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VOLUNTEERS’ NIGHT OUT! VITAL EXPRESSIONS: Tuesday, June 8, 7pm PERFORMANCE @ SMH Calling all Volunteers: Active and Inactive! Many of you are already on board, and we want to thank you! Many of you with T.S. MONK SEXTET have been busy, and we want to get you involved. Come out Thursday, June 17, 8pm and party, mix and mingle with other volunteers and sign up For more than a decade and counting, SMH has served as a to help at our upcoming programs and special events. host site for the noted JVC Jazz Festival. This year the T.S. SMH has grown and so has our need for volunteers. MONK SEXTET - led by first-rate drummer and son of legendary There are many opportunities at SMH that are important to pianist Thelonious Monk - will keep the pulse swinging. Other continuing the Museum's overall operation and success and members of this phenomenal group include: WINSTON BYRD, WE WANT YOU! trumpet; DAVE JACKSON, bass; BOB PORCELLI, alto sax; HELEN SUNG, For answers to your immediate questions, please contact Carol Martin, Assistant to Education & Public Programs/ Volunteer Coordinator at 212.864.4500 x 258 or by piano; and WILLIE WILLIAMS, tenor sax. email at [email protected]. Pre-registration is required. Please call $15 (at the door, general public), $12 (in advance, members, seniors and stu- 212.864.4500 x264 to RSVP. dents). Pre-registration is required. Space is limited and available on a first- come, first-served basis. Please call 212/864-4500 x264 to register. The JVC Jazz POETRY @ SMH Festival is presented by George Wein and Festival Productions, Inc. Fred Wilson Explored! HOOFERS' HOUSE Friday, June 11, 7pm Friday, June 25, 7pm Don't miss this evening of poetry and prose as Cave Canem SMH is a new home for hoofers! Tap dancers - elders and poets DURIEL HARRIS, DAWN MARTIN and RONALDO WILSON also known young people alike - are invited to take the floor at these as the Black Took Collective - a group of experimental black quarterly jam sessions! This spring session will be hosted by poets – share work thematically related to the ideas and issues AYODELE CASEL, who legendary figure Gregory Hines once called presented in our spring 2004 exhibition. "one of the top young tap dancers…in the world today." Free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please call 212.864.4500 x264. Space/seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Studio Free! Space/seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Museum in Harlem is proud to offer this program in collaboration with Cave Canem. FAMILY PROGRAM ARCHITECTURAL J U N E T E E N T H C E L E B R A T I O N ! WALKING TOURS C O M M U N I T Y A R T J A M with JOHN REDDICK Saturday, June 19th, 11AM-3PM Saturday, June 12, 10am The Museum comes alive with special exhibition tours, Explore Harlem with architectural preservationist and Harlem performances and dancing! Kids can have their faces painted, resident JOHN REDDICK. Participants will go on an intimate tour make artwork and play games. FREE PRIZES-raffles take place of Harlem. These tours will highlight many of the ideas and throughout the day! This program is FREE and open to all themes in Fred Wilson's artwork, while focusing on Harlem's ages! rich history. Community Art Jam is a part of Expanding the Walls: Making Connections between $20 (general public), $15 (members, seniors and students) Please call 212.864.4500 Photography, History and Community. This program is generously supported by funds x264. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registra- from the Nathan Cummings Foundation. tion is required (early registration is encouraged). Starting location will be provided upon registration. YOUTH PROGRAM ON VIEW thru July 4, 2004 W O R D S - I N - M O T I O N O P E N M I C FRED WILSON: Theme of the Day: Identity Objects and Installations: 1979-2000 Saturday, June 19th, 6-8PM Calling all Teen Poets! Use the mic or pass the mic! Share COLLECTION ININ CONTEXT your original poems, raps, songs, or freestyle on the spot about your perceptions of identity in America. VENI VIDI VIDEO IIII Registration is required. Please call 212.864.4500 x264. Space/seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. HARLEM POSTCARDS SPRING 2004

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Also in the Thus, Utah Studies Weekly was born. One good thing led to another and Studies Weekly the energy level starts high and accelerates as she works, thanks to collaboration with Borough eventually grew into a large family-based company that talks of changes she has been able to bring about President Helen Marshall, says Dr. Cashin, is a specializes in producing standards-based classroom periodicals. in only one year as regional superintendent, but CUNY Satellite school, which will have social Today, Foxridge Publishing Company publishes the Studies it’s clear she draws on vigorous and efficient studies as its concentration. Weekly products for the Northeastern Region, with New leadership she has exercised in previous positions The Scholars’ Academy is a particular source York products leading the way. Mike Burrow, Paul’s nephew, as teacher, staff developer, consultant, program of pride for Dr. Cashin since it attracted 500 par- and his wife Shellie founded Foxridge Publishing Company in 1998 when they published their first product, New York manager, and principal in city schools, and then ents at an open meeting, 90 percent of whom are Studies Weekly, for fourth grade students. After two years as superintendent of Community School District non-white. Many parents of successful applicants of overwhelming support from New York teachers, Foxridge 23 in Queens. Such is her enthusiasm and impa- sign a “contract” pledging regular support. They expanded the New York Studies Weekly Series to include tience to turn things around that it’s not always Dr. Kathleen Cashin know they have something special. In addition to World Communities for third graders, and United States, immediately apparent what time frame she’s in: interdisciplinary study starting with ancient civi- Canada, and Latin America, for fifth graders. Many other plans become part of a present-tense onslaught she wants and is determined to get it…now. lizations this fall, there will be four different lan- state papers have followed, and the Studies Weekly series now includes more than sixty publications nationwide. Other on complacency. Only one of the 102 schools “Restructuring,” she says, has made the differ- guages studied as part of a cycle, beginning with classroom publications include world history, geography, U.S. under her aegis (including 12 high schools), ence, small schools made out of large, unwieldy American Sign Language. Dr. Cashin, a life-long history, science, and technology. for example, was labeled problematic, though ones. But imagination is also at play—the new athlete, is also a strong believer in sports, par- What’s new for 2004-2005? The New York Studies many of the schools because of low socio-eco- entities have and will have special themes, such ticularly non-traditional sports such as Lacrosse, Weekly Social Studies series has bloomed…to full color that is. nomic conditions, neglected for so long, might be as civil rights, world health, the arts—and part- possible sources for college scholarships. Our traditional black and white products are now more exciting thought of as inevitable candidates for the endan- nering with the Teacher Center, for example, has All the schools under Dr. Cashin’s purview than ever, and students and teachers have written to let us know they really love the change. gered list. The superintendent ticks off some of made possible the “most unbelievable profession- will reflect her passion for a New York State Other new features include: A bonus issue, Historical the areas served by Region 5, among them The al development,” new arrangements with CUNY standards-based core curriculum that is also Documents of the United States (fourth grade); Rockaways, Beach Channel, Broad Channel, and more subject specialists serving as “liaisons” interdisciplinary and that will involve portfolio Economics, a new weekly feature in the U.S., Canada, East New York, Brownsville, then points out that to individual schools. assessment. At the Beach Channel School, for Latin America series; Highlighted vocabulary words; Weekly her district, encompassing 120 square miles, is Centering her attention on grades K-8 (the example, on the Bay, research will turn on ocean- online quizzes for all publications; Nationwide, web-based the largest geographically in the city. usual structure in parochial and private schools), ography and horticultural study, supplemented presidential election for 2004; Classfunbook IV (Free with orders of 20 or more). She cites three main attributes that make for but allowing that in some cases middle schools with hands-on activities and collaborations with For more information call our Customer Service effective administration—intense professional work well, Dr. Cashin says that K-8 usually fur- institutions such as the New York Aquarium. The department at 1-800-300-1651 or see our website at www. will (commitment above and beyond), restraint nishes the better model because of the advantage Superintendent is thrilled with the initiatives, to studiesweekly.com (knowing when to be tough, when to back off), of extended time. K-8 schools also have better say the least, and feels that the new city structure, Principals and Curriculum Directors: Do you need and modesty (recognizing that others may have attendance records and less violence than most whereby 10 regional heads have replaced 31 dis- presentation materials for your staff? Call our office for multiple better ideas). She might well have added a fourth: middle schools. But Dr. Cashin moves closely trict leaders, creates a tighter, more personal and samples and promotional packets.# contagious drive. 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Mailing Address: How Many Good Principals are there in NYC? 17 Lexington Avenue, A1207 New York, NY 10010 By J. KIRSTEN BUSCH in understanding where we stand with respect to dents regularly by teaching a class” to “playing Email: [email protected] If I had a thousand dollars for every time our city’s school leaders. Knowing what is and the guitar during a meeting with students to www.EducationUpdate.com Tel: 212-477-5600 someone asked me how many good principals I is not working are steps A and B of any good break down barriers between students and the Fax: 212-477-5893 think there are in New York City, I would be, if reform plan. But perhaps we need to work a little administration” to “handling a crisis situation not a rich woman, at least a lot closer to paying harder at redirecting the conversation towards immediately and decisively”. So when someone PUBLISHER AND EDITOR: off my graduate school loans. Yet, while I can points C, D and E. Namely, which principals asks how many good principals are there in New Pola Rosen, Ed.D. see that question coming at me before it leaves are effective at what activities? What support do York City, are they asking how many principals home base, I never want to catch it. Because principals need to develop in other areas? And are good teachers, musicians and emergency ASSOCIATE EDITORS: from where I sit, evaluating effective leader- how will we, as a system and a society, provide management personnel? Or are they asking how Heather Rosen, Adam Sugerman, ship should not be reduced to a third grade this support to best meet their needs? many principals have the current or potential Rob Wertheimer mathematical equation that begins or ends in At the Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished ability to move their students forward using a ASSISTANT EDITOR: the number 1200. New York City Principals at Teachers College, range of different leadership and management Michelle Accorso We urge our teachers to avoid doling out Columbia University, we are conducting a study techniques? Perhaps we need to disaggregate GUEST COLUMNISTS: generic feedback to their students. “Great job” on effective leadership in the principalship enti- the question we are asking before we scramble and “good work” will not help little Johnny to tled Effective Leadership: Distinguished New to assign simple conclusions to a topic as mul- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Constance understand what he is doing well or what he York City Principals in Action. While still a tifaceted and important as the leadership of our Boykan, J. Kirsten Busch, Margaret can do better. Yet, when it comes to evaluating work in progress, the current taxonomy of effec- city’s schools.# Cuomo, M.D., Dr. Carole Hankin, Nancy some of the City’s most important V.I.P.s, why tive principal practices we have identified num- J. Kirsten Busch is Director of The Cahn S. Helle, Patrick Ianniello, Ph.D., Joanne do we persist in dumbing down the debate to a ber well into the hundreds. Fellows Program for Distinguished New York Kontopirakis, Jill Levy, Martha McCarthy, four-letter word? Self-practices exhibited by the principals in City Principals at Teachers College, Columbia Ph.D., Cecilia M. McCarton, M.D., Scott I do not intend to minimize the value inherent the study range from “interacting with stu- University. Noppe-Brandon, Alfred Posamentier, Ph.D., Randi T. Sachs, Assemblyman Steven Sanders, Randi Weingarten, Karen Winnick STAFF WRITERS: IN THIS ISSUE LETTERS Jacob Appel, J.D., Joan Baum, Ph.D., Spotlight on Schools ...... 2-4, 6-9, 11 Response to Bel Kaufman Captivates Response to Wheelchair Charities A Superstar Dorothy Davis, Gillian Granoff, Joanne Audience at Marymount Manhattan College To the Editor: Kontopirakis, Joanna Leefer, Mitchell Editorial & Letters ...... 5 To the Editor: A lot of us could only wish to have love like Hank Levine, Sarah N. Lynch, Sybil Maimin, Colleges/Grad Schools ...... 10, 12-15 I am assuming that Bel Kaufman is still alive, has for people and community. Growing up without Merri Rosenberg, Chris Rowan Special Education ...... 16-17 and I am extremely eager to ask her two ques- a father, he was the next best thing. And I learned tions about her grandfather: did he ever write or how to play the game of basketball. Those experi- BOOK REVIEWERS: Outstanding Teachers of the Month 18-19 say who his literary influences were? If he did, ences have taught me a lot in my life. The only man Harris Healy, III, Lillian Shapiro, Cover Story ...... 20-21 whom did he mention? Were any of them writers I know from where I’m from who has never turned Selene Vasquez Medical Update ...... 22 in English? Did Shalom Aleichem ever learn to his back on the community. Always there with a MEDICAL EDITOR: speak and read English, and if so, did he do so hand-up, not a hand-out. The other day an old B-ball Herman Rosen, M.D. Movies & Theatre Reviews ...... 23 before he came to New York City? If so, when? mate of mine sent me a list from hoopsville and I MODERN LANGUAGE EDITOR: Music, Art & Dance ...... 25 Arnie Perlstein was on it. After all the years, I made the list. I would Adam Sugerman Astronomy...... 26 Weston, FL not have done it if I hadn’t gotten the fundamentals from “my baby” Hank. Haven’t seen you in a long MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS: Camps & Sports ...... 27 Dear Arnie, time, but I often think of you and I hope you’re Jan Aaron Book Reviews ...... 28-29 Indeed, I am very much alive. To respond: My doing well, my friend. I send big love. MUSIC EDITOR: MetroBEAT ...... 30 grandfather Shalom Aleichem knew no English, Bernard Fowler Irving M. Spitz nor was he in this country long enough to learn Studio City, CA Marketing Supplement ...... 31-33 it. He was influenced by Mendela Moher-Sjorim, POLITICAL COMMENTARY: Resource & Reference Guide ...... 34 H. Bialick, and others of his contemporaries in Response to Quirky Kids: Understanding & Stuart Dunn Yiddish and Hebrew, as well as by the Russian Helping Your Child Who Doesn’t Fit In SPORTS EDITOR: classics he had read and admired: Tolstoy, Gogol, To the Editor: Mike Cohen Chechov (whose short stories he loved)—but it is Thank you, thank you, thank you to the authors Join Us not easy to trace his influences because he was of this book. I am looking forward to reading it PRODUCTION MANAGER: Discussion, Reception, Book Signing “sui generis,” unique. I refer you in English to come September. I totally agree with the philoso- Rick Sulz my aunt’s biography of him: My Father, Shalom phy you are putting forth: My precious kid is not ART DIRECTOR: “Quirky Kids” Aleichem by Marie Goldberg-Waif. Sorry I can- a label! He is a very different, fascinating, smart, Neil Schuldiner not help you more. socially inept, and difficult little boy! 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Finding Agreement Without Conflict: 2300 Students at UNA-USA’s Model U.N. Conference (Part I) By DOROTHY DAVIS Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U. N., impec- said, is to hammer out one or two resolutions, cably dressed in a dark suit and tie, was surpris- which are approved by voting. These are solutions ingly frank when asked his opinion. “Change is to the global problems discussed. They are posted important.” He regarded his interviewer with the on the UNA-USA website (www.unausamun. clear, confident gaze typical of royalty. “Saudi org) and presented to the United Nations itself. Arabia must recognize the fact that we’re becom- Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday, the Ambassador ing too one-sided. We focus too much on oil, and Alternate United States Representative to the ignoring the fact that 70 percent of our poor United Nations, in his remarks at the opening people live in rural areas, and this leads to social ceremony, encouraged the student ambassadors unrest. We should be more balanced in our to pursue a career in public service. He also said, views.” Politely excusing himself, the youthful private schools in New York City, fourteen other victims of torture.” She called for a referendum referring to the dire need for humanitarian aid ambassador dashed off with his advisors and fel- states and five countries who attended the 5th among its citizens as the only remedy. in Sudan, “An issue has to have support. You low delegates to a Security Council meeting. Annual United Nations Association of the United The Croatian ambassador (from Long Island can make a difference to these people. They are The sandy-haired, athletic looking ambassador States of America Model United Nations in New City High School) said, “Starting in 1984 follow- depending on you.” Through their published from Qatar also spoke with impressive self- York City, an event sponsored by the Global ing the death of Yugoslavian President Tito, Serbia resolutions, the Model U. N. ambassadors can assurance. “Qatar is trying to change its politi- Classrooms program of the UNA-USA. It was and Croatia have been at war. Torture is not an make a difference in the world. cal system from a monarchy to a constitutional held at the Jacob Javits Center and at U. N. everyday war tactic, but a crime against humanity. Although Model UN has been around since monarchy,” he said. When asked if his view of Headquarters recently. All of the students had Croatia does not accept torture for any reasons, 1945 it was only after Ambassador William H. the U. N. had altered during the months since his prepared for this “big event” for months, either whether for national security or any other.” Luers became President of UNA-USA in 1999 ambassadorial appointment he said, “I look at after school or in classes during the day. They had The ambassador from the Dominican Republic that it grew from an extra-curricular activity for the U. N. from a different perspective. Before I researched their assigned country, and studied (from ASHS at Bronx Regional) said, “Our people mainly private schools to being part of the cur- thought it was this thing controlled by the U. S., diplomatic skills such as public speaking, leader- have suffered the fate of torture under the Trujillo riculum for urban public schools, especially those and now I see that it’s all these countries talking ship, negotiation, higher order thinking, consen- regime. Thousands were victims. Later under in the inner city. After he and his board concluded about political issues and figuring out ways to sus building, rules of order and problem solving. Duarte our people were victims again, tortured that education was their most important project, resolve their problems.” The UNA-USA Model U. N. Conference, until they renounced their revolutionary ideals.” Amb. Luers appointed Dr. Lucia Rodriguez as Three young lady ambassadors from France, though a simulation, is real world, hands on and The meeting then voted in favor of a motion on Vice President for Education, and under her guid- beautifully attired in their flowing traditional exciting. The problems discussed, in the fields the floor calling for five minutes of un-moderated ance, the Global Classrooms program was begun. Muslim dresses, had also learned some things. of peacekeeping, sustainable development and caucus. The delegates met in informal groups and Teachers at the conference were enthusiastic “Our views [about the U. N.] have opened up a lot,” human rights, are on the current U. N. agenda. held spirited discussions on draft resolutions and about the Global Classrooms program.# said one, as the others nodded, “We know exactly At a General Assembly session on torture, for other issues. 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U.S. NEEDS QUALIFIED TEACHERS CLOSING THE GAPS By ALFRED S. POSAMENTIER, Ph.D. prepared to teach the New York City curriculum? By RANDI WEINGARTEN should devote itself to pro- In 1998 the New York City Board of Education Of course, these teachers are very well content- In the Campaign for Fiscal viding competitive salaries and the City College of New York (CCNY) set prepared, especially when compared to our cur- Equity case the courts have ruled across the board, using $750 a national paradigm for recruiting math and sci- rent teacher force which includes a fair number that the state must ensure that million of the CFE down pay- ence teachers to meet the local teacher shortage. of math-immersion inexperienced “alternative- every child in New York State ment. And to ensure account- On May 1, 2004 we began the seventh round of certification” teachers. has access to a sound, basic edu- ability, we would negotiate annual interviews of “Austrian” math/science The English language competence of the cation, and they have set a July an expansion of our Peer teachers in Vienna. This year, fittingly enough, Austrian candidates (and the few Germans among 30 deadline for development of Intervention Program to help there were more “new European Union (EU)” them) is truly excellent. This results from their a plan to provide the resources struggling teachers improve countries (some, previously called “former east country’s total commitment to making English- and reforms needed to make it or counsel them out of the bloc countries) than in the past years. language instruction the most important in their happen. profession. What apparently motivates these young teach- school curriculum. They learn English at the Estimates for what a sound, The student achievement ers is their desire to teach their subject in English, beginning of elementary school. In comparison basic education for every student gap: We propose using the learn more about the United States and earn a the new-EU countries, which, until recently, were in the state will cost range from other $750 million to cre- proper wage. A Slovak teacher currently earns still wedded to the importance (or tradition) of $2.5 billion to upwards of $20 ate a New York City School about $300 per month. When compared to the teaching Russian first and introduced students billion. The Mayor has already Enterprise Zone to help turn modest New York City teacher’s base salary of to English at about age 14. This was particularly asked for $5.3 billion for the city. around 200 struggling schools. The zone would $3,250 per month it becomes clear (even calculat- evident in the group of Slovaks (for example) we Whatever the state Legislature and the Governor target the money to reduce class size, extend ing cost of living difference) that these are incen- interviewed this May. agree to do, the state must begin the process by the school day for small group instruction for tives for a young Slovak teacher to desire a New Only 26% of the new-EU candidates were providing a down payment—as groups rang- children who are falling behind, and provide a York City assignment. Furthermore, the central selected as compared to 55% of the German- ing from UPA, the United Parents Association, broad spectrum of instructional, health and social European countries have an over abundance of speaking candidates. With the demise of the to PENCIL, the business group that sponsors services. math and science teachers, so those that teach in Soviet Union, English became even more clearly Principal for a Day, have recommended. Given City schools in the Enterprise Zone would also New York City alleviate the possible unemploy- the lingua franca of the world. It is the language the pressing needs of our system, there are many have enriched curricula including art, music, for- ment problems at home and fill a critical need in used in international commerce, in communica- places where these funds could be spent. But the eign languages and career and technical explora- New York City schools. tion between citizens of countries when neither best way to begin would be by pledging $1.5 tion; special reading and math programs chosen When, I initiated the idea of providing fully conversant knows the other’s language, and in the billion of the CFE down payment to address two by school staff from scientifically proven models; qualified (and highly needed) math and science computer world. The upshot of this is the regret- problems that have long plagued our schools: the expanded health and physical education pro- teachers for the New York City schools, there table diminution of foreign language instruction salary gap and the student achievement gap. grams; and a strictly enforced school discipline was some apprehension about foreign teach- in the United States. Closing the salary gap: Experience shows that code. For elementary schools we would add ers functioning in the New York City schools. The New York City experience of importing a when you focus resources to ensure a quali- enriched early childhood programs beginning in Commitment for employment was initially made much-needed resource has now been replicated fied teacher in every classroom with a reduced an expanded pre-k program and including a pro- for only one year. The first groups’ success throughout the United States. Yet, despite grow- class size—as was done with the More Effective motional gate in grade one to ensure that children prompted officials to ask candidates to commit ing globalization, this cannot be a long-term solu- Schools program of the 1960s and the now keep pace in learning to read. to stay for at least two years—some have since tion to the ever-growing domestic math teacher disbanded Chancellor’s District program of the All educators in these schools—which are stayed considerably longer! shortage. We must take radical steps—includ- late 1990s—children surge ahead regardless of among the most difficult to staff—would also The main concern besides the usual teacher ing differential salaries, signing bonuses, more their socio-economic background. But attract- receive an additional 15 percent pay differential qualities, are culture and language. Will the new- attractive (and more professional) assignments, ing and retaining great teachers have become to encourage and reward those who volunteer to EU candidates be able to rise to the challenges and above all we must—as a society—recapture continuing challenges in New York City schools, work in these very demanding situations. presented by many New York City schools and the prestige formerly inherent in the teaching pro- in large part due to the gap between New York Making it happen: Turning cutting-edge pro- will their English language competence be suf- fession. Only then will future generations aspire City teacher salaries and those in surrounding posals like these into reality requires a real spirit ficient to not only communicate properly, but also to this most noble occupation.# communities—a gap that is currently $10,000 to of cooperation among City Hall, the Department to understand the myriad of language variations Dr. Alfred S. Posamentier is Dean, School of $15,000 wide. of Education and the UFT. We stand ready and of our inner-city students—many of whom also Education at City College of New York. Retirements have surged to record levels while willing to walk the halls of Albany together with struggle with the English language. Will they be thousands of newer teachers leave after strug- the Mayor and the Chancellor to get this done. gling with oversized classes, poor student disci- After all, when it comes to helping our kids, we pline, supply shortages and a lack of support from have a moral obligation to work together regard- school administrators. A recent City Council less of our differences. investigation concluded that New York City will Let 2004 be remembered as the year we took need to recruit as many as 30,000 new teachers bold steps to close the teacher salary gap and ��������������������������������������������� over the next three years just to fill in for those the student achievement gap. Let it be remem- who leave. bered—as we acknowledge the 50-year anni- ����������������� What will it take for New York City schools to versary of Brown v. Board of Education—as the stop this brain drain? 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THE LAW & EDUCATION HIGH COURT FINDS RELIGION CONSTITUTIONALLY DISTINCTIVE • Futons • Foam Mattresses • All Kinds of Exotic Pillows By MARTHA MCCARTHY, Ph.D. lar majors should be treated the same in the • Loft Beds • Custom Cushions In February 2004 the United States Supreme scholarship program, but the Supreme Court • Tempurpedic Matresses • Foam Cut to Size Court rendered a significant decision, Locke v. disagreed. Reversing the Ninth Circuit’s decision, • Beautiful Fabrics While You Wait Davey, upholding state constitutional mandates the Supreme Court held that although the use of • Vinyls • Special Sound Proofing Foam requiring greater separation of church and state the Promise Scholarships to pursue a pastoral Foam and so much more... than demanded by the Establishment Clause of degree would be allowed under the Establishment the First Amendment. At issue in Locke was the Clause, the Free Exercise or Free Speech Clauses Promise Scholarship Program established by the does not require it. The Court found minimal state of Washington to provide college aid for burden on religion and no Equal Protection GREAT FOR A students who meet academic and income require- Clause violation in singling out pastoral degrees ments. The scholarships can be used in public or for differential treatment. The Court reasoned GRADUATION GIFT! private accredited institutions of higher educa- that the Washington constitutional provision was tion, but the scholarships cannot be used to pur- intended to keep schools free from sectarian con- sue devotional theology degrees. This prohibition trol and rejected the contention that it represented is grounded in the state constitutional stipulation hostility toward religion. ������������������������������� that public money or property cannot be used for Implications of the Locke decision are not as religious worship, exercise, or instruction. dramatic as they would have been if the Ninth Joshua Davey was awarded a scholarship and Circuit’s decision had been affirmed, because enrolled in Northwest College, which is affiliated under such a precedent, antiestablishment provi- with the Assemblies of God. After declaring his sions in thirty six state constitutions would have % OFF double major in pastoral ministries and busi- become impotent. Nonetheless, the Supreme ness management/administration, Davey learned Court ruling has noteworthy implications for 10 that he could not use his scholarship for a pas- state aid to nonpublic schools and the relationship DISCOUNT toral degree. He challenged the state action in between federal and state constitutional man- WITH THIS AD rescinding his scholarship as abridging First and dates. The Locke decision will likely stimulate Fourteenth Amendment rights. litigation testing the limits of state constitutional ��������������������� Since the Supreme Court had already ruled provisions barring the use of public funds for reli- in 1986 that the Establishment Clause does not gious purposes. Indeed, one of the most signifi- preclude the use of public funds to prepare for cant implications of Locke might be an increase the ministry, the question raised in Locke was in state church/state cases.# ��������������������������������������������� whether a more stringent state antiestablish- Martha McCarthy, Ph.D. is Chancellor ���������������������������� ment provision impairs federal constitutional Professor, School of Education, Indiana rights. Davey contended that religious and secu- University. ����� ����� ��������������������� ����������������������������� ������������ ������������ WHERE TO FIND EDUCATION UPDATE?: 2000 apartment buildings, street corner boxes, all libraries & public schools. If you want EDUCATION UPDATE in your area, please email us with the address at [email protected]

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For registration information, contact Lincoln Center Institute at [email protected] or 212.875.5535. If you are looking to improve your academic performance, Marvelwood is the place for you. From around the country and around the world our students discover their Immerse yourself in LCI’s renowned strengths and weaknesses developing close relationships with their teachers and peeers. approach to the arts and education. • Grades 9–12 • Beautiful maintained campus: Introductory National Educator Workshops for the first time in three cities. • Summer Sessions Grades 7–1 biking, canoeing, hiking, fishing Focusing on reading, writing ESL • Summer session 6/25 – 7/31 Lincoln Center Julia Morgan Center Urban Gateways: Institute for the Arts Center for the Arts For more information please call The Mavelwood School, 476 Skiff Mountain Road, P.O. Box 3001 Kent, CT 06757 New York, NY: July 12–16 Berkeley, CA: June 28–July 2 Chicago, IL: July 12–16 www.themarvelwoodschool.com Participate in experiential workshops that illuminate the artworks you study. Attend repertory performances, visit a museum, research contextual information. Consider broad artistic concepts (800) 440-9107 / (860) 927-0047 – Ext. 24 and the nature of the aesthetic experience and its place in the learning process. Explore ways Email: [email protected] to integrate arts-in-education strategies into classroom practice. Call for fees and registration information.

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HISTORY REVISITED: AN INTERVIEW WITH ELEANOR ROOSEVELT II By DOROTHY DAVIS EU: Hillary has said that she greatly admires revolution. During his tenure, Congress passed When your name is Eleanor Roosevelt II, Eleanor Roosevelt and that she is her inspiration. legislation that instituted Social Security, stan- “Getting a pizza delivered is particularly chal- ER II: Oh yes, I think she does. But I just dardized the number of hours in a workweek, and lenging,” said the gracious 85-year old niece and think that my aunt would have simply said, ‘Well suggested a minimum wage. Labor unions were namesake of the famous first lady, in her newly Hillary did that herself.’ She wouldn’t have taken also organized.” All of this of course made him published first book, With Love, Aunt Eleanor. credit for being an inspiration. very unpopular with conservative Republicans.) “After all that information about mushrooms and ER II’s father, Hall Roosevelt, named her for his “But most teachers [at ER II’s school] were very meat and cheese they want to know your name and older sister. Their father, Elliott Roosevelt, was the liberal Democrats. I was surprised to find that the address, and when I tell them, there is always a younger brother of President Theodore Roosevelt. teachers were my friends and admired my uncle pause before the young man says, “lady, you better Sadly, both Eleanor Roosevelt and ER II’s fathers and aunt. I got a really wonderful education. They come down here and pick up the pizza yourself!” died of alcoholism when they were young. Eleanor taught the tools you need: how to research things, Hotel reservations can be difficult too, she Roosevelt was orphaned when she was 9 years how to do what you want to do, and the courage confided as we sipped tea one morning recently, Eleanor Roosevelt II old, her mother having died a year earlier. Eleanor to do it. It was assumed that of course you could seated next to her eldest son, Stewart Elliott, a Roosevelt II lost her father when she was 22, but do it even if you were a woman.” study in contrasts: she, serene and elegant, in a but truthfully, depicts her amazing aunt. [See the he had left her mother and the children when she ER II’s mentors were her mother, her aunt, “the pink Chanel-like jacket with black trim, a white review in this issue, page 29.] was 3 and her mother had remarried. most influential person in my life” and “Mrs. high collared pleated blouse, black skirt and She does not gloss over difficulties. When There were many benefits in being a Roosevelt. Stevens, a teacher at the Winsor School. She was comfortable black shoes; he, relaxed and casual, asked what problems Eleanor Roosevelt had to “I was 13 when Uncle Franklin was elected presi- marvelous, just in opening up possibilities to you, in a green T-shirt and blue jeans. But, she admit- deal with in her life, she replied, “I could talk dent the first time,” she said, “and he kept on being always pulling you, making history come alive, ted, “I always wear jeans back home.” Home is about Lucy Mercer [Franklin D. Roosevelt’s president. I loved going around Washington with making you want to do your homework, read your Davis, California where she works in her studio mistress while he was married to Eleanor]. I used a police motorcycle escort with Uncle Franklin. books, get to know people around the world.” as an artist, mostly on drawings, many of which to feel badly for my aunt. Her own background Out in Arlington they kept a couple of horses Instead of going to college she studied sculp- charmingly illustrate her book. But she also had inhibited her from speaking out for herself. I because my aunt liked to ride. I used to ride with ture, woodcarving, design and drawing at art works on paper mosaic tabletops, using a process think that she really longed to be loved and FDR her along the river. She never considered hav- school, Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, she invented, since stone mosaics are too heavy was so charming; he loved the ladies, and she ing an escort or a guard. Of course they wanted Michigan, where the instructors included Carl for her to lift. The finished products are mosaic couldn’t be that way herself. She felt inadequate, to watch over her, but she wouldn’t hear of it!” Milles, a Swedish sculptor, the Finnish architect tables that you can easily move about. She also but she loved him. They had a very good kind of “Once my Uncle Franklin was reviewing the Eero Saarinen and the American designer Charles enjoys bird watching with her friends, and lectur- working relationship.” fleet, probably in the early 40s. I was invited to Eames. It was there she met her first husband, ing at local schools about Eleanor Roosevelt. She Education Update (EU) asked, wasn’t that simi- join him and went out from the Boston area on the Edward Elliott, a British architectural student, is dedicated to bringing the personal side of her lar to Hillary and Bill Clinton? ER II responded presidential destroyer. The school I was attending and the father of their four children aunt to the world. that she had “wondered about it because of the said ‘This will be an unexcused absence!’ But I From 1946 on, ER II and her family spent a Her book had its genesis in “Before I Forget,” sex angle. I met Hillary Clinton the other day for went out anyway and reviewed the fleet.” The month every summer with Aunt Eleanor at her the columns about her aunt that she wrote for her the first time. I think Hillary, being a lot younger school ER II attended for 8 years, from 6th grade Val-Kill Cottage in Hyde Park. Her son, Stewart son Lauren Elliot’s Internet magazine, who is than my aunt, probably knew more. My aunt was to graduation, was the Winsor School for girls in has wonderful recollections of those summers. also the principal of Scrapbook Press, publisher brought up in a strait-laced New York family, a Boston. “It was fairly expensive. Most girls were “We were very active,” he said, “Riding horses, of her new memoir. Her goal was to “convey a society that just was inflexible. And so what she from very Republican Conservative families. swimming, playing games. But we, as well as sense of the person who loved and laughed and learned about what she felt capable of doing she I was a Democrat surrounded by Republicans. my cousin John’s children [who lived in Hyde clapped her hands, who stood quietly by a dog- did by herself. She had this naïve thought that [People would say] ‘Your uncle is taking this Park] had to work for two to three hours a day, wood tree in bloom in the woods or took up her you get married and live happily ever after; it country straight to ruin!’” (As ER II explains mowing, baling hay, splitting wood, filling fire- pen late at night to write notes to friends while was a huge blow, and I just felt a little badly that in her book, FDR, who lead us out of the great places. I loved it. Aunt Eleanor always had us the rest of the household slept.” The result is a she never could quite forgive Franklin. Because I Depression and through the Second World War, for tea. I remember sitting at the tea table. It was charming, intimate, humorous book that lovingly, think we all have to work out our relationships.” also “led the United States through a social continued on page 12 10 SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ JUNE 2004 Principals in Training Create Arts Curriculum at Brooklyn Museum By JOANNE KONTOPIRAKIS At the Brooklyn Museum, principals in training are in session, instructed in incor- porating an arts education into the school curriculum. Seated adjacent to a giant pair of black sculpted, seemingly sequined tap shoes, they have broken into small groups, immersed in a guided discussion of art objects. Their training, underway for the past New York Studies Weekly is a curriculum 14 months, will ultimately culminate in supplement enjoyed by tens of thousands of the assignment of a school for the ’04-’05 students in New York since 1997. It is school year. This is just one of the many currently available for the 3rd, 4th and 5th seminars they have attended via the N.Y.C. 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The 77 people in are sedentary, content to sit back and listen to the program now enter the museum’s Egyptian music instead of creating it themselves.” “We into your classroom budget. Room divided into groups. Suluh Lukoskie, of must model the enthusiasm for our students. Take To receive your free sample or the NYC Leadership Academy, explained that off your shoes and join in a dance experience that to place an order three of the aspiring principals have designed stimulates our brain, our bodies, and our spirits.” please call: this particular seminar, entitled, “Your School At this point, the assembly was encouraged As Canvas.” to remove shoes and jackets, and put down Gloria Cones, a school program manager, was their briefcases. The whole group spread on the Studies Weekly, Inc. at looking on. Asked if this was an indication that museum’s wooden and buffed mosaic floors, and 1-800-300-1651 funding for the arts in public schools will now bobbed their heads every which way, in unison, Visit our website at see an increase, she replied, “I definitely think so. to an African drumming accompaniment. People There’s a new request for proposals (RFP). Schools whooped and thumped in a circle, and applauded www.studiesweekly.com will be able to ask for various programs now.” at the end of the sequence. mple, The curriculum for the 4th grade now ee sa Due to a new vision for arts education in Dr. Sharon Dunn, senior instruction manager r fr includes a free bonus issue exploring NYC by the Chancellor, a mandate to develop for Arts Education, demonstrated how to use the important historical documents. received you a sequential K-12 curriculum has been issued, arts resources of the City to support the teaching call today! Studies Weekly also available for MA, CT, NJ! 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We will also be training music teachers. a lot in 27 years.” Marquis continued: “The arts We want children to be familiar with words like promote higher-level thinking skills. I think it ‘crescendo,’ and not singing a song from printed helps them do better on tests. Some of these words, but understanding musical notation. things are learned in an internal, physical way.” The final words of the evening were inspira- Lauren Kraus, leading the movement exercises, tional: “your school is a canvas. In September you announced to the group: “Music, dance and the- will take on the role of architects of schools. Your atre are just as important to our students as any success as principals may hinge upon the arts.” #

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FAMILY FUN ALL SUMMER LaGuardia HS Students Score in the Arts By CONSTANCE BOYKAN LONG AT THE CHILDREN’S All three of LaGuardia’s nomi- nees have been selected as 2004 MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN Presidential Scholars in the Arts. They are among the 20 selected Children are eagerly awaiting the end of school Celebrate the magic of Dr. Seuss and free your nationwide! and the start of summer and there is no better way imagination to take you to new places! Join LaGuardia awardees are Jia to indulge in family fun than at the Children’s Horton and the Cat in the Hat in a world where Lei (Jenny) Li, violin, who plans Museum of Manhattan! Aside from the on going you can fly while standing still, catch falling to attend Harvard, and danc- Jia Lei (Jenny) Li Nigel R. 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For shapes and textures found in nature. exhibition turns the drawings of Dutch illustrator Horizons Fellowship student at the Aspen Music me, dance is about power, passion and intensity. It’s Learn about urban birds, where they live and Dick Bruna into a full-scale child’s playhouse. Festival from 2001-2003. She is graduating from about communicating. It’s about telling a story and what they eat. Make a birdhouse of your own Pre-schoolers will delight in seeing the lovable the Juilliard Pre-College in New York. above all reaching people. If the audience can’t feel design. Miffy and her friends come alive at CMOM, with Chanel DaSilva is a native New Yorker and was my love of what I do when I’m performing, then all Happy Father’s Day! Design a one-of-a-kind opportunities for role-play, reading and expres- born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Since the age the technique and high legs in the world wouldn’t wearable art necktie for your dad or someone sion. of four, she has always dreamed of becoming a matter. If the audience doesn’t believe it, then to special. Children enter a tiny word-drenched town and professional dancer. When dance became more me, it simply doesn’t matter. I do not want to just Decorate horse paintings and create your own strengthen their language and gross motor skills than just a hobby for her she realized it was her be another dancer. I want to make a mark on the designs based on Native Plains culture. in this life-sized storybook setting. Climb in destiny to dance. Now, at the age of eighteen, her artistic community by enriching it with my whole Paul Betancourt from the National Museum the Chatterbug Tree and explore the kitchen of dreams are quickly becoming a reality. Her train- self. That does not necessarily mean becoming of the American Indian will lead workshops on Apartment ABC. ing comes from the Creative Outlet Dance Theater famous, it only means being a real and sincere art- Saturday, June 26. CMOM is open Wednesday through Sunday of Brooklyn. Along with performing for Michael ist. Dance is my voice. It allows me to scream out While at CMOM, don’t miss the following on- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Paid admission is $7 for Jackson and Savion Glover, Chanel has performed to the world without making a sound, yet somehow, going exhibitions: Splash down in the Sussman children and adults and $4 for seniors. All special Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations’’ with the Alvin Ailey people always get my point.” Environmental Center, CMOM’s outdoor water exhibits and programs are free with the cost of American Dance Theater. Now, at the age of Nigel is incredibly happy that he has had so many play area, and experience the physical properties admission; some require tickets (available start- eighteen, Chanel is a senior at LaGuardia High opportunities to learn and to grow this year, and is of water as you splash, pour, float and play. ing 11:00 am; first come, first served).# School of the Arts. She was selected, out of 6,500 excited to experience what the future has in store applicants, to attend National ARTS Week with the for him.# National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Constance Boykan is the Executive Director of (NFAA). After Juilliard, Chanel’s dream is to tour Alumni & Friends at LaGuardia HS. She is also a the world, spreading love and inspiration through member of the Class of ‘59.

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In the middle of his college career, with no Unplanned as it was, Justice, a sophomore orities. “I knew that staying in school substantial money or job and buried to his eyes majoring in psychology at the College of Staten was paramount,” he said, “and getting with schoolwork, Justice Olagbaiye’s girlfriend Island, knew he needed a source of income fast, my bachelor’s degree was my only told him she was pregnant. while keeping himself focused on long-term pri- guarantee to a decent job and a good life for me, and ultimately, my daughter.” To help lift a weight off his financial woes, Justice applied for the Dr. Edison Maya Angelou and recipient of single-father O. Jackson Single Fathers scholarship award, Justice Olagbaiye Scholarship Fund through the Male Development and Patti LaBelle accepted the first Rainbow Award Empowerment Center of the City for her honorable contributions to society through University’s Medgar Evers College, her music and participation in various medical the first and only scholarship of its associations. kind established at any public or pri- “If you’re feeling what you’re doing,” LaBelle vate institution of higher learning in said, “if you have that soul, spirit, and motiva- the country. tion, you can do anything.” He was successfully granted the Now Justice has all of that: a soul, a spirit, and award and was among two other a motivation, and her name is Kyra, his “beauti- recipients recognized at the 10th ful” four-month-old daughter. “When I saw my annual Dr. Edison O. Jackson daughter for the first time and held her in my Single Fathers Scholarship Awards arms, I immediately knew that she deserved more Celebration recently at the Brooklyn than I could ever provide,” he said, and “at that Museum of Art. very moment I knew that she was the most pre- The scholarship recipients were cious and important thing in my life.” praised for their determination in the With all of this fatherly love in his heart, it was presence of two of society’s greats, still heavy with worry. “I wondered how I would Maya Angelou and Patti LaBelle, ever possibly be able to support a child if I could both of whom were being honored hardly support myself,” he confessed, “and The at the event. Maya Angelou, known Dr. Edison Single Fathers Scholarship Fund will for her legendary wisdom, received give me a jumpstart while I continue my search the 2004 Dr. Betty Shabazz Find the for employment, complete my education, and Good and Praise It Award, a motto make a home for my daughter.”# she admittedly tries to closely mirror.

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Dedicated to inspiring imagination and creativity Dinkins, Kevin Everson, Jason Scott Jones, collection, from its first holdings to its most of this intimate room. In honor of this important ������������� through adventures in interactive discovery, Ingrid Mwangi, Harold Offeh, Jefferson recent acquisitions. Paintings by Beauford aspect of Harlem’s history, SMH is a new home Liberty Science Center is the NJ - NY area's Delaney and Norman Lewis, for example, for hoofers! Tap dancers – elders and young THREE HOT SHOWS Pinder, Marc Andre Robinson, Rudy preeminent not-for-profit science education Shepherd, and Shinique Smith. are presented alongside works by David people alike – are invited to take the floor at - Beauty & The Beast center. Liberty Science Center has welcomed Hammons, Quentin Morris, Alison Saar and these quarterly jam sessions! These spring - The Lion King over 7 million guests since opening in 1993. Lorna Simpson. Spanning over fifty years, sessions will be hosted by Ayodele Casel, who - AIDA COLLECTION IN CONTEXT Liberty Science Center has unveiled plans for The latest installation of the ongoing Permanent these historic works explore richness of ideas legendary figure Gregory Hines once called CALL: 212-703-1040 or 800-439-9000 a major building expansion and renovation. Collection series, Collection in Context, this and imagery of the African diaspora throughout “one of the top young tap dancers…in the world FAX: 212-703-1085 Construction is scheduled to begin early in intimate exhibition continues the investigation Africa, Europe and the Americas today. Work today.” Free! Space/seating is available on a EMAIL: 2005 and completion is scheduled for 2007. of the formation and development of the by black artists living and working in Africa and first-come, first-served basis. [email protected] During construction, Liberty Science Center will Europe, such as Mark Brandenburg, Samuel museum’s collection and its critical role in FAMILY FUN WEB: relocate to the Central Railroad of New Jersey the history of the institution. Photography Fosso, Chris Ofili, Tracey Rose and Malik www.disneyonbroadway.com/groups Terminal in Liberty State Park. Sidibe are also included in this unprecedented Looking for something fun to do on a Saturday has been a primary medium for many artists other than watch the cartoons on TV? Bring For more information, call 201-200-1000 of African descent and an area of interest to exhibition dedicated to artistic cultivation and CAMP FAIR or visit www.lsc.org growth. the family as we explore the Fall 2003 the institution. The Permanent Collection of exhibitions! Become an artist in a hands-on Resources For Children With Special The Studio Museum in Harlem began thirty Needs, Inc. presents: Special Camp Fair workshop and create your own works of art! years ago when the museum began accepting VITAL EXPRESSIONS IN AMERICAN ART: SMH acknowledges the need for families to 2005 - Summer Programs for Children with ����������� works from generous donors and artists. PERFORMANCE AT SMH Disabilities - Free Admission!!! spend time together. Hoping to nurture bonds Today it numbers over 1600 works of art. The Thursday, June 17, 8pm between parents and their children through art, When?: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11am - 3pm THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM Collection in Context sserieseries uusesses nnewew sstrategiestrategies Vital Expressions introduces and illuminates 144 West 125 St., NYC 10027 the Museum offers programs and activities that Where?: Church of St. Paul the Apostle to highlight the key holdings and expand the connections between the visual arts and allow families to share in the creative process. 405 West 59th Street (Entrance to Fair on Phone: 212-864-4500 dialogue around African-American art and other disciplines. SMH remains committed to Columbus Avenue near West 60th Street) Fax: 212-864-4800 artists of African descent. Collection in Context providing a cultural and historical context for the Web: www.StudioMuseum.org VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Manhattan focuses on black and white photography. visual arts through concerts and performances SMH has grown and so has our need for • Meet the camp directors EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW THROUGH Artists included in the exhibition are Dawoud of music, theatre and dance. volunteers. There are many volunteer • Get a free copy of the Camp Guide 2005 JULY 4, 2004 Bey, Lorna Simpson, Gordon Parks and For more than a decade and counting, SMH opportunities at SMH that are important to • No child care will be available but children Malick Sidibe among others. This installation has served as a host site for the noted JVC continuing the Museum‘s overall operation are invited to attend VENI VIDI VIDEO II features new gifts to the Collection and Jazz Festival. This year the T.S. Monk Sextet and success. For answers to your immediate For more information call: Resources for In 47 BC Julius Caesar coined the phrase recent work acquired by the SMH Acquisition — led by first-rate drummer and son of questions, please contact Carol Martin, Children with Special Needs, Inc. Gary “Veni, Vidi, Vici,” meaning “I came, I saw, I Committee. legendary pianist Thelonious Monk – will keep Assistant to Education & Public Programs/ Shulman, MS. Ed. 212-677-4650 conquered.” Echoing this aphorism, the phrase the pulse swinging. Other members of this Volunteer Coordinator at 212.864.4500 x 258 or “Veni Vidi Video” conjures the immediacy SUMMER 2004: JULY 15 – SEPTEMBER 25 phenomenal group include: Winston Byrd, by email at [email protected]. of video documentation, as time, place and trumpet; Dave Jackson, bass; Bob Porcelli, ������ narrative are recorded, edited and re-presented. ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE 2003-2004 alto sax; Helen Sung, piano; and Willie In loose translation, “I came, I saw, I videoed” This annual exhibition will feature the work Williams, tenor sax. ����������� LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER alludes to the accessibility and the variety that of the 2003-2004 Artists-in-Residence at The $15 (at the door, general public), $12 (in video art affords. As an artistic medium, video Studio Museum in Harlem: Dave McKenzie, advance, members, seniors and students). ADELPHI ACADEMY 251 Phillip Street., LIberty State Park 718-238-3308 ext: 213 Jersey City New Jersey can take on multiple trajectories, techniques Wangechi Mutu, and William Villalongo. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited and sensibilities. The first presentation in the Conceived at the formation of the Studio and available on a first-come, first-served basis. www.adelphiacademy.org THE CICADAS ARE COMING Veni Vidi Video series at the Studio Museum Museum over 30 years ago, the A-I-R program Please call 212/864-4500 x264 to register. The Open House Dates for 2004: You may be wondering: "What's all that noise? was mounted in January 2003 and included and exhibition remain central to the Museum’s JVC Jazz Festival is presented by George Wein Wednesday, June 16 (12pm - 2pm) What are all those bugs? Are they dangerous? work by emerging artists such as Iona Brown, identity. Distinguished alumni include Chakaia and Festival Productions, Inc. Location: 8515 Ridge Blvd., Brooklyn, NY Do they sting? Are they poisonous? Dr. Betty Jonathan Calm, Rico Gatson and Rodney Booker, David Hammons, Kerry James 11209 Faber, an entomologist (insect expert) at Liberty McMillan. The programs were divided into Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Alison Saar and HOOFERS’ HOUSE Science Center is available to answer questions areas of global and local migration, Americana Nari Ward. Friday, June 25, 7pm �������������� about the very noticeable change in the world and pop culture, an digital abstraction. Veni Vidi Have you ever heard of the “Hoofers’ Club?” of NJ insects this May and June. If you are Video II includes 17 short videos by 13 young SEEDS AND ROOTS: SELECTIONS FROM From the 1920s through the 1940s, Harlem’s THE ADD RESOURCE CENTER seeing and hearing millions of wierd-looking, video artists. Divided into three new programs, THE PERMANENT COLLECTION Comedy Club on 131st, owned by Lonnie Practical help for living with attention and noisy bugs with wings and a hard shell, you are Veni Vidi Video II examines several topical Installed in the main gallery, Seeds and Roots: Hicks, was the home for the legendary Hoofers’ related disorders, seminars, courses, lucky enough to be witnessing a spectacular discourses in video art, such as digital imagery, Selections from the Permanent Collection Club. The back room was a site of learning, workshops and services for children, parents, and unusual event that happens only every 221 parody in film and television, performance will present over thirty works of art by 20th listening and creativity for those interested adults, employers and educators. years - the emergence of both 13 and 17 year art and political iconography. Artists include: century black artists. This selection of gifts in tap dance. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, King Call in NYC (646) 205-8080 or cicadas (sometimes called locusts). This event Ina Diane Archer, Michael Paul Britto, Zoë and acquisitions illustrates the depth and Rastus Brown, John Bubbles, Charles Honi Westchester/CT (914) 763-5648, will not occur again until 2225! Charlton, JN. Ulrick Désert, Stephanie diversity of the Studio Museum’s permanent Coles and many more crossed the threshold [email protected] 16 SPECIAL EDUCATION ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ JUNE 2004 Nimble Numeracy: Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Part I Fluency in Counting & Basic Arithmetic—Oxton House Publishers ome children have difficulty with basic arithmetic simply (but not obviously) because they don’t understand our number By CECELIA M. McCARTON, M.D. criteria, among them qualitative impairment of language. They don’t automatically see how the word patterns reflect what the numerals mean. Many children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the new verbal and nonverbal language, communication Sdifficulty reading fluently also have great difficulty memorizing the basic arithmetic facts. Many of them also have trouble becoming fluent with our counting system. This often results in slow learning of arithmetic concepts, slow processing of arithmetic epidemic. It was first described by Dr. Kanner in and imaginative play.; no speech, facial expres- problems, and inaccurate computations, even when they know the algorithms. 1943 and for years was thought to be a relatively sion, gestures or pointing; unintelligible jargon, Nimble Numeracy is an excellent supplement to any elementary mathematics curriculum for students who need help becoming rare disorder. Ten years ago, the rate of occur- and echolalia fluent with the language of counting or with the operations of basic arithmetic. It explains how to teach our counting system, how to rence was one in 2500 children. Steadily, the Making the Diagnosis: If a child exhibits the work with the base-ten place-value system, and how to teach the four basic arithmetic operations. In its approach to counting, this book develops a solid understanding of the concepts underlying this system. It interweaves teaching activities for regrouping that rates have declined to 1:500 children, to 1:250 behaviors associated with ASD, it is imperative help children master efficient ways to add and subtract large numbers. It extends these ideas to an understanding of the relationship children, to the current figures of 1:166 children. that he be seen by a pediatrician, pediatric neurol- between addition and subtraction and between multiplication and division, and from there to a sense of how simple fractions work. How or why defies current knowledge, but we do ogist or a developmental pediatrician. The indi- A major emphasis is on developing fluent use of the language needed for working in these areas and for communicating with other know we have a serious, steadily rising disorder vidual must have experience with ASD and be people about these skills and concepts. Its strategies foster a clear understanding of the base-ten numeration system and place-value concepts, areas that the NCTM Standards 2000 document calls “absolutely essential” for the mathematics of the early grades. on our hands. ASD occurs across all economic familiar with its manifestations. Unfortunately, at The activities presented in this book are easy to do with individuals, small groups, or whole classrooms of students. Only very basic ethnic and geographic groups. It could happen this point, there are no biochemical or neurora- materials are needed for the activities and, other than ordinary things to count, displays of the required materials are included in the to any family and the psychological, economic diologic studies that can determine the diagnosis book for photocopying by any teacher, parent, or tutor. and education impact is stretching the capacity of ASD. The diagnosis is based on the observa- Dr. Phyllis Fischer, the book’s author, is known for her knowledge on how children learn. She is currently a Professor of Learning of families, intervention agencies and schools to tion of consistent, atypical behaviors. # Disabilities at the University of Maine at Farmington. She has embraced the needs of students and the educators who work with them for over 30 years. Beginning as a third grade teacher in Hopkins, Minnesota, Dr. Fischer’s career has progressed to include supervision meet the pressing needs of the children. Intervention Programs & Prognosis, Part II, of a clinic for children with learning disabilities, serving as a school consultant for students with special academic needs, teaching at the What Exactly is Autistic Spectrum next month. university level for over 25 years, and conducting professional presentations nationwide on fluency in reading, math, handwriting, and Disorder?ASD is a neurological disorder, which Dr. Cecelia McCarton is the founder of the reading comprehension.# For more information about Oxton House Publishers call 800-539-7323. occurs in 4 times as many boys as girls. To McCarton Center, a school for autistic children acquire this diagnosis, a child must meet several on E. 82nd St. in NYC. The Sterling School hehe interviewsinterviews withwith anthropologistsanthropologists andand neuroscientistsneuroscientists bothboth concludingconcluding thatthat unlikeunlike spokenspoken languagelanguage reading/writingreading/writing areare notnot hardhard wiredwired activitiesactivities ofof thethe humanhuman brainbrain camecame asas a surprisesurprise toto manymany inin thethe audience.audience. ThatThat theythey areare justjust tootoo newnew inin evolutionaryevolutionary Ttimetime andand thereforetherefore mustmust bebe taughttaught mademade sensesense toto thethe audienceaudience ofof educators,educators, parentsparents andand others.others. FromFrom interviewsinterviews withwith expertsexperts like Paula Talal, chief of neuroscience at Rutgers and Reid Lyons, U.S dept. of Education was clear that lack of mastery, and fluency The McCarton Center for with reading/writing skills are a national problem not confined to those with learning disabilities. One of the Children of the code projects goals is to start a national dialogue between parents, students, educators, scientists, linguists, etc. so that a greater number of children, especially those in poverty or suffering from a learning disability can profit from research based teaching and therefore be able to gain the skills our modern society demands. Developmental Pediatrics To the educator’s at The Sterling School and Bay Ridge Preparatory School the preliminary conclusions drawn from David Bolton’s Children of the Code project comes as no surprise. Both schools have curriculum based on the most up-to-date research, use multi- sensory methodology, and directly teach all skills to meet the individual students needs. The Sterling School serves children in grades Teaching Skills to Reach Beyond 2- 6, with language based learning disorders (Dyslexia). Ruth Arberman, the Director, explained the importance of not only remediating academic deficits, but pushing and expanding a child’s knowledge base and strengths. Because English is so idiomatic, and irregular in many ways it is especially important to teach the structure of the language and provide strategies to deal with its irregularities. Services include diagnosis, speech/language therapy, For example: That the Greeks invented Math and Science and those words came into English from Latin, so think: Ph for the F sound if the subject matter is math/science ie: physics, photograph etc. One of the goals of this small intimate school is to help occupational therapy, ABA therapy and Social Skills Groups. the students see themselves as someone who can learn, thereby undoing the “shame” that David Bolton speaks of. The Bay Ridge Preparatory School is also a small school (K-12) whose scholastic program applies the most recent advances in educational research. This school has a bridge program (grades 6- 8) which concentrates on strengthening fluency, writing skills and math by utilizing small 350 East 82nd Street class instruction for students who continue to need reinforcement and direct teaching in the middle school years. It’s supportive staff keys into the needs of adolescent learners stressing academic and social/emotional growth. It is just these areas that suffer when a child New York, New York 10028 does not do well in school. The children interviewed in the Code project remarked that they avoided reading, didn’t feel competent in school and saw himself or herself as “stupid”. It is just this type of negative scripts that the staff, curriculum, and methodology at both Sterling and Bay Ridge Prep are designed to negate and also these issues that David Bolton hopes his “Children of the Code” project will begin to negate on a national level.# For more information or to become involved visit www.childrenofthecode.org. For information about The Sterling (212) 996-9019 School visit www.sterlingschool.com. For information about Bay Ridge Preparatory School visit www.bayridgeprep.com JUNE 2004 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ SPECIAL EDUCATION 17 Commissioner Matthew Sapolin: Making a Difference for People with Disabilities

By JOAN BAUM, Ph.D. To achieve its goal of bringing together men- years of experience as co-executive director of the It’s as though October 20 were right around tors—local employers and corporate leaders—and Queens Independent Living Center, Coordinator the corner for Matthew P. Sapolin, Executive mentees—those seeking full and part-time jobs of the Client Assistance Program for the Center Director of the Mayor’s Office for People with and internships—MOPD is mobilizing business for Independence of the Disabled in New York, Disabilities (MOPD). With a rush in his voice, an leaders and alerting academic institutions and the and as a graduate of the Wagner School of Public eagerness to note everything of importance about media. An April job fair held at the Pennsylvania Health Administration at NYU. Blind since the how he and his staff are preparing for that day, Hotel hosted 150 vendors and a “packed” house age of five, Sapolin loses not a nanosecond in zip- the commissioner is moving on all fronts. His of job seekers. A “tandem networking” event was ping through computer files fishing for informa- office is partnering that day with The American held in May, and on September 15 a Career Expo tion. Though he thinks it important that a disabled Association of People with Disabilities, which will be held in conjunction with the Department person heads MOPD, he wants business in the has designated New York City as the national of Youth Services and Community Development. city to hire not disabled people but finance folks, focus site of Disability Mentoring Day. The Not a placement agency MOPD’s main charge is people who are specialists in human services, event, for Sapolin, will mark both a culmination to bring “awareness” to a wide and diverse popu- writers, computer experts—professionals who of the “big three” activities of his office—atten- lation. The Fortune 500 companies are pretty happen to be disabled. A statement made recently Commissioner Matthew Sapolin tion to housing, transportation and employment knowledgeable about MOPD, Sapolin says, hav- by a visiting attorney from Sydney, Australia needs—and a rededication of updated goals. ing put aside, like J.P. Morgan Chase, special sums up Sapolin’s sentiments: “A city’s sophis- Though Sapolin has been in his position for only in the development of City policies, programs, funding to attract persons with disabilities. The tication is best judged by the manner in which it a year and a half, MOPD is 31 years old, having and services.” That mission translates for the challenge is to involve the smaller businesses, looks after the access issues for its citizens with been established by then Mayor Abraham Beame Commissioner as serving the needs of the disabled “to let them know about the benefits of hiring the disabilities.” The Commissioner is out to ensure “to serve as a liaison between City government by direct intervention, collaboration with, and disabled.” And of course, to let the disabled know that the City’s activities, institutions and infra- and disabled individuals and organizations repre- referral to, other agencies, and promoting aware- they have “voice and visibility” in his office, an structure not only “mirror our society,” but project senting or serving New Yorkers with disabilities.” ness, particularly about jobs—the emphasis of ironic phrase, perhaps, were it not for the fact that its best, most humane and civilizing values.# In particular, MOPD works to ensure that people Disability Day. According to national data, at least demonstrating ability is what Matthew Sapolin For information on Disability Mentoring Day with disabilities—approximately 56 million chil- 70% of persons with disabilities who are available himself is all about. and for a complete list of publications call: (212) dren and adults in the country—”are considered for meaningful work remain unemployed. Only in his mid-thirties, Sapolin brings with him 788-2830 or visit www.nyc.gov/html/mopd.

turn to ballet when things were tough and when again competed in the Miss Alabama Pageant in tears, she proudly accepted her crown. Heather Young Writers she felt disconnected with the rest of the world. 1994. This was a special year for Heather because not only became the first deaf Miss America, continued from page 15 Dancing was Heather’s way of expressing herself all of her hard work and determination finally but also the first Miss America with any kind of and making her feel like she had a purpose in paid off when she was crowned Miss Alabama. disability. Through this incredible honor, Heather which teaches deaf children to use their residual life, despite her deafness. While struggling with That same year, Heather went on to compete in proved to herself and to the rest of the world that hearing to learn to speak. Heather’s hearing was school and other hardships, like her parents’ the Miss America Pageant. She wowed both the you can overcome all difficulties and obstacles improved by a hearing aid and she eventually divorce, Heather was continuing to develop her audience and the judges. When a decision finally to make your dreams come true. She showed learned to read lips and to speak. This program talent, which she saw as a blessing from God. had to be made… everyone that all you have to do to succeed is greatly helped Heather overcome at least one of As her dancing talent was improving, she began “… Heather Whitestone!” Applause and cheer- just to believe in yourself and have a whole lot her obstacles and provided her with an opportu- entering certain contests and pageants. In 1992 ing roared from the approving and excited audi- of perseverance. She also paved the way for oth- nity to attend public school. and 1993, Heather was first runner-up in the Miss ence. Heather’s disability prevented her from ers with a disability to follow their dreams and As a young child, Heather developed a special Alabama Pageant. Heather was devastated, know- hearing this miraculous announcement. Only achieve their goals. Heather Whitestone became love for dancing. Dance used body language, not ing that she came so close but was still unable to when the first runner-up patted her on the shoul- a worldwide icon to people with disabilities and words, to express emotion. As a child with a dis- make it all the way to the top. As she was about to der and pointed at her, did Heather realize that she people with all dreams because she didn’t give up ability, dance was Heather’s refuge. She would give up, her perseverance stepped in and she once became Miss America. Overfilled with joy and and kept on smiling.#

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our school have learned from Maria how to advo- activities. Ms. Lippe often calls parents and INTRODUCTION cate for inclusive education. She invites them to encourages feedback on students’ work and Education Update wwelcomeselcomes our AAdvisorydvisory BBoard,oard, DDr.r. CCharlotteharlotte K. FFrank,rank, SSeniorenior VVice-Presidentice-President see the success of our students as they participate personal issues, which may affect a student’s their everyday classroom activities as well as in day. She is always available for visits and of McGraw-Hill and former Regent of New York State; Dr. Augusta Souza Kappner, President Science Fairs, Dance Festivals, Chorus clubs, Art partakes in school activities and parent eve- of Bank Street College of Education; Dr. Alfred Posamentier, Dean of School of Education of classes, Assemblies, etc. The parents have asked ning meetings. City College of NY; Dr. Pola Rosen, Publisher, Education Update; Adam Sugerman, Publisher, for more information to be presented at Parent- Name of nominator: Ms. Lucille A. Palmiche Press; Laurie Tisch Sussman, Chairman, The Center for Arts Education and Honorary Teacher Association meetings, so they can learn Cardinale, Principal Chair, Children’s Museum of Manhattan. The Board makes the final decisions on the teachers more about inclusive education. The entire school community has now welcomed Mrs. Crowe and to be honored each month. her students. The best comments we receive say Mirta Gallego In 2003, Education Update began the traditiontradition ofof honoringhonoring teachersteachers eacheach monthmonth forfor theirtheir how one cannot tell the difference between our Name of School: CS 211, Bronx outstanding work on the “frontiers” of education. We are now continuing the tradition of recog- students and the others without disabilities when Mrs. Betty Gonzalez-Soto, Principal nizing outstanding teachers which will culminate in a ceremony on June 21, 2004 at the Cornell they are working together side-by-side! Ms. Laura Rodriguez, Superintendent Club, 6 East 44th Street, New York. Name of nominator: Joan Washington, Network 7/Region 2 Principal Student Progress: The Early Childhood Teachers are the backbone of our educational system. They richly deserve the recognition that Literacy Assessment System, the Developmental Education Update giv giveses them. Con Congratulationsgratulations to thi thiss mo month’snth’s OOutstandingutstanding TTeacherseachers ooff t thehe Reading Assessment, interim benchmark tests, Month in recognition of the vital role they play in our childrens’ lives. Angela Florio-Lippe and inventories indicate significant student —Dr. Pola Rosen, Publisher The Forest Park School-P.S. 97, Queens progress. Student folders in reading, writing, Ms. Lucille A. Cardinale, Principal and math also evidence improved student per- Dr. Kathleen Cashin, Superintendent formance. District 27/Region 5 Innovative Teaching Strategies: Ms. Student Progress: Angela Gallego is a veteran teacher who never stops TEACHERS OF THE MONTH Florio-Lippe is an out- trying to improve her craft. She uses a mul- standing fourth grade tidisciplinary approach to author studies that UNE teacher. Due to the high encourages children to explore the world J 2004 stakes that the state has of literacy. The children really get excited Bonita Bua Maria Crowe placed on students there are about the extensions introduced. Ultimately, P.S. 97 The Forest Park School, Queens PS 811Q, Little Neck, NY many forms of evaluation the miracle happens: children read and write. Lucille Cardinale, Principal Joan Washington, Principal such as Princeton Review, It is her planning and uncanny ability to Dr. Kathleen Cashin, Superintendent Dr. Susan Erber, Superintendent Kaplan Tests as well as design new and fun activities for her students District 27/Region 5 District/Region: 75/3 tests administered by the teacher on a weekly that lead to the students’ academic success. Student Progress: The stu- Student Progress: Maria basis. These evaluations enabled her to assess the Ms. Gallego facilitates learning. She allows dents in Mrs. Bua’s class Crowe is a special edu- levels of students in the class. Ms. Lippe main- for students to apply what they learn. Her showed progress in their cation teacher supporting tains and updates logs, confers with students and room always has student projects in progress. work through ECLAS students with severe dis- maintains work folders on each child, allowing You’ll see quilt making, dioramas, paintings assessment as well as abilities in general educa- her to understand the needs of every child. and bookmaking; not all students will be informal assessment con- tion classes full time. The Innovative Teaching Strategies: In her class- doing the exact same thing because she plans ducted throughout the year students eligible for stan- room Ms. Lippe uses a variety of strategies to with their strengths and weaknesses in mind. in math and literacy. Mrs. dardized test-taking have motivate students. Technology is incorporated She groups for reading to help students at Bua keeps a log on each increased their scores by whenever possible. She has a “Smart Board” their instructional level, but she challenges individual student. In her log she writes anecdotes one grade level or more this year. Ms. Crowe which she won in a district-wide contest for them to excel by providing wonderful activi- about the performance of each student and uses utilizes data-folios for her alternate assessment incorporating technology. She uses this technical ties that are usually thematic. this to differentiate instruction. As a kindergarten students highlighting their performance on skills equipment to demonstrate how to surf the web Motivating Students: Through the years, teacher, she embraces each child who enters her using pre- and post-testing, self-evaluations, and highlight and use information for research most of Ms. Gallego’s students have been classroom and has successfully guided them into informal testing, and observations. Anecdotal project. reading at or above grade level when pro- a print-rich classroom environment. Each stu- evidence is compiled into data showing progress Motivating Students: Students work on lap- moted to 2nd grade. This is due to her brand dent is able to reach his or her own personal best in all subject areas and in socialization. top computers with partners to write and edit of teaching: experienced but always will- regardless of prior school experience. Innovative Teaching Strategies: Mrs. Crowe’s published pieces. Students are also familiar to ing to incorporate new ideas. Her teaching Innovative Teaching Strategies: Mrs. Bua uses innovations have no boundaries. Maria has working in collaborative groups. For example, immerses her students on a daily basis in the innovative teaching strategies such as adapting designed several inclusive education adaptations they created a database of Olympic Sports, which activities that result in meeting performance curriculum to meet the learning style or interests of to ensure her students are successful work- was then published into a book. She has created standards. Attendance is always above 90%. each individual student. Some of these strategies ing besides their same-age peers. Mrs. Crowe an atmosphere in which students are partnered to The writing produced by the students is amaz- include using different materials, book and sup- uses graphic organizers, timers, adapted books, help each other. ing. Students talk about legends and folktales. plies and making adaptations to the environment. calculators, templates, photographs, timelines, Parent/Community Involvement: She keeps They understand fiction versus nonfiction. It is important to her that every child finds learning symbols, and more to simplify the work so that parents involved in her classroom activities by They produce cookbooks, letters, poems and enjoyable and interesting. Mrs. Bua is compas- her students can understand the what is being encouraging them to work with their children retellings. She publishes student work that sionate and flexible to the needs of her students. presented. She is also a team-teacher, work- and help them to attain information needed for fills up 4 to 5 boards every month. Motivating Students: Mrs. Bua motivates and ing beside her general education colleagues to classroom themes. Parents are invited on class Parent/Community Involvement: Ms. involves her students in classroom activities by get a better handle on all of the students. Mrs. trips and to participate in classroom theme Gallego talks to parents on an ongoing basis. involving the students in the planning and deliv- Crowe assists the class with at-risk students not ery of activities and projects. She plans themes on her roster. She provides the special education that are of interest to the students and provides techniques of individualized and differentiated PREVIOUS OUTSTANDING TEACHERS OF THE MONTH, 2003-2004 activities for many different levels. Hence, stu- instruction as a model for all to use. Mrs. Crowe dents are both engaged and challenged at their utilizes sensory integration, manipulatives, yoga, Teresa Foley Gina Refano Olga Economos level. One example of her thematic planning music, and stress management to keep students PS/IS 126 New Dorp HS Offsite Educational Services included the decoration of her classroom as an and staff focused. Jose Montanez, Principal Dierdre A. DeAngelis, Principal Robert Zweig, Principal Egyptian Temple. The lessons included having Motivating Students: Mrs. Crowe’s adapta- Peter Heaney, Superintendent Michelle Fratti, Superintendent Marsha Lyles, Superintendent the students appreciate the art and culture of the tions and modifications keep students motivated ancient world. She made connections to literacy and on task. When the work is too difficult, she Pearl Halegua Christine Soraghan Barbara Morochnick through read aloud and responding to the lit- uses fewer words in the vocabulary list and sim- PS 196 Queens Vocational & Technical HS erature. She had her students write letters using plifies the stories in a creative, stimulating way. Sylvia Hammer, Principal Denise Vittor, Principal Elba Lopez, Principal Judith Chin, Superintendent Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent Irma Zardoya, Superintendent hieroglyphics as other students used a key to She invites interested parties to visit to see the translate the meanings. varied resources she has created for individual Jennifer Hunter Dr. Gary Spindler Daniel Jaye Parent/Community Involvement: Mrs. Bua students’ needs. When students have problems Queens Vocational & Technical HS New Dorp HS Stuyvesant HS is a member of the Woodhaven community and following the general education guidelines, such Denise Vittor, Principal Dierdre A. DeAngelis, Principal Stanley Teitel, Principal maintains open communication with the parents as keeping a journal for response to literature, Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent Michelle Fratti, Superintendent Peter Heaney, Superintendent of the students in her class. She has an open door Mrs. Crowe steps in. After mini-lessons she tran- policy where parents join students on field trips, scribes what the students’ response to the litera- Sari Jacobs Josephine Coskie Elyse Stefanishin special events, and during everyday instruction. ture is. She encourages the students to verbalize PS 96 PS 88 PS 151K She works closely with volunteers who read with their thoughts, as she records them. The children Victor Lopez, Principal Dr. Ellen Margolin, Principal Mrs. Jeanette Sosa, Principal the children as well as help with other needs. She then read the “sample,” and re-writes it following Lucille Swarns, Superintendent Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent is available at every conference, is a member of the format: write, review, edit, type final copy. the School Leadership Team, attends PA activities All of Mrs. Crowe’s teaching is made fun, in the Maria Perdios Danielle DeMartini Ernestine Belton and communicates with parents regularly. form of games that are hands-on, using the kin- |IS 174 PS 16Q Community School 152 As principal, I truly am delighted to recognize esthetic, tactile approach. The intent is always to Anthony Orzo, Principal Audrey Murphy, Principal Karen Underwood, Principal Mrs. Bua as an outstanding educator. keep the children interested and engaged. Laura Rodriguez, Superintendent Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent Laura Rodriquez, Superintendent Name of nominator: Lucille Cardinale Parent/Community Involvement: Parents in 19 UTSTANDING EACHERS O T , 2003-2004 JUNE 2004 | EDUCATION UPDATE

She starts by sending a letter to her September esteem and success through participation in community as they learn and collaborate. of Dimes. For City Harvest, the class and their parents in June. Her practice is to inform parents numerous performances in our school and in Name of nominator: Elaine Brittenum parents collected over 200 cans of food. of what is expected of their children from the very public (Senior Citizens Center) Ms. Sturm is an outstanding educator who is a beginning. She feels children are only as success- Promotes the linkage of multiple class- lifelong learner. She continues to grow as a pro- ful as parents will help them to be. She teaches es for weekly assembly programs where the Pat Sturm fessional and is an asset to Public School 97. any parent that will listen how to work with their Kindergarten to Grade 5 perform plays, skits and The Forest Park School - P.S. 97, Queens Name of nominator: Ms. Lucille A. Cardinale child. At times, she’ll have a parent attend class musicals. Ms. Lucille A. Cardinale, Principal to observe the routines. Her belief is that parents Parent/Community Involvement: Creating/ Dr. Kathleen Cashin, Superintendent have to help with discipline so that children can organizing, promoting and accompanying all acts District 27/Region 5 Shirley Wang learn. Ms. Gallego is an amazing teacher! at our Winter & Spring Concerts. Student Progress: Ms. Marathon School, PS 811, Queens Name of nominator: Margarita Rodriguez, Creating/organizing promoting and accompa- Strum uses innovative Joan Washington, Principal Literacy Coach nying all acts at our June Staff Talent Show. teaching strategies in her Dr. Susan Erber, Superintendent Promoting and linking our children to cul- classroom. She has created District 75 tural events where the children perform (i.e. a database for students to Student Progress: Shirley’s Steve Goldring NYS Association of Bilingual Educators annual record research informa- eye for detail was a tremen- P.S.95, Queens conference; JFK International Airport Hispanic tion. She facilitates the use dous asset in the classroom. Dr. Aura Gangemi, Principal Celebrations—annually; Invited participants for of computers to differenti- In addition to anticipating Ms. Judith Chin, Superintendent the Annual Martin Luther King Celebration at ate instruction. Ms. Sturm the needs of the students, District 29/Region 3 the Queensborough Public Library; Holiday vis- coaches students through the process of creating she was able to anticipate Student Progress: Our its with the Eastwood International Children’s slide shows of their work. She integrates life skills the teacher’s needs. Her children have performed Chorus to Senior Citizens Center) into the curriculum as well as enriching the lives superb organizational skills on Broadway, Rockefeller Name of nominator: Dr. Aura Gangemi, of students who have created special items for contributed to a well-run Center (A CChristmashristmas CCarolarol),), Principal loved ones. In addition, her students create books classroom; a notebook, hat or mitten rarely went at Annual Conferences (NYS for the kindergarten students to read. She heads a missing. This was such a help to the classroom Association of Bilingual school biography fair every year where students teacher who was confident in the knowledge that Educators; JFK International Patricia Sibley on all grade levels are encouraged to come to instructional and hygiene supplies were always Airport Annual Hispanic P.S.140, Queens school dressed as their favorite person in history available for use. Shirley’s extraordinary artistic Cultural Celebration) and Elaine Brittenum, Principal and allow other students to interview them. talent is another of her strengths. Among other numerous other sites with pride and a full sense of Harold Wilson, LIS, Superintendent Innovative Teaching Strategies: Student prog- talents, she was accomplished in the art of paper accomplishment. District/Region: 28Q/3 ress is showed by comparing scores on Princeton cutting and could take a student’s abstract render- The children in our building are 90-95% immi- Student Progress: Mrs. Sibley’s Technology Club Review Tests, Kaplan Tests, and ECLAS assess- ing in paint/crayon to help create a very special grants or children of immigrants—their diverse is definitely a group on the move. The students’ ments. Students are also evaluated on a daily bulletin board. cultural backgrounds are highlighted and support- essays and interviewing skills are reflected in their basis through running records in reading and Innovative Teaching Strategies: From her ed by the music and the presentations that occur bi-monthly school-wide newsletters. The students teacher created tests given after completing vari- first day at work Shirley showed herself to be a under Mr. Goldring’s tutelage. As a result he is enjoy interviewing staff for their newsletter article; ous units of study. Throughout the year work is dedicated and conscientious individual. But, it is beloved & respected by the entire community. the research columns are less than spectacular—I collected in work folders so progress can be seen her patience and meticulousness that are so out- Due to his innovative style and teaching skills, have learned much from their research. on a regular basis. standing. Shirley was superbly skilled at teaching the children have learned to read music and The children are confident, independent and Motivating Students: In Ms. Sturm’s class, our most physically challenged students to feed sing in three-part harmony. These exercises in ambitious in doing an expert job. student motivation was evident at the recent themselves. She carried out dysphasia programs learning have enriched the reading, writing and Innovative Teaching Strategies: Mrs. Sibley biography fair held to honor famous Americans. for children having difficulty swallowing, under comprehensive skills of both the children in and her Technology Club wanted to participate After extensive research, students dressed as the direction of school therapists, with dedication the chorus and those that perform at the weekly in the upcoming AIDS walk-a-thon and wrote their chosen famous person, signed autographs and loving care. She took her time, first ensur- assembly programs. a grant for Newsday Future Corps. They were and answered questions from the entire school ing that her student was positioned optimally in Innovative Teaching Strategies: He is always rewarded with the grant and are now participants and invited guests. Students’ motivation is also his/her wheelchair, making the necessary adjust- working with the chorus during his lunch, his in the May 16, 2004 AIDS walk-a-thon spon- evident in their current study of Ireland. When ments as needed, setting up all the student’s prep periods, before school in large groups as sored by NYC. This is the club’s 2nd grant from visitors enter the classroom they are greeted with mealtime equipment, making sure that student well as small groups. Newsday Future Corps. Patricia was a winner in “Failte” welcome in Gaelic. She was also the was relaxed, and finally following proper feed- Chaperoning and preparing our children as they SY 2002-2003. She recently met someone from winner of “Readers are Leaders” challenge for ing techniques demonstrated by either classroom perform on Broadway, Rockefeller Center (“A Verizon and persuaded him to adopt P.S. 140’s the best book reports in third grade where highly teacher, speech, occupational or physical thera- Christmas Carol”) and other venues outside of Technology Club. Kudos! motivated students are identified. pists. Shirley never rushed her students. Instead, the school setting. Motivating Students: The Technology Club Parent/Community Involvement: During she allowed her students to take all the time they Promotes the enthusiastic celebration of the mul- produces their own school-wide newsletters; par- Penny Harvest parents and children collected needed to finish their meals even if it meant that ticultural nature of our school and our children. ticipating in the NYC AIDS walk-a-thon and pennies with their children and donated the she remained in the cafeteria or the classroom Created and promoted an annual Flag Day looking for more pledges. The Duke-a-teers are proceeds to charity. The class was awarded the with a student long after all others proceeded Celebration that promoted patriotism for the walking May 16,2004 under the direction of Mrs. “Common Cents NY Grant” for buddy reading to the next activity. Shirley was totally engaged entire school. Sibley,parents and staff. and the creation of student made books for kin- with whichever student she worked with, no mat- Through his research, he has brought to our com- Parent/Community Involvement: Mrs. Sibley dergarten. In addition, during the biography fair ter his/her level of disability. Similarly, Shirley munity the newest music as well as new arrange- offers technology workshop on Saturdays to parents sewed costumes and invited the entire took no shortcuts when toileting her students, ments to old favorites, i.e. Star Spangle Banner, the parent community. She instructs parents in: community to attend. During the Marathon she ensuring that all buttons were buttoned, wrinkled new Bengali/Indian music and Latin music. Power Point, Hyperstudio, creating web pages, involved parents to participate. Both students undershirts smoothed out, and all belts and straps Motivating Students: Helps promote self- etc. The workshops are agents to bond the parent marched in October to raise money for the March reattached precisely. Motivating Students: Shirley was educated and worked as a trained architect in Mainland PREVIOUS OUTSTANDING TEACHERS OF THE MONTH, 2003-2004 China for many years. She left China during the oppression of the Cultural Revolution for the Olga Economos Lisa Lafontant Victoria Sottile Beth Rodger freedom of America. Upon her arrival in this Offsite Educational Services PS 329 Leon M. Goldstein HS PS/IS 208 country Shirley supported her family by cleaning Robert Zweig, Principal Mrs. Anita Garcia, Principal Joseph Zaza, Principal Mr. James Philemy, Principal houses while she was learning English. When Marsha Lyles, Superintendent Michelle Fratti, Superintendent Gloria Buckery, Superintendent Judith J. Chin, Superintendent her English skills were sufficient, she gratefully accepted a position as paraprofessional in our Barbara Morochnick Louise Masiello Dolores Molesphini Trum Giovannie Sosa school. PS 33 PS 77K Public School 8 Aviation High School Parent/Community Involvement: Her kind- Elba Lopez, Principal Ivy Sterling, Principal Lisa Esposito, Principal Eileen B. Taylor, Principal ness and genuine affection for our students were Irma Zardoya, Superintendent Dr. Susan Erber, Superintendent Michelle Fratti, Superintendent Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent made evident in the way Shirley worked with Daniel Jaye Linsey Miller Joanne Vitiello Lynette Vazquez our student’s day in and day out. Despite her Stuyvesant HS School: Richard H. Hungerfod School PS 19 PS 33 advanced age (72) and arthritis, Shirley would Stanley Teitel, Principal Judith J. Chin, Superintendent Mary Petrone, Principal Elba Lopez-Spangenberg, Principal gladly aid in lifting even heavy children in Peter Heaney, Superintendent Dr. Mary McInerney, Principal Michelle Fratti, Superintendent Irma Zardoya, Superintendent and out of their wheelchairs. Despite her hear- ing impairment, she would never get frustrated. Elyse Stefanishin Dennis Robinson Steven Bloom Sharon Weissbart Despite her intelligence and abilities she cheer- PS 151K Man. Comprehensive Night and Day HS PS 24 Seton-Falls Elementary PS 111 fully performed all tasks asked of her. Mrs. Jeanette Sosa, Principal Howard A. Friedman, Principal Mark Levine, Principal Julia Rivers-Jones, Principal Name of nominator: Joan Washington, Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent Peter Heaney, Superintendent Irma Zardoya, Superintendent Laura Rodriquez, Superintendent Principal, Sandi Mattes-Schwartz, Teacher, Mark Shifter, Teacher # Ernestine Belton Tania Sanchez Ronald Burger Margaret Breen Community School 152 Eugene T. Maleska IS 125Q Seward Park High School A drawing will be held at the Outstanding Karen Underwood, Principal Anthony Orzo, Principal Judy L. Mittler, Principal Jayne Godlewski, Principal Teachers of the Year ceremony for tickets Laura Rodriquez, Superintendent Laura Rodriguez, Superintendent Reyes Irizarry, Superintendent Peter Heaney, Superintendent to Vienna on Austrian Airlines. 20 GRADUATION AROUND THE NATION �������� �������� Turned Away in 1929, Dorothy Height is Class Features First Brother & Sister Embraced by Barnard College 75 Years Later Combination in NY Fire Dept. History Seventy-five years ago, Dorothy Height was this year received the Congressional Gold Medal turned away from Barnard College, one of the his- for her lifetime of achievements. toric Seven Sisters, during an era of racial quotas “Awarding Dr. Height the long-denied status of in higher education. In 1980, Dr. Height gracious- alumna acknowledges the dark past of American ly accepted the Barnard Medal of Distinction, society. As an alumna, I am proud that Barnard the College’s highest honor, in recognition of has started a dialogue on racial discrimination, her inspiring national leadership on civil rights. a necessary component of the process of healing Recently, Dr. Height was honored again with the and justice,” said Dr. Coleman-Adebayo, who, title “honorary Barnard alumna” as the College as a whistle-blower on the dangers of vanadium directly acknowledges this wrongful exclusion mining, was dismissed from her position on the and celebrates her life and achievements. Gore-Mbeki Commission, which provided U.S. This landmark event was planned by the organi- assistance to the then-new South African govern- zation of Barnard’s Alumnae of Color, which will ment under President Nelson Mandela. Coleman- celebrate the largest number of African-American Adebayo voiced her concerns about the unsafe women graduates from Barnard (Class of 1974) mining practices and the involvement of U.S. during the College Reunion. The organization companies and later won the largest-ever settle- has spearheaded the establishment this year of a ment against the U.S. government for discrimina- scholarship fund, named for Zora Neale Hurston, tion. She works for the Environmental Protection the famous African-American author, anthropolo- Agency as a Senior Policy Analyst. gist and folklorist, who graduated from Barnard Dr. Height wrote in her recent memoir, Open in 1928, the year before Dr. Height was excluded Wide the Freedom Gates: “In the summer of 1929 because of the quota in place at the time. A pioneer I [received] a telegram asking me to report for an Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and FDNY Chief of Department Frank Cruthers in the Civil Rights Movement and president of the interview at Barnard. When I arrived, breathless, with Probationary Firefighters Christopher and Lauren Smith National Council of Negro Women for 40 years, in the office of the dean, I was asked to have a seat. Dr. Height this year celebrated her 92nd birthday. It seemed an eternity before the dean finally came Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Fire received from your instructors at the Academy. Barnard President Judith Shapiro, who led the to speak to me. I apologized for being late. It didn’t Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta presided over Rely on that foundation as you assume your role tribute to Dr. Height on the College’s behalf, said: matter, she said. Although I had been accepted, a graduation ceremony for 233 Probationary as the first line of defense against the threats to “We affirm our commitment to racial equality as the they could not admit me. It took me a while to real- Firefighters. The new firefighters, or “Probies,” our City.” nation marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark ize that their decision was a racial matter: Barnard have successfully completed the rigorous 12- While in training at the Fire Academy, the school desegregation ruling, Brown versus Topeka. had a quota of two Negro students per year, and week training program at the Fire Department “Probies” learned firefighting techniques such More than two decades ago, Dr. Height accept- two others had already taken the spots.” (FDNY) Training Academy located on Randall’s as basic engine and truck operations, fire sup- ed the College’s highest honor, the Barnard Medal Winner of a scholarship for her exceptional Island. Today’s class featured two sets of siblings, pression and containment, hazardous materi- of Distinction. This was a gracious and forgiving oratorical skills, she entered New York University, including the first brother and sister combination als training, and terrorism awareness. The gesture on her part, and one for which we are where she earned bachelor and master degrees in in the history of the FDNY. Several hundred “Probies” will now be assigned to firehouses most appreciative,” said Dr. Shapiro. “Now she is four years. Dr. Height has been a leading advo- friends and family members joined the Mayor throughout the City of New York, where they allowing us as a community to embrace her and cate for civil and human rights for more than and Commissioner at a ceremony at Brooklyn will gain field experience under the guidance of pay her this special tribute as an honorary alumna. half a century; she was president of the National College to congratulate the first class of 2004. senior firefighters and officers. In keeping with In doing so, she generously expresses her remark- Council of Negro Women for 40 years, through “It gives me enormous pleasure and satisfaction tradition, the class-donated money to a number able lifelong commitment to a better world.” 1998, and worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther to welcome today’s graduating class of 233 men of FDNY related charities. Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, a member of King, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young and others, and women into the ranks of the world’s greatest Firefighters Christopher and Lauren Smith the Class of 1974 and also a courageous social participating in almost every major civil and fire department,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “These graduated at today’s ceremony. They are the first activist, organized the tribute to Dr. Height, who human rights event of the 1960s.# new firefighters join a department whose mem- brother and sister combination to ever graduate bers protect this City day in and day out, facing the Academy together, and to ever join the ranks new challenges and threats of terrorism with of FDNY. Their father Phillip is a 26-year veteran courage and professionalism. currently assigned to Ladder Company 54 in the Monroe College Awards HS Students I congratulate our newest firefighters on becoming Bronx. Christopher will be heading to Engine Monroe College held an awards celebration for opportunities for high school seniors to study from New York’s Bravest and know they will serve the Company 42, Bronx, and Lauren will be assigned 120 high school students on the completion of top-notch professors in a college setting, while people of New York with honor and dedication.” to Engine Company 298, Queens. their studies in the Virtual Enterprise program. earning three college credits. The program offers “You have completed the first step in what will Probationary Firefighter Edward G. Dailey The students attended free classes at Monroe on courses in Principles of Accounting, Electronic become an enormously rewarding career and now earned the honor of today’s class Valedictorian, Saturday mornings in various academic fields, Spreadsheet Applications, Introduction to enter the ranks of a Department rich in history and Probationary Firefighter Joseph E. Pansini earning three college credits. Business, Criminal Justice, Medical Terminology and tradition,” said Commissioner Scoppetta. was the class Salutatorian. The Physical Fitness The fifteen-week Monroe College Virtual and Body Systems, Introduction to Health Care, “With each response, you will expand upon the Award was given to Probationary Firefighter Enterprise Saturday Program provides unmatched and Introduction to Hospitality.# foundation of knowledge and skills you have Harold Cargain.#

WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER GRADUATION? By SARAH LYNCH Sarah N. Lynch Erika Flores Natalia T. Chan Hilary Mitchell Barnard College of Barnard College of Barnard College of Barnard College of Columbia University Columbia University Columbia University Columbia University Majors: English with a Major/Minor: Urban Major: Spanish concentration in writing Studies with a con- language and litera- and Spanish Language centration in Political ture and Literature Science (major)/Latin How do you feel How do you feel American Studies about graduating?: about graduating? I will (minor) I feel great! I’m certainly miss all of my How do you feel excited to have fin- friends and many of the about graduating?: ished, and am looking wonderful teachers I had at Barnard, including “While graduation is forward to a lot of Agueda Rayo, my Spanish thesis advisor, and a sad moment because exciting changes and Anne Prescott in the English department. I will the friends you made opportunities. also miss being a student. I am excited, however, wonderful memories Major/minors: English (major)/Psychology Future Plans: to begin a new chapter in my life. with all go their sepa- (minor) Working as a finan- Future Plans: I just got a job working as a rate ways, graduation How do you feel about graduating? I’m cial advisor for Amex, general assignment reporter for the Jersey Journal signifies a new beginning. I look forward to definitely going to miss being in such an exciting, continuing my studies in Hudson County, NJ, where I will be covering the new memories my college friends and I will intellectual college environment, but I’m looking in Spanish, developing my photography skills Secaucus and Hoboken. I am looking forward to make as we sail through the difficult waters of forward to beginning the next stage of my life as even more, printing and publishing my photo- developing my skills as a journalist and a writer. adulthood and hope to enjoy my time off from a working girl. graphs and my artwork, keep working on cars, In the distant future I hope to attain a Masters in lectures, papers, and tests.” Future Plans: I will be working as a corpo- continuing with ballet classes and teaching ballet, print journalism (newspaper) and potentially a Future Plans: I look forward to working at a rate legal assistant at a Manhattan law firm and going to the gym... Masters in international affairs with a concentra- fulltime job at the Grace Institute for a few years I anticipate attending law school in the near Sarah Lynch just graduated from Barnard tion in Latin America. before I enroll in law school. future. College. GRADUATION AROUND THE NATION 21 �������� �������� COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES AROUND THE NATION 2004 Barnard College— fools. And we need a kind of woman who isn’t of writing a 10-page paper in two weeks. I am the fall of 2000, had barely found your way around Barbara Ehrenreich, Author trying to assimilate, but to infiltrate—and subvert certain that for all of you, that would be a snap! campus, when you were witness to the closest I had another speech prepared for today—all the institutions she goes into. You can be those However, at my high school, I had never written Presidential election in American history. Then, about the cost of college and how the doors women. And as the brightest and best-educated anything over three pages. Ten pages seemed as you were settling in to your sophomore year, to higher education are closing to all but the women of your generation, you better be. I’m like a book to me. Using the ingenuity that is 19 young men from the other side of the world wealthy. It was a good speech—lots of laugh counting on you. I want you to be the face of a hallmark of Connecticut College students, I changed the United States forever by piloting four lines—but 2 weeks ago something came along American women that the world sees—not those wrote the paper. Needless to say, I used rather commercial jetliners into New York City’s World that wiped the smile right off my face. You of Sabrina or Megan or Lynndie or Condoleezza. wide margins. Trade Center, the Pentagon, and an empty field in know, you saw them too—the photographs of Don’t let me down. Take your hard-won diplo- A few days later, the paper was returned to Pennsylvania. It wasn’t long before the nation sent American soldiers sadistically humiliating and mas, your knowledge and your talents and go out me. Written on the top were the words that my thousands of our young men and women—most abusing detainees in Iraq. there and raise hell! housemates in Branford remind me of to this day; your age—to Afghanistan to launch a war to “You tend to ramble and digress, but reach sound change that country, and one year later, to Iraq. As The Cooper Union for the conclusion.” It is the “sound conclusion” part that we sit here celebrating this morning, we should Advancement of Science & Art— I use as I go forward every day. And now I offer take a moment to remember the brave men and Tony Kushner, Playwright & Author to you two words: “Critical Thinking”. I believe women wearing the uniform: whatever we think of I’m a playwright not a politician or a scholar or that critical thinking is the key to our past, our those wars, they are serving our country. a preacher and so speaking publicly isn’t some- present and our future. Standards and quality matter; you know that thing I do easily. There’s always fear involved, all The ability to ask “why?” if something appears because you’ve learned it here, at American the more fear the more intimidating the assem- to be inconsistent is an essential skill for the 21st University. By the way, whatever your field, if blage, and this is an intimidating assemblage. I century. In 1974, my senior year at Connecticut you don’t have a job yet, don’t worry; it will come don’t kid myself that I could have done whatever College, I was demoted to junior varsity. How in good time. My advice: think about using the it was you people had to do to get into Cooper humiliating! During the same conversation in time while you wait, to do volunteer work that will Union. I’ve never even known anyone who which I was told of my JV fate, the Coach told me make a difference in someone else’s life. And keep graduated from Cooper Union. There aren’t that that he thought I could make the 1976 Olympic on doing that, in some form, throughout your life. many of you around and so I’ve had opportuni- Team! Now, that was seriously inconsistent. I Speaking about the arena I know best, journal- applied critical thinking. After working to see ism, I can tell you it is an exciting time to be in our how these two concepts could fit together, I came field. It is exciting because of the proliferation of Barbara Ehrenreich to understand why the Coach made that state- opportunities. When I was in your shoes—back ment to me. He had to make certain that I would in the dark ages—the options were few. I drove to continue to row that season so that there could Atlanta during the spring break of my senior year These photos broke my heart. I had no illu- be a JV boat. Without me, there were not enough at Duke University, to interview with the news sions about the United States mission in Iraq, but athletes to fill a JV boat. It worked! I had a great directors of the three TV stations there—offering it turns out that I did have some illusions about time in that boat and our record was identical to my services as a secretary. Two dismissed me; I women. the Varsity that year! had no newsroom experience at all; but the third, Of the 7 US soldiers now charged with the After graduation ceremonies, to the delight of who badly needed a receptionist, said he’d bring abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, 3 are women: my parents, I moved to Philadelphia to attend the me on board to answer the phones and clean the Harman, England and Megan Ambuhl. Maybe University of Pennsylvania Law School. I was film. My heart swelled with pride as I stood up I shouldn’t have been so shocked. Certainly interested in law because I believed it to be the to thank him for the job offer, and as I turned to not about the existence of abuse. Reports of language of power. I wanted to be able to use that walk away, he added: “Besides, how could I not this and similar abuse have been leaking out of power to unveil other inconsistencies that pre- hire someone with legs like yours?” With just Guantanamo and immigrant detention centers in vented our nation from fulfilling its destiny. those few words he had dashed my aspirations, NYC for over a year. We know, if we’ve been Tony Kushner In July of 1976, I entered a unique community, and he had reminded me of a double standard I paying attention, that similar kinds of abuse, the Olympic Village in Montreal. From the out- pretended didn’t exist. The good news is, much including sexual humiliation, are not unusual in side, it seemed to be a normal housing develop- has changed. Today, you have far more options. our own vast US prison system. ties to obsessively cultivate and detail my own ment with grand buildings dressed with multicol- Go into television or news papering. But don’t We know too, that good people can do terrible private mythology of your brilliance. ored ribbons from top to bottom. But inside was a go into it with the notion of being one of those things under the right circumstances. This is I think you are lucky…I think this is a time community where each member had experienced big TV stars in what is charitably called the argu- what psychologist Stanley Milgram found in his when America, the world will hear you speaking. success. Each athlete, coach or administrator had ment culture; don’t go into it expecting to bring famous experiments in the 1960s. Sabrina and I don’t know what to tell you to do with the rest been successfully chosen to become a member of down the powerful. Go into journalism to be one Lynndie are not congenitally evil people. They of your lives but from now till November the path his or her National Olympic Team. of those who champion that notion that quality, are working class women who wanted to go to seems clear enough to me…stay active, stay vigi- And you could feel the success and respect for irrespective of what the bean counters and man- college and knew the military as the quickest way lant, and stay progressive. Because the humanly one another throughout the Olympic Village. We agement consultants say, is rewarded. My mes- in that direction. Once they got in, they wanted possible is what you leave this vertical and fabled all knew that we would be competing for rare sage is: come on in, but don’t join the crowd. Set to fit in. womb of adepts to go forth into the fallen world distinctions, medals of gold, silver and bronze your sights high. Fight for integrity. And don’t And I shouldn’t be surprised either because to achieve. You are meant, I think, to discover offered once every four years. We knew how be afraid to be a lonely voice. It is now clear that I never believed that women are innately less what is humanly possible and even to make sure hard we’d worked to come this far. And we knew America began a war fourteen months ago on a aggressive than men. I have argued this repeat- that what is humanly possible, years from now that there were too many of us for the few med- flawed premise: Saddam Hussein did not have edly—once with the famously macho anthropolo- when you are done with your work, is a good deal als offered. the weapons of mass destruction that the U.S. gist Napoleon Chagnon. When he kept insisting worthier of celebration than the humanly possible We were women and men of every size, color government assured us he did. This presidential that women are just too nice and incapable of you inherit today.# and shape. We would sit down at any table in campaign will debate the government’s perfor- combat, I answered him the best way I could: I the dining hall, which, by the way was open 24 mance in that matter. But let’s not overlook that asked him if he wanted to step outside... Connecticut College— hours a day, and share a meal with an athlete most of the press put aside skepticism; we were I have supported full opportunity for women Anita DeFrantz, Olympic Winner from a country remote geographically as well as enablers. There were a handful of exceptions, within the military, in part because—with rising I loved my time here at Connecticut College. politically. We were joined together in the spirit most notably Walter Pincus of the Washington tuition—it’s one of the few options around for I was introduced to a new world of opportunity. of mutual respect. At the end of the day, it did not Post. So when you plot your career path in the low-income young people. And there were no constraints for me in becom- matter whether you were a champion or whether months and years ahead, let me urge that the Secretly, I hoped that the presence of women ing involved in new and different challenges. you had only made it through the first round. We Walter Pincuses, as well as the Jim Lehrers, would eventually change the military, making it My professor in freshman American History were Olympians each with our own story. And we Ted Koppels, Bob Edwards and the late Mary more respectful of other people and their cultures, presented one of my first and quite memorable left with a new respect for those we met, those McGrory, more than the hyperventilating talking more capable of genuine peace keeping. challenges. The class was given the assignment we competed against and those we watched in heads of my business, be your role models.# But there’s another thing that died for me in the last competition. We left as ambassadors for a world couple of weeks—a certain kind of feminism or, per- at peace. haps I should say, a certain kind of feminist naiveté. Friends, our challenge is to live the final stanza of It was a kind of feminism that saw men as the a song you have heard or sung hundreds of times. perpetual perpetrators, women as the perpetual We must live up to the promise in the final line victims, and male sexual violence against women of that anthem. I challenge all of us to make this as the root of all injustice. true. Make it so that we live in…‘The land of the Gender equality cannot, all alone, bring about free and the home of the brave!’ Class of 2004, it a just and peaceful world. Women do not change is your choice!# institutions simply just by assimilating into them. But—and this is the “but” on which all my hopes American University: School of hinge—a certain kind of woman can still do Communication/Kogod School of Business— that—and this is where you come in. Judy Woodruff, CNN Senior Correspondent We need a kind of woman who can say no, not You, the class of 2004, will always look back just to the date rapist or overly persistent boy- on a tumultuous college experience. And it won’t friend, but also to the military or corporate hier- be just the fire alarms at 3 o’clock in the morn- archy within which she finds herself. We need a ing. Being at a college in the nation’s capital has kind of woman who doesn’t want to be one of Anita DeFrantz shaped your experiences in more ways than you Judy Woodruff the boys when the boys are acting like sadists or ever dreamed. Those of you who entered college in New York City • JUNE 2004 FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS • 22 Silver Hill Hospital Launches Penn Research Finds Error in New Transitional Programs Children's Growth By NANCY S. HELLE safely be discharged from an acute-care unit, he Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut or she is far from ready to resume a normal life. In a sweeping study of primary care practices were twice as likely to measure accurately. has launched a new series of transitional living However, since the advent of managed care, in eight U.S. cities, more than two-thirds of chil- “Some children were measured incorrectly, programs, which are offered at three residential hospitalization for the acute phase of severe dren were measured incorrectly leading to pos- wearing shoes, and infants were particularly cottages on the 63-acre campus of the nationally psychiatric disorders has become very brief, typi- sible misdiagnosis of growth disorders, a Penn likely to be mismeasured by the practice of recognized, not-for-profit psychiatric treatment cally lasting about a week. In today’s accelerated research study has found. drawing pen marks on examining table paper facility. Dr. Sigurd Ackerman, president and health care environment, there is less access to an Reported in the current issue of Britain’s at the head and foot and measuring the distance medical director of Silver Hill Hospital, says that appropriate transitional setting with flexible treat- Archives of Disease in Childhood, University in between,” Dr. Lipman said. “However, with while transitional programs have previously been ment options for individual needs.” of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Associate accurate equipment and retraining, the average offered at these halfway residences, the new pro- Patients in most psychiatric hospitals have to Professor Terri Lipman, PhD, RN, found that error was reduced from 1.3 cm to .5 cm (about grams have been completely redesigned, so that move to a new location within the mental health heights were incorrect by an average of 1.3 centi- three sixteenths of an inch).” they are more comprehensive, more structured system in order to participate in transitional liv- meters, or about one-half inch. The three-year $300,000 study reviewed mea- and staffed by a more complete clinical team. ing programs and facilities. Silver Hill Hospital is “Normal childhood growth is 5 cm per year suring practices of 878 children in 55 pediatric The programs offer a flexible “extended stay” one of five or six treatment centers in the country, and the definition of growth failure is growth practices in eight cities, including Philadelphia, option for patients who no longer require acute and the only hospital in Connecticut that offers less than 4 cm per year. An inaccurate measure- Galveston, St. Louis, New Orleans, Providence, care, but would benefit from a structured transi- “Extended Stay” programs on one campus, pro- ment of 1.3 cm could cause the lack of detection Albany, Tampa Bay, and Broward County, tional setting before returning to their homes and viding a true continuum of care. of growth failure or the inappropriate referral Florida. The study was funded by the Genentech jobs. Four distinct tracts have been developed, Each of the hospital’s four distinct tracts has of a normally growing child,” said Dr. Lipman. Foundation for Growth and Development and the each with its own program design and dedi- its own daily treatment programs and activities, Measurements between the pediatrician’s staff Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society. cated staff, to provide treatment for Addiction and all are lead by a clinical team that includes and the research staff varied by as much as 12.1 When obtaining height, children two years of Disorders, Dual Disorders (a psychiatric disor- a board certified psychiatrist, a psychiatric nurse, cm, four and three-fourths inches. age and older should be measured without shoes der combined with addiction), Eating Disorders social workers, group therapists and residen- Specifically, the researchers found that: Thirty while standing against a wall-mounted device and Rehabilitation for Persistent Psychiatric tial counselors. Admission to the programs may percent of children were measured correctly with a fixed right angle at the head. Children Disorders, such as schizophrenia or bi-polar begin with crisis management and stabilization in before training began; only 58% of children and younger than 24 months must be measured supine disorder (manic depression). The average length the hospital’s acute care units, and continue with 18 percent of infants were measured with accurate on a firm platform with a yardstick attached, a of stay is four weeks, although severe psychiatric an extended treatment program of rehabilitation equipment; younger children were more likely to fixed head plate, and a moveable footplate with a disorders may require a longer period and recovery. be measured incorrectly; and registered nurses fixed right angle.# “There is no such thing as a quick fix for Silver Hill Hospital is the only completely many psychiatric disorders,” said Dr. Ackerman independent not-for-profit psychiatric hospital in “Although new medical advances may shorten Connecticut. The hospital provides a full range of the need for longer stays in an acute care psychi- services for adults and adolescents.# atric unit, our experience has shown that recovery For further information, call 800-899-4455 or from mental illness, including addiction disor- visit the website: www.silverhillhospital.org. ders, takes time. Very often, when a patient can

WEILL CORNELL BEGINS NEW STEM CELL CENTER Weill Cornell Medical College recently estab- of Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell, will direct lished the new Ansary Center for Stem Cell the new Center. Therapeutics. which will bring together a premier Stem cells are immature cells that can differen- team of scientists to focus on stem cells—the tiate into all types of cells in the body, from heart- primitive, unspecialized cells with capacity to beat-generating cardiac cells to insulin-producing form all types of cells in the body. cells in the pancreas. Embryonic stems cells form The Center is being created with a $15 mil- shortly after sperm and egg meet, and have enor- lion grant from Shahla and Hushang Ansary, mous potential to develop into different types prominent Houston philanthropists. Mr. Ansary of cells. Adult stem cells—which can be found is a Vice Chairman of Weill Cornell Medical in umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, blood, College’s Board of Overseers. and other parts of the body—have tremendous “The Ansary Center will help lead the way into potential as well. 21st century medicine in this extremely promis- The Ansary Center will take a synergistic ing area,” said Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Dean approach to stem cell research and bring together of Weill Cornell Medical College. “Weill Cornell scientists from different areas of biomedical scientists and physicians are already world lead- research to solve complex problems. They hope ers in stem cell research, and Mr. Ansary’s to discover the wellspring of adult stem cells in generous gift will help spur the creativity and the body and ways to manipulate stem cells to collaboration of our scientists, as well as help treat human illness. In particular, the researchers attract the best and brightest young researchers hope to understand the regulation of cells that in the field.” give rise to blood vessels, to insulin-producing “We are witnessing the birth of a new field of cells in the pancreas (which are damaged in dia- research that has tremendous potential for reliev- betics), and to neurons of the brain and nervous ing human suffering,” said Hushang Ansary. It’s system. an exciting time, and we believe this prestigious The Ansary Center will also create a rigorous Center will have a significant impact in the environment where scientists from various disci- field.” plines will collaborate on finding tissue-specific Added Dr. David P. Hajjar, Executive Vice cell signals that help regulate and promote the Dean for Research at Weill Cornell, “This Center survival of adult stem cells. This information will help position Weill Cornell at the vanguard could be used to find or design drugs that could of stem cell and developmental biology research boost stem cell growth or differentiation. in this country.” The Center will function in accordance with Dr. Shahin Rafii, a noted authority in the field all Federal regulations regarding the use of adult, and the recently named Arthur Belfer Professor fetal, and embryonic stem cells.# JUNE 2004 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS 23

HIGH SCHOOL HIGH JINKS— GET READY FOR MEAN GIRLS AND SAVED! FRISKY BUSINESS

JUNE 11 (l-r) Lindsay Lohan as Cady, Amanda Seyfried as Karen, Lacey Chabert as Gretchen and Rachel McAdams as Regina in Mean Girls

By JAN AARON and Karen (Amanda Seyfried) and report their hanging high schools can be dif- doings back to them. But what happens is that ficult under normal circumstances, Cady, in pretending to like them, actually is but more so if you’re Cady Heron drawn into their circle and falls for their way life. (Lindsay Lohan) in Mean Girls. This is a bit of a stretch since Cady seems far to She’s not just a new girl from out grounded and smart to go along with them. of town, but a new girl from out of Africa When Cady falls for resident jock, Aaron where she was homeschooled while her parents (Jonathan Bennett), Regina’s treacherous side worked there as zoologists. The sassy script is takes command, which makes Cady decide to by Saturday Night Live writer/performer, Tina remove her crown. Cady climbs higher on the Fey, who also plays one of the teachers. Based high school social ladder, and gets giddy enough on Rosalind Wiseman’s non-fiction “Queen Bees to loose sight of her real self. The fallout has the and Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive students going wild and rampaging in the halls. Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities Directed by Mark Waters, the film, the cast and of Adolescence,” the film has a sharp eye for life writers, give even the most objectionable char- in the high school jungle. While it goes off track at acters enough heart so you never want to want times, it is always interesting and fun to watch. to hate them. While the cast is universally good, Desperate for friends, initially Cady hangs Caplan and Franzese deliver the best lines. out with class misfits, Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and A perfect complement to this movie is Saved! a Damian (Daniel Franzese). They urge her to satire set in American Eagle Christian High School. infiltrate “The Plastics,” a wicked trio led by the While its sharp point of view might ruffle a few regal, Regina (Rachel McAdams) and her self- feathers, its message certainly will not: “Religious absorbed handmaidens Gretchen (Lacey Chabert) beliefs are fine, just don’t carry them to extremes.”# 24 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ JUNE 2004

PART III - THE ARTS IN EDUCATION: INDIVIDUALS MAKING A DIFFERENCE MURIEL SILBERSTEIN-STORFER: NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE & ART EDUCATOR PAR EXCELLENCE JACQUES D’AMBOISE By SYBIL MAIMIN Children see the world with different eyes than By MARGARET CUOMO Parent-child art studio workshops under the do most adults.” Today, Silberstein-Storfer has a On the first day that we met Jacques d’Amboise, guidance of Muriel Silberstein-Storfer have rewarding relationship with and much praise for he was sitting on the wood paneled floor of a become an institution in New York City, whether Electra Askitopoulos Friedman, co-founder of dance studio in Soho—in the National Dance experienced in the august and inspiring environ- Doing Art Together. Institute’s (NDI) headquarters in New York City, ment of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the The Chinese proverb “What I hear I forget. surrounded by twelve children, ages five to new JCC (Jewish Community What I see I remember. What I seven. Center, at Amsterdam Avenue do I know.” instructs Silberstein- “Brroomph—bippity bop!—that’s magic talk and 76th Street), at schools Storfer’s teaching philosophy. for “pay attention!” Jacques has the sparkling and institutions in the five In her workshops, as children eyes, tousled hair, lithe body, and imagination of (l-r) Jamie Felker, Program Associate; boroughs via Doing Art and parents (working separately) a person less than half his age. Children under- Emily Margolis, NDI Teaching Assistant, Together, a program that progress from projects with paint, stand that Jacques, kind and friendly, is serious and Leader of “Arts Encounter,”—for brings instructors and meth- then collage, then clay, “You can when it comes to dance. Discipline and respect the youngest members of NDI ( ages 57 ods into the community, or hear a pin drop. It’s like a spir- are gently, but firmly, emphasized. Marianna years); Jacques d’Amboise, Founder of via the CD-ROM “Look What itual temple. Everybody is so Cuomo Maier, one of eleven granddaughters in NDI; Peter Yarin, NDI musician U.C.,” which provides dem- busy working,” explains Eileen the Cuomo family, is fortunate to have attended onstrations and instructions Travell, a former student who the after-school program, called Arts Encounter, for hands-on art activities at now attends with her three-year taught by Jacques and one of NDI’s most dynam- day, to practice for this special event. Jacques was home. At The Met recently, old daughter. Hoping that “parents ic teachers, Emily Margolis. Marianna has been the creative master—offering direction on chore- Silberstein-Storfer spoke and children will become cultur- inspired by Jacques, Emily, and the NDI dance ography, musical arrangement, costume design, warmly with an admiring Muriel Silberstein-Storfer ally literate and pick up ideas and program. and staging. group of teachers, former and inspiration,” Silberstein-Storfer Jacques d’Amboise, the brilliant dancer, spent Significantly, Jacques is the heart and soul present students, and museum fills her classroom with repro- much of his childhood and adolescence on West of NDI, and his passion and commitment are members about her philosophy, career hallmarks, ductions of famous art as well as works by the 163rd Street in Manhattan, the tough Washington palpable. His blue work shirt was saturated with and mentors. She gave much credit to Victor children, encourages visits to museums and gal- Heights neighborhood. Jacques’ mother, perspiration, as he demonstrated a high kick, or a d’Amico, her art teacher at Fieldston High School leries, and utilizes art books. Her favorite book, Georgette, recognized the value of arts education, turn and stomp across the dance floor. The young and later head of The Museum of Modern Art’s Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni, and introduced Jacques to ballet lessons at age 7. dancers are disciplined and well trained. They Institute of Modern Art where she first became focuses on color and shows how blue and yellow Young Jacques demonstrated a talent for dancing respectfully accept Jacques’ corrections, and seem an art teacher. “He changed my life in so many characters hugging each other can produce a new at this young age, and was admitted to the school to understand that Jacques’ precision is a sign of ways,” she explained. He taught that art should hue. The children learn “to draw with scissors” of American Ballet, run by George Balanchine. his confidence in them. The students repeat the not be thought of as a separate area of study but as they “cut lines,” talk about archways as “see- At age 15, Jacques joined the New York City dance routines many times, until Jacques offers should be integrated in all areas of life. She has through shapes,” and discover that “there is noth- Ballet, and was made the lead male dancer by his boyish, beaming grin that says, “Yes, now been a forceful advocate of the importance of arts ing you can do that nature didn’t think of first.” Balanchine. A star was born, and his joyful pres- you have it!” The dancers strive for excellence, in education and the need for people, especially An aesthetic vocabulary around color, line, form, ence can be felt in his performances. In addition a goal that they have learned from Jacques and young children, to be made aware of their senses. and texture is inculcated. to becoming a principal dancer of the New York his dedicated staff of teachers, that includes She is constantly touched and inspired by nature The CD-ROM, produced by Rori Jones and City ballet, Jacques was also outstanding in the the talented Artistic Director, Ellen Weinstein, and encourages the use of found materials and designed for children aged 3 to 10, contains film versions of in “Seven Brides for Seven Artistic Associate Director, Tracy Straus, and the expression of feelings. Another mentor was Jane layers of material and links. It includes demon- Brothers” (1954), and “Carousel,” (1956). many fine teachers, including Emily Margolis Cooper Bland, her first teacher in a parent-child strations, suggestions for all kinds of activities, In 1976, at the age of 42, Jacques decided to and Mary Kennedy. Each of the dance teach- workshop, who taught, “A teacher should never classroom views, and lots of information and tips. “give back” by founding the National Dance ers, and the music directors (including Jerome have a preconceived idea of what she wants from It shows how to replicate the art studio work- Institute (NDI) that is a not-for-profit organiza- Korman, David Marck, and Peter Yarin) associ- a child...An art experience must be personal. It shops at home or other settings. As proclaimed tion which targets students at the 4th, 5th and 6th ated with NDI, is a highly creative professional must express a child’s own ideas, from his own by Muriel Silberstein-Storfer, “Everything is grade levels. Over 75,000 elementary school stu- with a special gift for communicating with young experiences, imagination, or from the materials… possible in art.”# dents across the country have participated in the people. NDI offers a teacher training program for NDI, and it has provided an opportunity for stu- interested dance teachers. dents to learn dance principles, and performance The dancers were outfitted in stylish cloth- skills. The NDI operates with “…the belief that ing donated by Burberry, as Rose Marie Bravo, Neil Sedaka Embraces Heritage of the arts have a unique power to engage children CEO of Burberry, is the 2004 NDI honoree. Dr. and motivate them towards excellence.” NDI Deepak Chopra is the recipient of the Lifetime Yiddish Music at Carnegie Hall in-school program is a highly effective method Achievement Award, and Chita Rivera, the for teaching dance skills, as well as enhancing a Artistic Honoree. Offering further evidence of the remarkable Mlotek, recording star Claire Barry of The Barry student’s self-esteem. Jacques is a role model and This year’s gala includes a “Singin’ in the resurgence of Yiddish music, language and cul- Sisters, Broadway star and Steinway concert art- mentor to each NDI student and teacher. The NDI Rain,” “Somebody Loves Me,” and a world ture in the U.S., rock and pop music legend Neil ist Hershey Felder, the beloved comedian Mal program encourages the development of higher premiere of “My Place,” composed exclusively Sedaka performed traditional Yiddish music with Z. Lawrence, stars of the Yiddish theatre Joanne order thinking skills, associated with cognitive, for Jacques d’Amboise by Martin Charnin, com- the world-renowned Klezmatics, in a gala con- Borts, Eleanor Reissa and Nell Snaidas, and a affective, and kinesthetic areas of learning. The poser of “Annie,” with an original dance choreo- cert at Carnegie Hall, benefiting The Folksbiene large children’s chorus drawn from choruses and students are better able to stay focused during graphed by Mary Kennedy of NDI. These dances Yiddish Theatre, America’s sole-surviving pro- shuls from across the tri-State area. their academic classes, and their self-confidence are energetic, challenging, and passionate. fessional Yiddish theatre. Neil Sedaka and the Klezmatics, whose unprec- is improved. Jacques’ philosophy of life and of dance is one. NYC Mayor Michael edented collaboration The end of the year performances are a glorious He says, “I hate the word ‘fun,’ and I hate the Bloomberg announced will continue this culmination of a year’s worth of effort on the part word ‘education.’ I prefer ‘joy’ to replace ‘fun,’ on stage that a permanent summer as additional of the students, their parents, and the NDI teach- and ‘learning’ to replace ‘education.’ Then, you home was acquired for dates in other cities ers. A strong sense of community has developed would never hear the question asked, “When did the Folksbiene Theatre at are added, will per- as a result of the NDI programs in public schools you finish your education?” 2nd Avenue and East 6th form songs Sedaka in New York, and throughout the country. For Jacques d’Amboise, dancer, teacher, and Street. Famed architect recorded last year Jacques d’Amboise raises the bar high for his mentor, the process of discovery and learning is Daniel Liebeskind has (with other musi- students, and will accept nothing less than their a journey that lasts a lifetime. He offers his stu- donated his services for cians) on his latest best. At a rehearsal for NDI’s annual fundraising dents and teachers an opportunity to enter a world the theatre's design. CD “Brighton Beach gala, this year held at Roseland, over 50 young that requires a commitment to excellence. As this The event’s con- Memories.” dancers, ages 9-15, in NDI’s “Celebration Team,” vibrant Peter Pan knows, fulfillment and joy are cert chairman is piano “These are songs I or scholarship program for children demonstrat- the rewards for dedication and perseverance.# prodigy Hershey Felder, heard and loved grow- ing talent in dance and performance, gathered at Margaret Cuomo Maier, M.D. is active in the whose one-man musical Neil Sedaka ing up in Brighton LaGuardia High School on a sunny, 80 degree medical community as well as the arts. play “Gershwin Alone” Beach at family picnics opened on Broadway in 2001 and continues to and on long bus rides,” says the Songwriter’s tour internationally to wide acclaim. Honorees Hall of Fame member whose chart-topping his- tive season, the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre is tizes their goal to foster new work that will add for the event were Roman R. Kent, chairman tory dates back 45 years. “But what was to be a leading a uniquely intergenerational charge to to this legacy. of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust tribute to my family has now mushroomed into popularize Yiddish, and to go beyond keeping a “Neil Sedaka’s warm and public embrace of Survivors and Jeffrey S. Weisenfeld, of Bernstein an exciting artistic adventure.” rich cultural legacy from disappearing, the stance his cultural roots is deeply moving and in many Investment Research and Management. The Carnegie Hall concert benefits America’s of the legacy’s custodians in recent years. The respects courageous,” says Mlotek, Folksbiene’s Joining Neil Sedaka and the Klezmatics on only permanent professional Yiddish theatre, Sedaka/Klezmatics collaboration, dreamed up by executive director “It signals to a younger gen- stage was The New Yiddish Chorale, under which Donald Lyons, writing in the NY Post this a leadership that for the first time in Folksbiene’s eration that the rediscovery of a cultural heritage the direction of the world-recognized Yiddish season, called “one of the city’s most remarkable history is comprised completely of American- is not only rich and rewarding but full of creative music expert, conductor and composer Zalmen cultural institutions.” Now in its 89th consecu- born theatre professionals, perfectly emblema- potential.”# JUNE 2004 ■ EDUCATION UPDATE ■ MUSIC, ART & DANCE 25

PROFILES IN EDUCATION PART III - THE ARTS IN EDUCATION: INDIVIDUALS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Dr. Sharon Dunn, Arts Educator KESSLER APPOINTED By JOAN BAUM, Ph.D. addressed at each major educational division: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CENTER In the middle of talking about Project ARTS elementary, middle school, high school, and that and other initiatives she is working on to promote a standardized “curriculum blueprint,” available FOR ARTS EDUCATION the arts in the city’s schools, Sharon Dunn is to all arts teachers, would place each discipline in asked if she has enough space, equip- interdisciplinary instructional context: The Center for Arts Education’s Chairman online music library NewMusicJukeBox.org, and ment, discipline-trained teachers and history, culture, theory, application, of the Board Laurie M. Tisch announced the a nationwide career development program for supplies to do the job. “No, No, No, social and economic influences, as appointment of Richard Kessler as executive composers and performers. He also established and No,” she replies with a laugh, but well as job and career opportunities. director. Mr. Kessler comes to the Center fol- the American Music Center Collection at the New quickly follows up with the “tremen- The elementary schools would require lowing seven years as executive director of the York Public Library for the Performing Arts. dous challenge” she feels to recruit, study in all four arts areas, the middle American Music Center, the national service Dr. Maxine Greene, an arts education pioneer, train and have in place a renewed schools a year of two, and the high and information center for new American music, author and Professor Emerita of Philosophy and cadre of teachers for grades K-12, and schools would allow for elective con- founded in 1939 by Aaron Copland. Education at Teachers College, said, “As a long- to continue to explore imaginative centrations. It is Dr. Dunn’s hope that The Center for Arts Education, founded in time friend and admirer of Richard Kessler, I am ways of deploying the cultural and Dr. Sharon middle schools will become feeder 1996 as part of Ambassador Walter Annenberg’s convinced that under his leadership, the Center artistic resources of the city. Dunn schools for high schools concentrat- Challenge to the Nation for Education Reform, will break new ground in restoring the arts to the As Senior Instructional Manager for ing on one or two of the arts. She also works in close collaboration with the New York New York City public schools.” Arts Education at the Department of Education, envisions flexible management, whereby one City Departments of Education and Cultural The Center for Arts Education, a 2002 recipient Dr. Dunn, who is also president of the volun- elementary art teacher in a school with 60 classes, Affairs and the United Federation of Teachers. of the New York State Governor’s Arts Award, is teer not-for-profit New York State Alliance for for instance, might be “cycled through” each of The Center identifies, funds and supports exem- a nonprofit, public/private partnership founded to Arts Education, is determined to provide not the grades. And of course the city’s spectacular plary partnerships and programs that demon- stimulate the systemic return of arts education and just enhanced curricula but “superior” instruc- arts institutions would continue to “supplement” strate how the arts contribute to learning and address the problems created by two decades of tion to the city’s over one million children and the blueprint by providing resources and top art- student achievement in the New York City public progressive, system-wide cutbacks in funding for 1200 schools, in accordance with New York ists for classrooms. schools. Mr. Kessler will assume his responsibili- the arts in the City’s public schools. The Center is State Learning Standards for grades K-12, and Dunn acknowledges that the initiative may be ties this summer. also dedicated to influencing educational and fis- in collaboration with prestigious institutions that uneven, but she also points to great progress in Ms. Tisch said, “We are delighted to welcome cal policies that will support arts education in all have been partnering with districts ever since improving attendance at poorer schools that have Richard aboard. We could not have found a of the City’s public schools and, as noted, works the 80s and 90s when programmatic budget cuts solid arts programs. Special summer programs more dedicated and qualified person to lead the in close collaboration with the New York City all but eliminated arts education. But, she points to train teachers holistically are already in place, Center. We know he will honor the spirit of the Departments of Education and Cultural Affairs out, The Met and MoMA are not responsible and regional superintendents have formed groups Annenberg Challenge while turning the Center and the United Federation of Teachers. for teaching art, they can’t address sequential to ensure that the curriculum blueprint goes even into a national resource.” Since 1996, the Center has awarded more than learning, and they need not attempt consistent, beyond state standards. She means by this not Upon being notified of Mr. Kessler’s appoint- $26 million in private and public funding to sup- systemic instruction. That’s not their job. That just excellent sequential instruction but joy. She ment, New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. port arts education partnerships and programs, charge belongs to the Department of Education. recalls her own love of visual arts that had been Klein stated, “The Center for Arts Education has joining over 250 public schools with more than To that end, the Chancellor decided to central- encouraged by an observant teacher in Brooklyn, been a catalyst for the return of arts education to 200 cultural and community-based organiza- ize efforts administratively, while allowing for and she notes that a child with a recorder, for the City’s schools. Their commitment to creating tions, colleges and universities in New York creative scheduling and deployment of resources example, exercises not only eyes, ears, feet, fin- vital partnerships between the education and cul- City. The Center’s primary programs include in various schools. Committees were established gers, but social skills, collaborative learning so tural communities has inspired collaboration and multi-year Partnership grants, Parents As Arts to ensure that music, art, dance and theatre were vital for success in school and work.# has had great positive impact on schools, cultural Partners grants, Curriculum Development and organizations and parents. We look forward to Access Leadership grants, professional devel- continuing to work with them to enhance arts opment seminars and a Career Development education in our schools.” Program that places high school students in arts- Virtuoso Joshua Bell Inspires Future During his tenure at the American Music Center, related internships.# Mr. Kessler created a wide range of new national For more information about The Center for Generations of Classical Musicians and international programs, including the award- Arts Education, please visit its web site at www. By GILLIAN GRANOFF winning web magazine NewMusicBox.org, the cae-nyc.org. When world famous violinist Joshua Bell was focus and practice, it gave me discipline and also asked to visit a class of budding virtuous violin- taught me about working with other people.” ists and cellists at PS 68, the Edward A Fogel During his visit, Bell spoke with three violin School for Critical Thinking and the Arts, he classes and a cello class. He treated students to NYC BLUEPRINT FOR THE ARTS accepted the opportunity with enthusiasm. “I love an impromptu performance, gave a history lesson meeting kids. I love seeing kids on his Stradivarius violin, By SCOTT NOPPE- the arts community worked together: the creation excited about music. And I so shared his personal musical BRANDON of the Blueprint is a result of a true partnership. often see schools taking music tastes, childhood ambitions It gives me great plea- My voice was heard both as a reviewer and con- out of the curriculum. It just and anecdotes on the incred- sure to witness the impend- sultant to the development of this document. In kills me. We all know that music ible opportunities living life ing “birth” of the NYC the Blueprint we finally have a document that is a wonderful thing that brings by his violin strings. Department of Education’s requires, hopefully mandates, that we relegate the us all together. Music and art is “Some of you may become new Blueprint for Teaching vendor-based relationship to the past. as important a part of the diet of musicians professionally and Learning in the Arts. We This does of course raise the question of what one’s education as math or sci- Joshua Bell visits someday. Don’t give up; all owe a debt of gratitude an authentic partnership between the DOE and ence,” he commented. PS 68 Bronx there will be times when to DOE’s Sharon Dunn, Senior Instructional the arts community should be like, both in design To the students of PS 68, you’re tired and say. ‘I don’t Manager for Arts Education, Nancy Shankman, and implementation. Today, there are over 240 Joshua’s face is a familiar one. His posters want to practice.’ But you’ll feel better once you Director of Music, and Barbara Gurr, Director of organizations in New York City presenting arts- grace the hallways and melodic sounds of his do.” Visual Arts; Tom Cabaniss, Director of Education based instruction to students, at every grade level, Stradivarius violin romanced students and teach- The demonstration culminated in Q and A at the New York Philharmonic; and Tom Cahill, in the city’s schools. Yet the only citywide quality ers over the school loudspeaker in anticipation session followed by an impromptu performance Executive Director of Studio In A School, for the control mechanism that exists is the contractual of his visit. of a work from the film The Red Violin. The excellent leadership that brought the Blueprint process, which once again, treats the arts organi- “I hope to change their idea of what a classical enthusiastic performance was met with shouts to a successful completion. The purpose of the zations as vendors, not partners. No formal pro- musician is. They may have an idea that a clas- and cheers and thunderous applause from the document is to support an arts plan for all NYC cess exists that speaks to creating a partnership, sical musician is old and the music inaccessible, over 200 students. schools in which arts specialists are key players, such as represented by the Blueprint, between the which it isn’t. Hopefully, these fourth and fifth “I liked the last song that he played. “I think the school community is actively involved, and DOE and the approved organizations. graders will come away thinking about music in Joshua Bell did a wonderful job and I would love the unique collaboration between the schools and To be fair, it would be extremely difficult, polit- a different way.” to meet him again,” stated Jessica, a third grade the New York City cultural community is used to ically and educationally, for the DOE to establish Kathy Damkholer, director of Education violin student. its full potential. By recognizing that potential, a process through which certain organizations through Music (ETM), a non-profit dedicated to Tiffany and Chelsea, two fourth grade budding the Department of Education honors this relation- become partners and certain organizations remain the professionalism of music instruction within string students who have been playing the violin ship as part of a new educational paradigm, one as vendors. In the face of that difficulty, I hold the schools and her relationship with PS 68, since second grade exclaimed, “Joshua Bell is based on a public/private partnership. the Blueprint to the promise of using the NYC remains one of the longest running partnerships great. He’s inspired me. I want to grow up to play Why do I think of this as a new paradigm? It arts community to its full potential: long-term and one of its most successful. The school, just like him.” certainly could be claimed that the schools have partnerships must be established between arts under the guidance and support of principal The resonance of Bell’s visit and unforgettable always worked in partnership with NYC arts organizations and the DOE that will represent Cheryl Cole, won a New York State School of playing will surely leave an indelible impression organizations. In fact, much of the education a systemic change in their relationship. Only in Excellence Award in 2001, receiving a special on the students of PS 68 and will continue to in the arts presented to NYC students since the partnership can we work successfully toward note for its exemplary arts programs. “ETM inspire Principal Cole’s and ETM’s mission to mid-70s has been provided by the many NYC ensuring that the arts are valued as a vital com- made Bell’s visit possible. Bell knows first-hand make music central to the minds and hearts of arts organizations. The difference is that the arts ponent of the overall educational goals of every the rewards music can bring. He is passionate the students.# community only served as vendors to the NYC school, for every child.# that music be integrated with academic study. For more information or to get involved with schools. There was no systemic structure that Scott Noppe-Brandon is the Executive Director “Working on music from an early age helped me ETM visit www.etmonline.org. brought all of us together. This time, the DOE and of the Lincoln Center Institute. 26 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ JUNE 2004

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The only obstacle to taking advantage of these reproductions of 88 constellations in three-dimen- most popular in the education environment is facts for a typical teacher has been all of the sional format with customizable views which can not supported—so you’ll need to have a PDA built-in disadvantages. Astronomy as science approximate what an observer might see from that runs at least Palm OS 2.5. Although the 2sky is a powerful requires a great deal of specialized knowledge the vantage point of any of 170 cities throughout manufacturer now offers no educational license planetarium program which is hardly part of every instructor’s rep- the world. Astronomical phenomena data-based share, a teacher is allowed to make additional that fits in your pocket! ertoire. Observation of the stars and planets within the program include 15,560 stars, 500 deep copies of the software to distribute to student requires fieldwork, and not only that but field sky objects, and the Messier, SAC, Bennett, and users. All in all, this is an intelligently developed Find any star, planet work at night, which implies many logistical Caldwell catalogues—actually more than what a application that any handheld enabled classroom or galaxy in seconds. problems. There are millions upon millions of typical K-12 teacher would be likely to use. investigating astronomy can make use of. More Explore the skies over relevant phenomena to be observed, but using The total download of 2sky, for only additional information can be found at the company’s site at lists and charts in the dark while lecturing to a $1, has more than just a larger warehouse of data: www.2sky.org.# any part of the world. Visit all 88 constella- tions and learn their lore. Whether youʼre PRODUCT REVIEW new to astronomy, or already an expert, 2sky is the one chart youʼll always take CELESTRON NEXTSTAR GPS with you! By MITCHELL LEVINE interface built into the Nexstar, a presentation gain a satellite uplink. Also, for those that travel, The best way to take advantage of the educa- not unlike a PowerPoint display can be registered if transported a long distance, across the equator, tional benefits astronomy has to offer as a natural which takes the viewer on a tour of the universe for example, there may be a reorientation period science is the simplest—observation. Not all without any prior knowledge of the subject. The lasting as long as several hours. However, if used teachers can coordinate field trips, since in New Nexstar 11 even has a tour mode that analyzes consistently in the same location, the Nexstar 11 York, the twin problems of light pollution and the available objects at the location time and can be “trained” to recognize the signal of the obstruction of the horizon necessitate a position coordinates local satcomms despite a less-than-perfect view- in a flat open area like Central Park; classes for This is probably the optimal way to present ing environment. whom this would be difficult might be best off astronomy to a group—it requires no expertise on For schools that can meet the price tag, an auto- using videos or multimedia presentations. the part of an instructor, and offers the very best mated observation system takes all the guesswork Those classrooms which do have the opportu- feasible means an amateur can use to gain expe- out of astronomical observation, and removes nity to directly observe the heavenly bodies in rience with the heavens. The Nexstar GPS series one of the most persistent obstacles to using the the nighttime sky, and can afford it, should take is expensive—an average of $3000 per scope. sky as a dynamic classroom for students. Classes advantage of a product like Celestron’s Nexstar There are also some limitations for an urban user: that don’t specifically know how to locate solar GPS. This revolutionary telescopic system is one if the horizon is obstructed to any appreciable system and constellatory phenomena within the of the very first to exploit Global Positioning extent—a certainty to any viewer in New York standard matrix schemes on their syllabus should technology, which uses communication with a City—the user may still be able to take advan- benefit from having that hurdle taken out of their geosynchronous satellite to locate a vast cata- tage of the positioning system, but the complete way. More information about the Nexstar 11, logue of stars, planets, and other astronomical database of objects visible from that point may as well as the other scopes in the series, can be “Kudos on your excellent program! Itʼs objects on command. By programming a user not be accessible and it may take some time to obtained from www.highpointscientific.com.# indispensable when I need to look up

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CHILDREN'S CORNER MUSEUMS AS EDUCATORS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SEAT WE’VE COME A LONG WAY Frogs (Ribbit) at AMNH By JOANNA LEEFER foot vivarium that encases over 75 poisonous FROM ONLY VOLLEYBALL Frogs: they come in all sizes and shapes, and frogs. Most of these frogs can be identified by By DR. CAROLE G. simply engaging in exercise or learning a sport, live in all types of habitats from jungle wetlands their bright colors that warn predators of their HANKIN WITH RANDI the students are being informed on just why these to parched deserts. Frogs have captivated the toxic skins, making this enclosure a vibrant array T. SACHS physical activities are important, and how they imagination of people throughout the centuries. of neon reds, blacks, and gold colors. It’s true…kids today are can use what they learn in school outside of class Did you know that frogs can live as long as 20 The exhibit explains the importance of frogs more sophisticated than we and for the rest of their lives. years or more? That to our society. Frogs were at their age. They have Summer is almost here, and with it our children they drink through the have been a valuable more choices to make in just have more choices to make. Will they stay in the skin of their bellies? food source for many about everything. One of the air-conditioned den and play video games or surf That the world’s larg- impoverished nations. things parents and schools the web, or will they choose a more physical est frog, the goliath They have also can help students choose is to make physical fit- activity—ride a bicycle, take a walk, swim, or frog of West Africa, become a delicacy ness a priority in their lives. play a sport? This summer, physical education can grow to 15 inch- for many developed Physical education class in school is no lon- will be up to you, and you can make it a family es and weigh up to countries. In the U.S. ger a time when the students get tossed a few affair. 7 pounds, the weight alone, over 1.25 mil- balls so they can hurl them at one another for a Serving as a role model in valuing fitness and of a newborn infant? lion pounds of frogs game of dodge ball or over a net for volleyball. putting in the physical effort to keep your body And that some frogs are so poisonous, they can legs are imported every year. Frogs are proving In Syosset, our middle school students have a strong is important if you want your children kill a human. Now through October 3, 2004, to be a valuable source of medical care. Scientists program called Fitness Fridays. The class is set to take physical fitness seriously. However, the people have the chance to learn more about frogs studying frog toxins are discovering they can be up in various stations for activities that promote good news is that it doesn’t require you to drasti- at the American Museum of Natural History’s applied in human medicine to treat such ailments muscle strengthening, aerobic exercise, agility cally alter your lifestyle. new exhibit, Frogs: A Chorus of Colors. This as heart disease, depression, skin and colon can- building, and also allow for flexibility, creativity, Students are learning that just three 30-minute enchanting new exhibition features over 200 live cer, and even Alzheimer’s. One poisonous frog and of course, fun. After a minute at each station, workouts per week will be very beneficial to frogs from 17 countries. The frogs have been from Ecuador and Peru has even been found to the students rotate to the next one—very much maintaining a healthy body and cardiovascular gathered from as far away as Argentina, Brazil, secrete a painkiller called eipibatideine that is like the 30-minute workout centers for women system. Find a routine that best suits your chil- China, Kenya, Nicaragua, Russia, Suriname, and 200 times more powerful than morphine and that have become so popular. I recently observed dren and you and schedule it at a time that does Viet Nam. The exhibit explores the evolution appears to be non-addictive. one of these classes, and saw that the students not interfere with anything your children will see and biology of frogs, notes their important role In addition to the exhibit, the American Museum were genuinely interested in keeping their bod- as a higher priority. If you’re planning outdoor as a barometer to changes in the ecosystem, and Of Natural History is presenting a series of lec- ies fit, and were gaining self confidence as they activity, make it either before or after the mid- discusses how they are being used in scientific tures on frogs, covering everything from frog recognized their own personal improvement as day sun. studies. songs, to extreme frogs—cannibalistic frogs, dart they went from station to station. In addition, This summer, I hope you will try to make The museum has re-created the habitat of dif- poison frogs, and frogs that exist in the desert. the teacher explained to them the benefits of the physical fitness a part of your family’s lives. It’s ferent frogs, from tropical wetlands to deserts. In There are two children’s workshops—one on frog individual activities. They learned the importance a choice that we all know is for the best.# addition to frog habitats, the museum has created wire sculptures, and on the metamorphoses of of cardiovascular workouts and why they needed Dr. Hankin is Superintendent of Syosset interactive stations throughout the exhibit where tadpole to frog. The Museum is also opening The to make exercise and fitness a lifelong practice. Central School District. Randi Sachs is Public people can activate recordings of frog calls, and Frog Shop that offers an array of fun frog-themed This is perhaps the component of physical educa- Information Officer of Syosset Schools. view videos of frogs eating and jumping. The merchandise including bath accessories, house- tion that has been missing for so long. Instead of centerpiece of the exhibition features a 110 cubic wares, novelty toys, and books and CDs.#

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Logos Bookstore’s Recommendations “THE TEACHING CAREER”, By H. Harris Healy, III, President, Logos Bookstore EDITED BY JOHN I. GOODLAD & TIMOTHY J. MCMANNON 1575 York Avenue (Between 83rd and 84th Sts.), New York, NY 10028 Reviewed By MERRI ROSENBERG (212) 517-7292, Fax (212) 517-7197 schools,” analogous to academic “teaching hospi- WWW.NYCLOGOS.CITYSEARCH.COM Here’s something that should be on the required tals”, where new teachers could learn from expe- summer reading lists for principals, school board rienced practitioners so that ultimately students It is June, graduations are going on, Father’s music well nor memorize pieces well by sight members, education professors, and anyone else benefit. New teachers in particular need to see Day is approaching and it is the beginning of reading. So she taught him chords and harmonies who has professional responsibility for training, themselves, and be seen by others, as “learners,” summer. Here at Logos there are graduation to play with the melodies he picked up by ear. recruiting and retaining teachers. to be more effective in the classroom. cards and Father’s Day cards and gifts appropri- In his fifties while working for Yale University, This book, which is part of the Teachers For the reality is that teachers can’t simply close ate for these occasions, as well as Confirmation he met the jazz pianist, Dwike Mitchell of the College series on school reform, addresses the their classroom doors and teach students accord- and First Communion cards, bibles and gifts Mitchell-Ruff duo, who taught him more tricks compelling topic of what happens (or, more usu- ing to their own carefully developed pedagogi- appropriate for those occasions, and Wedding of the trade. By his late sixties onwards, Zinsser ally, what doesn’t happen) with new teachers. cal philosophy. Between state standards, federal and Engagement cards and gifts for those occa- was playing in public. With 55 per cent of teachers leaving the profes- mandates, high stakes testing, budget constraints sions as well. Zinsser’s life has been a set of changes with sion within the first five years, clearly there’s and other factors that influence what goes on in One book that gusto from Deerfield Academy to Princeton to room for improvement. schools, teachers inevitably have to work with Writing About Life: stands out well as World War II North Africa and Italy, to the New As the text states (p. xi), “Attracting young colleagues, principals, superintendents, school A Journey into the Past a Father’s Day or York Herald Tribune as drama and movie critic, people to teaching is not enough to ensure that all board members, and even parents. by William Zinsser graduation gift is to freelance writing, to Yale University as writing classrooms in our nation’s schools are staffed by As the authors argue, in a discussion of part- Writing About Your teacher and college master, to The Book-of-the- caring, qualified and capable teachers.” ner (or laboratory) schools, “Students who his- (Marlowe And Company) Life: A Journey Month Club to freelance writing, again. In his Far from it. Unless these new teachers are torically have been poorly served by our nation’s $23.95 into the Past by free time he has had exotic trips around the world properly supported once they are launched into schools will not be better served by educators William Zinsser, while raising a family with his wife. Now when classrooms of their own, it’s unlikely that those doing the same, but more so and better. Students author of On WritingWriting WWell,ell, a modern classic on most people his age are retired, he is a profes- high rates of turnover are likely to be changed will be better served when we uncover the beliefs how to write well. With Writing About Your Life, sional piano player and still writing. Writing any time soon. and assumptions that are getting in our way Zinsser has presented a wonderful memoir of his About Your Life is a wonderful call to adventure, Some of the problems identified here include of reaching them. There is little evidence that life and instructions to how the reader can write one of the written page and imagination of what the disconnect between university and college school-university partnerships in general are pro- an interesting memoir, too. one’s life can be. Happy Father’s Day!# teacher preparation programs from what really moting second-order change regarding teaching And what a life it has been. As a youngster, Upcoming Events At Logos happens in the classroom; the lack of follow- and learning–challenging deeply held beliefs and he started on his lifetime passion for baseball, Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at 7 P.M., KYTV through on mentoring programs, even the pursuit assumptions so that powerful new approaches to following the New York Giants of Mel Ott, Bill Reading Group will discuss Life Of Pi by Yann of professional development opportunities that schooling arise.” (PP81-82) Terry, and Carl Hubbell, while playing for end- Martell. have more to do with a teacher’s personal inter- Of course, the news is not all bleak. less hours with friends a mechanical baseball Monday June 14, 2004 at 7 P.M., Richard ests than the needs of his students. “This nation is blessed with a core of compe- game, he describes in detail in the book and also Curtis of the Richard Curtis Literary Agency, will The book focuses on the 1999 Strengthening tent, well-qualified, dedicated, caring teachers in an Atlantic Monthly article, Field Of Tin. As discuss Genesis 40-54 in the ongoing, Love Vows, and Sustaining Teachers Initiative, a five-year whose presence goes far toward sustaining what a result of that article, he is reunited with this A Connnection: The Marriage Of A People to project that has been coordinated by the National arguably is the most stable institution in our mechanical baseball game which he now enjoys their God, series for the Sacred Texts Discussion Commission on Teaching and America’s Future; changing, dynamic society.” (P.21) playing with a grandson. Along the way, he wrote Group The Teacher Union Reform Network, The So here’s that summer assignment: read this, a baseball book called Spring Training about the Wednesday, July 7, 2004 at 7 P.M., KYTV Institute for Educational Inquiry, Bank Street and come back ready to implement, or at least spring training season, focusing on one team, the Reading Group will discuss Reading Lolita In College and the University of Washington. The discuss, some of these authors’ compelling argu- Pittsburgh Pirates. Teheran, by Azar Nafisi program was developed to build support systems ments in September, so that real change can begin Another passion of his, the piano, became that Transit: 4, 5 or 6 Lexington Avenue Subway to for teachers in Portland, Maine; Albuquerque, to take place.# way when his childhood piano teacher realized 86th St., M86 Bus (86th St.), M79 Bus (79th St.), New Mexico and Seattle, Washington, whose that Zinsser was never going to learn to read M31 Bus (York Ave.), M15 Bus (1st & 2nd Aves.) teachers and schools provide the data and anec- JOIN US FOR AN AWARDS dotes contained here. BREAKFAST TO CELEBRATE The thesis is that all educational institutions JUNE IS PERFECT FOR A SUMMER READING need to build new relationships among previously OUTSTANDING separated stakeholders—meaning that the public TEACHERS ADVENTURE—BEAT THE HEAT & READ! schools, the universities, the unions, profes- OF THE EAR By SELENE VASQUEZ (Harper Collins, 32 pp., $17.99). The deadly sional organizations, even school boards, have to Y Picture Books: Ages 5 thru 8: Kitten’s First female prehistoric predator Hybodus, residing work together on a congruent agenda to ensure on June 21, 2004. Full Moon by Kevin Henkes. (Greenwillow, in the depths of the oceans some 180 million the success of both teachers and students. One To RSVP, point your browser to: 32 pp., $15.99). A suspense filled story of a years ago, is a creature beyond the imagination. suggestion would be an expansion of “teaching www.EducationUpdate.com/rsvp poor kitten mistaking the moon for a bowl of Astonishing digital paintings create a lifelike milk. Delightful charcoal and a palette of colors visualization. compliment the irresistible rhythmic text of this Poetry: Ages 5 thru 10: Over in the Pink kitty’s irrepressible spirit of survival. House: New Jump Rope Rhymes by Rebecca Kai. Picture Books: Ages 8 thru 12: Don Quixote Illustrated by Melanie Hall. (Boyds Mills, 32 pp., and the Windmills by Eric Kimmel. Illustrated by $15.95). 32 original rhymes replete with colorful Leonard Everett Fisher. (Farrar, 32 pp., $16.00). imagery and rhythmic chanting for jump roping. The human need for passion and meaning is Playful illustrations capture the singsong and captured in Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, whimsical quality of this memorable childhood maddened by the excessive reading of chivalric activity.# romances. Fisher’s dramatic signature illustra- Selene S. Vasquez is a media specialist at tions render this immortal literary figure with Orange Brook Elementary School in Hollywood, grace. Florida. She is formerly a children’s librarian for Nonfiction: Ages 10 thru 12: Jurassic Shark the New York Public Library. by Deborah Diffily. Illustrated by Karen Carr.

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Storyteller Story Origin June 5 Diane Wolkstein Sun Mother Wakes the World Australia 12 Diane Wolkstein The Magic Orange Tree Haiti 19 Diane Wolkstein The Emperor’s New Clothes H.C. Andersen 26 Margaret Dawson Hecuba Remembers Greece Katie Green Isis Remembers Egypt July 3 David Gonzalez Creation Myths Latino

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SUMMER READING ROUNDUP “With Love, Aunt Eleanor” by Eleanor Roosevelt II THE CREATIVE PROCESS: Reviewed BY DOROTHY DAVIS ment—the completion of a world bill of rights by This is escape reading at its best. So stretch out an 18-nation commission, which she chaired, at under the beach umbrella or curl up in an easy the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. It WRITING CHILDREN’S BOOKS chair with this beautifully designed facsimile of was better than “a glass of champagne at a party.” By KAREN WINNICK Most often I need to research before I begin a family scrapbook. Enjoy imagining yourself She ran and slid down the polished marble floor, Wonderment, that’s what the struggle to write and rewrite, often between to be the beloved niece of the First Lady of the in her leather-soled shoes, arms out “in triumph. creating children’s picture twenty-five and fifty drafts. This is followed World, and a member of one of America’s oldest It was so much fun that she did it again.” books brings into my life. by more research for the visuals and then rough and finest families—the Roosevelts. Other reminiscences tell humorously of visits I love the word—wonder- sketches. Next I am on to a book dummy, a mock- Arranged chronologically, each sepia tinged to Eleanor’s Hyde Park home, Val-Kill Cottage, ment. I struggle to hold on up of words and sketches combined in 32 pages. double page features a charmingly written mem- by world figures such as Nikita Khrushchev and to this word. A postcard sent My book dummy is sent out to publishers, usually oir on the left-hand page and, on the right, family Haile Selassie, annual summer picnics for the by a friend hangs above my one at a time. What I’ve learned from the process photos, clippings, memorabilia or delightful line entire Wiltwyck School, New York’s school for desk, “Show me a day when of sending out my work is to take in editor’s drawings by the author, as well as a timeline troubled boys, which was nearby, and joyous and the world wasn’t new.” (Sister Barbara Hance) comments and see if they can help me make my of historical anecdotes or pertinent quotes. One funny picnics, outings and holidays with family Studying poetry for many years with Myra story better. Sometimes they do, sometimes not. quote, from Eleanor Roosevelt, for example, is, and friends. Cohn Livingston, I came to understand that much When a story is finally sold, often after many “It is not more vacation we need—it is more There are sad and insightful chapters too— of poetry was observing the world and express- rejections—so don’t get discouraged—I begin vocation.” And another: “She would rather light a about, for example, Franklin and Eleanor ing through the tools of poetry feelings about that the finished art. For my historical stories I choose candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has Roosevelt’s difficult marriage, and a particu- world. It’s not so different with picture books. I oils to replicate a style of art consistent with warmed the world.” It is obvious that a lot of love larly moving one on the death from alcoholism of observe and learn about the world through my when the story takes place. Finally I go through and care went into creating this book. Eleanor’s brother, Hall, the author’s father, mir- senses as well as through things I read and study. the production process with students—printing, In the first section, “The Early Days” is an roring the death of Eleanor and Hall’s own father, Then I express through my writing and art my bookbinding, etc. article called “The Shy Debutante”. Eleanor, who died of the same disease years earlier. feelings about those observations. Hopefully I encourage students through my pre- who was tall (six feet) and painfully shy, dreaded But most of the book contains amusing stories I believe most of good writing is about trying sentations, certainly students inspire me. Creating going to the Cotillion, but “she was surprised about such things as Eleanor’s German shepherd, to arrive at a human truth. I hope to portray char- children’s picture books truly does implore me to when at the very first dance, a distant cousin— Prince, who was fond of tearing pieces of pant acters that have obstacles to overcome in order to look at the world with wonderment, something Franklin D. Roosevelt—wrote in her dance card. legs off White House visitors; her question- achieve understanding. What is this understand- children just do naturally.# He even asked her for a second dance.” On the able driving skills; her nearly indecipherable ing? For me, it is some truth about our human Noted children’s author and illustrator Karen right hand page is Eleanor’s coming-out photo, handwriting (samples included); the controver- condition. Winnick has written and illustrated Mr. Lincoln’s 1902, and a snapshot of Eleanor and her beloved sial picnic she served to the king and queen of So at the same time that I attempt to view the Whiskers, Sybil’s Night Ride, A Year Goes Round, Franklin, with his mother, Sara Delano, standing England; and the one dish she knew how to world with the freshness of a child, I enjoy going Barn Sneeze and The Night of the Fireflies. In between them. Three anecdotes to the far right cook—scrambled eggs. to schools to show students that writing stories 2005, Cassie’s Sweet Berry Pie will be avail- tell about historical and personal events of the This is a special book, an affectionate portrait and creating art is just what they do in their class- able. Out of print are Patch and the Strings and time, beginning with “At Allenswood School in of Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the major figures of rooms. I hope to demystify the process of making Sandro’s Dolphin. Books can be ordered at the England, only French is spoken. When Eleanor the 20th Century, by a family member who gener- a picture book—beginning with the awareness local bookstore or through Boyds Mills Press uses an English word, she is expected to report ously shares her personal knowledge and insights that ideas are all around us. So pay attention. (800) 949-7777. Ms. Winnick would be delighted herself to the headmistress, and she does.” about her aunt, gleaned over their close 42-year And then, imagine—imagine the possibilities of a to visit your school to talk and demonstrate how In “The White House Years” an essay tells of long relationship. After reading this book you situation, of being someone, an animal or a thing. she writes and illustrates books (grades 2-6). Write “Water Polo with Uncle Franklin”. The game was feel as though you personally knew this famous Imagine why, where or what if. to her at [email protected] to request her visit. a “free-for-all” and the pool “a mass of foamy woman too. It is an unforgettable, warmly human waves and loud, triumphant or not-so triumphant portrait. Eleanor Roosevelt II writes of her aunt in shouts as we all tried to catch the ball and keep her preface, “it has always been a privilege to be Disney Gives Schools First-Class Treatment it from my uncle, which was an almost impos- her niece.” Having read this book I am sure that sible feat.” Eleanor Roosevelt would have replied that it was When you let your students discover the wonder and joy of Disney on Broadway, we’ll make the experience unforgettable! This school year give your students a day to remember by taking advantage of Disney’s educational program, which provides schools In “Life After Franklin” “The Declaration of a privilege to be her aunt.# with special rates for groups of 15 or more for Beauty and the Beast, Aida and The Lion King. Human Rights” reveals Eleanor Roosevelt’s See page 9 for an interview with the author. In addition, because we know you want to provide the necessary adult supervision, Disney gives educators one free ticket for unique way of celebrating her major achieve- every 15 purchased at all three shows. Flexible policies allow teachers to pay in full 2-3 months before the performance. Disney invites schools to dedicate an entire day to the theater and to enhance the group’s experience by taking a historical tour of the New Amsterdam Theater the morning prior to the performance. Built in 1903, the New Amsterdam has long been the crown jewel of “Phonics They Use: Words for Reading & Writing” Broadway’s theaters. After a two-year restoration process that led to the theater’s re-opening in 1997, the theater now hosts Disney’s Tony Award winning musical, The Lion King. The New Amsterdam Theater is the perfect venue for events ranging from 15 to 1,800 people. The theater and its two historic rooms, the Ziegfeld Room and the New Amsterdam Room, can accommodate every- by Patricia M. Cunningham thing from a full production to an intimate candlelight dinner. For more information please call Amy Andrews at 212-282-2907. Reviewed BY MERRI ROSENBERG We will help teachers arrive to the theater prepared. For every show, Disney has developed study guides that help teachers develop teachers use rhymes and riddles, even rap, to projects, discussions and activities. And, for those students who always have a question after most Wednesday matinees, members of It’s hard to imagine this slender volume as a access the sounds of words, adopt a multi-sensory the cast, orchestra or crew are available to appear for special Q & A sessions with students. Students can also enjoy discounts on Disney on Broadway souvenir merchandise, as each member of your group will receive radical text. But on many levels, it is. approach by having students clap out the beats of a merchandise coupon for great savings at the theater. Teachers can also arrange special lunch savings at McDonald’s Times Square For someone whose children attended elemen- words, and play a variety of games to enhance location, which, seating over 2,000, specializes in school groups customized for any budget. Finally, groups save on Gray Line New tary school during the 1990s, when whole lan- their acquisition of literacy skills. York bus charters, as special Disney promotional rates are available.# For more information or to book call 212-703-1040 or 1-800-439-9000, fax 212-703-1085 or email guage was the watchword of reading programs The book also offers specific activities that [email protected]. Or visit www.disneyonbroadway.com. and phonics was banished (except among reading teachers could bring into their curriculum, from resource teachers whose job it was to help strug- spelling activities, working through roots, pre- gling readers), I admit to a certain guilty pleasure fixes and suffixes, and setting up take-home word at finding this in my mailbox. walls to learning common rhyme patterns and What’s refreshing about Patricia M. even assessments to measure a child’s reading Cunningham’s approach is that her phonics fluency. method embraces strategies and techniques that This is certainly a text that belongs in any more strict constructionists might not include, elementary school teacher’s classroom; too bad like allowing pre-readers to use inventive spell- its message wouldn’t have been as welcome a ing. She recommends a slew of rhyming books decade ago.# that would be fun additions to any classroom (removing phonics from the dreaded basal reader association that it has for we baby boomers), and offers a host of creative and diverse activities Interested in that any teacher could use successfully in his classroom. International I particularly liked her recommendations that Adoption?

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President scarcely two months to go Also, notwithstanding that the CFE decision the hearings in our city by Bush has proposed changing this, and making before the Court-imposed applies only to New York City, the Assembly has the independent commis- risks and threats the basis for providing Homeland deadline for an agree- pushed from the start for addressing the needs sion in-vestigating the 9/11 Security dollars. But as I noted in my testimony, the ment to be reached by the of all of the 700-plus districts in the State—not attacks; and the decision by the International Department of Homeland Security has diluted the Legislature and the Governor to implement a only the New York City district. A court-imposed Olympic Committee to name New York one of impact of that welcome change by inflating from remedy in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) remedy will not do that. the five finalists in the competition to host the seven to eighty the number of cities available for case, little progress has been made in Albany. We in the Assembly continue to argue that 2012 summer games. What ties those two stories “high-risk” grants. As goes New York’s economy, The next several weeks will be crucial in deter- the Legislature and the Governor must come together is that each showed New York’s determi- so goes the nation’s; if Wall Street is attacked, Main mining whether a resolution to this issue will be to a decision before July 30 and in doing nation to come back strong. Street will suffer. That’s why in my testimony I reached in Albany, or whether the courts will take so increase educational resources by at least The 9/11 hearings brought back a flood of challenged the Commission to urge Washington to over and impose a remedy. What’s the holdup? the amount recommended by the New York painful memories. But by investigating why change these absurd and dangerous policies. Very simply put, the Governor and the State State Board of Regents, which declared that a we lost so many of our loved ones that day, The 9/11 hearings may have overshadowed the Senate leadership continue to refuse to accept minimum of $6 billion was necessary over the the Commission’s work will help us ultimately city’s designation as a finalist for the 2012 Olympics. the findings of the State Supreme Court and the next seven years on a statewide basis. Other win the war on terror. From the beginning, our But that decision represented a tremendous vote of Court of Appeals, which ruled, after ten long reputable studies have pegged a number to be Administration has also been determined to learn confidence by the members of the International years of litigation, that the New York City school in excess of $10 billion. the lessons of 9/11. That’s why we’ve dramati- Olympic Committee in our city, and in our remark- district was unconstitutionally under-funded. The An agreement between the Legislature and cally stepped up the Police Department’s intel- able recovery from the 9/11 attacks. NYC 2012, the Governor continues to argue—even against the Governor Pataki is attainable, but only once ligence and counter-terrorism activities. It’s why non-profit group leading New York’s bid for the recommendation of this own Commission (!) all parties acknowledge that the court decision we’ve increased cooperation and communication Olympics, has put together an exciting and compel- and findings of several other respected “costing in this issue is final and binding, that it is now between the Police and Fire Departments, and ling case for bringing the Olympics here. Should we out” studies—that New York City needs very incumbent on our branches of government to other agencies that protect our city. It’s why be fortunate enough to be chosen to host them, the little new education resources. He does this with arrive at a funding reform that will adequately we’ve instituted regular, ongoing multi-agency Games would provide a powerful financial boost, a straight face, notwithstanding our grossly over- invest in public education for the sake of our training exercises, like the recent “Operation creating an estimated 125,000 jobs, and pumping crowded classrooms, a high percentage of uncer- State’s future. We must do this not just because Transit Safe,” which simulated a terrorist attack $11 billion into our economy. They would also tified teachers, near ancient school facilities, and the court has ordered it, but also because it is in the subway system. Because we’ve introduced spur the largest investment in parks and recreation decades-old technology. profoundly in our interest to insure that all chil- these and other measures, I was able to testify to facilities in the city’s history—a tremendous legacy The State Senate maintains that New York dren in New York State public schools receive the Commission that New York is better prepared for future generations. City and other “high needs” school districts must the quality education needed to compete in the today to respond to and prevent any threat, aris- Last week, we cleared a major hurdle on the path continue to compete with wealthy school districts 21st Century. ing from any source. to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The IOC will make for scarce new resources without any significant The clock is ticking.# We’ve taken all these actions because we recog- its final selection next July—and we’re hopeful that change in the unfair way in which education Assemblyman Sanders is chairman of the Education nize that New York remains a major target for ter- their decision will be to hold the world’s greatest ath- dollars have been distributed in Albany for gen- Committee. E-mail him at [email protected]. rorism. Despite that fact, however, New York State letic event right here, in the world’s second home.# erations. The Assembly has tried to convince the ny.us or phone 212.979.9696. His mailing address currently ranks 49th among the 50 states in the per Governor and the State Senate that business as is 201 East 16th Street, New York, NY 10003. usual will neither satisfy the Court decision, nor “Twas brillig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogroves, Arts & Education: And the mome raths outgrabe.” —Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking-Glass Ensuring our Cultural Future By JILL LEVY, By STATE SENATOR PRESIDENT, CSA tomorrow. How are we going to keep our cultural I rely upon my morning walks to clear my head selection of programs that were not researched- LIZ KRUEGER institutions alive if our children are not exposed so I can concentrate on important issues. Lately, based putting our children first? Last month I joined City to the arts? The time has come for arts education though, these walks haven’t helped. I hear lines Does “Children First” mean our special needs’ Council Member Eva Moskowitz in host- to be fully integrated in school curricula. from Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” with each students receive appropriate instructional sup- ing an “Arts in Education Roundtable” at the The vitality of the arts community is inseparable step I take mixed up utterances from Tweed. port services including a timely evaluation? For Guggenheim Museum. This event emerged out from the health of the city—culturally, education- The child Alice (of Wonderland fame) says of Klein, the disassembling of one system and its of a series of arts roundtables I had conducted ally and economically. We are presently being the poem, “Somehow it seems to fill my head with replacement with a new one was significantly with different segments of the arts commu- forced to cope with enormous monetary pressures ideas—only I don’t exactly know what they are!” more important than meeting the needs of chil- nity, who had indicated an interest in explor- that have already greatly impacted the mission That’s pretty much how I feel when reflecting upon dren. Children first?—only after a massive orga- ing their shared commitment to arts education, of arts education organizations. These are times “Children First.” After this past year, “Children nizational change that left thousands of children and a recent report issued by Council Member where we must prioritize and protect the artistic First” seems to mean “Children Whenever.” without support services at all. Moskowitz. The event, which was attended by and cultural integrity of New York City. I am Mayor Bloomberg’s first priority was turning The social promotion and high stakes testing over twenty arts organizations, created a pas- gratified that the Department of Education has the Board of Education into a centralized struc- program is allegedly based on the premise that sionate dialogue regarding the state of the arts recognized the need to improve arts education by ture that disconnects instruction and administration children come first. But between the lack of an in New York City schools. instituting a formal, standardized arts curriculum. and mimics franchise-style businesses. Now, I’m appeals process in the initial policy, and the ques- Research shows that art is an essential part Our many arts institutions will be an essential not about to defend the old bureaucracy at 110 tion of whether some children benefited from of any quality educational curriculum. Early resource for schools as they move toward ensur- Livingston Street. But within that structure, many seeing last year’s test questions, this administra- introduction to arts is an essential ingredient in ing that all students in our public schools receive BOE employees developed relationships to identify tion did not put children first. If it had, Tweed creating a lifelong interest in cultural activities. a comprehensive arts education. and solve problems before they affected children. would have announced a well-thought-out plan, For many, arts are also the subjects that help Participants in the Arts in Education This year, because of the administration’s one that did not need immediate revision, one engage students in school and contribute to their Roundtable included a wide spectrum of almost total disregard for children’s needs, princi- that did not have parents and children worried broader academic success. organizations: the American Ballet Theatre, pals scrambled for services that were not in place sick, and one that would have ensured that the Unfortunately, arts education has suffered Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theatre, Arts or were seriously deficient. Here are a few of the test results were untainted. greatly over the past decade, falling victim Connection, Asia Society, Carnegie Hall, problems that arose under “Children First.” This year makes it clear that “Children First” to tight budgets. The Board of Education has Center for Arts Education, China Institute, City Notwithstanding warnings from CSA and the took a back seat to “Reorganization First” and recently announced that it is revamping its arts Light Youth Theatre, Diller-Quaile School of UFT, the DOE failed to implement a system to that much of what we hear from Tweed ends up curriculum in an effort to ensure a more bal- Music, DreamYard Drama Project, Education insure the safety of students until this winter when being gibberish. anced and complete approach to this essential Through Music, Guggenheim Museum, Horizon a newspaper exposed the chaos ensuing in several “Jabberwocky” is often hailed as a masterpiece part of a quality education Concerts, Interschool Orchestras of NYC, schools. DOE dismantled the suspension system of nonsense. Unfortunately, much of what we hear One particular concern at the roundtable that Jewish Museum, Michael Mao Dance Company, of yesterday but forgot to develop a new one. coming out of Tweed is nonsense too, and differs was raised was the severe lack of artistic encour- Museum of Natural History, Musica de Camera, Selections of literacy and math programs were all too little from the Jabberwocky that used to agement that New York City schools provide New Victory Theatre, New York State Alliance the hot topics. Ultimately, Schools Chancellor emanate from the halls of 110 Livingston Street.# to their students and the total emphasis being for Arts Education, TADA!, Turtle Bay Music Joel Klein back-pedaled to make sure the city Jill Levy is the president of the Council of placed upon the new standardized tests. The School, Whitney Museum and Young Peoples didn’t lose $41 million in federal funding. Was the Supervisors and Administrators (CSA). children in schools today are the audiences of Chorus of New York City.# Sponsored by: EDUCATION UPDATE ■ ComGrafix arketingarketing uppupplementlement ■ JUNE 2004 31 www.comgrafix.com M S The Quest for a Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom unique role in the community. Now through our Master of Science in By PATRICK IANNIELLO, Ph.D. a Master of Science in Education degree that In the second semester, students will participate Childhood Education, students, many who In 1964, Audrey Cohen, a woman determined is designed to prepare graduate students for in a primary grade student teaching experience are changing careers to enter the profession, to change how students are educated, intro- their initial certification in Childhood Education with a focus on honing their skills in curriculum once again support the mission of Metropolitan duced Purpose-Centered Education. Through (grades 1- 6). This unique one-year full-time construction, development and evaluation based College of New York “to provide an education an approach she called experiential learning, program allows students to study and complete on national and state standards. In the third and of the highest caliber that empowers students students would use their knowledge to work an applied internship in childhood education at final segment of the program, a student teaching of all ages and backgrounds to lead, to pursue on Constructive Action projects, and approach the same time. In the first semester, through field experience in the upper elementary grades will justice, and to promote change in their personal, education as a learning laboratory. The college experiences, students examine and explore in allow them an opportunity to critique their own professional and civic lives.” It seems appropriate Ms. Cohen founded, now re-named Metropolitan practice positive professional relationships and work, re-evaluate their own teaching methods now, when times call for reform in educational College of New York, is still transforming lives resources in the school and the community that and think about how to meet the unique and practice, that the College takes what experiences and education forty years later. are aimed at helping children to become effective diverse learning needs of all students. have proven true in its model of education and In September 2004, MCNY is introducing learners. As signaled with the passage of the “No Child apply that to the preparation of a new kind of Left Behind” legislation, there has been a move- professional teacher.# ment at the local and state level in the United Dr. Patrick Ianniello is the Director of the States to make sure all of our children are receiv- Master of Science Degree in Education Program Improving Math Skills with Shiller Math ing a quality education. To achieve the goal of at Metropolitan College of New York. Dr. Ianniello raising the standards for quality elementary edu- has served as an elementary school principal, By Larry Shiller cation, an important step is to make sure that all assistant principal and teacher in New York City math success! Have you wondered if your 5 -10 year old child is really get- teachers are fully certified and understand their Public Schools for 34 years. ting his or her math? 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CAREERS So You Want to Own a Vineyard: An Interview with Bob Brower of Chateau Julien in California By DOROTHY DAVIS crop takes three years. You harvest the fourth wine for yourself on the side and after a while corks and spoil the wine. You can’t tell this ahead Bob Brower used to be in the oil business year. White wine you can sell the following year, make a few barrels and start selling some. Some of time and there is nothing you can do about it. in New Jersey, but for the past 23 years he’s but red wine takes a few more years. new companies are starting out this way. We are now experimenting with synthetic corks been involved in another liquid guzzling enter- You have to have a business sense, absolutely Q. What do you think about French wines in and so far our experience is very favorable. We prise—the wine trade. He is the blissful owner of have to be schooled in business, understand the comparison to U. S. wines? are not considering screw tops because most Chateau Julien, which has a 246-acre vineyard on financing, not just the art of wine making. It is A. The French had a head start, but as early people believe pulling a cork out of a bottle the Monterrey penninsula in Northern California, a very capital-intensive industry. Getting started as the mid-70s, U. S. wines were winning major helps create the romance of wine. And that’s very 15 miles from the ocean, 90 is very difficult, if you have one worldwide competitions against the French. Now important. miles south of his chateau in acre or ten. It takes years before the French make a lot of wines to the American Q. What are you proudest of in your wine Carmel, where he has another you can make a profit. taste. Americans like crystal clear wine. They like career? acre vineyard. You also have to know how to wines true to the character of the grape, whereas a A. In the wine business you can get closer to How he got from oil in New market your product throughout Bordeaux wine can have a lot of different grapes Maslow’s self actualization than in any other Jersey to wine in California and the United States and the world. in it. business I can think of. Self-actualization is the what, as a successful vineyard Almost every country and state Q. Are there any recent developments in the pinnacle, and this is the business you can do that owner, he would advise any makes wines. It’s extremely field? in. I wake up every morning excited about what would-be winemakers were the competitive. Just because you A. The corking of wine is changing. With natu- I’m doing. If you can get that excitement there’s LOE04115_HP_5x10 6/4/04 6:19 PM Page 1 chief questions of our recent start a winery doesn’t mean ral cork, bacteria affect one to five percent of the nothing better!# coast to coast telephone inter- someone will want to buy your view with this high spirited wine wine. maker, who, when not tending Q. Where did you go to school his vines, can be seen at auto for your business training? races hobnobbing with the likes A. I went to Hofstra, on Long of Paul Newman and Mario Island, and Fairleigh Dickinson Andretti. “Everyone has an Bob Brower University in Madison, New interest in wine!” he says. And Jersey. I majored in Business and TAKE A if you visit his main winery and Psychology. you get talking, this sociable guy might just wind Q. Why did you make the switch from the oil up inviting you to dinner. business to the wine industry? But of course we wanted to chat with him first A. In the petroleum business I traveled a fair MAGICAL JOURNEY about his award winning Merlot, which was writ- amount. A very good friend of mine who is a ten up by the Beverage Tasting Institute as one of lawyer traveled with me and taught me a lot about the best tasting wines in America. It helped him wine. Over time my wife and I became interested. to earn the Rookie of the Year Award when he On vacations we would go to Napa Valley and EIGHT STORIES HIGH. was just starting out, as well as countless awards Sonoma County. We would buy wines there we and blue ribbons since then. Education Update’s couldn’t find in New Jersey. When someone Publisher and Editor, Dr. Pola Rosen, who had the wanted to buy the oil company from us we found pleasure of sampling Chateau Julien’s Merlot at a ourselves in a position to buy a vineyard and we recent wine tasting, enthusiastically agrees that thought that would be a great thing to do. We it is an excellent wine. But when Brower started have no regrets. This is the life style we wanted. out he had no guarantee that he would be able to You enter the wine business for the life style. produce a winning wine, he said, or even which Your whole business involves food and wine, of the varieties he planted might turn out to be enjoying the finer things in life. That’s pretty successful. This is because wine is a living thing much bliss! depending on many uncontrollable variables. In Q. What advice would you give to young addition to its fabulous Merlot, Chateau Julien, people who would like to get into the wine busi- also produces a very good Cabernet, Syrah and ness? Chardonnay, all in the $10 to $40 price range, and A. It’s a labor of love. If you want a nine to an excellent higher priced Reserve blend. five job don’t do this. But if you want a career in Q. Don’t you have to have a lot of capital to something you can love and work at 24 hours a start a wine business and to make it a success? day and you really want to be involved in almost What else do you need to be successful? every facet of the business, this is a great field. A. As the saying goes, the way to have a small Q. What would you tell a young person who fortune in the wine business is to start with a large doesn’t have much capital? one. You need a lot of money to buy a vineyard A. Go get a degree in Oenology, which teach- and start a wine business. An acre of vacant land es you about the chemistry of making wine. in Lockwood Valley, for example, costs $8,000 to These are two-year graduate programs after you $12,000. Plants for one acre cost $10,000. To get have your Bachelor’s degree. The University of from start up to success takes a very long time. California in Davis and Fresno State, for exam- No one can believe you can lose money for so ple, teach these courses. Then start working for a many years and still stay in business. The first winery. You can start buying grapes and making

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