Michelle Obama’s Legacy: A Healthier Generation By Adam Sugerman Diet and exercise. To lose weight, we need to burn more calories than we consume. If we eat 2,500 calories, but only burn 2,400, we’re going to get heavier. Simple math, right? The people of our nation, and of the Western world for that matter, are increasingly becoming heavier....READ MORE
Carla Markell: First Lady, Delaware What inspired you to pursue your current career?
My “career” as First Lady found me, more than I found it. I wasn’t sure how active of a role I wanted to play when Jack first got elected. I heard Michelle Obama speak on her own transition and she said she was getting started by going around visiting various federal agencies....READ MORE
Christine Quinn: City Council Speaker Growing up, I was only interested in one thing –government and politics – my father always said it was my curse. At the library, I would only check out biographies of important leaders or important women. This gave me, from a very young age, a real sense of the potential that government has to make people’s lives better....READ MORE
Carole Berotte Joseph:
President, Bronx Community College My father who was a teacher, principal and entrepreneur inspired me to become an educator and take leadership positions. Since childhood, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher. Today, as I lead, I teach. I have faced many....READ MORE
Tisa Chang: Founder,
Pan Asian Repertory Theater After many years as a dancer and aspiring actress I became a creator and director at LaMama ETC in the early 70’s when I asked Ellen Stewart to direct an adaptation of a famous Chinese Peking opera, Return of the Phoenix, into a 5 character, intimate comedy with music using both English and Chinese. This work was a tribute to my mother....READ MORE
When I had the good fortune to witness first hand the depth and breadth of the research resources available in the medical research institutions in New York, I realized that so much more could be accomplished through a better coordinated, collaborative effort. Working with AMDeC offered a unique opportunity to work....READ MORE
Joan Kretschmer, Ph.D.:
Musician, Creator My love of music has been the driving force of every aspect of what I would call a variegated career in music. As a musicologist, critic, performer, teacher, interviewer, as well as the founder and artistic director of the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York, I have had a life-long passion for — and interest in — music of all kinds....READ MORE
Dora B. Schriro: Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Correction My inspiration to go into the field of corrections goes back to my grandparents. From the earliest age, they exposed me to ideas and experiences that opened my eyes to the urban landscape and rural America, and to see firsthand the struggles of good people everywhere. I continued to think about those people and places throughout....READ MORE
Deborah Strobin:
An Uncommon Philanthropist By Joan Baum, Ph.D. Sounds cinematic: immediate departure, Vienna overrun by Nazis, comfort gone, friends gone, borders closed, last boat out, but to where? Italy it was rumored. But the destination was a city in eastern China. Between 1938 and 1945 Shanghai was haven, the sole haven....READ MORE
Alice Weiss:
Teacher, Lawyer, Poet Since I have had at least three of what are usually considered careers, I have had to think through what was consistent throughout the 50 years it took me to make my way through them. Teacher of English and American literature (my last teaching job ending in 1974 was at Colgate University), Louisiana civil rights attorney and public....READ MORE
Cindy Sherman: Photographer, Innovator By Jan Aaron All of us fuss about our hair, makeup, hemlines, and home décor. But few are as compelling as artist Cindy Sherman. In her 170-work retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, she astonishes with unforgettable images. Sherman, aided by wigs, makeup techniques, props, masks, and occasionally prosthetic body parts....READ MORE
The MET project: Measures of Effective Teaching Teacher Evaluation Systems Under Scrutiny By Mohammad Ibrar In the fall of 2009, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation initiated the two-year long Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, which is a research project designed to help determine what teaching and classroom management methods, skills, and techniques can be measured and how they affect a teacher’s effectiveness....READ MORE
Diane Ravitch Speaks at Barnard College By Leah Metcalf Diane Ravitch, professor of education history and policy at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development delivered a speech entitled “Is Education a Public Good or a Shoestore?” to a full auditorium at Barnard College....READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: INDIA Up Close and Personal: Schools in India By Andrew Gardner The magazine advertisement made a bold claim: India needs 20,000 new schools each year for the next 10 years. Wow! Ask yourself, how would you build them? How would they be funded? How would you find the teachers? How would you control quality? In light of a newly enacted law asserting all children the right to education, this challenge is reality for the largest democracy in the world....READ MORE
Churchill: The Power of Words at Morgan Library By Lisa K. Winkler “A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic,” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said in his “Defence of Freedom and Peace” speech, a radio broadcast October, 16, 1938 to the American public, calling for support in the early days of World War II....READ MORE
Icicles and Polar Bears Up Close in Frozen Planet Documentary By Joan Baum, Ph.D. At times it may seem to TV watchers as if all nature shows were one — breathtaking photography of forbidding environments, striking images of animals in survival and play mode, memorable shots of human beings challenged by extreme environments. It’s clear, however....READ MORE
Grab the Torch: Leadership, Ethics and Philanthropy Dave Aldrich is shaping the next generation of altruists with Grab The Torch, a nonprofit he founded in 2007; its hallmark program — Leadership, Ethics and Philanthropy Summer Camp Institute — equips teens with the skills necessary to become the next generation of leaders, volunteers, non-profit executives and well-rounded young adults....READ MORE
The Dean's Column Enriching Mathematics Instruction, Rather than Teaching to the Test By Dean Alfred Posamentier With the impasse about teacher evaluation dominating our thinking about education, and the controversy over using test results to determine a good teacher, it might be time to take a step back and consider another way that one of America’s most tested subjects — mathematics — can be more effectively taught....READ MORE
Hunter College Audience Enthralled By Dr. Pola Rosen Before a large and enthusiastic audience recently, cultural icons Steven Pinker and Rebecca Goldstein appeared as the first speakers in the Hunter College Writing Center’s 2012 “Great Thinkers Of Our Time” series....READ MORE
Queens College Program Helps Abused Start Anew By Richard Kagan Dr. Carmella Marrone is the founder and executive director of Women and Work, a 15-week course taught under the auspices of Queens College, that serves disadvantaged women and gives them a new start....READ MORE
Greek Games at Barnard College By Kirstyn Crawford We are approaching the second year of the revival of the Barnard College Greek Games, a long-standing tradition that brings pride to our students....READ MORE
Education Update
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Prestigious Award Dominique Carson, a journalism and Italian major at Brooklyn College and intern at Education Update, was recently inducted into the Brooklyn College Wall of Fame. She was the only student selected for the prestigious honor this semester....READ MORE
Join Us As We Speak Up for Kids By Harold S. Koplewicz, MD More than 20 years ago I had a patient named Jesse. He was a textbook case of adolescent depression — withdrawing from friends, failing at school, not living up to his considerable potential — but he had another answer. “I’m not depressed. I’m just tired and lazy.”....READ MORE
The ETHICS COLUMN Unvaccinated Children & the Duty to Warn By Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Despite a strong scientific consensus favoring the health benefits of childhood immunization against serious infectious diseases, approximately 1 in 10 American children remains entirely unvaccinated....READ MORE
LAW & EDUCATION
Who is Your Lawyer? By Arthur Katz, J.D. A parent, a student or your school lodges a complaint against you, and you are asked to attend a hearing or meeting in connection with the complaint. Since the complaint relates to your duties in a school-related activity, you report the request to the school and ask for assistance at the hearing. Subsequently, the school’s lawyer meets with you and during your hearing sits at the table with you....READ MORE
Black Cowboy: An Educational Memoir by Lisa Winkler By Mohammad Ibrar Lisa Winkler, a former journalist and educator, has written a captivating story about an African-American man traveling on horseback across the unbeaten paths of the United States in the 21st century. She has had her share of horseback riding, country life, and civil rights activism....READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW
‘Diagnosis and Design for School Improvement' By Merri Rosenberg Scarcely a day goes by without another discussion in the public space, whether in the paper, on a local news program or the Internet, about improving student performance on high-stakes testing and ensuring that teachers are up to the task....READ REVIEW
BOOK REVIEW ‘Taking Charge: Leading With Passion and Purpose in the Principalship’ By Merri Rosenberg Pity the school principal. Buffeted by pressures from politicians, parents and teachers, and confronted by unyielding, highly public expectations to improve student performance, principals have a demanding, almost impossible role to fulfill in many school communities....READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW ‘The Politics of Latino Education’ By Merri Rosenberg The growth in America’s Latino population has been undeniably significant in recent years. According to recent data, Latino students account for two-thirds of the increase in public school enrollments between 1993 and 2005....READ REVIEW
foxconng31mvpg31mxp The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held its annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vicki Cobb is the winner of the prize’s Lifetime Achievement Award for more than 85 nonfiction books for children....READ MORE
St. John’s U.: Red Storm Women’s Basketball Team Rises Up By Richard Kagan It may be that the St. John’s men’s basketball team often gets the headlines; however, as the regular season winds down and the post-season tournaments beckon, it’s the women’s basketball team that is generating real positive buzz.....READ MORE
LIU Holds Off Bryant’s Upset Bid, 75-70 By Richard Kagan When the season is completed and hopefully the team has met some of its goals, the Long Island University Blackbirds can look back at the Bryant University game as a victory LIU will certainly take....READ MORE
Charles Feeney: The Epitome of Philanthropy By Mohammad Ibrar Cornell University and Technion Israel Institute of Technology have both been selected to build and run a new campus on Roosevelt IslandThe newly proposed Technion-Cornell Institute of Innovation received a large donation from an anonymous billionaire, but he recently....READ MORE
SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
An Open Letter to New York City Parents New York City is losing its teachers By Michael Mulgrew, President, United Federation of Teachers More than 66,000 have either resigned or retired since Mayor Bloomberg took control of the schools.
Teachers leave one of the toughest jobs in New York City for a variety of personal and professional reasons, but the most....READ MORE
By Jennifer MacGregor Pasi Sahlberg started his talk on his recently published “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?” by saying that his book is a story about change: how Finland has been building a system of education that has repeatedly ranked the best in the world....READ MORE
Teen Design Fair By Yuridia Peña Hundreds of boisterous teenagers filled Manhattan’s iconic Altman Building at the 6th Annual NYC Design Fair recently, to learn about breaking into design’s makeshift industry....READ MORE
Time To Know By Dr. Yosi Ben-Dov January is typically the time to reflect on the previous year and make resolutions for the New Year. While many of us may aim to eat better and exercise more often, as educators we should also take this opportunity to review our professional goals....READ MORE
Exchange Program Helps Teens Learn From Each Other By Sybil Maimin Over 5,000 students, teachers, and host families from over 60 cities have participated in The Youth Ambassador Student Exchange, with annual visits that are repeatedly described as “life-changing."...READ MORE
The Artful Teacher: A Series Of Teaching Tips As educators are forced more and more to compete with all kinds of media for their students’ attention, it might be worthwhile for them to consider what media developers do to make things like video games so addictive....READ MORE
CEI-PEA Award Dinner Honors Tisch and Klein Joel Klein, former chancellor of the New York City schools, and Ann Tisch, the founder and president of the Young Women’s Leadership Network, were honored recently by the Center for Educational Innovation – Public Education Association dinner for 21st-century education....READ MORE
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The Aspen Institute Holds 28th Award Dinner The institute’s 28th annual awards dinner took place at the Plaza Hotel recently, which honored former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright with the Henry Crown Leadership Award....READ MORE
Chess at the Cloisters Students from 54 New York City high schools recently competed in an all-day chess tournament at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for medieval art and architecture, located in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan....READ MORE
By David Beltran Monika Anderson, an athletic teacher and director at Marymount School New York City, recently retired after twenty-five years at the school....READ MORE
Parents, Council Members Debate Best Middle School for Upper East Side By Yuridia Peña Upper East Side parents came in droves to a Community Education Council District 2 (CECD2) meeting on Jan. 25 to advocate for one of two resolutions that would decide what type of middle school will open when space at P.S. 158 becomes available: a school for general education students or for the gifted....READ MORE
NYC Principal Wins Award On November 4 BELL Academy Principal Cheryl Quatrano-Hatzidimitriou received the NAGC/Ball State University Administrator's Award from John E. Jacobson, Ball State Dean....READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION :: On Location in Israel
American Educator's Gift to Israeli High School By Vicki Cobb Dr. Charlotte K. Frank, Chair of the Executive Committee of the America-Israel Friendship League unveils the Frank Aerospace Center at an Israeli high school. Education Update Senior Reporter Vicki Cobb is on location for the dedication in Arad, Israel....WATCH VIDEO
American Israel Friendship League Fosters Global Understanding By Vicki Cobb If the ability to work globally is an essential 21st century skill, we must give educators as well as young people international experiences. This is exactly what the America-Israel Friendship League (AIFL) has been doing....READ MORE
US Educators Learn Lessons on Location in Israel By Vicki Cobb Recently, a delegation of seven U.S. school superintendents visited Israel. It was an intense look at the geography, history, religious importance, struggle for survival, education systems and contemporary life of this tiny nation—approximately the size of New Jersey and home to about 8 million people....READ MORE
EDITORIALS & LETTERS
GUEST EDITORIAL
CUNY’s Master Plan By Chancellor Matthew Goldstein Universities are organic entities — they evolve and change, shedding and acquiring over time as they determine how best to advance students’ learning and enhance their own capacity to prepare a skilled citizenry....READ MORE
Professor Alan Dershowitz Donates Papers to Brooklyn College By Sybil Maimin Pride and joy were palpable as famed lawyer, law professor and author Alan M. Dershowitz returned to his alma mater, Brooklyn College, to formally present a treasure trove of papers to the college’s archive that document his life....READ MORE
Occupy Wall Street:
Voices of the Students By Elise Grace & Dr. Pola Rosen Occupy Wall Street’s protesters have been unstoppable in voicing their opinions for a little over a month now. Most of them have been living in Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan, just steps from Wall Street.....WATCH VIDEO & READ ARTICLE
New President of The College of New Rochelle, Judith Huntington By Joan Baum, Ph.D. Although Judith Huntington has been president of The College of New Rochelle (CNR) only since July, she made her mark on the institution long before that as president-elect for a year and before that as vice president for financial affairs....READ MORE
THE DEAN'S COLUMN Triskaidekaphobia! By Dr. Alfred Posamentier
Believe it or not, there are people who fear the number 13. This is called Triskaidekaphobia (from Greek tris meaning "3" kai meaning "and", deka meaning "10" and phobia meaning "fear"....READ MORE
Bank Street College of Education Honors Dean Fern Khan Dean Fern J. Khan, former Governor of New York David Paterson, filmmaker Spike Leeand his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee and Michelle Paige Patterson received the Leadership in Diversity award at a recent event held by Bank Street’s Priscilla E. Pemberton Society....READ MORE
The Tragedy at Penn State By Arthur Katz, Esq. Some time has passed since the crisis at Penn State, which resulted in the summary termination of the University’s President, Graham Spanier, and its revered football coach, Joe Paterno, and the criminal indictment of several Penn State employees based upon evidence that they had lied under oath....READ MORE
Tips For Dealing With Student Loans By Curtis Henderson
Student loans are tricky, generally because they are issued to young consumers who are not yet very well versed in the areas of consumer credit or even personal finance....READ MORE
BROWN UNIVERSITY Exclusive Interview with Professor Kenneth Wong (Part 1 of 2) By Gillian Granoff
Kenneth Wong, Director of the Urban Education Policy program at Brown University, recently discussed with Education Update the impact of the No Child Left Behind on school policy, the value of state academic standards and tests, and their role in measuring aptitude and setting high expectations for student performance, and the function the federal government and politicians should play in helping to affect school policy....READ MORE
MEDICAL UPDATE
Dr. Maria Mitchell: Profile in Medicine Interviewed by Dr. Pola Rosen and Elise Grace, Transcribed by David Beltran, Edited by Mohammad Ibrar Dr. Maria Mitchell is no stranger to innovation, government work, medicine and collaboration. As an adviser to Mayor Giuliani on health issues, Chair of the Board of the Health and Hospitals Corporation, and founder of the New York City....READ INTERVIEW
Dr. Jacob Appel, Bioethicist By Sybil Maimin Jacob Appel is a busy man: A bioethicist, fiction writer, advocate and teacher, he has amassed numerous degrees, awards and accolades. His academic achievements include a B.A. and M.A. from Brown, an M.A. and M.Phil from Columbia, an M.D. from Columbia’s College of Physicians....WATCH VIDEO & READ ARTICLE
Mary Badham: Looking Back with “Scout” By Lisa K. Winkler
Nearly 50 years after appearing as “Scout” in the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird, Mary Badham continues to bring the movie’s messages about equality, compassion and tolerance around the world...READ MORE
P.S. 32 and the ASD Nest Program By Christina Steel
Nestled throughout the boroughs of New York City are a handful of schools with inclusion programs that attempt to educate students labeled learning disabled and those considered neurotypical together in classrooms with two educators....READ MORE
Learning Through the Creation of Games By Adam Sugerman
Last year, Florida third grader João struggled in math and, in turn, scored poorly on the math portion of the FCAT, the state’s standardized test....READ MORE
MOVIES & THEATER
Movie Review War Horse By Jan Aaron
A simple boy-bonds-with-horse story, based on Michael Morpugo’s 1982 best seller, which is already a stage sensation, is now skillfully brought to the big screen by director Steven Spielberg....READ MORE
Bay Shore Middle School Student Recognized as Upstander of the Month The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County is pleased to announce George Rettaliata as the January “Upstander of the Month” for being an advocate for students with special needs, both within his own school and throughout his community....READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW Raising the Grade Reviewed by Merri Rosenberg
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, who now serves as president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, takes on the challenge of how high schools need to change in order to prepare their students for the realities of the global economic workplace....READ REVIEW
An Interview with President Staiano-Coico of the City College of New York
An Interview with world-renowned Jazz Master Dave Liebman
An Interview with Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director of the Folksbiene Theater
The Bronx Children's Museum Dream Big Celebration featuring US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor & Hostos CC President Felix V. Matos Rodriguez
A Visit with Danny Jaye's Summer Scholars Academy in Mathematics and Science at The City College of New York
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A NEW JOURNALISM INITIATIVE
Education Update Launches Innovative Middle School Journalism Initiative By Adam Sugerman
In September, the staff of Education Update launched the Middle School Journalism Initiative with students from two inner-city public schools: The Young Women’s Leadership School in Harlem and Public School 169, a school for special-needs children, on the Upper East Side....READ MORE
THE EDUCATION UPDATE MIDDLE SCHOOL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE
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Michelle Obama’s Legacy: A Healthier Generation
Carla Markell: First Lady, Delaware
Christine Quinn: City Council Speaker
Shelia Evans-Tranumn:
Chair, Board of Trustees, Casey Family Programs Foundation
Carole Berotte Joseph:
President, Bronx Community College
Tisa Chang: Founder,
Pan Asian Repertory Theater
Dr. Maria Mitchell: President, AMDeC
Joan Kretschmer, Ph.D.:
Musician, Creator
Dora B. Schriro: Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Correction
Deborah Strobin:
An Uncommon Philanthropist
Alice Weiss:
Teacher, Lawyer, Poet
Cindy Sherman: Photographer, Innovator
Diane Ravitch Speaks at Barnard College
Icicles and Polar Bears Up Close in Frozen Planet Documentary
Interview With David Rhodes, President, School Of Visual Arts
Education Update
Education Update 
Who is Your Lawyer?
Black Cowboy: An Educational Memoir by Lisa Winkler
Cornell & Technion Collaborate on New College at Roosevelt Island
New College On Roosevelt Island Holds The Promise of New Jobs, Start-ups & Courses from K-PhD
Charles Feeney: The Epitome of Philanthropy
An Open Letter to New York City Parents
GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE
Exclusive Interview:
American Israel Friendship League Fosters Global Understanding
Professor Alan Dershowitz Donates Papers to Brooklyn College
New President of The College of New Rochelle, Judith Huntington
Dr. Maria Mitchell: Profile in Medicine
