AwardAward Volume XXIV, No. 3 • New York City • JAN/FEB 2019 www.EDUCATIONUPDATE.com Winner CUTTING EDGE NEWS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE SHAEL POLAKOW- SURANSKY PRESIDENT, BANK STREET COLLEGE 2 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ JAN/FEB 2019 GUEST EDITORIAL EDUCATION UPDATE MAILING ADDRESS: 695 Park Avenue, Ste. E1509, NY, NY 10065 Investing in the First 1,000 Days of Life Email: [email protected] Children ages six to 17 the child’s exploration, signifying that Web: www.EducationUpdate.com Tel: 212-650-3552 Fax: 212-410-0591 who have had two or more what she does is important and modeling PUBLISHERS: ACEs are twice as likely to language that is connected to the child’s Pola Rosen, Ed.D., Adam Sugerman, M.A. be disengaged from school. interests. ADVISORY COUNCIL: Most of the achievement To achieve this level of care, we need April Bedford, Ph.D., Dean of Education, gap between rich and poor to develop a strong public infrastructure Brooklyn College; Dominic Brewer, Ph.D., children is already evident for child care. At Bank Street, we’re Dean of Education, New York University Steinhardt; Mark Cannizzaro, Pres., CSA; before children start kin- working with cities across the country— Christine Cea, Ph.D., NYS Board of Regents; dergarten and it stubbornly including New York, Newark, and New Mary Driscoll, Ph.D., Dean, CCNY; Shelia persists as children enter Haven—to help strengthen the systems Evans-Tranumn, Chair, Board of Trustees, and complete secondary of care and education for the youngest Casey Family Programs Foundation; Scott Evenbeck, Ph.D., President, Guttman school. students. We are also increasing our Community College, CUNY; Charlotte K. But adverse childhood reach into local communities—includ- Frank, Ph.D., Sr. Advisor, McGraw-Hill; experiences are not desti- ing through a project in East New York, Joan Freilich, Ph.D., Trustee, College of ny. Supportive, responsive Brooklyn working with early childhood New Rochelle; Andrew Gardner, Director, BrainPOP Educators; Kenneth Gold, relationships with parents caregivers to build the skills necessary Ph.D., Dean of Education, College of Staten or caregivers working in to provide quality care for our nation’s Island; Cynthia Greenleaf, Ed.M., J.D., the child-care setting can youngest and most vulnerable children. Former Dir. of Partnerships, Chicago Public mitigate the effects of these As a nation, we spend close to $600 Schools; Donne Kampel, Ph.D., Dean, Touro College; Augusta S. Kappner, Ph.D., experiences. In short, a billion a year on K–12 education while President Emerita, Bank St. College; Harold child’s first 1,000 days are only allocating $20 billion to child care Koplewicz, M.D., Pres., Child Mind Institute; a moment to be seized, a and educational supports before children Shenzhan Liao, Director of Education, China moment to actually level start school. Per capita, we are spending Institute; Cecelia McCarton, M.D., Dir., The McCarton Center; Craig Michaels, Ph.D., the playing field, a moment roughly 10 times less on education for Dean of Education, Queens College; Michael to stop the achievement our youngest children at precisely the Mulgrew, Pres., UFT; Eric Nadelstern, gap before it starts. Missing moment when the potential impact is Prof. of Educational Leadership, Teachers this small but vital win- greatest. You will find the opposite pat- College; Alfred S. Posamentier, Ph.D., LIU; Rose Rudnitski, Dean, School of Education, dow of opportunity leads tern in every other wealthy nation in the Mercy College; John Russell, Ed.D., Head, to the need for expensive— world. Not surprisingly, their educational Windward School; Michael Sampson, Ph.D., and all too often failing— outcomes are soaring while our students Dean of Education, St. John’s University; efforts in our schools to fall further behind. Debra Shanley, Ph.D., Prof. , Brooklyn College; Ronald P. Stewart, Head, York Prep; play catch-up. This is a test of our commitment to Adam Sugerman, Publisher, Palmiche Press Analyses of multiple equity and whether we have the will MANAGING EDITOR: early care and education to cultivate human potential during the Adam Sugerman By PRESIDENT SHAEL programs show that every dollar spent on earliest years of life. There are 15 million ASSOCIATE EDITORS: POLAKOW-SURANSKY high-quality, birth-to-five programs serv- children in this country under the age of Heather Rosen Faulkner, Rob Wertheimer Ninety percent of our brain architecture ing disadvantaged children yields a 13% three. They need us to do better. # SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITOR: Lydia Liebman is built during the first 1,000 days of life, annual return. High-quality early child- Shael Polakow-Suransky is the presi- STAFF WRITERS: with more than one million new neural hood care leads to higher rates of high dent of Bank Street College of Education. Jan Aaron, Joan Baum, Ph.D., Miranda connections formed every second. These school graduation and reduced rates of Goodwin-Raab, Gillian Granoff, Merryl Kafka, connections establish the foundation for heart and metabolic disease, adolescent Ed.D., Sybil Maimin, Samantha Nazareth, M.D., Kisa Schell future learning—including our cognitive pregnancy, and incarceration. Connect with EDUCATION UPDATE GUEST COLUMNIST: and social-emotional development. At Bank Street, a central part of our Dr. Rebecca Mannis; Dr. Kate Molloy; We know from recent scientific mission is to expand access and improve on these social media outlets: Margaux Montagner; Assembly Member research that if a baby grows up exposed Rebecca A. Seawright; Dana Stahl; John the quality of early care and education. Tanacredi, Ph.D. to what is known as “toxic stress” due Research links low-quality child care BOOK REVIEWS: to violence, homelessness, lack of food, to toxic stress and developmental dam- Joan Baum, Ph.D. neglect, or other trauma, these experi- age. When an infant spends a year with LAW EDITOR: ences trigger the baby’s natural fight someone who fails to form a relationship Scan QR Code Arthur Katz, J.D. or flight responses in her brain, which with her, it has an impact on behavior, LAW REPORTER & ETHICIST: Jacob Appel, M.D., J.D. releases cortisol into her body. With learning, and potential for years to come. with your MATHEMATICS EDITOR: extended exposure to these kinds of The antiquated and inaccurate notion Smartphone Alfred Posamentier, Ph.D. stressful or unpredictable early experi- that “anyone can take care of babies” MEDICAL EDITOR: ences, cortisol starts to rewire a child’s is part of the problem and has led to Herman Rosen, M.D., F.A.C.P. brain architecture, impacting the devel- inadequate public funding, low wages, MOVIE & THEATER REVIEWS: IN THIS ISSUE Jan Aaron opment of language, memory, and self- and low-quality child care. There is a big SPORTS EDITOR: control. It can also inhibit an infant’s difference between meeting the child’s Guest Editorials ........................2, 24 Mike Cohen ability to learn and form trusting relation- feeding and diapering needs and provid- Colleges & Grad Schools .. 3, 8, 22, 23, 27 ART DIRECTOR: ships. Adverse childhood experiences— ing care that will nourish the child’s mind Neil Schuldiner Rebecca Seawright .........................6 or ACEs—occur for children across the and body. VIDEOGRAPHER: Carlos del Rosario socio-economic spectrum, but because High-quality child care starts with Book .................................................9 of institutionalized forms of inequality, strong, nurturing relationships that are Education Update is an independent news- Sports ............................................14 paper, which is published bimonthly by children growing up poor are often more stable and offer children a secure base Obituary ........................................14 Education Update, Inc.. All material is copy- vulnerable. from which to engage in new experiences righted and may not be printed without express Researchers have found that children within a thoughtfully planned routine. 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The caregiver comments on Music .............................................20 Copyright © 2019 Education Update JAN/FEB 2019 ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ EDUCATION UPDATE 3 EducationUpdate_11.5.INSERTION.indd 1 12/13/18 10:55 AM 4 EDUCATION UPDATE ■ FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS & STUDENTS ■ JAN/FEB 2019 BEST PRACTICES BASED Universal Preschool in Cuba ON BRAIN SCIENCE By REBECCA MANNIS, Ph.D. What makes for best practice in edu- cation? The answer to this question can differ depending on whom you ask and whether that person’s lens is more ‘wide-angle’ or specialized. Best prac- tice vision can change when consider- ing classroom needs or an individual student. The Educational Opportunity Association (EOA) best practices direc- tory for 2018 offers methods and materi- als that are ‘promising, validated and exemplary.’ Fluency, the ability to