsored by the International tine, leaving home and office at different times, money there, so I followed her and crossed the tial buyers, based on the women’s age and looks Center for Journalists. Both women received and covers her stories quickly and departs. She Tumen River,” said Jeong Soo-Ok, who was and the buyers’ purchasing power, and the bro- awards from ICFJ in Washington, DC recently. keeps her work secret from the few family and caught and sold by trafficking rings after cross- kers complete the sale. Once the deal has been While education was compulsory under Saddam friends that remain in Iraq. ing the border into China from North Korea in closed, the transporters take the women to their Hussein’s regime, now many children must stay For Bukharbayeva, the biggest challenge is March 2004. final destination. home to help their families. “Preparing the next the “story itself.” The repressive government “Before I even knew it, I was taken to a man’s Chun Young-Hee said she had been sold by generation is one of the most critical issues policies, including rampant human rights abuses, house,” Jeong said. traffickers twice. “The bride’s price tag depends facing Iraq,” al-Jubori told Education Update have lead to the rise of radical Islam and wide- Paek Sun-Joo was an 18-year-old street child on her age and looks. The youngest and best- after the panel discussion. The constant fear of spread poverty. Unable to return to her home when she was sold to a 38- year-old Chinese man looking ones sell for up to 20,000 yuan. A bride insurgency attacks has curtailed the freedom she country of Uzbekistan because of her reporting, more than two years ago. that’s worth only 3,000 yuan is tough to sell.” experienced as a university student in the 1990’s. she works from Kazakhstan. “[The traffickers] would gather people wear- Most of the women who are currently in China “It was (university) the best time of my life. Men ICFJ is a non-profit professional organization ing rags, appearing to be compassionate and pity escaped North Korea between 1995 and 2001. and women studied together. Now students can’t that promotes journalism worldwide. Founded them, giving them something to eat and telling In many cases the women had shouldered the trust each other and professors can’t teach freely. in 1984, it advocates for independent media and them that in China they would be able to feed and burden of sustaining their families, desperately They worry that a student could attack them,” democracy. clothe themselves adequately,” Paek told RFA striving to ensure their survival as the food crisis reporter Han Min. worsened. “It is easy to be tricked when you are starving, What all of them hoped for as they risked the said: ‘You, do you have any idea how much I price,” Kang said. and somebody gives you some food, telling you Tumen River crossing into China was to return paid for you?’“ Nowhere to run that there will be plenty more for you if you go within six months with 5,000 yuan (U.S.$650). “Chinese men who live in poverty and have Hoh Kyung-Soon married a Chinese man 12 with them,” she said. A severe shortage of younger women in Chinese no professional skills cannot get married. That is years older than her, nine years ago. “They Most women trafficked in China come from rural communities has meant that bachelors seek- why they buy North Korean brides for a very low continued on page 18 areas of North Korea close to the Chinese bor- ing wives are faced with either heading to the der, such as Chagang, Northern Hamgyong, and cities themselves, or with spending large sums to Yanggang provinces. Often they were already buy a trafficked bride. extremely poor and socially marginalized—itin- Most of the bachelors currently living in the erant peddlers or street children. rural areas are men in their 40s or 50s, poor, and In September 1998, at age 17, Hoh Kyung- in many cases suffering from some physical or Soon of Changjin decided to go to China. mental disability. “Somebody in North Korea had told me that I A native of Northern Hamgyong province, could make money working in China, and all I Kang Sung-Mi is 35, and was sold a year ago by wanted to do was to work there for a month and ethnic Koreans in China. Her husband is 47. They then return to live with my parents,” Ho said. work on the farm together, but he thinks of her as “Next thing I knew, I was taken to a trafficking a worker, rather than a wife. establishment in China.” “My husband is 47 years old, has no particular Price pegged to youth, appearance work skills, and is quite ill. 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WOMEN SHAPING HISTORY The Aesthetic Education Conference at Queens College By Joan Baum, ph.d. where her father, on sabbatical, was an a wonderful principal, Faye Pallen, convinced On March 24 the first-ever national confer- art teacher. She loved the experience, and her that some pedagogies were more effective ence on Aesthetic Education, co-sponsored by it inspired her to want to be a teacher. But than others, more imaginative, more embrac- the Equity Studies Research Center at Queens later on, with a Ph.D. in English Education ing of the arts and sciences, and more likely to College, CUNY, founded a few years ago, and from NYU, she remembers how alone make a lasting impression—on both teachers the Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), a 32-year- she felt in her first position in a middle and students. And so she determined that her old artist-in-residence program that links stu- school in the South Bronx, “thrown to own professional development would focus on dents and schools according to the philosophy the wolves, given no help.” With pluck teacher education, under the aegis of AE. of Aesthetic Education (AE), will take place at and luck she managed, but she became Evaluation of AE does not lend itself to stan- the Queens School for Mathematics, Science increasingly aware that there were meth- dardized test measures, but if efficacy can be and Technology (PS/IS 499) located on the QC ods out there, and mentors, who could understood as student engagement, then, says campus. Both organizations are committed to have made a difference. Courses with the Amanda Gulla, AE works and works well. In advancing “social justice” by means of educa- New York Writing Project and an inspir- fact, it worked very well for her the night before tion and the arts. The conference is expect- Amanda Gulla Maxine Greene ing stint teaching elementary school with continued on page 15 ed not only to foster understanding of such multi-disciplinary and collaborative education demonstration and feedback. A performance of ventures but also to show how AE can encour- Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Snow Queen” age all students to learn and to enjoy learn- by the Hudson Vagabond Puppets will serve ing. According to Dr. Amanda Gulla, English as an opportunity to learn how to tease out the Education Program Coordinator at Lehman play’s social message and generate relevant College, CUNY, one of three conference orga- activities. Maxine Greene has described AE as nizers of “Aesthetic Education: Expanding an “intentional undertaking designed to nurture Notions of Excellence in K-18 Learning appreciative, reflective, cultural, participatory Communities” (along with Holly Fairbank, engagements with the arts by enabling learn- Assistant Director of the Teacher Education ers to notice what there is to be noticed, and to Collaborative at LCI and Claire Aronow on lend works of art their lives in such a way that the faculty at QC), this timely and significant they can achieve them as variously meaningful.” all-day event will provide a unique opportunity This “deep noticing” begins before students for student teachers, graduate researchers and hear a concert, see a play or go on a field trip to education faculty from all over the country to a museum. The AE/LCI conference will show discuss work initiated years ago by the legend- teachers how preparation and follow-up can be ary AE philosopher-educator Maxine Greene, designed and recommend materials. who will deliver the keynote address. Professor Gulla’s own “journey” as a teacher Most symposia consist of passive delivery began years ago when by chance she found of papers. The AE-LCI conference turns on herself before a class in an inner-city school

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Principals & Parents Support NYC Middle Schools at Conference A Century of Service education for all types of students,” Dr. Scott said. Most middle schools incorporate grades six to the Community: through eight. But that is changing. Some middle schools will include Kindergarten through eight Hawthorne Cedar grade according to new configurations being for- mulated by the Chancellor’s office. Knolls School Kim Hewitt, Principal of M.S. 101 in the Bronx, echoed the sentiments of Dr. Scott of the importance of this leadership conference. “I hope to gather more of an understanding on how we can support the teaching and learning process on the Middle School level.” Rosalyn Allman-Manning, Principal of M.S. 210 in Ozone Park, Queens mentioned that she was looking at math curriculum materials for her Dr. Candice Scott Ernest Logan 8th grade students from one of the more than 50 vendors who attended the event. The Algebra Edith Everett & David Everett By Richard Kagan performed at the luncheon. Before the workshops Regents Exam for 8th graders will be held in June began in the morning, students from I.S. 126 2008 and she is looking to see if her school needs Over 400 teachers, middle school principals, in Queens performed a dance concert. Students new materials to prepare students for the exam. by Dr. Pola Rosen and parents met recently at the 52nd annual from Dyker Heights Junior High School and Mr. Logan, was full of energy and passion as he Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School in Westchester Middle School Principals’ Association (MSPA) the Robert F. Goddard school also gave music accepted his award. He spoke about the need to grew out of a need to care for children that were Education Leadership Conference at the Marriott performances. make sure middle school children are not forgot- troubled, abused, violent and probably headed for Hotel in downtown Brooklyn. Dr. LindaMichelleBaron read some of her ten in the myriad of changes affecting kids in the a life of despair, perhaps even prison. One hun- The theme of this year’s conference was poetry about reaching out to even the most disaf- New York City public school system. “We have dred years ago a group of dedicated individuals “Middle School Principals Respecting Wisdom, fected student. a school for everyone who wants an education,” from the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Embracing Innovations.” The Conference hon- Principals, teachers, and parents also partici- Logan stated. “I don’t want us to lose the middle Services decided to provide a safe and nurturing ored two former Middle School Principals, pated in 14 workshops that focused primarily school choice.” Logan spoke about being a part environment for these children. Mr. Ernest Logan, and Dr. Dorita Gibson, with on topics that most impact the educational pro- of a Task Force on Leadership that included edu- Under the leadership of attorney David Everett, Outstanding Educational Leadership Awards. cess of middle school students. Topics includ- cators and leaders from the community at large. Westchester Divisional Board Chair, $1 million Mr. Logan, is the first African-American ed Mathematics and the Adolescent Learner, They visited other schools in order to learn about was raised at the Pierre Hotel on March 1, to President of the Council of School Supervisors Parents as Educators: Your Role in Your Child’s how to best make schools work, such as through ensure the continuation of helping young people and Administrators. Dr. Dorita Gibson, an Success, and Creating Literacy-Rich Schools for effective school leadership. Logan noted you throughout the New York City area. educator for almost 30 years, is the Regional Adolescents. can look around and have the newest “data” but Everett continues the long-standing philan. - Superintendent of Region 7 in the New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein acknowledged there are no shortcuts to training good leaders. He thropic tradition of his parents, Edith and the late Public School System. the hard work of teachers, parents, and princi- urged those in attendance to “make us part of the Henry Everett who, among many other endeav- Ms. Madeleine Brennan was also acknowl- pals. “Thank you for all you do with the kids,” solution, not part of the problem.” ors, have funded the Everett Children’s Garden at edged at the MSPA luncheon for her 44 years of said Klein. Dr. Dorita Gibson, in receiving her award, the NY Botanical G$ardens.43,000 OR $107/DAY service as a principal. 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Superintendents Reflect on Education in israel one another. ing us an inspiring visit to Israel, one that can tion throughout the mission enriched my experience. 2. An ORT secondary school in Tel Aviv that help us in our own advocacies in our educational Twelve educators from succeeds with challenged students. work in the US and beyond. Dr. Barbara Moore Pulliam, across the United States recently 3. An after school program called ATIDIM that Superintendent of Schools, joined together on an education identifies children with potential from rural areas Dr. Steven C. Norton, Clayton County Public Schools, GA mission to Israel under the aegis and provides them with the support necessary to Superintendent of Schools of the America Israel Friendship succeed at the highest levels. Cache County School District, In February I had the League (AIFL), spear-headed by On balance, I’m left with enormous optimism North Logan, Utah opportunity to visit Israel, a Dr. Charlotte Frank, Senior Vice in the capacity of both our countries to educate country located in the Middle President of McGraw-Hill. The all students well. AIFL is helping to make that srael has much in common East, a country where there is following are their reflections. happen by bringing us together. Iwith K-12 education in the much strife and conflict—or United States. Israel faces so we hear. The Israel I vis- Peter Yarrow even greater challenges than ited was warm and inviting, Dr. Charlotte K. Frank, of Peter, Paul and Mary, does the United States with I felt at home. In fact, there Sr. Vice President- President and Founder, multiple languages spoken by was much about Israel that students in every classroom. reminded me of home. research & Development Operation Respect Israel is faced with trying to But as I reflect on my visit, I observed that McGraw-Hill Education he American Israel make separate schools work Israel is a place where people are proud of their solated programs to TFriendship League’s for two very different cultures. Israel is working heritage and their country; it is a place where peo- Iimprove the quality of educational delegation trip to very hard to achieve educational excellence for ple want to give back to the country that is their education for all children Israel afforded participants all children. Israel students share the same goals home; it is a place where people are determined as well as to bring together a remarkably intimate look and dreams as American students do, even with to work for peace with a gutsiness that transcends Arab and Israeli children at Israel’s education system. serious distractions all around them. the challenges that may be confronted day-to-day. and their families was excit- More than anything, this trip In conclusion, I believe the best is yet to come The Israel I visited was a place full of history that ing and could be a model provided a moving testa- in Israel. The students who have immigrated these spans thousands of years, yet history that is famil- for the rest of Israel. The ment to Israel’s educators, past five years will be an influence to changing iar to all. This is a country where there is hope for Hand in Hand school design students, and educational leaders to defy the the climate in the school systems and the culture a better world for the children, as adults work at where Israeli families bring their children to a challenges to budget cuts to education, the recent in the Middle East. ways to press for peace. school in an Arab community and there were legacy of military conflict, still all too fresh. With I listened to the voices of children; children two teachers each speaking their own language teachers’ salaries extremely low, and primary Francine Eisenrod, who wanted to share with me information about connecting to both groups of children was inter- education academic results plummeting, educa- Director of Special Projects, who they are and what their hopes are. And, esting to see. The ATIDIM after school approach tors are nevertheless redoubling their efforts to L.A. Unified School District children who wanted to learn much from me. I showed immigrant students from the Ukraine create solutions with diminished resources. With listened to children who have a deep appreciation and Ethiopia with vastly improved academic inspiring courage and enthusiasm, they move for- his was my first trip to and love for their country, children who seem performance. The ORT schools where technol- ward with commitment to preparing students for TIsrael, and every minute to know instinctively that they must give back. ogy is evident throughout the school and during productive careers and for Israel’s over arching was filled with memorable I listened to children who were inquisitive and the learning day was a real model of success need for their energetic civic participation, cru- and important educational who wanted to know and learn much about the for the rest of Israel and clearly other countries cial on all levels to the survival of their country. experiences. Initially, work- world and other countries in the world in order because we are all more similar than different In Israel, there is compulsory military service related deadlines and a con- to become better citizens for their homeland— in our multi-national needs to close the achieve- for all men and women and, perhaps reflecting this cern with safety issues while Israel. And, I listened to children who were proud ment gap between all ethnic groups as well as to necessity, all of the educators we met were intensely traveling in Israel almost and who conveyed that sense of pride in their raise the achievement of the top level of student focused on enforcing the dedication of students to prevented me from accept- everyday living. performers.# not only strengthen the infrastructure of their econo- ing the invitation extended by the America Israel I learned that the United States does have a my, but also to build an ever more fair and peaceful Friendship League. Being a prudent traveler, I special relationship with Israel. What I learned society for Israel’s future, one that is dedicated to maintained my awareness of my surroundings, from listening caused me to hope that the chil- Michael Barlow, peaceful coexistence with its neighbors. while capturing the essence of the country. Upon dren I work with everyday would have that same President, barlow education We learned about some new remarkable edu- my return, a frequently asked question from my sense of pride about the country I call home—the Management Services, oklahoma cational programs that Israeli educators have colleagues was, “Did you feel safe?” I am able to USA. # designed. Some programs provide special state that I felt safe at all times. t was both interesting resources and financial support for students who This truly was an intense, comprehensive visit Dr. David Goin, Iand disappointing to hear have special abilities but live in relatively mar- that had our group traveling from one end of Israel superintendent, so many ministry officials ginalized communities. Others inculcate respect to another. A very powerful aspect of the mission Edmond, oklahoma report that Israel has and and understanding between Jewish and Arab stu- was the opportunity to meet with key educational continues to copy education- dent populations. Virtually all of these new pro- leaders, both in Israel and the United States, and he recent educators’ al initiatives from the U.S grams have apparently been introduced quickly, learn of their challenges and initiatives. Tmission to Israel was an system, regardless of the demonstrating the flexibility of Israel’s education We discussed the Israeli version of the No Child enlightening and valuable success/failure rate of their system that can speedily adopt new initiatives Left Behind Act along with many other similari- experience that deepened programs in the U.S. and give them ample room to prove their viabil- ties between our two educational systems. Also, my appreciation for the peo- It was hopeful to see the initiatives aimed at ity. The students involved in these new educa- I learned of their disturbingly high drop-out rate. ple of the state of Israel and socialization and understanding between Israeli tional programs are extremely optimistic about This is one similarity I did not expect. Another for the challenges they face. Arabs and Jews. The Israeli education system their own lives, consciously grateful for this surprise was learning of the critical teacher short- I also found delightful the clearly understands that education is a basic key special consideration given to them, and eager age in Israel. Teachers in Israel are paid at a very quality of professional and component of any peace initiative. to serve their country to repay the generosity low hourly rate and have low professional status. social interactions among mission participants afforded them. In every case they demonstrated In spite of all the enormous challenges, I was from across the United States. Eric Nadelstern, an extraordinary, passionate love of their country thrilled to visit schools that are truly remarkably The schedule was packed with meetings at CHIEF Executive Officer for and a steadfast hope that they, the next genera- innovative, creating learning environments that school sites, in hotel conference rooms, and Empowerment Schools, New York tion, can find evermore effective solutions to the are culturally relevant, personalized, and chal- in various government facilities. We interact- internal and external challenges to Israel. lenging. Urban school districts throughout the ed with teachers, principals, students, program here are startling similar- When Gene Carter, President of the Association United States face many similar challenges; there- administrators, officials with Israel’s Ministry Tities between the prob- for School Curriculum Development and co- fore, we should take advantage of the opportunity of Education, an Israeli brigadier general, and lems in Israel schools and leader of the trip, along with Dr. Charlotte to evaluate Israel’s innovative programs and con- with a Bedouin family that hosted us for dinner those of the United States. Frank, Senior Vice President of Research and sider incorporating some of their powerful strate- in a tent. Chief among these are: Development at McGraw-Hill Education, and gies into our own educational environments. Of great benefit was traveling through much of 1. Insufficient financial Former Director of Curriculum Instruction at the The most poignant and lasting memory of this Israel—witnessing its people, its natural scenery and human resources that are New York City Board of Education, asked some trip will undoubtedly be the students as they and diverse terrain. It also was eye opening to mal-distributed on the basis Israeli high school students what they would say expressed their immense pride in their country drive past the vestiges of prior conflicts and to see of student need. if they were given the opportunity to have a direct and spoke so eloquently about their desire for armed soldiers and guards virtually “everywhere.” 2. Differentiated outcomes by race, ethnicity, conversation with high school students in sur- peace. Their maturity in tone and expression I gleaned much from the comments of our socioeconomic status, level of parental education rounding countries (nations with whom Israel has transcend their years. personable and knowledgeable guide, whether on and geography. had a history of extreme hostilities) they imme- This mission has renewed my determination the bus, at the Museum of the Diaspora, or as we 3. A school system that serves to diffuse diately affirmed, “We can work this out. Let’s sit not only to continue the Youth Ambassador made our way through the fortress Masada. And, responsibility and obscure accountability. down and talk this through. We can find solu- Student Exchange (YASE) program in the Los it was deeply moving to hear about and see imag- And then there are hopeful similarities as well, tions!” I say bravo to the audacity of Israeli youth Angeles Unified School District, but to work es of the Holocaust at the museum in Jerusalem. which include remarkable examples of success- in all its hopefulness and unfettered idealism. All toward expanding the program. It is one of the Thoughts on the educational system: ful efforts in the face of formidable challenges. of the educators looked with great respect, and best methods to increase tolerance, respect, and While the concept of “free public education” These include: even envy, upon some remarkable aspects of the understanding among people. is in law, the manner and quality of educational 1. An elementary school managed by Hand- challenged, but unbowed, educational leaders, I wish to thank the America Israel Friendship services afforded students in Israel varies great- to-Hand in an Arab village outside of Haifa, practitioners and students of Israel. League for this invaluable experience. And a sincere continued on page 20 where Jewish and Arab students learn to value In turn, we were all grateful to AIFL for allow- thank you to my fellow colleagues whose participa- March 2007 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ spotlight on schools 11

Superintendents Reflect on Education in israel WOMEN SHAPING HISTORY: College Presidents Inauguration of Columbia TC President Catherine Bond President Susan Fuhrman Hill: Vassar College By Lisa K. Winkler taskers and want to con- By Emily Sherwood, Ph.D. should establish a core Two days after Catherine Bond Hill was inau- tinue volunteering while In a gala afternoon of grand academic dis- curriculum for all stu- gurated as Vassar College’s 10th president on at Vassar.” course by top thinkers in the field of education, dents encompassing a October 29, she sponsored a Halloween party for Hill had never been to Columbia University’s Teachers College (TC) set of common readings, the Vassar community. To her surprise, students the 146-year-old Vassar welcomed Susan Fuhrman as its tenth presi- such as classic works by didn’t choose to dress as characters from Star until she began inter- dent (and first woman president) during a pre- John Dewey; (2) mas- Trek or detective mysteries—some of her spare viewing for the job last inaugural convocation at its newly renovated ters students should take time passions; instead they donned tailored khaki year. She, and her fam- Cowin Center last month. Fuhrman, a nationally one required course built suits, white tops, conservative silk scarves tied ily, including a stray recognized expert on public accountability and around a discussion of loosely at the neck, and single strands of pearls. dog, have moved into the teacher excellence in education, most recently significant burning ques- To Hill, it was the highest compliment. “I was President’s house on campus and are the first served as Dean of Penn’s Graduate School of tions, which indeed might help establish a set flattered they felt comfortable enough to dress family to live in the house in 70 years. Her Education (GSE), where she is credited with of national priorities for study; and (3) doctoral like me.” husband, Kent Kildahl, is the head of the Upper strengthening its programs in urban and interna- students should be savvy users of qualitative and The Halloween party is just one of the ways School at the Riverdale Country School. Her son tional education. quantitative research methods to answer they Hill is becoming acquainted with the faculty, John graduated from Williams and is about to Lee Shulman, distinguished President of the questions they ask. She added, “I’d hope that all students and alumnae since beginning the job begin a job in Poland. Thomas is a senior at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TC doctoral students are familiar with the wide in July. From traveling around the country, to Kent School, and Liz, a sophomore at Riverdale. Thinking, was first to lend his imprimatur to range of outlets to disseminate the findings of attending college events and hosting dinners at Moving to Poughkeepsie isn’t the first time the Fuhrman’s presidency. “In ancient times, one did their work. They should of course know how the President’s house, Hill is meeting one of the family has relocated for Hill’s job. A sabbatical not reliably go ahead with a coronation without to write cogent articles, books and reports. But short term goals she’s set for herself: getting to from Williams brought her to Zambia, where Hill checking the signs. One was interested in find- they should also know how to give talks, how to know the people that compose this esteemed worked with the Ministry of Finance from 1994- ing out whether it augured well…you brought curate exhibitions, how to develop questions for liberal arts college. Known as Cappy, thanks to 1996. Hill credits her husband with being flexible together your most respected soothsayers…that’s the Web, and even give testimony.” a hard-of-hearing aunt who mangled Cathy, Hill to accommodate her career. “Deciding who stays what we’re here for. Susan wants to be sure that The second panel of the afternoon focused on exudes an enthusiasm that already has endeared home with a sick child or finding jobs in the same all the augurs are promising,” began Shulman how TC could best influence policy and practice. her to the college community. place, can be challenging,” she said. with a touch of eloquent humor. Pascale Forgione, Superintendent of the Austin A graduate, former provost, and economics Coming to Vassar, for Hill, had a lot to do with Shulman challenged TC to wrestle with finding School District which significantly raised its professor from Williams College, Hill, 52, brings timing. She’s impressed with the institution’s his- the right balance between “disengagement”— student achievement through partnerships with to Vassar a background that focuses on afford- tory of innovation and its commitment to liberal the ability to step back from “the everyday universities, threw out the gauntlet: “Can gradu- ability and access in higher education. These arts education. She holds degrees from Williams, world and its troubles” to undertake thoughtful ate schools of education impact school reform issues, said Hill in an interview with Education Oxford, and Yale and worked for the World research and problem solving—and “engage- at the ground level? I believe they can and I Update, present challenges not just to Vassar but Bank and the Fiscal Analysis Division of the ment” in real world problems. He urged TC to believe they must,” he challenged the audience. to all schools. “We want to be able to attract and U.S. Congressional Budget Office. Her respon- follow a path of greater engagement: “There TC professor Lucy Calkins queried, “Is there a retain the best and the brightest students from sibilities at Williams included overseeing the is a change coming in American higher educa- way that schools of education can be reconsti- across the United States. As high school students annual budget and long-range financial planning, tion, and that change is that [universities] are tuted so that more faculty members can become become more diverse, we have an obligation the college’s art museum and libraries, offices disengaging from disengagement…The engaged [critical partners]?” Patricia Graham, educa- to attract a more diverse student body and that of Admissions, Financial Aid, and Information university… maintains the highest levels of tional historian and former dean of the Harvard means socio-economic as well as racially and Technology. These vast experiences all led to academic and professional excellence without GSE, responded that “schools of education need culturally,” she said. Though about 55 percent becoming a college president. Though widely having to sacrifice its responsibilities to serve to [examine] the many resources that they bring of Vassar’s 2,400 students receive financial aid published, she remains most passionate about the greater community,” he exhorted. to bear on these real world problems, which and all aid is need-based, many talented students what she believes liberal arts colleges are all Following Shulman on the dais, a panel of includes more than just faculty…The trick is see the cost, nearly $45,000 annually, and don’t about: teaching. She’s already taught one class in “augurs” offered expert opinions on how TC to utilize in a much more imaginative way the consider applying. Hill’s research has examined labor economics and plans to teach an advanced should promote the highest quality research, intellectual resources that we have, including bias in recruiting methods and has recommended economic seminar next year. “It’s a great way to one of Fuhrman’s stated goals as TC president. those of our graduate students. Graduate stu- ways to reach students, such as first generation know what’s on students’ minds through a differ- Edmund Gordon, founder and director of TC’s dents are often more likely to be familiar with children of immigrants, who might not know ent way. It demonstrates to faculty that teaching Institute for Urban and Minority Education, the realities of urban classrooms.” about elite colleges. Hill would also like to matters, that I value and know the huge amount urged Fuhrman to build a critical mass of schol- While there was no shortage of ideas for ame- increase the number of international students, of time and effort that goes into successful teach- ars in both theoretical and real world disciplines: liorating the plight of inner city education, most now about 7 percent of enrollment from 45 coun- ing,” she said, noting that a teaching commitment “Some will need to focus on the complementari- speakers agreed that TC needs to offer “dynamic tries. Attracting a diverse faculty also concerns makes her schedule less flexible, much to the ties between teaching and learning that occur in thinking that looks at the American educational Hill. As fewer students nationwide enter doctor- chagrin of other administrators. “I get to drop school and some on the teaching and learning that system from top to bottom,” in the words of TC ate programs, the competition for talented staff everything to teach, “ Hill said. occur in life,” he opined. Associate Dean Sharon Lynn Kagan. That’s no has increased, she said. Hill’s adamant that the value of and demand for Ellen Lagerman, Professor of History and small task for new TC president Susan Fuhrman, While Hill is grateful that Vassar faces “no a liberal arts education, from small colleges like former dean of Harvard’s GSE, held out three but—if her augurs are accurate in their predic- immediate crises,” she wants to ensure programs Vassar and Williams for example, will flourish. practical recommendations for improving the tions—she is certainly up to the task that lies that contribute to Vassar’s strengths continue. “As we change as a society, as we think about the caliber of educational research at TC: (1) TC before her.# These include: Exploring Transfer, a partnership world kids will be facing over the next several with seven community colleges that exposes decades, it’s [liberal arts] the perfect education. students from two-year colleges to Vassar and People need different kinds of skills, analytical, encourages students to apply to four year col- problem solving, written and oral communica- President Donna Shalala: leges; an active Field Work office which provides tion, and working as a team. That’s what liberal volunteer opportunities for students; and a Career arts does,” she said. niversity of iami Center that offers lifelong counseling, internships, Vassar has no plans to increase its enroll- U M data bases, and other services to Vassar students ment, currently at 2,400, and its applicant pool By Joan Baum, Ph.D Ohio born, she has a B.A. in and alumna. Hill acknowledges that students and increases every year. Many of the buildings and She has an impressive honors-strewn record in history from Western College parents seem more worried about “what’s next” facilities on the 1,000 plus acre campus, which both academe and government—Secretary of the for Women (now part of the than when she was an undergraduate in the 1970s. includes farmland and gardens, were either newly U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Miami University in Ohio), a Vassar has responded by providing opportunities constructed or recently renovated during the past Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin- small undergraduate institu- for students to be exposed to different industries. two decades. Further renovations are planned for Madison, President of Hunter College, Assistant tion which introduced her to Excursions to New York City, for example, to residence halls and some science buildings. The Secretary for Policy Development and Research professors who became mentors and impressed visit various business offices, and an extensive goal, said Hill, “is to keep thinking about what we at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban upon her the importance of a solid undergradu- career-mentoring program, are available. Vassar do, and do it better.” While she’s thinking, she’s Development, Associate Professor and Chair of ate education. She went on to earn a doctorate has a long history of service, Hill said, and having fun getting to know everyone. “I go to as the Program in Politics and Education at Teachers from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of today’s students are “more altruistic than ever. many events I can,” listing student drama produc- College, Columbia, and a stint in the Peace Corps Citizenship and Public Affairs, combining early Many come from high school already involved tions, sports events, and lectures. “They know in its founding years. Of her present position, on a love of scholarship and service. Among in community service. They’re incredible multi- when I’m there and like it,” she said.# however, as President of the University of Miami, many accomplishments she points with pride to a private research university with its main cam- the fact that the University of Miami has now pus in Coral Gables, Florida, Donna E. Shalala become, as “the students say,” a “hot” school. ing for over 40 percent of undergraduates, which change dramatically in a mere few years, Dr. says firmly, this is it. It’s where she’s been SAT scores of entering freshmen have gone the President says she looks to raise to 60 percent. Shalala still finds time to teach (a course in Health delighted to be over the last five years and where up 100 points and the “profile” of the school There are also 800 apartments for upperclassmen. Politics in the division of Political Science) and she’d like to be five years from now. She took the has been vastly “improved,” especially at the Because “campus life” is so important, the presi- keep up with the students—they email her, she job for the same reason she has taken every other undergraduate level, with its over 10,000-student dent recently hired a dean for undergraduate edu- moves around the campus, and she recently put in job—she likes “complexity, challenge.” “I love a population. Amenities go a long way—tables and cation. Despite an incredibly packed schedule at an appearance on the Colbert Report. new adventure.” chairs on patios, a Starbucks in the Library, hous- the helm of a major university that she has helped continued on page 15 12

EDUCATION UPDATE | March 2007 Women Shaping History 2007 Freedom Writers: Rosemarie Reed: ward inning ilmmaker rin ruwell A -W F By GillianE Granoff G ocuments ioneering Recently, at the Hilton Hotel, the AACTE D P (American Association for Colleges of Teachers Education) kicked off the opening night of their WomenBy Joan Baum, in P hS.D.ciencerounded by press people annual meeting of administrators, principals, and Documentary filmmaker Rosemarie Reed likes and by women active teachers, and its “Challenge for Change” with the dramatizing the lives of little-known women sci- in promoting women’s inspiring and heartfelt words of Erin Gruwell. entists and showing that their relatively unfamil- issues as they related to Jeff Gorrel, chair of the Committee on iar stories are really big stories, achievements that health, welfare, hous- Membership Development and Capacity building dramatically advanced knowledge in their fields, ing, human rights, equal of AACTE, introduced the keynote speaker as despite political or societal conditions that denied rights and community a “teacher who valued and promoted the diver- them opportunity or recognition in their day. Ms. activism. Back in New York she became a long- sity of her students who had been hardened by Reed tends to focus on historical figures, among time volunteer for WBAI and soon caught the eye exposure to gang-violence and drugs, triggering them the Greek mathematician Hypatia (d. 415); of then well-known station manager Steve Post unfathomable change. She inspired her students Ada Byron Lovelace (d. 1852) who wrote a com- who, about to leave the station, suggested she to see themselves and to act as creative and puter program for Charles Babbage’s Analytical should consider taking his position. When Ms. responsible citizens who could build community Engine; Irene Joliot-Curie (d. 1956), who, with Reed finally moved into video, she learned on the and thrive as members of that community.” her husband, won the 1935 Nobel Prize in job. There were no classes in practicum then, but A teacher at Wilson High School, a Visiting Chemistry; and Lise Meitner (d.1968), the over- native smarts combined with determination and Professor of Education at California State tion in their own education. looked colleague of Otto Hahn, who discovered happy coincidence proved significant. Through University, Long Beach, and author of Teach She inspired students with field trips to the nuclear fission. More recent subjects attracting her volunteer work she got to know people at With Your Heart; Lessons I learned from the Museum of Tolerance, Juvenile Detention cen- Ms. Reed’s attention include Alice Hamilton (d. PBS, and she was invited to rethink some of her Freedom Writers, Erin is known to most people ters, and brought speakers such as Elie Wiesel. 1970), the first woman on the faculty of Harvard radio projects as TV specials. Soon, she was off today as the teacher whose life inspired the recent Her method worked so well that the students Medical School who forged understanding of and running – radio pieces on JFK, organized film Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank. To began raising funds to bring these speakers to industrial toxology); Hedy Lamarr, née Hedwig crime, Mikhail Gorbachev (a project that begat her students, however, she is known simply as the classroom. Eva Maria Kiesler (d. 2000)—yes, the glamorous a film and two others about Russia), the disap- Mrs. G. Central to the success of Erin’s students in movie star, but did you know that she invented a peared in Argentina, Winnie Mandela—work that As she takes the stage in front of hundreds of room 203 was the Freedom Writers Diary: a torpedo guidance system?); and Frances Kelsey, took her around the world. She had earlier spent educators, Erin emanates the same warmth and compilation of a student journal of their experi- whose courageous research at the Food and some months in Vietnam, where she worked for extraordinary openness she clearly brought to the ences, recently published by Doubleday Books. Drug Administration in the `60s proved the link the International Committee of the Red Cross students in her classroom. Erin does not strike Proceeds from the Freedom Writers Diary— between thalidomide and birth defects. and then taught English, experiences that clearly one as the tough hard-nosed teacher one would How a Teacher and 150 Students Used Writing Have times changed substantially in light of informed her subsequent work in prompting her imagine “fighting the good fight” in the trenches to Change Themselves and the World Around feminist and gender emphases in schools and sympathy for resilient outsiders, unappreciated of the inner city. One might easily mistake her Them—currently on the New York Times Best universities and legislation in the workplace? heroic figures, many of them women. for naïve and could conceive of how in 1993, Sellers List— are being used to subsidize the Are women who are doing groundbreaking work Success has bred success: Ms. Reed’s much- when she was 23 years old, a group of students students’ college education. in mathematics and science being given their heralded film on Lise Meitner, shown on PBS last in Room 203 could easily underestimate her. The students dubbed themselves” Freedom media due and thus serving as role models for summer—“The Path to Nuclear Fission: the story Perhaps it is this quality, and her willingness to Writers” in homage to the “Freedom Riders,” the the next generation? Who outside the community of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn”—was funded be vulnerable, that accounts for Erin’s success civil rights activists of the 1950s. This name aptly of theoretical physicists—or constant watchers by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in transforming the lives of high school students has come to symbolize the freedom that Erin of “Charlie Rose”—has heard of Lisa Randall, augmented by a grant from the NSF. Her current whose lives were defined by gang violence, Gruwell gave them to overcome their failures, arguably, as Rose put it in a show late last million-dollar project, funded by Sloan—three drugs, and poverty. “Before I was a teacher I was to start again, taking responsibility for own lives year, “the most cited scientist” working today at one-hour features on, respectively, Ada Lovelace, a student, and the most incredible teacher I had and learning. the juncture of particle physics and cosmology, Irene Curie and Frances Kelsey—reflects Ms. was my father,” she avers. Even with all the accolades and Erin’s hectic unraveling, as the subtitle to her book Warped Reed’s deep commitment to honor and publicize Amidst the backdrop of turbulence during the life flying across the globe, promoting the work Passages puts it, “the mysteries of the universe’s the lives of women who were more than signifi- riots following the Rodney King trial, the aspir- of the Freedom Writers Foundation—whose mis- hidden dimensions”? Ms. Reed has heard of her, cant investigators and inventors. They were, she ing lawyer passionately recalls how a glimpse sion is to spread the lessons of Room 203 of course, and has consulted with legendary cin- says, “all the right people.” They mattered then, of a child looking up into his father’s eyes with throughout the country and the world, Erin ematographer D.A. Pennebaker, who is working they matter now, for how they persevered as admiration as the child’s father hurled a Molotov remains profoundly committed to what she sees on a film about Professor Randall. much as for what they accomplished. To know cocktail into Circuit City and then looted the as her “family” of freedom writers. Rosemarie Reed loves her work producing about them and their work is to correct the his- store, became the catalyst for her personal trans- Erin describes the state of education in America documentaries and can imagine doing nothing torical record, and, it is hoped, to ensure that girls formation. “At that moment,” she says, “I real- as one of “education apartheid,” one in which anything else, although she made this work her today who may aspire to careers in science, math- ized that if I wanted to follow in my father’s there is too much emphasis based on economic major professional pursuit only after years in ematics or technology have a world of inspiration footsteps and ‘fight the good fight’ I should go lines. “It’s just assumed that suburban schools radio and public relations. A graduate of Queens before them.# into the classroom. are good and urban schools are worse. We put College (English) and then Hunter College For more information on Rosemarie Reed Erin’s teaching philosophy is that of a partner- too much emphasis on this, allocating funds to (Communications and International Affairs), she Productions, readers are directed to www.films- ship between student and teacher. She believes wars and spending a fraction on education for found herself early on in Washington, D.C., sur- forthought.com. firmly that “education is the great equalizer” kids.” She is outspoken in her criticism of school and credits her ability to listen as the crucial tool vouchers and the No Child Left Behind Act. She which helped her to break down barriers and hopes that teachers will learn to teach to a class International University for Graduate Studies earn the trust of her students. Her faith in her of students and not to a list. Her advice to aspir- students, and seeing beyond their low expecta- ing teachers is to find an advocate. “I was very Colleges and universities tend to be territorial and will accept only a minimum of post-baccalaureate coursework tions of themselves, was the crucial catalyst for lucky to find Karl Cohen (the superintendent of in transfer. Colleges and universities also tend to be highly restrictive in course selections and rather rigid in course their change. Long Beach) and John Cu, (a benefactor for the requirements. Many courses you have taken will not be accepted in transfer and must be retaken. Other courses of For Erin, the instrument of change is a pen. students). It was really important to find the vali- little benefit to your professional and personal goals and objectives will be required. Courses you deem beneficial Faced with divisive classroom politics, prejudice, dation for what I was doing.” may not be offered or not be required. The result is greater sacrifice in dollars and in time. and violence, students guarded themselves within In a field trip to Washington to the Department At International University for Graduate Studies we require the same number of credits for a masters or doctorate the armor brought on by gang violence. Through of Education, Maria, a student and former gang as traditional universities. journal writing, Erin encourages students to member confidently declared her intention to However, at IUGS we accept for transfer all your relevant post baccalaureate course work including those “write their wrongs in ink.” With this tool Erin become the Secretary of Education.” To her credits from your master’s degree, as well as, continuing education and other professional courses. gives her students the permission and the pos- and to Erin I echo the words spoken by the Therefore we anticipate that on a part-time basis you will graduate in 6 to 18 months. sibility of a second chance: at honesty, integrity secretary and original Freedom Rider. “YOU IUGS is an accredited and recognized University in its twenty-eighth year of providing degree opportunities to and change. GO GIRL!”# educators. Our graduates and current candidates have and have held positions as teachers, professors, principals, Erin’s curriculum is innovative, but her jour- The Freedom Writers Foundation runs an insti- superintendents, deans, and in other educational capacities in both the private and public sector. ney to create it was no easy one. Faced with a tute each summer to train teachers in the methods We are aware that as individuals your talents and objectives vary. That is why we offer two pathways for the reluctant superintendent, and a school system that and practices of the freedom writers’ curricu- doctorate, as well as, for the master’s degree. One pathway is for those candidates who prefer to write a doctoral reinforced the belief that her students could never lum. The institute is seeking application from a dissertation or master’s thesis. The other pathway is for those candidates who wish to take a written and oral exami- learn, she took their destiny into her own hands. diverse pool of school districts, states, gender nation for the doctoral or master’s degree. She took part-time jobs at a hotel and a depart- diversity and age. Those selected will participate Many of you will have all your coursework completed and will be close to earning your degree at IUGS. As a graduate, you will receive professional and personal academic recognition, as well as, the credentials to which you ment store to subsidize new books that spoke to in 5 training seminars throughout the summer. will be entitled. the reality of her students’ lives and constructed a Teachers interested in applying to the institute Let us assist you in your graduate pursuits. Visit our website at www.iugrad.edu.kn or call us at (888) 989-GRAD new learning paradigm, emphasizing self-actual- can receive more information by contacting the (4723). ization, tolerance, and students’ active participa- website: www.freedomwritersfoundation.org 13

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My Meeting with Jane Goodall Women Shaping History 2007 By Dr. Pola Rosen Womenomen have come a long way hapingsince the days of our grandmothersis whotory were content The mere mention of her name conjures images Wto raise children, stoke the proverbialS fire in the hearth, and H be the ballast in the family, of apes and chimps, living alone in the jungles maintaining a sense of equilibrium2007 and security. and forests of the world, collecting data, intel- The women appearing in this issue, may do all that their forbears did, but in addition, lectuality and courage. In short, a woman to be have used their talents to improve the lives of others and increase our knowledge base. truly admired. Education Update is proud to have interviewed six illustrious women who have made When I asked Dr. Goodall what her greatest significant changes in the world. obstacles were the irony of her response was not lost on me. I thought she would talk about loneli- ness, wild animals or the forest. Instead she spoke about the violence of man: in 1975, four students young women today is, “If you want something, working with her were kidnapped in the Congo. never give up. Don’t be discouraged; don’t give As a result, the entire Gombe Research Center up your dream.” in Tanzania came to an end, which included the I will never forget meeting Dr. Jane Goodall: her DFactorsr in . Career C Choice:harlotte The factors have the ten years of research F datarank studying the impact on chimp project. At the same time, she lost her part- gentle manner, her kindness, her persistence and tenac- changed over the years. Upon graduation, having the winning recipients after receiving the Business time professorship at Stanford University. ity in the face of adversity are qualities to be emulated been the only girl in my high school physics class Week Award for Instructional Innovation. But she didn’t give up. In fact, her advice to by our generation as well as those to come.# and success in my mathematic classes, I decided Obstacles: Time constraints are and were to enroll at CCNY thinking that I was going to always a concern. There is too much going on be an engineer but after one year of many pro- and I just don’t have enough time to do every- fessors saying that this isn’t a thing well. Getting into the career for a female, I changed office early and/or starting majors and graduated with a work at the desk at home omen of alor BBA majoring in Statistics and often at 4:30am or having WBy Joan Baum, Ph.D. V influences in her life, Dr. Ceruti exudes a quiet minoring in Economics. At work meetings on weekends Although the four women who received Wings enthusiasm as she talks about her challenge to graduation I had just returned at home always helps. I’m a WorldQUEST (WWQ)’s Women of Discovery get people to accept the inconvenient truth that from my honeymoon marry- strong believer in the answer Fellowship Awards for 2007 are each, on aver- mining development and climate change are ing the boy who sat next to me to the question “Why is it age, only a little bit older than the Jane Goodall threatening their lives and the planet. in the “Literature of Northern that those who are so lucky Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and For Grace J. Gobbo, from Tanzania (Field Europe” class. This marriage are those who work so hard?” Conservation, founded in 1977, an extraordinary Research Award), and having 3 children changed Ongoing diligence to com- event brought them all together on March 1 with the goal has been the direction of my career. I plete all responsibilities just Dr. Goodall at the National Arts Club. The occa- to document indig- then became a teacher because took WORK. sion marked not only the 5th Annual Women enous medical I felt that the time constraints Inspirational Mentors: of Discovery Awards, a celebration aptly timed practices and plants made it easier for me to bal- Many of my mentors have for Women’s History Month, but a rare oppor- before time runs ance my home and personal been men and sometimes tunity to see the world-renowned primatologist, out. Working with needs as well as my desire to women throughout my years Dr. Goodall herself, who was given a WWQ the Greater Combe have a career. Different lack of whether at CCNY or at the Lifetime Achievement Award. The young honor- Ecosystem Project professional support and per- NYC Board of Ed, as well ees, selected for their courageous and meticulous of The Jane Goodall sonal responsibilities made me change the choice as at the McGraw-Hill Companies helped me to groundbreaking scientific research, represent the Institute, she has in my career path. better understand how to negotiate “the system”. very best in international scientific and field been interviewing Pivotal Point: After twenty-five years in the They inspired me to think that I could really get exploration. Their work testifies to the sig- healers and collecting local plants. She feels NYC Public School system as a teacher, super- “this” done. The “this” could be finding the best nificance of WWQ, a world-class organization strongly about involving young people because visor and nine years as Executive Director of researchers to identify the best candidates each dedicated to promoting women scientists from time’s winged chariot is at her back—traditional Curriculum and Instruction, I received a call year for the “Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize” award cultures and countries around the globe whose African healers are dying. Myths about witch- from someone at The McGraw-Hill Companies winners or “this” may be finding the connection achievements can inspire and educate generations craft persist, she notes, alongside mounting scien- who had just assumed many new responsibili- that links education to many segments of McGraw- to come—not to mention advancing science. tific evidence that her pharmacological findings ties. He knew that he could accept the leadership Hill such as helping the ENR Construction group The daring of these pioneering young women are indeed helping to alleviate some illnesses. of most of the publications e.g. Aviation Week, to answer the request by the U.S. Dept of Labor is impressive, their achievements are stellar and She recognizes that she’s a woman working in ENR and Architectural Record as well as the to develop “In Demand” publications that identi- the impact their work has already had in fields as a male-dominated culture and for a government many other career publications but he needed fied the many career opportunities available for diverse as glaciology, archaeology, oceanography not yet acting on evidence of the adverse effects help and was offering me a job to help him in the high school students and were distributed to every and ethno-botany is markedly significant. They of deforestation and mining. But she’s hoping “el-hi (elementary and high school) world”. The U.S. high school. They made me feel that I could also seem incredibly modest. that the data she’s been collecting will find their then Pres. of McGraw-Hill who knew me when accomplish anything I focused on. The ceremony began with the Lifetime way into school curricula and that corrective he was the president of CTB/ McGraw-Hill when Advice: My advice would be for these young Achievement Award to Dr. Jane Goodall, who action may be “customized” to local traditions. I was originally in charge of testing for a district women is to think about what in life is and will spoke of the project particularly dear to her heart Dr. Erin Pettit, from the USA (Earth Award), in the Bronx recommended me to be considered be meaningful for them. What would they like these days—Roots and Shoot, an activist 8,000- studies climate for this responsibility in el-hi. Feeling that as a to accomplish at the end of their career and how group educational program in 100 countries, change and is the woman I wasn’t going to the next level of being to balance the demands of their family with the dedicated to engaging young people in over 95 founder of Girls Supt of the NYC Public Schools, I accepted the demands of their jobs. They must recognize that countries in service learning, including cleaning on Ice, a mentor- offer to go from education in the public sector to integrity, honesty and devotion to task are key river beds, walking dogs at local shelters, teach- ship program that education in the private sector. ingredients for success and can clearly make a ing peers about endangered species, organizing brought her to the Proudest Achievements: I’m most proud of difference in our lives as well as for others in this peace events, celebrating different cultures. attention of WWQ. unsolicited complimentary comments made to global society. Remarkably, though they spoke separately to A young woman me. They range from: “You always tried to help Future Goals: My future goals are to continue Education Update, each of the young awardees with an engineering us to learn from the best practices that worked in on the path already set and to help make a differ- articulated a similar motivating force: to prove degree, whose fond schools”, “You knew how to develop curriculum ence in the lives of really caring and hard work- they could do it. Challenge, determination to go memories of hik- materials that I still use to this day (twelve years ing men and women of diverse ages, ethnic and where few women had gone before—and genuine ing on Mt. Rainer later)” or when I received my PhD at NYU using socio-economic groups.# love of science—pressed them to explore, some- in Seattle with her father and brother prompted times in remote and dangerous areas. her to rethink her career possibilities, she turned Dr. Constanza Ceruti, a 34-year-old Professor from designing hybrid electric cars to studying research belonged “token male” in her field expeditions, and so of Inca Archaeology glaciers, excited by a course she took by chance to men. But a high- far, so good. and Director of at Brown University in Planetary Geology, led by school biology WWQ (www.wingsworldquest.org), a unique the Institute of Prof. Peter (“Sparky”) Shultz. Here, her heart told teacher convinced New York City-based nonprofit co-founded by High Mountain her, was her heart’s work. As much as she loves her that she could Milbry Polk and Leila Hadley Luce, in addition Research at Catholic hanging from ropes on ice mountains, she sees “do it.” She came to preserving, promoting, honoring and publish- University in herself eventually becoming a teacher (“I love from a family of ing the inspiring contributions of pioneering Argentina, who it”), no doubt applying the lessons she’s learned brothers and never women explorers, offers unique programs and received WWQ’s as a leader of field expeditions where attending to felt she could not resources related to field expeditions, scien- Courage Award, the group dynamic is the number-one challenge. do it, though she tific research and education. The Jane Goodall could boast (though Dr. Terrie Williams, a marine biologist from does acknowledge Institute is a global nonprofit “that works on she wouldn’t) being the USA (Sea Award), has tracked the negative a problem now. In behalf of chimpanzees and other great apes and the only female impact of global warming on Weddell seals in some societies women, especially those who, helps people make a difference for all living high-altitude archaeologist in the world working Antarctica. She recalls how people would tell as she does, gather together other women for things.” Its mission includes recognizing the in the Andes. Crediting Prof. Juan Schobinger her—not too long ago—not to bother pursing field work are not welcome. But, clever as she “interconnectedness” of all people, animals and and Dr. Johan Reinhard, as two major academic science beyond a masters, insinuating that such is charming, Prof. Williams now includes a the environment. # 14 COLLEGES & GRADuate Schools ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ March 2007

Cisco Inspires Students at Groundhog Job Shadow Day By Liza Young developed by Cisco to allow 3-D virtual real- entertainment, and the Information Technology (IT) as a growing and ity teleconferencing across states and countries, current high demand lucrative field was the predominant message at employees interact with students. Insight and for professionals in the the recent Groundhog Job Shadow Day at Cisco advice from moguls in the field who have quickly field. “There has been Systems where approximately 4,000 students risen up the path of IT success was presented to a resurgence in IT: as from schools across the country had the oppor- kickoff the event at Cisco systems in NY. Gene technology gets more tunity to interact directly with Cisco employees. Longo, senior manager of Cisco Networking robust we need more Volunteering their time to lead students through Academy Field Operations, underscored the advanced employees workshops, tours and roundtable discussions, ubiquitous nature of technology, across the and they are hard to using the innovative Tele-Presence Centers, worlds of banking, travel, government, retail and find.” stated Longo. The tools necessary to succeed in IT go beyond advanced tech- nical skills. Longo, agreeing with other Students learn about networking Integrate it: Your life. successful executives in the field, high- David Kotfila, Cisco Networking Academy Your goals. lighted the importance of “soft skills;” that Director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, dis- is, manner of speech, dress, and asking ques- cussed the opportunities available through the tions. Internships, paid or unpaid, and thoroughly institute’s programs, where in the last five years Your education. researching a company before an interview, will 300 Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNAs), be instrumental towards employment in the field. 125 CCNPs, and 5 CCIEs were obtained. The At UI&U you can integrate your education Stacy Volkent, who is director of advanced programs are very rigorous, with CCNA training into your work life and personal goals. technology in the Black Box company attributed condensed into a half a semester, and CCNP into her success in IT to persistence. When directly a semester and a half. Ten Rensselaer students out of college, she repeatedly called the human are now working at Cisco’s Technical Assistance resources department of a potential employer to Center. Recently, the institute launched a sum- find out the status of her application, and once mer program for the CCIE training. Rensselaer hired was told that it was this perseverance that is currently recruiting students, including those helped her get the job. from high school. Kotfila indicated the highly “At Green Mountain Coffee Guest speaker Louis McElwain, creator and intense nature of the program—euphemistically Roasters I really get to use the CEO of Bluewater company, and formerly a vice named “The Summer of Love”—where initially education I’m obtaining at president at Cisco shared his success story with students may need up to 40 hours to complete 8 students. Using his entrepreneurial spirit, he left hour labs, but for those with the dedication, drive, Vermont College of UI&U Cisco after 12 years of service to develop the now and talent, the experience will be intellectually because I integrate my study very lucrative Bluewater company, which works and financially rewarding. “into my daily work.” on network integration. Starting out with three Regarding the Groundhog Job Shadow Day, Rebecca K. Sahel employees, now up to 40 and over 100 customers, John Rullan, Director, Cisco Academy Programs, Marketing Operations Manager McElwain emphasized the value of soft skills and described the event as “an opportunity for stu- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters ability to work well as a team. Quoting Richard dents to make a connection between what they J. Puerzer regarding the importance of hard work are learning in the classroom and how it applies and perseverance, he stated, “Luck is a residue in the real world, and where to go from there.” of design.” Additional points for getting ahead Students and teachers at the event found the include: having a positive attitude, honesty, eth- experience informative and enlightening. “This ics, and taking responsibility for one’s actions. was a great opportunity to interact with the Cisco Cisco Academy Programs currently provide the family. You guys have so much information to opportunity for high school students to receive IT share,” stated teacher Daniel Gee, Oakland Tech Find out how: 888.828.8575 • www.tui.edu • [email protected] training, where students as early as sophomore High School. Student Carissa L. Gutierrez, senior and junior year can learn the Cisco sponsored at Pioneer High School, described the event as curriculum—courses are aligned with state stan- an inspirational example of what a corporation dards—working on skills such as building and can ideally be: “Through today’s event, I learned troubleshooting networks. Cisco has invested that Cisco is not just another business that works $200 million towards providing free online cur- towards creating the next big thing (like the riculum access to Cisco Academy Programs iPod). Instead, in a world where corporations no and lab equipment at a reduced cost. Cisco is longer hold morals or values, Cisco serves as an Offering: B.A. • M.A. • M.A. in Psychology additionally dedicated to recruiting women to example that a corporation still can. There is a M.Ed. • M.F.A. • Psy.D. • Ph.D. the field —an underrepresented group in IT—by purpose for innovation in technology and it goes hosting annual recruitment events. hand in hand with creating a healthier world.”# March 2007 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ COLLEGES & GRADuate Schools 15

WOMEN SHAPING HISTORY Mariel Hemingway Speaks at the Oxonian Society By Liza Young as to quiet negative self perception. “The hardest Mariel Hemingway, talented Hollywood people on ourselves are ourselves,” she explained actress, granddaughter of the beloved writer at the recent meeting, but taking time for silence Ernest Hemingway, and most recently author of allows for actively overcoming self-demoting books promoting health and well-being, recently thoughts. “Create a sacred space in your home appeared before an audience through an event that’s just right for you…and it’s not just for coordinated by the Oxonian Society sharing women,” said Hemingway. insights regarding her latest book: Healthy Living After beginning to follow these principles, from the Inside and Out: Every Woman’s Guide Hemingway’s husband is now in remission from to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant cancer, and more than that, he is healthy. Life, the challenges of a career in Hollywood, and As for Mariel, she’s now comfortable with her life as a Hemingway. life and working in Hollywood as a woman in her Growing up amidst the tumultuous scene of forties, recently guest starring in an episode of the being in the Hemingway limelight and playing long running series, Law and Order. the role, as a child, of caretaker to her mother, At the recent meeting Hemingway also shared who was ill with cancer, raised challenging times with the audience, with candidness and humor, for Mariel who began to turn to very disciplined stories of what it was like working on her first modes of food, exercise and practices as coping film with director Woody Allen, who impressed mechanisms, a practice which was further nur- her with his directing skills; experiences with the Pres. Donna Shalala Aesthetic Education tured in Hollywood where the pressure to be thin paparazzi—being in and out of the limelight, and continued from page 11 continued from page 8 and young never dies. adjusting to either extreme; and one of the few It was her husband’s diagnosis of cancer, for stories her father, Jack Hemingway shared with Among other significant changes during her Education Update caught up with her. She had the second time, however, which created the her about the legendary “Papa Hemingway:” tenure, President Shalala also notes the accom- been demonstrating “deep noticing” with her epiphany for her latest book, which presents When Jack was 13 years old, his father matter- plishment of “generational change,” whereby graduate students, a class of 20, 18 of whom a 30 day program for one’s physical, mental of-factly dropped him off at a brothel to have a approximately 90% of senior-level positions at are NYC Teaching Fellows. She had selected and emotional well-being using four lifestyle coming of age experience.# the university have seen turnaround. The new the poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a practices: food, exercise, home and silence. In For more information visit oxoniansociety.org. cadre includes some “nontraditional” appoint- Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens, in order to this insightful, comprehensive, and user-friendly ments—specialists from fields outside academe show that youngsters can be involved with book, Hemingway dedicates a chapter to each of but with years of professional experience in the a complicated text (or a complex art work, these components, describing foods to avoid, and business world and in various disciplines. She dance, drama or piece of music). She moved which optimize healthy approaches to exercise, cites the young lawyer with no fund-raising from having the group “notice” particular lan- debunking the myth that one must necessar- experience who went on to meet the university’s guage, to “jamming” on those words and, then, ily break a sweat to achieve desired results. The goal of a billion-dollar campaign. She is an settling on one poetic line and illustrating it book goes beyond a “run-of-the-mill” exercise expert herself in the this area, of course, adding as a visual, on paper. The activity served as a and diet approach; it is laden in psychology and that she likes “raising money, telling stories to springboard to the students’ writing their own Buddhist philosophy such as creating an oasis prospective donors, inspiriting them to com- poems. Both texts and visuals were posted for in one’s home where you can achieve comfort mit.” Much of that new-found funding has gone all to see and discuss. and relaxation, and finding time for silence, so into the University of Miami’s medical school In addition to helping organize the AE- and into scientific enterprise in general, she LCI conference Professor Gulla and two col- notes, putting the university front and center in leagues will lead a session on “Aesthetic research in neuroscience, genetics, cardiology Education and Action Research,” about a and cancer, among other areas. Many of the faculty development grant between Lehman new hirees at the university reflect President and Bronx Community College. Other confer- Master’s & Doctoral Programs Shalala’s sense of the importance of multi-disci- ence listings indicate a wide variety of topics, plinary study. Although the biological sciences, including A Response to Life After Hurricane psychology and communications and business Katrina, The Upper West Side Architectural are the biggest undergraduate majors, it is her Project, Deconstructing and Re-Constructing hope, she says, that University of Miami gradu- Aesthetic Education in the Mathematics All Relevant Graduate Credits Including ates will be prepared for their “third job.” Stop Education Classroom, Movement Learning Approved Continuing Education Credits a typical student and ask him or her what their Theory, and a panel discussion with specialists major is, and “you’d better be prepared for a from the Bank Street College of Education, from Accredited Institutions long response.” University of Miami students the Guggenheim Museum, Hunter College, want to major in everything. Their president Teachers College and LCI. 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Founded in 1979 and Accredited 16 COLLEGES & GRADuate Schools ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ March 2007 Best Selling Author Colson When in Doubt—Reorganize New Structure Raises More Questions Than Answers Whitehead Speaks At Marymount By Ernest Logan who are closest to students to by dr. pola rosen new book to the audience who howled with Today, (as I write this,) marks make the decisions that have When Lewis Burke Frumkes, author, talk- laughter, especially when he presented visual my 30th day as President of CSA. an impact on them is unques- show-host and Director of the prestigious Writing aids to illustrate his points. “They will be in the Moving forward in my new role tionably the right way to go. Center of Marymount Manhattan College intro- book,” he said. Whitehead who at one time was as the leader of this union, I plan But the DOE will miss an duced Colson Whitehead recently he said, “Okay, a pop culture critic for the Village Voice, and to share with you my thoughts and opportunity when they serve I want to clear this up right away. Our guest then its television critic continues to skewer the insights concerning the state of a full course dinner and don’t tonight is not Alfred North Whitehead, the math- pomposities and frailties of our sometimes amaz- labor and education in New York provide the proper utensils. ematician and philosopher, or John Whitehead ingly foolish society with wit and intelligence. City. As we ford the uncharted A Principal is, after all, the of Wall Street, or Edwin Whitehead who found- Frumkes invited the audience to come back waters in which we, the adminis- Principal Teacher in a build- ed Technicon. Our guest is Colson Whitehead, and hear another satirist, Tony Hendra speak on trators and supervisors of the NYC ing, not the Principal Manager. one of the best writers on the literary scene March 28 at 7:30 in the Regina Peruggi Room. school system, find ourselves of How can a Principal reason- these days. Colson is a MacArthur Fellow, a In addition to Hendra he said, other speakers this late, I hope my words provide you ably be expected to focus on Whiting Award winner, and the author of “The spring will include major writers such as John with some understanding of how things stand achievement when he or she is also responsible Intuitionist,” “John Henry Days,” “The Colossus Edgar Wideman, Alan Furst, John Simon, and and perhaps even inspire you to look ahead with for scores of buses, developing a budget without of New York,” and “Apex Hides The Hurt,” Jessica Hagedorn. There are also classic films something akin to optimism. actually having control, overseeing grant propos- which has just been released in paperback and being shown and introduced each Wednesday by Although 30 days is a relatively short period of als and the building’s heating system, staffing was re-reviewed and re-recommended by the screenwriter Roy Frumkes “The Substitute.” For time, many issues have already surfaced. Most of lunchrooms and reviewing stacks of paperwork New York Times recently. “Whitehead went on information on these and other events call 212- us remain concerned about the continued instabil- documenting compliance with an untold number to read new selections from an as yet untitled 774-0780 or 212-774-4810.# ity of our education system. This coming fall, we of mandates? will, once again, be asked to implement a mas- However, I believe we will persevere and suc- sive reorganization. ceed despite reorganizations and shifting trends. This is phase two of some alleged master plan I remain awed when I visit fellow supervisors hatched by a closeted and closed committee of and see how they make student achievement a consultants. I can only surmise who was consult- priority and the measures they take to nurture Save the Date! ed in the development of this plan because when students even though the people who should I speak to parents, teachers, elected officials and, be supporting them have made structure the Saturday, May 5 10 am to 4 pm yes, school leaders, no one ever claims to have priority instead. There is a disconnect when we been included in the process. can’t coordinate some of the basic goals of this Citywide Special Education Conference First of all, I question the need for a reorganiza- system and when we fail, the blame is placed on A Collaboration Between Education Update, tion of the nascent regional structure implement- those people furthest from the decision-making The City College of NY, Columbia University, Teachers College- Phi Delta Kappa ed in 2003 that the Mayor and Chancellor now process. I must question the quality and neces- For Principals, Teachers and Parents claim has finished its job. Its mission was never sity of these new “supports” so soon after we A Unique Opportunity to Meet Experts on Autism, Learning Disabilities outlined, promulgated or explained except in have finally learned to navigate—and succeed terms of cutting overhead. All will be pleased to with—the first reorganization.# (including ADHD), and Inclusion. know, however, it was a success, although what it Ernest Logan is the President of the Listen, learn and ask personal questions in breakout rooms. succeeded at was left to our imaginations. Council of School Supervisors and See the latest documentaries on special education in a screening room. Don’t misunderstand me: Allowing educators Administrators Hear the parents and children tell their stories. Find out the best practices from educators. Learn about drugs and their use.

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The DEAN’S COLUMN From the SUPERintendent’s seat The Pigeonhole Principle Relinquishing the Driver’s Seat By Dr. Alfred S. Posamentier receiving 3 pieces of By Dr. Carole G. Hankin you will need to schedule One of the famous problem-solving mail with the excep- with Randi T. Sachs time to practice with your techniques is to consider the pigeonhole tion of one teacher, Your child’s sixteenth birthday is teen yourself. It is doubtful principle. This often-neglected way of who would have to one that is sure to cause some excite- that any parent can achieve thinking is an important technique in receive the 151st piece ment in your household. For, as every this without feeling a bit of the instructional program. In its simplest of mail. Therefore, the adolescent knows, and every parent anxiety. Expect to feel your form the pigeonhole principle states that least number of letters anticipates with mixed emotions, at entire body tense, and to if you have k+1 objects that must be put that the box with the sixteen the government has decreed find yourself stepping on into k holes, then there will be one hole most letters received that it’s time to get behind the wheel an imaginary brake on your with 2 or more objects in it. This may is 4. By the pigeonhole of a car. Just as with all life mile- side of the car. We urge you sound confusing to the average reader, principle, there were stones, your child’s voyage from pas- to start slowly. If possible, but it really should not be. It simply fifty 3-packs of let- senger to driver definitely needs your take your teen to a large, formalizes something that many adults ters for the fifty boxes. guidance and attention. If your child empty parking lot for your might find obvious, but youngsters may The 151st letter had to is eager to begin, the first step is to first session together, even not be aware of. Yet it is an important be placed into one of help him or her obtain the test prepa- if your child has already part of the logical training that we are those 50 boxes. ration materials for the learner’s permit. Most had several lessons with the professional instruc- obligated to teach students at various grade Here are some other applications of the pigeon- teens care enough about this test to study hard tor. Try to remain calm at all times, and do not levels. Here is one illustration of the pigeonhole hole principle. enough to pass the first time. Once a teen has a engage your child in an argument that places principle at work. Present your students with this One selects 5 cards from a deck of playing learner’s permit, the whole process of learning to blame or accuses him or her of recklessness. As problem to see how they will approach it. cards (26 black and 26 red). Explain why there drive can progress so quickly that you may want the year progresses, you will undoubtedly see There are 50 teacher’s letterboxes in the must be at least 3 cards of the same color. to apply the brakes before it gets out of hand. your child’s driving skills improve. Before you school’s general office. One day the letter car- For a set of 27 different odd numbers, Because driving is extremely serious business, are really ready the day will come for him or her rier delivers 151 pieces of mail for the teach- each of which is less than 100, explain why this is one time where you need to exert your to take the road test, and even before it is passed, ers. After all the letters have been distributed, there must be at least two numbers whose parental authority and lay down some strict rules. it’s time to set down some more rules. Before any one mailbox has more letters than any other sum is 102. Some of them may seem so obvious that you keys are handed over, you need to set rules about mailbox. What is the smallest number of let- Your students may want to try to find other may think it unnecessary to say out loud. Say it driving with friends (how many at once); how ters it can have? problems that use the pigeonhole principle. This anyway. Here are a few suggestions to start with: often the teen will be driving and to where (do Students have a tendency to “fumble around” sort of reasoning is not reserved for mathematics No driving with anyone other than the Driver’s you want to set distance restrictions?); how late aimlessly with this sort of problem, usually not alone. We use this type of reasoning in everyday Education teacher or a parent. (If you have the teen can be out while driving; and anything knowing where to start. Sometimes, guess and life situations as well.# exceptions to this rule, an aunt or uncle perhaps, else you want to address, including fiscal respon- test may work. However, the advisable approach Dr. Alfred S. Posamentier is Dean of the School specify them by name.) No being a passenger in sibilities for such things as gas and insurance. for a problem of this sort is to consider extremes. of Education at City College of NY, author of the car of a friend who is driving with a permit, Once your child is driving, there is something Naturally, it is possible for one teacher to get all over 40 books on math including Math Wonders except in the Driver’s Education car, of course. about the dynamic between parent and child that the delivered mail, but this is not guaranteed. To to Inspire Teachers and Students (ASCD, 2003) No missing Driver’s Education classes or driv- does change. Becoming a driver is a step toward best assess this situation we shall consider the and Math Charmers: Tantilizing Tidbits for the ing sessions without permission of parent. Teen independence and maturity for a teenager.# extreme case, where the mail is as evenly distrib- Mind (Prometheus, 2003), and member of the shall schedule a makeup class as needed. In addi- Dr. Hankin is superintendent of Syosset Central uted as possible. This would have each teacher NYS Standards Committee on Math. tion to your child’s Driver’s Education classes, School District.

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Bank Street College of Education’s Alumni Association hosted a panel discussion featuring its graduates who have started schools. Steven Evangelista and Margaret Ryan, Founders of Harlem Link Charter School, served as panelists and shared their experiences on establishing a K-8 charter school at Bank Street College of Education’s evening for alumni. “I am deeply proud and honored to go back to my alma-mater to discuss my work among a distinguished group of educators who have the same common denominator – improving the future of our youth,” said Steven Evangelista, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Harlem Link Charter School. “It takes a lot of selfless dedication to ensure that New York’s children receive the quality education they deserve, and since the development of Harlem Link, solutions of increased opportunities for free high-quality schools are closer to being met more than ever before.” “Parents have constantly said that there are not enough quality schools,” said Margaret Ryan, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Harlem Link Charter School. “As a Co-Founder of a learning center in central Harlem I am abso- lutely thrilled to go back to where it all began and share my experiences with my former classmates.”#

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Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations The Lonely Patient: By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore 1575 York Avenue, (Between 83rd and 84th Sts.) How We Experience Illness New York, NY 10028 Reviewed by Joan Baum, Ph.D. (212) 517-7292, Fax (212) 517-7197 sive critical view of the medical profession. Its The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness concluding paragraph is compassionate as it is www.logosbookstorenyc.com by Michael Stein, M.D. sobering. Dr. Stein acknowledges the “reeduca- Morrow, 222 pp., $23.95 tion” he underwent as he watched his chronically and acutely ill patients try to handle betrayal, ter- American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, with Emerson, part of the reason being their The most significant word in the full title turns ror, loss and loneliness. For the patient, “illness Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, attraction to Margaret Fuller who is more excit- out to be “we.” Although written in the first is as unshareable as a book read alone on the last Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: ing and challenging to them than their wives. It person, The Lonely Patient is an impassioned train out of town.” We should all know this, act Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work is during his first stay in Concord that Hawthorne personal statement intended for the medical on this knowledge—“we” doctors, caregivers, by Susan Cheever writes much of The Scarlet Letter loosely bas- profession and the general public as much as it relatives, friends, patients. We should all read this Simon & Schuster, $26 ing Hester Prynne on Margaret Fuller. Later is a confession of “failure,” a kind of apologia book before the train leaves the station. “Illness Hawthorne influences Melville, already a popular for those whose serious illness – and death – is never simply a technical problem to be solved. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, novelist and more popular than Hawthorne at prompted the writing of this extraordinary book. It is personal business. It involves unease and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, the time of their first meeting, in the writing of Dr. Michael Stein, a professor of medicine at decent concern, jargon and gesture, but never Herman Melville and Margaret Fuller bring Moby Dick. Brown University Medical School, brings to his should it include turning aside from need.” to mind an academic course on 19th Century Susan Cheever’s great achievement is to bring inquiry a lyrical expression and narrative drive Did Dr. Stein turn aside? He feels that he did, American Literature and the established writers alive these historical figures and to get the more commonly associated with fiction than with even if he was misled by youthful ignorance, of that time. Actually these people come across modern day reader to read the great works of nonfiction. No surprise, then, to learn that the elo- medical training that urged him to keep his emo- as real flesh and blood and very unconventional these writers. After learning about Henry David quent author has written several award-winning tional distance, exhaustion or fear, rather than by characters, and anything but established writers in Thoreau’s edgy character and his travails in writ- novels (the latest, just out, is In the Age of Love). a busy schedule or indifference. In this regard, Susan Cheever’s American Bloomsbury: Louisa ing Walden and getting it published, one wants to The Lonely Patient appropriates elements of cre- The Lonely Patient, is itself a kind of surgery, a May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret read Walden (KYTV Reading Group will discuss ative writing as it explores what Dr. Stein calls laying bare of the heart that should be part of all Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Walden on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 7 P.M.) the four emotional stages of terminal illness, an medical school curricula. If some sections seem Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work. Finding out about Hawthorne’s background gives overlapping sequence that constitutes the journey repetitive, they should be regarded as incremental Impressionable Louisa May Alcott has a crush poignancy to The Scarlet Letter, a most exciting each patient takes from relative health to what emphases, declarations supported by mounting on her childhood tutor, Henry David Thoreau novel for me when I read it for the first time at Hamlet alludes to as “the undiscovered country evidence of how difficult it is for many people who is competing with his brother, John, for the age of thirteen. from whose bourne no traveler returns.” Dr. Stein —including doctors!—to talk about illness. A Ellen Sewall, a clergyman’s daughter and the sis- Yes these nineteenth century writers are worth describes these stages as betrayal, terror, loss and recurring metaphor Dr. Stein invokes for the ter of a pupil of Henry David Thoreau’s, Edmund knowing about and their writings worth reading loneliness. Each stage gets a separate chapter and confusing and terrifying physical and psychologi- Sewall. Louisa May Alcott also hero-worships in the twenty-first century. Cheever’s book and is linked to descriptions of conditions of actual cal changes that attend those who are diagnosed Ralph Waldo Emerson for his library, his intel- the works of these authors are available at Logos patients with, respectively, chronic pain, cancer, with serious illness or debilitating pain is that of ligence and his community building. Emerson Bookstore. So are wonderful St. Patrick’s Day surgical complications and HIV/AIDS. a challenging journey whose prospect renders is a big financial supporter of Louisa May’s cards, books about the Celts, books by Irish writ- Of all the main and minor characters evoked patients mute: the country is unknown and far dreamer father, Bronson Alcott who gives out ers and books for the Lenten season. So come here, however, none stands out more than the away, the map of the terrain is faded, the chance free apples in exchange for long discourses on into Logos Bookstore. author’s brother-in-law Richard, a sculptor, an of returning slight and nonnegotiable. his philosophy. He runs a school, but cannot keep irascible, larger-than-life, sardonic older presence Filled with a wealth of literary references, The it solvent. However, an English school modeled Upcoming Events At Logos Bookstore in Michael Stein’s life, whose diagnosis of a rare Lonely Patient testifies to the benefit of immers- after Alcott’s does well and its backer, Charles Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 7 P.M., Sit Knit sinus cancer—and eventual death—is the main ing oneself in many disciplines. It was “probably Lane finances a community called Fruitlands with Lori Adkins (212) 517-7292. Also Tuesday, motive for the writing of this book. Though he the experience of writing novels that finally in the U.S.A. with him and Bronson Alcott as March 20, 2007 at 7 P.M. This latest activity con- seems unduly harsh on himself, as he thinks back allowed me to recognize my failure,” says Dr. leaders. Yet the community does not work out, sists of bringing your knitting projects and becom- on his relationship with his sister’s husband, the Stein, but it was also that experience, and reading because no one really pays attention to the crops ing part of the newest knitting circle in town. fact that Dr. Stein confronts his behavior as an widely in the humanities and social sciences, that at harvest time. Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 7P.M., KYTV internist, relative and friend is reason enough caused him to reevaluate his role: “Doctors have Meanwhile Nathaniel Hawthorne, from his Reading Group will discuss Walden by Henry to hope that this book receives wide attention. a supply of emotions and insights about body and graduation from Bowdoin in 1825 until the David Thoreau. In an era of managed care and mismanaged or mind, and to offer access to this storehouse is the publication of Twice-told Tales in 1837, lives Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 7 P.M., KYTV unmanaged patient fear – not to mention book- gift, the art of medicine, just as memories are the as a recluse in his sister’s house. He emerges Reading Group will discuss The Inheritance Of store shelves clogged with paperbacks of soppy gifts we receive from loved ones.” from this seclusion, marries Sophie Peabody Loss by Kiran Desai, winner of the 2006 Man therapy—The Lonely Patient offers an impres- and moves to Concord where he gets along Booker Prize. with Henry David Thoreau with whom he takes Transit: 4,5,6 Subways to Lexington Ave and nature walks, Thoreau talking to him about the 86th St., M86 Bus(86th St.), M79 Bus (79th St.), Indians and Hawthorne discussing the Puritans. M31 Bus (York Ave.), M15 Bus (1st and 2nd Oxford Holds Conference However, Hawthorne does not get along well Aves) on Relationship Between Students Who Read Are Humans & Animals The Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics was he nes ho ucceed founded in 2006 to enhance the ethical status of T O W S ! animals through academic research, teaching and by Selene Vasquez NONFICTION: AGES 6 THRU 8 publication. At the heart of the Centre’s work is PICTURE BOOK: AGES 6 THRU 8 Owen and Mzee: an international fellowship of academics drawn Edwardo: The True Story of A Remarkable Friendship from the sciences and the humanities. The Centre The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World by Isabella Hatkoff is named after the distinguished Spanish philoso- by John Burningham Photos by Peter Greste pher José Ferrater Mora, known for his pioneer- Knopf, unpaged, $16.99 Scholastic, unpaged, $16.99 ing opposition to bullfighting. One of Centre’s key research areas is the link between animal Is Edwardo the noisiest, nastiest, dirtiest boy as A fascinating account of a baby hippo orphaned abuse and human violence. The aim of the Centre negative grown-ups like to postulate? by the 2004 tsunami and its bond with Mzee, is to put the issue of humankind’s interactions You betcha! Fans for Burningham will delight a 130-year-old Alhambra tortoise at a wildlife with animals on the intellectual agenda in this witty lesson of hastily chosen words. sanctuary in Kenya. High quality full-color pho- The Centre has arranged for a conference in FICTION: AGES 8 THRU 10 tos of this unusual duo. September 2007 as part of its commitment to Our Librarian Won’t Tell Us Anything! BIOGRAPHY: AGES 6 THRU 10 research and publication in this field. The League Against Cruel Sports, the premier society in the by Toni Buzzeo. Illustrated Do Re Mi: United Kingdom opposed to cruelty inflicted on by Sachiko Yoshikawa If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido d’Arezzo animals for recreational purposes, has sponsored Upstart, 32 pps., $17.95 by Susan Roth and organized the conference. The aim is to CIP, 32 pp., $17.00 Peg Ogden, NYC, a model of humane In her tarantula earrings, rhinestone glasses, enable people to better understand the nature of treatment for animals, activist & red-and-gold blouse and purple pants, Early 11th century d’Arezzo struggled to write animal abuse, the motivation that leads to cruel supporter of ASPCA, with Twig Mrs. Skorupski remains seemingly close-lipped down the sounds of a song and formulated the sys- acts, and the implications for human as well as but patiently teaches students in her media center tem of musical notation used today. A little-cov- animal welfare. and what implications, if any, that should follow how to search for information via an online ered figure in the musical establishment. Stylized During the last 30 years, evidence has been for the making of social and legal policy. This catalog, relevant web sites, and current print paper and photo collages in wonderful colors. accumulating of a link between animal abuse and will be the first academic conference devoted to materials. Selene Vasquez is a media specialist at violence to humans or anti-social behaviour. The this subject in the United Kingdom. An accompanying “library lessons” pamphlet Orange Brook Elementary School in Hollywood, aim of the conference is to explore this link, what For additional information: www.oxfordani- included. Florida. meaning it might have, its ethical significance, malethics.com; www.league.org.uk. New York City • March 2007 For Parents, Educators & Students  • 20

Global Health Luminaries Gather at Weill Cornell in Push for Action on Neglected Diseases in Developing World Thought leaders in global health convened at this month in addressing some of these critical Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City issues,” Nathan commented. “Now students at recently to push for a new role for America’s uni- Weill Cornell and the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD versities in bringing lifesaving medicines to the program are helping to bring the message to their world’s poor. At The Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/ fellow students. Realigning innovation, incentive Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional (Tri-I) Forum and access is as important as solving problems on Neglected Diseases, a stellar line-up of inter- in genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and national health leaders strategized on ways for immunology if we are to make a major impact on universities to increase research to find new cures global health.” for devastating, neglected diseases that are ravag- Weill Cornell Dean Antonio M. Gotto, M.D., ing the developing world. D.Phil., another forum presenter, noted that the The World Health Organization estimates that 10 event was a response to the call that he and million people, most of them in lower and middle- Cornell University President David Skorton income countries, die needlessly each year because issued to the university community this past they cannot gain access to existing vaccines and summer to aggressively seek new strategies medicines. Millions more are killed or maimed (L-R): Dr. Warren Johnson, chief of the Division of International Medicine and for Cornell to advance public health in Africa. by neglected tropical diseases—including sleep- Infectious Disease; Dr. Peter Hotez, director of the Global Network for Neglected “Weill Cornell’s initiatives, including the Abby ing sickness, lymphatic filariasis, and blinding Tropical Disease Control; and Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of Weill Cornell Medical and Howard P. Milstein Program in Chemical trachoma. Because these diseases primarily affect College, at the Tri-Institutional Forum on Neglected Diseases. Biology for Infectious Diseases launched by Carl the poor in the developing world, they attract little Nathan, and the recent investments in medical research and drug development funding. public interest and a linchpin of global political Nobel Laureates and four are former editors of clinics in Tanzania, Haiti and Brazil demonstrate “Universities are in a unique position to play stability as well.” the New England Journal of Medicine. Cornell’s willingness to move this process for- a leading role in changing this tragic dynamic The forum, presented by the student-led “As a student in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD ward,” Gotto noted. and making a real difference for the world’s Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Program in New York, it is crucial for those of Weill Cornell’s efforts to address neglected dis- poor,” said Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. Walter (UAEM), was a kick-off event for a rapidly us at these universities to help draw attention to eases in those three countries were described at G. Ross Professor and chair of the Department growing national movement to place universities a topic that receives too little scientific attention. the forum by Warren Johnson, M.D., B.H. Kean of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical squarely on the front lines in addressing global We are willing and able to lead a movement with Professor of Tropical Medicine and chief of the Medicine at The George Washington University. health needs. Weill Cornell Medical College stu- students, academic leaders and luminaries in Division of International Medicine and Infectious A speaker at the forum, Dr. Hotez is the director dent Sandeep Kishore of the UAEM, who led and global health to spur movement on this issue,” Diseases at Weill Cornell. He urged the medical of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical organized the event, is proud to have been able Kishore said. students in attendance to become involved in Disease Control, a global network of health to answer the challenge from the Philadelphia Another forum participant, Carl Nathan, M.D., efforts in the developing world. organizations dedicated to helping control and Consensus Statement, adopted by the UAEM R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology “You can make a difference,” Johnson told the eliminate the most prevalent NTDs. He noted last fall, which called for universities to promote and chairman of Microbiology and Immunology standing-room-only audience. “It takes time. It that “universities have an opportunity and a equal access to the fruits of their research, such at Weill Cornell Medical College, addressed the takes commitment.” responsibility to lead the search for solutions. as drugs and vaccines; promote research for importance of pursuing novel partnerships to Wrapping up the program, Ellis Rubinstein, University researchers are major contributors to neglected diseases; and measure research success transform university research findings into drugs former editor of Science and current President the drug development pipeline, and universities by its impact on human welfare. The statement to aid the developing world. “I am delighted that of New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), pre- are committed to advancing both knowledge and has drawn broad support from global health Weill Cornell was able to partner with Médecins sented compelling plans for the Academy’s new the public interest. Global public health is a vital leaders. Of the hundreds of signatories, four are Sans Frontiéres/Doctors Without Borders earlier web-based project “Scientists Without Borders.”#

and highly motivated students expressed tremen- Superintendents Reflect dous appreciation for the opportunities afforded continued from page 10 $25.5 Million In Kauffman Campus them through ATIDIM. The words and feelings ly—from levels of funding, to quality and avail- they communicated seemed to exude a love for Grants For Entrepreneurship Education ability of teachers and facilities, etc. It appears country and fellowman that was quite remarkable. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation America,” said Carl Schramm, president and that “free” is open to multiple definitions from To a person, beyond personal success their hopes recently announced a total of $25.5 million in CEO of the Kauffman Foundation. school to school and community to community. were to give back to their country and people and grants to nine U.S. universities that pledged to “We know there’s an entrepreneurial spirit sweep- Having said that, though, schools in Israel seem to advance Israel’s standing in the world. make entrepreneurship education a campus-wide ing across college campuses today, and we’re to face many of the same types of challenges we Students also spoke about the challenges of liv- opportunity, leading a more than $200 million thrilled to build on this momentum so that entre- address here in the United States. ing in a country in which “peace” among peoples effort to transform the way entrepreneurship preneurship becomes a natural and vital aspect of Speakers left the impression that state monies is a dream. They spoke about their hope of education is taught in the nation’s colleges and the American education experience,” said Judith are allocated to schools based upon a weighting accomplishing meaningful dialogue within Israel universities. Cone, the Kauffman Foundation’s vice president of of student population needs. However, the ability and between neighboring countries toward bring- The Kauffman Campuses Initiative was entrepreneurship. “Our goal is to make the entire and willingness of city governments to further ing about mutual respect and harmony across the launched in 2003, when eight schools were university system more entrepreneurial.” support schools would appear to have created a diverse cultures of the Middle East. awarded a total of $25 million to transform the Indeed, entrepreneurship is fast becoming the situation of true “have” and “have not” schools This was truly a life-enhancing experience campus culture by providing entrepreneurship hottest ticket on campus with the demand for across the country. Other pieces in the varied for me. By extension, I believe that Israeli and courses and programs within liberal arts, engi- entrepreneurship education growing exponen- tapestry of educational opportunities to which we American students’ participation in the YASE neering and other disciplines outside of the busi- tially in the past few decades. Of the two- and were exposed included ORT schools, ATIDIM program has and will continue to create oppor- ness school. The schools were selected based on four-year accredited not-for-profit colleges and placements, and Hebrew/Arab schools sponsored tunities for young people of both countries to a series of criteria, including the ability to create universities in the United States, more than 80 by Hand in Hand. develop a greater appreciation for the blessings a culture of entrepreneurship that permeates the percent currently teach entrepreneurship. I was particularly impressed at the appearance and a deeper understanding of problems faced by campus, the potential to create new representa- Furthermore, approximately 90 percent of the and delivery of students who are being served their respective communities.# tive models, and the ability to partner with other nation’s 888 accredited master’s and doctoral through the ATIDIM program. These articulate foundations and funders. degree-granting institutions now offer entrepre- With the Kauffman Foundation’s current neurship courses, and in most cases, multiple investment of $26.5 million and matching com- courses and degree options. Of the 1,191 accred- mitments from other funding partners, more than ited two-year colleges, 78 percent offer one or Would you like Education Update mailed or delivered to your school, college $200 million will be directed to cross-campus more entrepreneurship courses for credit. Over or apartment building? Just email us and let us know at [email protected] entrepreneurship programs over the next five 700 four-year colleges and universities now have years. “These new Kauffman Campuses schools entrepreneurship centers to help students, faculty, We are now in over 1400 public schools in NYC, 170 schools in NJ, 207 public librar- will empower all students on campus to access and community members launch new ventures.# the skills, orientation and networks that can lead Further information on the Kauffman Campus ies, 150 private schools and 2000 apartment buildings as well as streetcorner boxes. to greater individual opportunities and to the Initiative, including a Fact Sheet and Q&A is creation of jobs, innovation and prosperity for available at www.kauffman.org. March 2007 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ Special Education 21

The Tragedy and Triumph of Facing Muscular Dystrophy: ill children. She tries to see life through her son’s The Story of Charley eyes, she says. At a pond recently she tried not to focus on the kids with hockey sticks zipping by By Joan Baum, Ph.d. know that approximately two-thirds of cases on the ice but on her son, moving more slowly There is arguably no greater pain than learn- are inherited (spontaneous genetic mutations on skates, but clearly enjoying himself. Small ing that your child has a fatal disease. Two and accounting for the other third). They know that acts—selling ankle bracelets for the foundation— a half years ago Tracy Seckler’s now six-year- usually only boys are affected (though mothers help morale and attract potential donors. She has old son Charley was diagnosed with Duchenne can be carriers), and that children diagnosed with gone into Charley’s kindergarten class to talk Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Since then, she DMD rarely live beyond their early twenties. a bit about MD, and she and her husband have and her husband, a radiologist, have been wag- They are also learning about how to arrest or developed a guidebook about how they answer ing a campaign of passion and purpose to focus modify its implacable onslaught. There has been questions—and behave. They try not to make on moving research out of the lab and into more “huge progress” in the last twenty years, Tracy Charley feel as though he has a dark “secret.” clinical trials. She is well aware, sympathetically Seckler points out, with three human trials begun Charley Seckler Since he must take up to 20 pills a day, she offers so, that so many serious illnesses claim attention, just this past year alone. “This is one clear case “muscle drinks” (milk) as well to seven-year but she makes an important distinction: many where money can make a difference.” To that end, large numbers of people to compete adequately old Sam, and the whole family does stretches of those illnesses—all deserving of funding to she and her husband have established Charley’s for research dollars, but it is the Secklers’ hope exercises. They use the term MD, though, of advance research—are complex problems depen- Fund, dedicated to supporting research in this that their for-profit foundation - www.charleys- course, the progressive nature of the disease is dent on basic scientific investigation. In the case country and abroad, much of it concentrated on fund.com - will continue to attract scientists who not discussed with their older son. There is much of DMD, however, “there is light at the end of “transitional research,” moving from lab animals want to work on treatment and whose research that parents—and potential parents—can do. the tunnel.” She just wants it to reach her son in to human clinical trials and testing intravenous will attract biotech companies and venture capi- Genetic counseling for pregnant women should his lifetime. therapies. Although The Netherlands has the most talists. The sad facts are that NIH funds have include testing for MD, but parents of seriously She notes that scientists know a lot about advanced program so far, Wellstone Centers of been severely cut, grants have not been renewed, ill children should also take advantage of the the etiology of MD, and particularly about its Excellence in this country (named for the sena- and the application processes is still far too long message board community on the Internet. There, more aggressive form, Duchenne (named for the tor from Minnesota who was tragically killed in for those for whom the clock is ticking. they will find not just information but an instant French neurologist who first wrote about it in the a plane crash a few years ago) are picking up Nonetheless, the kind of self-education Tracy community, eager to share and support.# 1860s). They know that mutations in the dystro- the DMD challenge. It is difficult, of course, for Seckler, a former teacher, has undertaken could To make a contribution go to www.charleys- phin gene, can be detected by a blood test. They serious illnesses that do not affect comparatively well serve as a model for parents of all seriously fund.org

whether addressing these needs is possible within Syndrome; he/she can help families make an From the NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER: ASK THE EXPERT that setting is critical. Avoiding these issues does accurate assessment of a child’s real needs and not make them go away. Possible school solu- how they are currently being addressed.# tions include: engaging a consultant to help a The NYU Child Study Center is opening a child’s school address specific problems; having laboratory classroom in September for aca- What Does A Student With a trained paraprofessional work with the student; demically-gifted youth with Asperger Syndrome. placement in a setting that has ancillary support Approximately eight ninth-graders will have the Asperger Syndrome Need In A available when needed; finding a special educa- opportunity to participate in the first group of tion school capable of providing the level of aca- this individualized tuition-based educational pro- demic support and challenge needed; changing to gram. Interested parents should contact Lynda School Program? a specialized setting for students with Asperger Geller, Ph.D., Clinical Director of the Asperger By Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D. the following potential difficulties are being Syndrome that addresses all the above and pro- Institute at the NYU Child Study Center, or Anyone who knows children and adults with addressed: vides a peer group and self advocacy models. Valerie Paradiz, Ph.D., Director of Education, at Asperger Syndrome is aware that every person’s The development of basic social skills and For more generalized information, consider con- (212) 679-3565. Visit www.AboutOurKids.org for manifestation of the disorder is very different. development of social relationship skills. Many tacting a professional specializing in Asperger more information. While they share social disability, some are very schools and clinicians address the former, but are successful academically, some struggle with unable to help authentic relationships emerge. accomplishing work; some have intense intellectual Parents need help to understand how to facilitate interests that lead them to career paths, and others this critical human need. have intense interests that seem to have no practical Organization and academic support within use. Because Asperger Syndrome is an outcome of the context of good academic skills. Problems Is your teen’s brain differences in combination with life experi- with disorganization are very common for stu- ences, no two individuals are exactly alike. dents with Asperger Syndrome and frequently Least restrictive placement is an educational term have a very negative impact on achievement. school right that means that we want to provide students with Immature or inappropriate emotional the proper level of support for success without expression. It is a fairly common outcome of placing them in unnecessarily restrictive environ- having limited friendships that emotional matu- for him? ments. For students with Asperger Syndrome, we rity is slow to develop and sometimes develops want to provide the level of support that is neces- oddly in the face of daily social pain. sary to help them optimize their skills and strengths Isolation and/or depression. Often chil- without removing them from typical school experi- dren with Asperger Syndrome retreat home ences, if possible. Matching the individual need to to the internet or a fantasy world to avoid Learn about an the level of support is critical to helping a child gain social anguish. self-esteem and independence. Every family needs to make an honest appraisal individualized What every family with a member who has of the specific problems their child has. A frank educational program Asperger Syndrome needs to consider is how conversation with the student’s school as to for your son or daughter with Asperger Syndrome

The NYU Child Study Center is opening a Lab for Advanced Learning and Teaching for the 2007-2008 academic year for intellectually-gifted ninth- Neuropsychological, learNiNg Disability aND graders with Asperger Syndrome (AS). This state-of-the-art program will atteNtioN Deficit DisorDer evaluatioNs aND treatmeNt provide optimal educational opportunities for gifted learners in their areas of strength, while supplying the specialized social, emotional, and learning Extended time evaluations, Cognitive Remediation, support that is lacking in typical school settings. This is a program of the new Neurofeedback, Tutoring, Psychotherapy Asperger Institute at the NYU Child Study Center, dedicated to the development Children, Adolescents, Adults of model educational programs, clinical services, and state-of-the-art research in AS. To learn more, call (212) 679-3565 or visit www.AboutOurKids.org. J. Lawrence Thomas, Ph.D. Director Faculty, NYU Medical Center International Dyslexia Association, Board of Directors

19 West 34th st., peNthouse, NeW york, Ny 10001 • 212.268.8900 [email protected] • WWW.thebraiNcliNic.com NYU Child Study Center • 212 263 6622 • www.AboutOurKids.org 22 Special Education ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ March 2007 “Autism Everyday” Gives A Glimpse Into Life In The Shadows Of Autism By Gillian Granoff film will raise awareness and help to eliminate At the 2007 Sundance Film Festival a compel- unfair stigmas and intolerance of other parents to ling documentary, Autism Everyday, gives a por- the disease. She is candid, fearlessly honest about trait of a day living in the shadows of the illness. her feelings regarding the inadequate resources The film opens a door to the intimate struggles available for autism “When I saw these kids in of eight families raising children suffering from overcrowded, inadequate schools, making no autism, an illness affecting the lives of 1 out progress that’s when I contemplated driving off of 166 children. The film is close to the heart the George Washington Bridge with Jodie in the Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images of producer, Lauren Thierry, who describes the back seat.” Singer, who spent 4 years at CNBC nine-month journey of making the film as a com- and NBC, is determined to remove the burden of pletely unscripted look into the chaos experienced accountability for this disease from the parents in the wake of autism’s turbulent storm. Thierry and onto the school system. knows first hand the incredible commitment and Michelle is a single mother whose marriage sacrifices that surviving autism requires. When became an unfortunate casualty of the illness. her son, Liam, was first diagnosed with the ill- Despite the intense financial and personal pres- ness, Thierry left a thriving career as a Broadcast sures and loss of her marriage, she faces these Journalist at CNN, and began a passionate mis- obstacles with incredible resilience and love. (L-R): Alison Singer, Suzanne Wright, Lauren Thierry, Jesse Mojica, Katie Wright, sion to raise awareness, secure funding, and She describes how her own denial, guilt and vain Michelle Burns, Bob Wright at screening lobby for improved education and research to hopes for a cure, forced her to put unrealistic combat the debilitating and paralyzing symptoms pressures on herself. “She held out hope that if on the parents of these children to overcome surely resonate with audiences everywhere, and of the disease. she just worked hard enough her son Danson these challenges on their own. The filmmaker’s provide inspiration and support to families who From the moment the first clip reels, the audi- would improve.” Michelle, a Harvard graduate commitment to bring light to the challenges of struggle to find keys to unlock the doors and ence unwittingly follows in the footsteps of eight and former teacher, experiences facing the unfair autism without diluting the reality with heroic free those whose minds are trapped in the prison children and their parents in their struggle to judgments and criticism. Despite her struggles, tales of triumph, allows the viewer to see the of autism. navigate the turbulent and unpredictable waters Michelle has optimism, spirit, and incredible everyday heroism that these families have—the Portions of Autism Today were recently of the disease. With brave and shocking hon- respect for her children. Since their divorce, she courage to reward the simple successes of screened on ABC’s, The View and the film will esty, these parents share their shame, guilt, and preserves a great friendship with Danson’s father. their children to successfully brush their teeth. soon be available free of charge to the Los frightening and conflicted emotions evoked by Her admiration and love for her child has made Thierry hopes that making the film will help Angeles United School District. It will be shown the behavioral and cognitive challenges their her “grateful for the lesson’s” Danson has taught to bring these families “out of the shadows” to all of their educators as well as other audi- children face. The film’s blunt frames do not her. The viewer witnesses these families as they of the disease. If the reaction of an audience ences they select. The film is an educational tool eclipse the striking realities these families face, persevere with incredible grace, dignity and filled with parents, clinicians, and ordinary that engenders greater awareness. Readers can but delicately depict their frustrations, sacrifice, bravery, through moments of despair, to weather people at Sundance is any indication, the film see a 12 minute version of the film on www. and uncompromising love they share as they the incredible financial and emotional burdens has achieved its goal. Its powerful impact will autismspeaks.org.# persevere through challenges brought on in a life inflicted upon them. lived beneath the shadows of autism. Michelle Autism Everyday gives an uncensored look and Raffaelle bravely confront the challenge of into the chaos, isolation, and rejection that par- having three children with autism. Jackson and ents and children must endure as they struggle Special Education Program Funded the twins, Bennet and Luca, all struggle with to cope with the unpredictable and often debili- the illness. Their story illuminates the incredible tating symptoms that autism inflicts. The film by Center for Arts Education personal and financial sacrifices that having the portrays an unglamorized look at the reality and Hungerford School in Staten Island’s Clifton automobile accident. The program includes three illness requires. limitations that these families face everyday. neighborhood, serves a special needs population hands-on art making sessions dedicated to the For Allison Singer, Jodie’s mother, having Their courage to share their moments of shame, ages 12-21 that includes students classified as production of one large-scaled mixed media a child with autism means having to face the guilt and anger with others is a testament to the medically fragile and severely and profoundly group mural exploring the theme of community. cruelty, isolation and unfair reactions of other power of the film, whose intimate and honest retarded. The school uses its PAAP grant for A visit to MoMA introduces participants both parents to her daughter’s unpredictable outbursts look into the lives of these families dispels the visual arts activities for its families that includes to works of modern art, and through a special and erratic behavior. She must confront the daily myth that autism is simply an obstacle that can hands-on visual art instruction, a trip to the workshop, to the techniques and philosophies sneers and stares of other parents in the play- be overcome with hard work and diligence. This Museum of Modern Art, and an exhibition and behind curating and preparing an art exhibition. ground. Her hope is that her participation in the myth places an unfair burden and responsibility unveiling of participants’ work. The series is Participants utilize these skills to prepare a mural led by MoMA teaching artist Gordon Sasaki, a unveiling and reception at the school.# visual artist and wheelchair user since a 1982 RESOURCE & REFERENCE GUIDE

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WOMEN SHAPING HISTORY humpa ahiri enforced trips to Calcutta and an excursion to see A romance with a beautiful blonde Max (Jacinda J L : the Taj Mahal, they only yearn for their Western Barrett) is momentarily liberating, as he faces the ways. Gogol hates his name. When he goes to prospect of settling down with a nice Indian girl. The Namesake university, he changes it to Nikhil, and it is this Penn, the actor playing Gogol, makes a startling reviewed By Jan Aaron name everyone will know him by from then on. departure in this film from his previous role in the in Calcutta. Only her letter never arrives, and the But his name is not the really the problem. He comedy Harry and Kumar Go to White Castle, Director Mira Nair’s adaptation of Jhumpa hospital needs a name on the birth certificate, finds himself living in two cultures but feeling with a mature introspective performance. So it is Lahiri’s best-selling novel, The Namesake, is so Ashoke names him Gogol. This is the name estranged from both. in the film, when called up to command, Gogol/ her finest movie to date. She pays tribute to the of his favorite Russian author, but it hasFOSS_5 deeper x 10_bwGogol graduatesad 6/28/06 with a degree 2:36 in architecture.PM Page 1 Nikhil becomes a man.# novel with an affectionate, meticulous telling of significance, going back to his the saga of two generations of a Bengali family youth when he survived a train in America. wreck in India. The Namesake lends itself to classroom dis- It is Gogol’s story that domi- cussion built around the identity confusions of nates the film, but also it is a FOSS® (Full Option Science American immigrants born in one country and story of his family. The first gen- spending their lives in another. Do they grace- eration assimilates to their new We wanted to System™), the most popular fully graft their pasts with the present or hope- lives in America, but never quite lessly drown in another culture? adjusts to it the way their children research-based science Ashoke Ganguli (Irrfan Khan) and Ashima Gogol (Kal Penn) and his sister know the most program in the nation, springs (Tabu) move from Calcutta to America in the Sonia (Sahira Nair) do. “I feel I 1970s after a traditional arranged marriage. Once gave birth to strangers,” Ashima from research conducted at here, it is very difficult for Ashima to get used to declares at one point. Not only successful the perfunctory pleasantries that pass for social do they speak without an accent, the Lawrence Hall of Science. interaction in her new life. but their attitudes on dating and This research has guided the development When the couple has their first child, the act drinking are shocking and best way to learn of naming it falls to the Asthma’s grandmother not discussed at home. Even after of successful active-learning science curricula science, so for more than 25 years. Studies show students Student Expression Rights Revisited using FOSS outperform students who don’t. By Martha McCarthy, Ph.D. car trouble. Usually off-campus conduct we asked the On December 1, 2006, the United States is subject to less regulation; such expres- Supreme Court agreed to review Morse v. sion must have a negative impact on the Frederick, which will be its first student school, students, or staff members to be classroom experts! expression decision in almost 20 years. the basis for disciplinary action. The Ninth Circuit ruled that the high Assuming that the Supreme Court school principal, Deborah Morse, was lia- addresses the merits of the First ble for violating Joseph Frederick’s clearly Amendment claim, the outcome will established free expression rights when likely depend on how the Court applies Don’t just open books she confiscated his banner with “Bong Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School OPEN MINDS Hits 4 Jesus” and imposed a suspension. District (1969) and Bethel School District Frederick displayed the banner when he v. Fraser (1986). In Tinker, the Supreme joined his friends who had been released Court held that private student expres- from school to cross the street and watch sion cannot be curtailed unless it poses a the Olympic torch relay pass by. substantial disruption of the educational Speculating regarding what the Court process or intrudes on the rights of others. will do in its Frederick decision is dif- In Fraser, the Court restricted the applica- ficult because the current Court does not tion of Tinker by allowing censorship of have a track record pertaining to stu- lewd and vulgar student expression that dent expression rights. Several approaches conflict with the school’s mission. If the would allow the Court to render a nar- Court broadly interprets the limitations row decision without reinterpreting First imposed by Fraser on student expression, Amendment principles. The Court could it might conclude that Frederick could be vacate the appellate court’s finding of disciplined for his banner that interfered liability, reasoning that the law is not with the school’s mission of deterring clearly established in this domain, given illegal drug use. However, if it concludes the range of lower court interpretations of that Tinker’s disruption standard governs student expression rights. The Supreme this case, Frederick will likely prevail, as Court also could narrowly rule against there was no evidence that his expression Frederick by concluding that the banner created a disruption or intruded on others’ promoted unlawful drug use, as Morse rights. The Supreme Court’s deliberations claimed. 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