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All Togethernow Making the Inclusive Classroom Work TC FALL/WINTER 2014 Today THE MAGAZINE of TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TC TODAY FALL/WINTER 2014 FALL/WINTER TODAY TC . VOLUME 39, NUMBER 1 VOLUME All TogetherNow Making the inclusive classroom work Remembering A “Summer Intensive” Bill Daley: Maxine Greene and in Spirituality & A Portrait of the George Bond Psychology artist, Unglazed { fall + Winter 2014} Table of Contents Features All Together Now The Spirit of Summer Successful inclusive education requires balanced The paths of 32 spiritual seekers classes, professional development, triple converged at TC in July certification and better PR When Giants Depart: . Inclusion Abroad: It’s in the Cards Destigmatizing speech/language disability in Africa George Bond and Maxine Greene TC has lost two stars in its firmament . Getting People Together Inclusion is alumna Charmaine Warmenhoven’s . Putting Africa on the Map of History lifelong passion George Bond told Africa’s sto by giving voice to Africans . Fighting for Marginalized Students O’Neill Fellow Bonnie Yuen Pun Chow . “Condemned to Make Meaning” Two friends conclude Maxine Greene could not do otherwise Photograph: Deborah Feingold departments TC 3 PRESIDENT’S LETTER At TC, diversity is the foundation Today of who we are and all we do The magazine of Teachers College is produced by the Oce of Development and External Aairs at Teachers 5 @TC College, Columbia University. A new residency program in STEM Suzanne M. Murphy teaching, TC’s largest-ever federal grant VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS and more (ED.M. ’99, M.A. ’96) James L. Gardner ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, 36 UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Paradigm-changing work and commen- Clorinda Valenti EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, ta by TC faculty members Hen Levin, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS William Gaudelli, Christopher Emdin, Michelle Knight, James Borland and TC TODAY STAFF Melanie Brewster Joe Levine EDITOR EARLY RISERS Heather Donohue COVER STORY Teaching the 43 BUSINESS OPERATIONS & MARKETING same curriculum in the same In this issue, young alumni and students INITIATIVES MANAGER, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS classroom to kids of all abilities is shaping the arts and arts education CONTRIBUTORS no easy task — but when it’s done Paul Acquaro, Giy Agyapong, right, everyone can benefit. Which Linda Colquhoun, Engela Ibrahimi, Phoebe Jiang, Patricia is why educators who have seen 64 FUTURE LEADERS it work are willing to go to Lamiell, Urania Mylonas, The Last Word Bar Goldenberg Kelsey Rogalewicz, Scott the mat for inclusive education reminds us to include students in the Rubin, Sally Sweeney, Matthew Vincent, Hua-Chu Yen conversation about inclusion Nina Ovryn Class Acts Edmund Adjapong wants ART DIRECTOR to make kids fall in love with science TC Today Fall/Winter 2014 Volume 38, Number 3, Copyright 2014 by Teachers College, alumni news Columbia University Articles may be reprinted with the permission of the Oce 52 INBOX of External Aairs. Please send Memories of George Bond and Maxine alumni class notes, letters to the editor, address changes and Greene other correspondence to: TC Today ALUMNI FOCUS 525 W. 120th St., Box 306 53 New York, NY 10027 Campaign Update Bill Daley (M.A. ’51); Nick Ip (M.A. ’06); 212-678-3412 Trustees Marla Schaefer (M.A. ’03), [email protected] Harriet Fields (M.Ed. ’71); Artesius Miller Leslie Nelson and Bill Rueckert head www.tc.edu/tctoday (M.A. ’11); Thomas Rogers (Ed.D. ’06) TC’s $300 million Campaign as support for students rises ON THE COVER 56 CLASS NOTES On Board 56 LOST & FOUND New Trustees Joshua Solomon (Ed.D. ’09) and Recovered memories in the lives of Valerie Wayne (M.A. ’98) TC’s extended family don’t just support education — they’re 61 IN MEMORIAM Roy M. Goodman, Margaret Maldonado and kinder- leaders in the field Gene Maeroff, Clarence Pearson, garten students at the Teachers Elaine Sturtevant (M.A. ’75); Abraham College Community School, which embraces inclusive education. Tannenbaum (M.A. ’48, Ph.D. ’60) Photograph by John Emerson THE SKY’S THE LIMIT… The end of the calendar year is a great time to Make sure to leave at least five to seven review your portfolio for a 2014 investment in working days for your gift to be transacted, TC’s future. and keep in mind that holiday closings may aect schedules. Stock gifts to TC help you to minimize capital gains tax, while providing for a charitable tax At TC, the sky’s the limit. deduction at the full sale amount. …LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY A transfer gift of stock is easy. Stock wire transfer instructions can be found on our home page, or you can simply download a form at TC.edu/StockTransfer and send it directly to your broker. For more information about stock gifts, please call: Stock transactions and the transfer must be Louis Lo Ré on record no later than December 31, 2014. Director of Planned Giving Phone 212-678-3037 Email [email protected] { president’s letter} TC’s Rich Diversi he beginning of the academic our focus to inclusion in education as both an area year is a joyful time at TC, full of ongoing TC leadership and an urgent issue, given of hope and renewal as we wel- the rapidly changing demographics in our classrooms. come new and returning stu- American schools serve a student population that is dents and facul. This year has becoming more diverse in every way, including race been no exception. But we also and ethnici, but also in regard to students’ abilities, began the year on a bittersweet language orientation, special needs and more. At TC, note as we mourned the loss of o of the College’s our facul members are asking: How can we best Tbrightest lights: Maxine Greene and George Bond. and most productively serve all these students? What In this issue of TC Today, we remember these approach is both academically o TC icons with recollections of their work and effective and socially just? thoughts from people whose lives they changed. A growing movement in edu- They worked in very different elds and in very cation holds that the answer is not different ways — but their inuence and impact segmentation, but instead lies in the were equally immense. George, William F. Russell effort to build a more inclusive class- Professor of Anthropology and Education, and room that can serve all children Director of the College’s Center for African Studies, together. The challenges, of course, was a genuine “dirt anthropologist” who spent time are enormous, beginning with the observing societies in remote parts of the world. physical and logistic organization Maxine, the William F. Russell Professor Emerita, of classrooms and extending to was a philosopher who wrote and taught about the preparation and professional the meaning of our responses to art and life. Yet, development of teachers and the ultimately, they shared a focus on education and the education of parents and communi- AT TC —THE BIRTHPLACE ways it unites individuals from all backgrounds and ties. But if, as TC Professor Celia all walks of life into a living, breathing communi. Oyler urges, we can “see all the of special education — For George, that communi had to do with different variables of diversi as diversi is the very the history of civilization and ideas, and the impor- richness” and if we believe that all “ foundation of who we tance of including Africa and its people in that story. children have the capaci to learn, Maxine’s “communi” connected individuals em- then inclusive education promises are and at the root of barking on internal journeys to explore thoughts and to pay truly enormous dividends. our tradition of excel- feelings about art and ideas, our experiences, and At TC — the birthplace of spe- our relationships with one another and the world. cial education — diversi is the lence in all we do. We celebrated their extraordinary lives at o very foundation of who we are and moving and joyful memorial events in October. at the root of our tradition of excellence in all we do. You need only have looked around the audiences Therefore, it is both thrilling and utterly tting that, to truly appreciate the numerous and diverse lives as inclusive education gains traction nationally, ” touched by these o eminent scholars. Their lega- our facul, students and alumni are leading the way cies will live on in the many generations of individ- to create the research, policy and practice that make uals they taught, mentored and worked alongside. this approach work for the benet of all students. Maxine and George will be greatly missed by all. George and Maxine would approve. Inspired by these extraordinary lives, the peo- ple of TC continue to engage in research and practice that make a positive difference in classrooms and communities around the world. In this issue we turn SUSAN FUHRMAN (PH.D. ’77) Photograph: Lofi Studios tc today fall + winter 2014 3 The TC Fund supports the students, programs and research that keep TC at the forefront of education year after year. Your gift will sustain and renew our legacy of pioneering and shaping programs and elds, better positioning TC as a 21st century institution that will continue to lead, educate, and innovate. Please make a contribution to the TC Fund today. Simply use the postage-paid envelope bound in this publication, visit us online at www.tc.edu/GiveToTC or call Susan Scherman, Director of the TC Fund, at 212-678-8176 for more information. @tc Short takes on big news at the College Walking the Talk he news @TC continues to be about delivering on commitments to better the world. In this issue: a new T residence program in STEM teaching, a leadership program serving 500,000 young people across southern Asia and North Africa, leadership in granting doctoral degrees to black students and more.
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