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1 Awrd Wier Volume XIII, No. 9 New York City My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets New Childre s Book Authors U.S. POSTAG PAI TH UCATION UPAT PRSORT STANAR First Ldy Lur Bush & Je Bush

ductio updte For Prets, ductors & Studets My 2008 By Ruth Messiger I recetly visited refugee cmp i Chd, ow home to tes of thousds of displced rfuris seekig sctury from the violece i their ow coutry.

ch of the girls I spoke with i Chd told me bout the impct this project is hvig o their lives, cofirmig the voices d stories I ve herd wherever I ve trveled roud the world.

ductio is t the hert of the vlues tht ispire AJWS d its grssroots prters workig i 36 coutries i Afric, Asi d the Americs.

ductio d litercy help people tke cotrol of their ow lives: fid employmet, tke resposibility for their helth, use techology d become ctive i politicl d guest ITORIAL The Power of ductig Wome d Girls

Whe girl is deied her bsic right to eductio, it sets i motio series of chlleges tht will likely impct her for the rest of her life.

This puts her t substtilly higher risk for HIV d other sexully trsmitted ifectios.

2 ductio updte For Prets, ductors & Studets My 2008 By Ruth Messiger I recetly visited refugee cmp i Chd, ow home to tes of thousds of displced rfuris seekig sctury from the violece i their ow coutry. I Chd, Americ Jewish World Service (AJWS) is fudig techers i refugee cmps where childre hve othig to do ll dy. ch of the girls I spoke with i Chd told me bout the impct this project is hvig o their lives, cofirmig the voices d stories I ve herd wherever I ve trveled roud the world. ductio is iheret right of ll people; for the wome d girls who re most ofte excluded from whtever lerig is vilble, eductio hs the power to liberte ll who ccess it. ductio is t the hert of the vlues tht ispire AJWS d its grssroots prters workig i 36 coutries i Afric, Asi d the Americs. ductio is vitl tool i the globl struggle to liberte people from sufferig d to secure the digity d welfre of ll hum beigs, especilly wome d girls. ductio is itegrl buildig block to lstig socil justice. ductio d litercy help people tke cotrol of their ow lives: fid employmet, tke resposibility for their helth, use techology d become ctive i politicl d guest ITORIAL The Power of ductig Wome d Girls Across the Globe civic life. Such resources re prticulrly importt for wome d girls, becuse the geder gp is glrig. Two-thirds of the world s childre who hve ever tteded school re femle. Whe girl is deied her bsic right to eductio, it sets i motio series of chlleges tht will likely impct her for the rest of her life. Whe she does ot go to school, it is much more difficult for her to ccess iformtio bout helth, levig her uble to defed her right to sfe sex. This puts her t substtilly higher risk for HIV d other sexully trsmitted ifectios. Whe wom is illiterte, she fces obstcles to fully prticiptig i the civic life of her society, d very ofte cot vote or prticipte i the politicl process. Whe wom does ot hve bsic eductio, it is much more difficult to obti job, prevetig her from erig her ow livelihood d becomig idepedet decisio-mker i her commuity. Over time these chlleges reder wom voiceless, depedet d disempowered. AJWS is committed to edig this cycle. Through grts to locl orgiztios i the developig world, AJWS supports grssroots groups promotig eductio, both forml d iforml for girls, wome d other mrgilized popultios. I 2007 loe, AJWS committed oe millio to supportig 50 grtees ddressig the eductio of wome d girls. Progrms like the oe i Chd re defedig wom s right to eductio d workig to mke such opportuities vilble to everyoe. To ler more bout how you c help, plese visit the AJWS Web site t Ruth Messiger is Presidet, Americ Jewish World Service. LTTRS TO TH ITOR I This Issue ditoril & Letters Spotlight o Schools.. 5-7, 14 Profiles i ductio e s Colum Music, Art d ce... 6, 11 Specil ductio....8, 9, 12 COVR STORY Violece i the World Medicl Updte s & Grd Schools City Coucil New York SUNY/MSU Prtership To the ditor: I just wted to write tody to thk your reporter orothy vis for tkig the time to write such gret rticle o our Ceter i Moscow. We relly pprecite your hvig mde this effort. You cptured wht we re tryig to do perfectly. Smll though the Ceter is i size, it is but the tip of lrge effort to brig people together, fculty d studets, i the belief tht their persol iterctios will be meigful i both directios. There re perhps o two coutries o erth with such gret cpcity to misuderstd ech other o politicl ple, but this mkes it so very importt tht we do everythig we c to help people uderstd d pprecite ech other o hum ple. Amb. Robert Gosede Associte Vice Chcellor, Office of Itertiol Progrms, Stte Uiversity of New York Sutto, MA Autism verydy Gives A Glimpse Ito Life I The Shdows Of Autism To the ditor: Is the etire documetry vilble for public viewig? If so, how do I get copy or where c it be viewed? I hve so, 19 yers old with utism, d m very iterested i wtchig this. Joy Sutto, MA Chrlotte, NC The Brd Priso Iititive To the ditor: I m iterested i strtig priso eductio progrm, but do t kow where to begi. C yoe offer y dvice? Abell Christs Chrlotte, NC Sprig Lke Heights, NJ Ldmrk To the ditor: I hve executive fuctio issues, so I ws plesed d iterested to red bout your progrm. I ws ble to er BA i ductio, d MS i Specil ductio; I struggled with the frustrtios tht chrcterize F issues. However, I relly wish I hd hd the type of support you offer to your studets! It would be most iterestig to hve opportuity to ler more bout the progrm t Ldmrk. Mdo T. Kelly Sprig Lke Heights, NJ Milig Address: 695 Prk Aveue, Ste New York, NY mil: edews1@ol.com Tel: Fx: ductio Updte PUBLISHR & ITOR IN CHIF: Pol Rose, d.. AVISORY COUNCIL: Mry Brbeck, e, NYU School of ductio; Sheil vs-trum, Assoc. Comm. of ductio, NYS; Chrlotte K. Frk, Ph.., Seior VP, McGrw-Hill; Jo Freilich, Ph.., Trustee, Brrd & of New Rochelle; Adrew Grder, Techology Techer & Advisor, The School t Columbi U.; Cythi Greelef, Ph.., irector, Prterships, Chicgo Public Schools; August S. Kpper, Ph.., Presidet, Bk St. ; Boie Kiser, Ph.., irector, Precollege Progrm, Rockefeller Uiversity; Hrold Koplewicz, M.., Fouder & irector, NYU Child Study Ceter; rest Log, Pres., CSA; Cecili McCrto, M.., ir., The McCrto Ceter; ric Ndelster, CO, mpowermet Schools, NYC; Alfred S. Posmetier, Ph.., e, School of ductio, CCNY; Adm Sugerm, Publisher, Plmiche Press; Lurie Tisch, Chir, Ceter for Arts ductio ASSOCIAT ITORS: Hether Rose, Adm Sugerm, Rob Wertheimer ASSISTANT TO TH PUBLISHR: Justie River GUST COLUMNISTS: Christi Colo, Ph.., r. Crole G. Hki, Gle Hirsch, M.., Richrd Kessler, Alfred Posmetier, Ph.. STAFF WRITRS: Jcob Appel, J.., Judith Aquio, Steve Auerbch, Ph.., Jo Bum, Ph.., Alberto Ceped, orothy vis, Gilli Groff, Richrd Kg, Sybil Mimi, Mrth McCrthy, Ph.., mily Sherwood, Ph.., Mris Suescu, Lis Wikler BOOK RVIWRS: Hrris Hely III, Merri Roseberg, Selee Vsquez MICAL ITOR: Herm Rose, M.. MORN LANGUAG ITOR: Adm Sugerm MOVI & THATR RVIWS: J Aro MUSIC ITOR: Irvig M. Spitz ART IRCTOR: Neil Schuldier AVRTISING PARTMNT: Mrti Lieberm, Mger; Richrd Kg ductio Updte is published mothly by ductio Updte, Ic. All mteril is copyrighted d my ot be prited without express coset of the publisher. POSTMASTR: Sed ddress chges to: ductio Updte, P.O. Box 2358, Leox Hill Sttio, NY, NY Subscriptio: Aul $30. Copyright 2008 ductio Updte ductio Updte is idepedet ewspper.

My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets ductio updte Cogrtultios to JOHN MATTSON Associte Professor of glish Joh Jy of Crimil Justice The City Uiversity of New York Wier of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for

Michel Cuighm 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fictio Brookly Mike Wllce 1999 Pulitzer Prize for History Joh Jy of Crimil Justice, CUNY Grdute Ceter dwi G.

3 My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets ductio updte Cogrtultios to JOHN MATTSON Associte Professor of glish Joh Jy of Crimil Justice The City Uiversity of New York Wier of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biogrphy de s Outcsts: The Story of Louis My Alcott d her Fther The Newest Member of CUNY s Literry Fculty Wiers Circle P R O M I N N T X A M P L S O F CUNY S LITRARY FACULTY WINNRS CIRCL I N C L U : Michel Cuighm 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fictio Brookly Mike Wllce 1999 Pulitzer Prize for History Joh Jy of Crimil Justice, CUNY Grdute Ceter dwi G. Burrows 1999 Pulitzer Prize for History Brookly Ti Howe 1984 d 1997 Pulitzer Prize for rm filist Huter Mee Alexder 2008 Guggeheim Fellowship for Poetry Huter, CUNY Grdute Ceter Jeffery Rerd Alle 2000 Chicgo Tribue Hertld Prize for Fictio Quees Beth Bro 2007 Cregie Scholr City CUNY Grdute Ceter v Belli 2006 Cregie Scholr Huter mily Bru 2005 Ntiol Jewish Book Awrd Huter Peter Crey 1988 d 2001 Booker Prize, 1998 Commowelth Writers Prize Huter Billy Collis U.S. Poet Lurete Lehm Blche Wiese Cook 1992 Los Ageles Times Book Prize for Biogrphy Joh Jy of Crimil Justice, CUNY Grdute Ceter Nicole Cooley 1995 Wlt Whitm Awrd for Poetry Quees dourd Glisst 2004 Lure d Hoorem de l Uiversité de Bologe e Lgues et Littértures Étrgères CUNY Grdute Ceter Isc Goldemberg 2007 P..N. Club of Peru Literture Awrd Hostos Commuity Mrily Hcker 2004 Americ Acdemy of Arts d Letters Awrd for Literture City, CUNY Grdute Ceter BNNO C. SCHMIT, JR. Chirperso Bord of Trustees Kimiko Hh 2008 PN/Voelcker Awrd for Poetry, 2007 Shelley Memoril Awrd/Poetry Society of Americ Quees Cte Mrvi 2007 Whitig Writers Awrd of Stte Isld vid Nsw 2001 Bcroft Prize, 2007 New-York Historicl Society Americ History Book Prize CUNY Grdute Ceter lizbeth Nuez 2001 Americ Book Awrd Medgr vers Jmes Okes 2008 Licol Prize CUNY Grdute Ceter Gerrdo Piñ-Rosles 2006 Ayutmieto d Csio de Lorc Prize Lehm, CUNY Grdute Ceter MATTHW GOLSTIN Chcellor Gregory L. Rbss 2006 Ntiol Medl of Arts Quees, CUNY Grdute Ceter vid S. Reyolds 1996 Bcroft Prize Bruch, CUNY Grdute Ceter mily Rboteu 2006 NA Cretive Writig Fellowship City Grce Schulm 2002 Aike Tylor Awrd i Moder Americ Poetry Bruch Chrles Simic 2008 U.S. Poet Lurete Visitig Professor t Bruch Tom Sleigh 2008 Kigsley Tufts $100,000 Poetry Awrd Huter Visit cuy.edu/lookwhoistechig.com to ler how you c study with the best!

ductio updte For Prets, ductors & Studets My 2008 PROFILS IN UCATION St. Frcis Presidet & 1960 Alum Frk J. Mcchirol Goig Strog By Jo Bum, Ph.. It s the dy before the St. Frcis Birthdy Prty for Frk J.

Frcis for the lst twelve yers, d whe he is told tht it is lso the birthdy of Willim Wordsworth, he shoots bck without missig bet tht it s lso the dy whe OTB ws itroduced i New York.

Crdozo School of Lw, Chcellor of New York City Public Schools, Chirm of the New York City Chrter Revisio Commissio d fculty member t CUNY. r.

4 ductio updte For Prets, ductors & Studets My 2008 PROFILS IN UCATION St. Frcis Presidet & 1960 Alum Frk J. Mcchirol Goig Strog By Jo Bum, Ph.. It s the dy before the St. Frcis Birthdy Prty for Frk J. Mcchirol, the m who hs bee t the helm of St. Frcis for the lst twelve yers, d whe he is told tht it is lso the birthdy of Willim Wordsworth, he shoots bck without missig bet tht it s lso the dy whe OTB ws itroduced i New York. The fst respose cptures the essece of m who hs hd extrordiry creer i d out of St. Frcis. His resume bosts, mog umerous prestigious positios, beig e of Yeshiv Uiversity/Bejmi N. Crdozo School of Lw, Chcellor of New York City Public Schools, Chirm of the New York City Chrter Revisio Commissio d fculty member t CUNY. r. Mcchirol is levig office t the ed of Jue but will be ssistig the icomig presidet, ow chirm of the Bord of Trustees, Bred J. ug (`68), with fudrisig. Uder the ledership of Presidet Mcchirol, the Brookly Smll of Big rems, privte, idepedet co-eductiol liberl rts college, hs distiguished itself i severl wys, ot lest of which icludes thrivig for 150 yers s eductiol istitutio dedicted to servig studets of the city s poor d workig clss. Fouded by the Frcisc Brothers i 1859, d dedicted to the priciples of St. Frcis of Assisi, the college offered him, r. Mcchirol sys, ot oly opportuity to receive firstclss eductio, but ffilitio with commuity tht ecourged d still ecourges givig bck. He poits with pride to the fct tht he, himself, hs fuded full-tuitio scholrships for every oe of the techers who iflueced him whe he ws studet there ot to metio lso edowig scholrships i perpetuity med for members of his d his wife s fmily. People wt to remember good people, he dds, d he hopes, ideed he feels cofidet, tht his Birthdy Prty / Chrter Awrd dier, to which over 600 people tteded, will yield eve more lrgesse. Although colleges with missios similr to St. Frcis clim to be specil, r. Mcchirol idictes tht dt support his declrtio: stedily icresig grdutio rte 60 percet, fter six yers (with lmost o gp betwee white (58%), Afric-Americ (56%) d Hispic (51%) grdutio rtes); smll, crig istitutio tht hs mged to keep clss size dow to 21 (oly hdful of clssrooms set for more th 35); motivtiol requiremet to declre mjor immeditely, eve if it s chged lter o (s Yogi Berr sid, r. Mcchirol reclls, you come to fork i the rod, tke it!); 75 percet retetio rte; 16-1 studet to fculty rtio we kow who our kids re, we trck them, we give them midterm exms, we follow up, with scholrship icetives d tutorig help, especilly for Project Access Studets, provisiol dmits who guidce couselors sy hold promise. He visits clsses, chlleges the studets d is i their fce i the best sese of the phrse, kowig them by me, their performce records, their potetil. Ad, util this lst semester, he hs bee i frot of them lso s techer, itroducig Busiess Lw (the fvorite mjor), Lti Americ Politicl Istitutios (his doctorl specilties t Columbi), d Philosophy. Who goes to St. Frcis? Still, first-geertio d immigrt popultios (more th 80 coutries), most of whom, he reports, her of the college through word of mouth. Though most studets hil from Brookly d hve limited experiece of life outside the borough, Presidet Mcchirol delights i otig how he greets freshme by sttig tht they my thik they live i Brookly, but they ow live i New York City. He would ope up the world to them. Of course, he lso delights i ecdotes tht show how ttched some freshme c become. Oe youg m who could ot yet qulify for NYU wet to St. Frcis with the ide of brigig up his grdes d trsferrig. He did supremely well, glish mjor who worked o the studet ewspper, d whe he ws offered free tuitio to NYU, he decided isted to sty t St. Frcis, where he ws subsequetly wrded full-tuitio scholrship. Of the 2007 freshme clss of 481, 257 cme from Ctholic schools d other privte high schools. Wht distiguishes the college from like istitutios? No hesittio here. r. Mcchirol is justifibly proud of the college s extrordiry edowmet. Notig tht sister istitutio i Mhtt hs $15 millio to serve popultio of little over 2000, he poits to St. Frcis edowmet of $78 millio to serve similr umber. This stoishig door geerosity trsltes ito low tuitio d uusully high umber of scholrships for studets with exceptiol GPAs, ot to metio support for those who qulify for TAP d Pell grts. Ad, of course, the edowmet esures tht ll studets receive cillry services, tht the college s over 40 clubs d ctivities re well fuded, d tht studets d fculty like ejoy the beefits of stte-ofthe-rt clssrooms. Frk J. Mcchirol retirig? I fct, yes; i spirit, hrdly! # The AN S COLUMN The Fbulous Fibocci Numbers By AlFred S. Posmetier, Ph.. There re t my themes i mthemtics tht permete more brches of mthemtics th the Fibocci umbers. They come to us from oe of the most importt books i Wester history. This book, Liber Abci, writte i 1202 by Leordo of Pis, more populrly kow s Fibocci ( ), or so of Bocci, is the first urope publictio usig the Hidu-Arbic umerls tht re the bsis for our bse-10 umber system. Fibocci ws ot clergym, s might be expected of erly scietists; rther he ws mercht who trveled extesively throughout the Islmic world d took dvtge of redig ll he could of the Arbic mthemticl writigs. He ws the first to itroduce the Hidu-Arbic umerls to the Christi world i his Liber bci (1202 d revised i 1228), which first circulted widely i muscript form d ws first published i 1857 s Scritti di Leordo Piso (Rome: B. Buocompgi). The book is collectio of busiess mthemtics icludig lier d qudrtic equtios, squre roots d cube roots, d other ew topics, see from the urope viewpoit. He begis the book with the setece: these re the ie figures of the Idis With these ie figures, d with the sig 0, which i Arbic is clled zephirum, y umber c be writte, s will be demostrted below. From here o he itroduces the deciml positio system for the first time i urope. (Note: the word zephirum evolves from the Arbic word s-sifr, which comes from the Sskrit word, used i Idi s erly s the fifth cetury), suy, referrig to empty.) This loe would qulify it s ldmrk book. However, it lso cotis hrmless problem bout the regeertio of rbbits. It is the solutio of tht problem tht produces the Fibocci umbers. You might hve your studets try to set up chrt d solve the problem idepedetly before progressig further. It is from this problem tht the fmous Fibocci sequece emerged. The problem my be stted s follows: How my pirs of rbbits will be produced i yer, begiig with sigle pir, if i every moth ech pir bers ew pir, which becomes productive from the secod moth o? If we ssume tht pir of bby (B) rbbits mtures i oe moth to become offsprig-producig dults (A), the we c set up the followig chrt: (See Chrt I Below) The umber of pirs of mture rbbits (Adults) livig ech moth determies the Fibocci sequece (colum of A): 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, If we let f be the th term of the Fibocci sequece, erm of the Fibocci seque f = 1 1 f = 1 2 f = f + f = 1+ 1 = f = f + f = = Moth J. 1 Feb. 1 Mr. 1 A PAIRS Apr. 1 A B A A B My 1 A B CHART I Tht is, ech term fter the first two terms is the sum of the two precedig terms. Your studets my (rightly) sk t this poit, wht mkes this sequece of umber so spectculr. You c fortify yourself by preprig some of the my pplictios of the Fibocci umbers i ture, rchitecture, ecoomics, rt, d, of course, other brches of mthemtics! It would be rtificilly modest of me ot to suggest my book to you s rther comprehesive source to fid out more bout this mgificet ubiquitous umbers. This book is redily vilble i book shops or o-lie: The Fbulous Fibocci Numbers, by Alfred S. Posmetier d Igmr Lehm (Prometheus Books, 2007). For oe, there is direct reltioship (believe it or ot) betwee the Fibocci umbers d the Golde Sectio! Cosider successive quotiets of the Fibocci umbers: N.B. the br bove some of the umbers bove mes tht these repet idefiitely. The golde sectio hs pproximte vlue of , which is grdully beig pproched by successive quotiets of successive Fibocci Numbers. As you red more bout these edlessly chrmig umbers, you will get better feelig for the beuty of mthemtics! r. Alfred S. Posmetier is e of the School of ductio t City of NY, uthor of over 40 Mthemtics books icludig: Mth Woders to Ispire Techers d Studets (ASC, 2003) d The Fbulous Fibocci Numbers (Prometheus, 2007), d member of the NYS Mthemtics Stdrds Committee. No. of Pirs of Adults (A) No. of Pirs of Bbies (B) Totl Pirs A B A A B A A B A B A f = f + f = = f = f + f, for iteger f +1 f 1 1 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Jue 1 A B A A B A B A A B A A B July Aug Sept Oct Nov ec J

5 My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets ductio updte My differet creer drems... ALL ivolvig mthemtics PHARMACIST stimtig INFORMATION TCHNOLOGY Problem solvig MUSICIAN Seeig prllels LAWYR Budgetig PSYCHOLOGIST Mgig time NW! Grdes 7 & 8 Correlted to NCTM Focl Poits Let Fudmetls of Algebr d Foudtios of Algebr form their mthemticl foudtios! Cll for your FR evlutio copies: Mth for school, tests, d life

spotlight o schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 The NY Boticl Grdes XPRTS ON UCATION The Ceter for rts i eductio New Curriculum Turs Middle Schoolers ito thoboty FBI Agets by Christi Coló, Ph.

6 spotlight o schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 The NY Boticl Grdes XPRTS ON UCATION The Ceter for rts i eductio New Curriculum Turs Middle Schoolers ito thoboty FBI Agets by Christi Coló, Ph.. The New York Boticl Grde hs published iovtive ew ethoboty curriculum tht ebles studets i grdes six through ie to delve ito the reltioships of plts d people. Foresic Boty Ivestigtios: Become Aget of F.B.I. is clssroom resource desiged to help techers improve their studets sciece litercy d iterest i plts through hds-o d eggig lessos d ctivities tht itegrte lerig with role ply, gmes, simultios, d studet ssessmets. Studets re preseted with fu d chllegig scerios d ivestigtios d work i tems to solve mysteries while lerig bout plt sciece, ecology, d coservtio. Lessos such s Fruit Autopsy, The Cse of the Vishig Stigless Bee, d Rice Crop Rescue tech studets how plts d their hbitts re ffected by evirometl chges d how this, i tur, ffects people who rely o such plts for their livelihood. Foresic Boty Ivestigtios explores rel life issues tht relte to socil studies, utritio, geetics, mth, ecoomics, d evirometl studies. A documetry-style video compoet of the progrm o ccompyig V fetures Boticl Grde scietists tlkig bout their work. Athropologist Christie Pdoch, Ph.., shres her reserch o trditiol rice frmig i Southest Asi, which explores the geetic diversity d trditiol uses of the world s most importt food crop. Additiol profiles iclude cologist Chuck Peters, Ph.., d plm specilist Adrew Hederso, Ph.., describe their work o recet expeditio to Mymr to study the sustible hrvest of rtt, explorig the delicte blce betwee the eeds of hums d wildlife. Fuded with grt from Bristol-Myers Squibb, the lessos were creted i collbortio with curriculum developer ductio evelopmet Ceter d employ ledig-edge pproches to Techers cotiued from pge 16 Ledership Acdemy, mjor eprtmet of ductio iititive tht tris spirig pricipls. Seve yers go, Chrles (Chuck) Ch, fouder d presidet of the progrm, looked t the eductio world from his plce i the ivestmet world d decided he wted to get ivolved. He quickly sw tht Gret ledership mtters eormously. To do well, school hs to hve eductio such s cocept mppig d group lerig. Middle school sciece techers from roud the coutry who piloted the lessos commeted, i questioires by the evlutio tem t The Goodm Group, commeted tht the uit employed good, hds-o pproch with lessos tht were esy to prepre d implemet d topics tht were esy to relte to rel-life issues d ctivities tht studets ot oly loved but tht provided excellet opportuities for studet group work, iquiry lerig, d hds-o scietific reserch. The curriculum ws itroduced t the 2008 Ntiol Sciece Techers Associtio Coferece i Bosto, Msschusetts, tteded by 25,000 clssroom techers, school dmiistrtors, d iforml eductors. The Boticl Grde s Childre s ductio deprtmet is leder i the field of iquiry-bsed sciece resources for techers. It recetly published the elemetry curriculum series SS (Sciece xplortio d ductio iscovery Series) with ledig sciece curricul publisher Kedll/Hut. A curriculum o ethoboty for high school studets similr to Foresic Boty Ivestigtios is slted for publictio lter this yer. Also uder wy is o-lie virtul explortio of the ri forest d desert glleries of the Grde s id A. Hupt Coservtory. Foresic Boty Ivestigtios is beig distributed i prtership with Glecoe, the sciece eductio divisio of McGrw-Hill, ledig provider of K 12 curricul. It retils for $19.98 d c be purchsed o-lie t by phoe t , or t Shop i the Grde o site t the Boticl Grde or o-lie t www. ybgshop.org Christi Coló, Ph.., Curtor of Curriculum evelopmet d vlutio t The New York Boticl Grde, sperheded the developmet of Foresic Boty Ivestigtios.# outstdig pricipl. To the Fellows he sid, Whe I visit your schools I wlk out d sy, this is mgic this is oe of the most excitig thigs I hve doe i my life. Krist ubr, director of the progrm, hopes to mke more of systemic impct d brodly stregthe the New York City system s Fellows shre their experieces with lrger groups of professiols. Now i its fifth yer, the progrm hs eough lumi for strog etwork tht cotiues to shre d support best prctices.# The Arts: A Vitl Prt of ductig the Whole Child By Richrd Kessler AmericA School New York City is the culturl cpitl of the world d s such, the rts ply criticl role i how we defie ourselves s city d s people. It would be difficult, if ot impossible to imgie New York City without the rts. The rts re iheret to ll hum beigs. The rts re prt of our NA. ch child hs the gift of the rts withi them d should be provided with sustied pthwys for lerig i d through the rts ll log the cotiuum of hum developmet, especilly from pre-kidergrte through the ed of high school. Arts eductio is right of our childre, ot privilege. Bsed o our ow estimtio d the expressed opiios of prets, techers, school dmiistrtors, d others, CA believes tht we re witessig the gtherig of perfect storm for our city s public schools. A storm tht is poised to dmge ccess to rts eductio i wys ot experieced sice the fiscl crisis of the mid-1970s. Wht we re seeig tody i the city s public schools is profoud shift wy from the rts d the other elemets of well-rouded eductio, icludig subjects such s history, foreig lguge, physicl eductio ll cotet deemed expedble for test preprtio. This is to the detrimet of the city s school childre d ultimtely to ll New Yorkers. Uder the ew system of ccoutbility the School Progress Report drives the rewrds d cosequeces for ech d every pricipl. I the elemetry d middle schools 85% of the Progress Report is bsed o stdrdized tests i redig d mth. I high school, grdutio rtes d regets diploms re mjor fctor. A pricipl my receive bous or risk losig their jobs bsed o the School Progress Report. For ll prcticl purposes the rts re o-existet withi the Progress Report. Addig fuel to the fire, Project Arts, the oly gurteed budget lie for the rts d the mjor fctor behid the improvemets i rts eductio over the pst decde, hs bee elimited. My schools d rts eductors depeded o this fudig to keep the rts live i their clssrooms. Combie its elimitio with wht will be erly 10% cut to the schools budget icludig this d ext yer d system where pricipls hve o prcticl supervisio d you begi to see the storm gtherig. The rts hve lwys bee cut disproportiotely durig periods of budget reductios. History hs tught us this ll too well. The gtherig storm is lso well uderstood withi key, lrmig sttistics provided by the NYC O over the pst yer: 32% of prets surveyed by the NYC O idicte tht their childre receive zero rts eductio; oly 29% of ll middle school studets re provided with the miimum stte requiremets; oly 4% of ll elemetry schools surveyed re eve i positio to provide the miimum stte requiremet by offerig ll four rt forms i ech grde; 20% of schools hve o rts specilists whtsoever; the rtio of rts techers to studets is lrmig, with oe theter techer to every 13,000 studets. Most of this dt comes directly from the NYC O s recet Arts i the Schools Report. Let us lso cosider tht few pricipls re prepred to effectively dmiister rts eductio i their schools, hvig hd little to o rts eductio i their triig s techers d little to o rts eductio i their triig s pricipls.the positive correltio betwee rts offerigs d grdutio rtes is compellig d wrrts icresed ttetio by school decisio-mkers, especilly give the overll disml grdutio rtes t my New York City high schools. I the rts cpitl of the world, it is impertive tht eductio officils d decisio-mkers work together to esure tht the requiremets re beig met d tht ll studets re beig provided well-rouded eductio tht icludes the rts. These stdrds c be met d we must ll be held ccoutble to esurig this.# This rticle is dpted from testimoy delivered by Richrd Kessler, xecutive irector of The Ceter for Arts ductio, o April 8, 2008 t oversight herig of the New York City Coucil o the stte of rts eductio i New York City Public Schools. high School by istace eucatio our ProgrAmS offer: Accredited Courses Secure Access to Grdes Olie Cht Rooms Homework Websites Course Help Sheets you have optios Full High School Progrm Credit Recovery stblishd or cll refer to code 747 HLP! CHMISTRY, PHYSICS TSTS OVR 100,000 BOOKS SOL! HIGH MARKS: RGNTS CHMISTRY MA ASY - BY SHARON WLCHR $10.95 ( Techer, Chirperso & Techer of High School Review Courses) sy Review Book with hudreds of questios d solutios Next Book i the Series HIGH MARKS: RGNTS PHYSICS MA ASY - BY SHARON WLCHR $12.95 sy Review Book with hudreds of questios d solutios Avilble t ledig bookstores or cll

My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets ductio updte e Mry Brbeck Presets Awrd to Frk McCourt t NYU McCourt Advises Techers: Be Pssiote! By Lis K.

He elborted: Grb their (studets) ttetio with hook, uderstd the ture of dolescets, be seductive, be gile, be ptiet, d hve sese of humor or you re f--ked, his getle Irish brogue softeig the expletive

APT selected McCourt s Techer M, his ccout of his 30-yer creer i eductio, for its most recet dpttio of ovel or biogrphy for drmtic presettios to school groups.

7 My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets ductio updte e Mry Brbeck Presets Awrd to Frk McCourt t NYU McCourt Advises Techers: Be Pssiote! By Lis K. Wikler Frk McCourt s dvice for techers is simple: Fid wht you love d do it. If kids see your pssio, they ll be with you. He elborted: Grb their (studets) ttetio with hook, uderstd the ture of dolescets, be seductive, be gile, be ptiet, d hve sese of humor or you re f--ked, his getle Irish brogue softeig the expletive ito poetry. McCourt, this yer s recipiet of the Americ Plce Thetre s Literture to Life Awrd, shred his isights bout techig d writig i iterview with ductio Updte prior to the APT wrd beefit April 29. APT selected McCourt s Techer M, his ccout of his 30-yer creer i eductio, for its most recet dpttio of ovel or biogrphy for drmtic presettios to school groups. At 78, McCourt dmitted he misses the clssroom, but mkes up for it by costtly tlkig to uiversities roud the coutry. He exhibited blced bled of cyicism d optimism bout the stte of eductio. While the emphsis o testig hs become the ssssi of eductio, he s ecourged bout the coutry s diverse culture tht welcomes experimettio d iovtio. Sittig uder tree d strig t the sky is more productive th wtchig televisio, he climed, becuse televisio kills ll thikig, he sid, deepeig his voice for emphsis. To egge studets, McCourt reclled how he would use childre s literture, recitig ursery rhymes d firy tles d showig the coectios betwee them d studets lives. Prcticlly hlf the studets could relte to step-mother, he sid. He d use reverse psychology, or egtive pproch, to itroduce clssics such s Shkespere. I d red prts loud d the sy, Is t this wful? o you uderstd it? They would sy, Wit miute, is t Shkespere supposed to be fmous? Why is this techer bdmouthig Shkespere? The they d relize I ws ledig them up the grde pth to the glories of his words, he sid. Yet McCourt, who grew up poor d without books, embrces ll forms of literture ow. Whether it s grphic ovels, comic books, or mgzies, he s dvocte for givig studets wht they ll red. Ay kid of book i kid s hds is triumph, he sid. He suggested usig ewsppers to tech redig d writig. I d tell studets if they wrote like reporter, their writig would be compressed, detiled, focused d orgized, he sid. Yet McCourt, whose utobiogrphy Agel s Ashes wo Pulitzer Prize, sid he lered how to write from beig techer. Now workig o ovel set i Brookly i the 1970 s, he ecourged spirig writers to scribble, ot write. o t thik bout it, just write, write, write. Like sculptor hckig wy t block of grite, somethig emerges. McCourt ws thrilled to receive the wrd from APT, d to see his book dpted by APT co-fouder d rtistic director Wy Hdm d performed by Michel McMogle. Brigig stories to life helps studets tell their stories, he sid.# NYU Steihrdt School & APT Forge Prtership Frk McCourt received the Americ Plce Thetre s (APT) Literture to Life Awrd April 29 t beefit for the thetre. McCourt s Techer M, (Scriber, 2005) ws selected by APT for its ltest dpttio ito drmtic presettio. e Mry Brbeck, of New York Uiversity s Steihrdt School of Culture, ductio, d Hum evelopmet, preseted the wrd to McCourt d lso ouced prtership betwee NYU d APT to ehce techer eductio. We re proud of Frk McCourt s cotributio to the rts d his tie to the Americ Plce Theter. NYU hs growig collbortio with Americ Plce Theter to brig drm/eductio eve more ito the techer eductio curriculum, she sid. The Americ Plce Thetre s Literture to Life progrm presets ctor plyig multiple roles, d delivers verbtim dpttios of the writers works. As culturl prter to schools, it is our chrge to help techers d studets fid their ow voice, both i the clssroom d di life, sid vid Keer, APT executive director. Frk McCourt foud remrkble d distictive voice i both settigs; he s recogized the power of storytellig to motivte studets d, s writer, to ifluece millios of reders. As prt of the gl beefit, 200 techers d pre-service techers were ivited to the evet. I dditio to the wrd for McCourt, APT ctors preseted excerpts from some of its dpttios, icludig Techer M, Secret Life of Bees, The Kite Ruer, d origil work by poet Lemo Aderso clled The Beutiful Struggle. Proceeds from the evet beefit APT s Literture to Life progrm, which brigs the writte word to life for school groups, rgig from middle school through uiversity, cross the coutry. The APT lso works with school districts providig stff developmet workshops, study guides, d rtists-i residece. Presettios lso iclude pre- d post performce discussios betwee studets d ctors. For iformtio bout Literture to Life, go to # UNION PRSINT SPAKS RNST LOGAN CSA The Vlue of Qulity Professiol evelopmet By rest Log All good leders kow there re my fctors tht id i their success. However, there re two fctors tht ply mjor role i how successful school leder will be. The first is the leder s bility to sty relevt i ever chgig world. The secod is highly qulified, dedicted d relible stff. School leders i prticulr must cotiue to develop their crft. They must sty up-to-dte o techologicl dvces d the ltest improvemets i techig, lerig d istructio. The world of supervisio s we kow it is chgig before our very eyes. Pricipls, ssistt pricipls d other supervisors, ow, more so th before re sked to be ccoutts, dt lysts, hum resource mgers, meditors d psychologists, i dditio to beig eductors. Istructiol leders who re workig everydy to mke differece kow they must dpt i-order to provide the highest qulity eductio. Gret school leders kow tht the lerig process ever eds d uderstd the vlue of cotiued professiol developmet At CSA, we lso uderstd the vlue of qulity professiol developmet d triig. Tht s why we estblished the xecutive Ledership Istitute. LI, ot-for-profit orgiztio estblished o 2001 hs bee offerig prcticl, relevt d essetil professiol developmet for New York City school leders for six yers. The itet of the vrious progrms is to support d provide stdrds-bsed, high qulity, results-drive ledership opportuities. The xecutive Ledership Istitute provides uts d bolts workshops for first yer ssistt pricipls, s well s refresher courses for experieced ssistt pricipls, pricipls, dy cre directors d ssistt directors. At LI, we believe tht you re ever too experieced to ler somethig ew, d we ecourge ll prticipts to move up to the ext level of ledership. To dte, LI hs provided professiol developmet support of 3,786 ssistt pricipls, of whom 460 hve cotiued o to be pricipls. I sy ll of this to ecourge you to keep lerig. Cotiued professiol developmet llows school leders to refie their skills, iterct with collegues d exchge ides d experieces with dmiistrtors from roud the city. It is lso importt tht you s school leders ecourge your stff to tted professiol developmet. A well-rouded stff with up-to-dte kowledge of curriculum, techology d istructio c tke their studets d school beyod borders.# Attetio Techers: o you use cotto i y of your lessos? Hve you desiged d used origil lesso pl ivolvig cotto? If so, your efforts my py off. Through grt from the Mosto Compy $100.00, $75.00 d $50.00 wrd will be give to three techers writig the best cotto curriculum/lesso pls. Lessos my be writte for grdes 1-8, usig core subjects d meet Ntiol stdrds. All etries must be submitted to Cotto s Jourey d. Progrm for review by Jue 10, The wiig curricul will be posted t the 2008 Ntiol Agriculture I The Clssroom Coferece i Cost Mes, Clifori, Jue Wiers eed ot be preset. Wiig curriculum will be judged for origility, use of cotto resources, d meetig the followig gols: courge studets to questio d seek swers Use of ope-eded discussios d group lerig Icorporte hds-o ctivities ito core subjects Istill pprecitio & uderstdig of how cotto eriches lives Meet Ntiol Stdrds Plese complete the bottom portio d iclude with your cotto curricul. tries my be set to Cotto s Jourey d. Progrm by milig to P.O. Box 55, Trquillity, CA or Fx to or mil to dmi@cottosjourey.com. Nme School/Office School Address Cotct Phoe # d mil Grde Level of try Curriculum List Stdrds Correltios Your Sigture All etries must be submitted by Jue 10, Wiig curriculum will become the property of The Cotto s Jourey ductiol Progrm.

8 Specil ductio UCATION UPAT My 2008 Techig from the Hert Howrd L. Bighm By is Willim Cosby Wht got me ivolved i the eductiol field ws my experiece studet techig for yer t e Rusk lemetry School.

After two weeks of workig t the school, the techer, who ws femle, brought to my ttetio tht the youg blck mles i the clss who hd o fthers would do better cdemiclly whe I ws i the clssroom th o the dys

8 8 Specil ductio UCATION UPAT My 2008 Techig from the Hert Howrd L. Bighm By is Willim Cosby Wht got me ivolved i the eductiol field ws my experiece studet techig for yer t e Rusk lemetry School. Three dys week, I ws ssiged to tech, s ssistt, 24 third grders. I felt tht this experiece would be rewrdig becuse true test for heler is to hel people who eed it most. After two weeks of workig t the school, the techer, who ws femle, brought to my ttetio tht the youg blck mles i the clss who hd o fthers would do better cdemiclly whe I ws i the clssroom th o the dys I ws bset. Tht is wht coviced me tht I ws eeded i the cdemic field. It mzed me tht cdemic performce by childre could be ltered by simple motivtiol fctor like direct role model. I ws wre of the sttisticl domice of femle techers i the cdemic field, d I felt tht s mle I would hve lot of ifluece o childre who hd o fthers or o childre who hd dyslexi. Of course, the group of studets I imgied would look t me s direct role model would be blck mles who hve dyslexi. I got so ivolved with the elemetry school tht I beg to go to the specil eductio clsses d offer my services to the techer. I relly boded with the kids i the specil eductio clss. I ws techig from the hert, d the kids biggest eeds seemed to be techer who cred bout them d their idividul eeds. The gretest rewrd for me ws workig with child who beg to red his first words fter just three weeks. Just like beig therpist, I feel tht eductig childre is form of helig. Workig t this school ws cofidece booster becuse if I could relte to these kids d get positive results, I kew I could tech ywhere. The mesure of gret techer is workig with the most rw, urefied studets d mkig chge. It just seems too esy mesurig techer s bility whe tht techer is lredy workig with studets who re successful i school. I the middle of my lst yer i college, I kew tht I wted to work with childre who hd lerig disbilities. I wted to go to grdute progrm tht would be the best t providig me with the ewest iformtio. There were two evets i my life tht were extremely importt. The first ws grdutig from college. The secod ws ccomplishig the gol of gettig ito grdute school eve though I m dyslexic. Sice levig Atlt, I hve ot tught i the clssroom. I hve o rel experiece s techer, but I do hve some turl ttributes tht I feel my help me become elite techer. First, I hve turl love for childre, d childre get log with me very well. It is oe of those oobservble vribles tht exists betwee me d childe. I m fr from beig perfect, but I get log well with most childre. Secod, I believe i chces, so I do ot give up o people or childre. I kow tht if I hve clss full of kids, I would wt ll of them to be successful studets. I believe i fidig solutios to y d every problem. I do t believe i quittig becuse of ll my cdemic experieces. With ll the chces I ws give, I m goig to give ll of my studets s my chces s they eed to fid themselves s studets. Third, I believe techers eed to bod with studets. Whe I reflect o my fvorite techers i my life, they were techers who were my frieds, too. I see techers werig my titles besides TACHR. I see psychologist, mother, fther, fried, d dviser. I believe studets rect to my behvior. The more I give of myself, the more they will give bck to me. Fourth, I believe i syig oe of my fvorite techers told me: Whtever you tech child, it will ot be digested completely by tht studet util he leves your clssroom. I feel tht lerig is slow process, d ptiece is very crucil qulity to hve s techer. Lstly, my best qulity is I m very persol with ll studets. I work with kids d try to mke them feel tht I uderstd them. I m very ster o good morls d mers. I m ot old fshioed. I just believe i respect, hoesty, d truthfuless. I feel tht childre will be better studets if they become better people. I will tech thigs tht re ot i the books. For istce, I believe tht childre will be better studets if they like ech other better or if they like themselves better. I believe tht stbility strts iside d the reflects out of perso. So, my tctics would ivolve moldig the studet completely. I feel this is how I would get the most out of my studets. Wht mkes me believe i my system is the fct tht my fvorite techers hd the sme type of philosophies s I do. How will my experieces ifluece chge i the school system? I m soo to be techer who c ifluece chge by my experieces s victim of the system. I believe tht if more techers re wre of the sigs of dyslexi d lerig disbilities i the clss, the less studets like me will slip through the crcks of the system. I lso feel tht the specil eductio progrms eed to be chged. From my persol experieces, I feel tht specil eductio eeds to be combitio of oe o oe d group techig. I believe i firess withi the system. I just wt ll studets to hve equl opportuity. I hve lifetime to devote to mkig the school system more blced i y wy I c The stte of is Willim Cosby. The Americ School The Americ School hs bee offerig eductiol progrms by correspodece for over 110 yers. Our experiece hs mde us leder i the field. Sice we opeed our doors i 1897 over three millio studets hve beefited from our courses. I the pst fifty yers loe, erly qurter millio me d wome hve grduted from our high school completio progrm. Our studet body rges i ge from teegers to older dults. No mtter whether you re home schooled, left school t erly ge or you re retired perso, everyoe should fiish high school. Here t the Americ School ge is o brrier. Our mbitious grdutes hve bee ccepted i my colleges d uiversities from cost to cost. The Americ School, ot-for-profit distce eductio istitutio, is dedicted to providig qulity secodry istructio t resoble cost to those studets who re seekig ltertive mes of completig their high school eductio by usig the home study method. The Americ School gives you over 70 subjects from which to choose. This mes tht log with the required subjects i glish, mth, socil studies d sciece, you c select other subjects tht iterest you or subjects tht c help you towrd your creer gol. It lso serves my public d privte high school d eveig school studets erolled i our Idepedet Study progrms. Frequetly Asked Questios Is the Americ School Accredited? Yes, the Americ School is ccredited by The North Cetrl Associtio of s d Schools, The Commissio o Itertiol d Trs-Regiol Accredittio (CITA) d, lso recogized by the Illiois Stte Bord of ductio s secodry school. Wht re the grdutio requiremets? The Americ School offers two high school progrms the Preprtory Course d the Geerl Course. I ech progrm the studet is required to complete 18 uits of credit. At lest four d hlf (4 1/2) credits must be completed with the Americ School to receive our diplom. Will I get credit for the work tht I hve completed? Yes, if you hve tteded ccredited high school. Upo receipt of officil trscript from your previous school, you will be give credit for the courses you completed d pssed. Home Schoolig Credit? If you hve bee home schooled or tteded o-ccredited school, you my estblish up to 8 uits of credit by successfully pssig comprehesive exmitios provided by the Americ School. C I go to with The Americ School iplom? My Americ School grdutes go o to college fter completig our college preprtory course. They re usully dmitted s re studets from y high school o the bsis of their scores o tests such s the SAT or the ACT d their grdes with the Americ School. For dditiol iformtio, pplictio d pricig visit or cll refer to code 747. The is Willim Cosby Foudtio Provides New Begiigs for Studets By Jo Bum, Ph.. Pssiote is more th word to Croly Olivier, who rus the 11-yer- old Cosby Foudtio, techer triig progrm for studet scholrs committed to crryig o the work of is Cosby, the so of Bill d Cmille Cosby, who ws trgiclly killed i ccidet i Clifori over decde go, but who hd bee himself child with lerig difficulties who becme rdet, pssiote techer of childre with L (Lerig iffereces). He ws such positive, optimistic, pssiote perso, Olivier sys. He wrote beutifully New York Times editoril, Techig from the Hert ttrcted lot of ttetio whe it ppered severl yers go d recllig his dedictio, lwys mkes her feel kid of spiritul bout their commo cuse: supportig techer triig progrms tht hoor the vlues d skills by which he himself lered. is kew wht it felt like to be left out s studet. Ad he reveled i wht he chieved whe he took chrge of his life. Specificlly, Olivier cites three mi compoets i the Cosby Scholrs progrm: exteded supervised tutoril prcticum (two dys week, from erly fll through My); course o lguge developmet s cetrl to lerig; d lerig how to use, ot just do, digosis d ssessmet. There is still debte bout the vlue of tutorig, she otes, d is frkly stued d surprised by those who dowply its importce, syig tht it is crutch. But from studet perspective well-ru tutoril is lwys opportuity to ler. Yougsters will ot sped time with crutches. Lerig whether cdemic or thletic hs lwys ivolved tutorig, metorig. Ad if oly oe tutee presets techer with puzzle to solve, lerig i woderful wy hs tke plce for both the studet d the Cosby Scholr, who gets feedbck for the ext time. Olivier poits to metors i her ow life who mde differece whe she studied for her Msters t Hrvrd d the itered t the Lerig isorder Ceter of Childre s Hospitl i Bosto, mes fmilir to my i the L field: r. Chrles rke, for whom she did testig; r. Jee Chll, uthor of Lerig to Red: The Gret ebte; d r. Mrth Bridge eckl, who coviced her d demostrted tht childre re bor to ler. I New York the Cosby Scholrs Progrm L Y C É F R A N Ç A I S N W Y O R K Summer Cmp 2008 Jue 23-July 25 ursery-5th grde Croly Olivier is heded by r. Jo Uhry, Professor of ductio t Fordhm Uiversity s Licol Ceter cmpus. Studets re full-time techers i high eeds schools, some of the toughest i the city, Olivier sys. Sice the Cosby Foudtio Scholrs Progrm ws iitited, more th 20,000 t-risk for redig childre hve bee tught d tutored by Cosby Scholrs i over 100 city schools. I field with typiclly high ttritio rte, Cosby Scholrs hve evibly high retetio rte. Yes, some scholrs my express discourgemet t first, but whe they see wht childre c do whe they re give power d re egged, they re mzed t wht c be ccomplished. Future Foudtio work for Olivier icludes, she sys, ot oly cotiuig to write RFPs for the Foudtio but to esure tht school works systemticlly, for multiplictive effect hvig techers, prets, dmiistrtors pl together for coheret eviromet. She is lso explorig bleded progrms, those tht will icorporte olie d fce-to-fce techer triig. Ad she is lso iterested i bridgig the lguge gp tht ofte exists betwee professiol reserch fidigs d the geerl public. The chllege is gret, but the spirit of those chose s Cosby Scholrs udeible. Olivier otes tht more iformtio bout the Foudtio d its work c be foud t website clled Hello Fried, so med becuse is Cosby clled everyoe tht, whether he kew someoe for few miutes or severl yers. He hd drem. He wet o to Morehouse d the Techers t Columbi, d ever lost the joy of lerig. Not ifrequetly she would get cll: Miz O, I got to tlk to you Ad they did.# The LFNY Summer Cmp is biligul cmp tht focuses o both physicl ctivities d cdemics. It is chce for studets to gi skills i the Frech d glish lguge through school bsed ctivities, field trips d specil evets (rts, cookig, music, goig to the pool, shows, Frech clss, p, recess...). Techig our cmpers to be citizes of the world! For more iformtio: go to or cll Amy Zuflcht, irector of Summer Cmp t LYCÉ FRANÇAIS NW YORK 505 AST 75TH STRT, NY, NY 10021

However, with the excitemet d stimultio of grdutio, proms, d other prties, my kids get themselves ito trouble d fce mjor egtive cosequeces.

9 My 2008 UCATION UPAT Specil ductio From the NYU CHIL STUY CNTR: ASK TH XPRT It s the d of the School Yer. But, Wtch Out for Kids Goe Wild! By Gle S. Hirsch, M.. For most teegers, the ed of the school yer is pprochig. This is time to relx, ejoy eveigs free from homework, d hold celebrtios. Most kids hdle this time i helthy, risk-free fshio. However, with the excitemet d stimultio of grdutio, proms, d other prties, my kids get themselves ito trouble d fce mjor egtive cosequeces. So while our tees re ejoyig themselves, you d I s prets eed to be more vigilt. To get help, I tured to r. Richrd Gllgher, irector of the Pretig Istitute t NYU Child Study Ceter. He offers the followig words of cutio d prcticl dvice. Prtyig d drivig durig this time of yer is mjor cocer. The umber of drivers o the rod icreses i the lte sprig d summer. Tees sped erly 1.5 more hours drivig durig typicl summer week th they do durig the school yer. There s correspodig icrese i ccidets d i tees drivig while uder the ifluece of lcohol d other substces. Sttistics collected over two-yer periods fid tht 180 to 260 people re killed i cr ccidets ech weeked durig pek times for proms d grdutios. Over hlf to 60% of those deths re ssocited with lcohol use. Prets i urb res lso hve to wtch out. Kids my be trvelig lte t ight d erly i the morig o public trsporttio d i prts of tow where there re clubs d ctio, but lso slightly more dger. They c be trgeted for robbery, pick-pocketig or stchig purses d jewelry. As if cr ccidets d crime re ot eough to worry bout, other ccidets hppe more ofte durig this time too; i prticulr, drowig icreses. Pool prties, trips to the bech d other swimmig spots c lso be problem if ot hdled crefully. So for prets, these times of celebrtio re times for preprtio. Give teegers some dvice, some guidelies, d help mke sure tht they hve the pproprite supervisio. Lettig them loose for log periods with o check-i d o crig dult cotct (eve by phoe) c be risky. Mke your expecttios cler d hve schedule for cotct so you kow tht your tees re sfe d helthy. Teegers c hve some freedom d some privcy, but remember they re still ot quite dult i their thikig d judgmet. I regrd to sexul ctivity, discuss your expecttios d how you wt your tees to mge their sexul mturity. Adherig to fmily vlues d mitiig sfe sex prctices should be stressed, especilly t times of celebrtio. Some kids feel pressure to keep up with the crowd, but those who choose the optio of holdig off should lso feel comfortble. Helpig tees mke cotiued o pge 17 Mid d Body i Autism Sheds Light o Spectrum isorders t Techers BY JUITH AQUINO After spedig yers feelig tht somethig ws off, Krl Wittig ws lmost relieved whe he ws digosed with mild cse of Asperger s sydrome t ge 44. Asperger s sydrome is oe of severl Autism Spectrum isorders d is chrcterized by obsessive behvior, impired bility to iterct socilly, d ofte verge or very high IQ. Whe I ws kid I ws obsessed with tkig thigs prt to see how they worked d I would repet thigs costtly, sid Wittig. Beig digosed helped me uderstd myself better Autism is ot lbel, it s expltio. As pelist t the 2-dy coferece, Mid d Body i Autism, hosted by Techers d of Physicis d Surgeos i Columbi Uiversity, Wittig dded his voice to the voices of others promotig greter wreess of the Autism Spectrum isorders. Together with iterdiscipliry pel of experts icludig eductors, psychologists, peditricis, child psychitrists, d peditric eurologists, they lso ecourged the developmet of strtegies for ddressig the chlleges fcig idividuls with utism d their fmilies. The first dy ws dedicted to uderstdig d ddressig the eductiolly relevt chrcteristics of utism. The secod dy focused o the role of geetics i the digosis of utism spectrum disorders, pproches to the peditric office screeig d evlutio of utism, d ogoig issues i reserch studies d cliicl reserch. I brekout sessio, Bridgig the Gp from Reserch to Prctice, r. Hrriet Golde from AHRC - New York City discussed severl techig strtegies for studets o the Autism spectrum. She covered rge of methods (e.g., Applied Behviorl Alysis, Picture xchge Commuictio System, d Tretmet d ductio of Autistic d relted Commuictio-Hdicpped Childre) tht re Prof. Lid Hickso, Co-orgizer of the Coferece, ir., Ceter for Opportuities & Outcomes for People with isbilities effective i helpig utistic studets grsp ew cocepts. She lter poited out tht more reserch is still eeded to uderstd the distictios betwee lerig disbilities i order to idetify the right eductiol pproch. This coferece ws the first time I hd ever herd tht Frgile X, Retts, d Prder Willi were prt of the spectrum disorders. I every textbook they re still listed s disbilities uder the umbrell of cogitive disbilities d metl retrdtio, commeted Golde. Prets whose childre re o the Autism spectrum ofte feel tht they ler somethig ew bout their childre every dy. Lis ille, Youg Seh Be, Sus McCormick, d Tim Woodwrd joied Krl Wittig i pel discussio to describe their experieces i risig childre with utism. Tim Woodwrd explied tht seekig eductiol ssistce for his twi sos who both hve utism spectrum disorder hs tught him the importce of beig isistet. It is remrkble wht eductio c do tody but we hve to be vocl to esure tht our childre get the help they eed, he sid. I respose to udiece member s questio of wht c he do s techer, Lis ille s respose ws simply Liste. # Ldmrk Grds shre success stories Joh Chiter I tteded the Uiversity of North Croli t Greesboro before ttedig Ldmrk. I beg hvig difficulties throughout my schoolig but ws ble to work roud them i the erlier grdes. Whe I etered high school tht ws whe I relly beg hvig difficulties. I ws workig very hrd d puttig time ito my course work but ot gettig the results tht I ws hopig. I ws digosed with mild lerig disbility i the res of redig comprehesio d ST/LT memory. Ldmrk college gve me the tools d resources to help me ler the wy I eed to ler. Furthermore, the college ebled me to regi the cofidece i myself tht I hd lost lost i high school. The studets were very helpful. My of the studets were goig through the sme emotios/problems I hd bee goig through. It ws ice to kow I ws t the oly oe. I mde some very good frieds while t Ldmrk. I left Ldmrk fter bout 1 1/2 yers. I pplied to other 4 yer colleges d uiversities. I tteded Lehigh Uiversity i Bethlehem PA d received Bchelors of Sciece i Fice. I hve lwys hd iterest i the fice so I iterviewed with fice compies i the Bosto re. All my memories t Ldmrk were gret. I would recommed Ldmrk to prospective studets. Ldmrk hs give me the tools d resources to help me succeed i school d my creer. I do feel stisfied, but it is importt to lwys keep strivig d wtig more. I pl to pply tted school full-time for my Mster i Busiess Admiistrtio strtig i September After grdutio I would like to work i the fields of busiess cosultig or veture cpitl/privte equity. Ktherie Kdrvy I tteded Ldmrk for the Summer Skills evelopmet Progrm the summer of At tht time, I hd completed my sophomore yer t Wheto, Norto, Msschusetts. I retured to Wheto followig the summer progrm d grduted i I ws digosed with yslexi t the ge of 5, much erlier th my I got to kow t Ldmrk. My mother hd oticed tht I ws hvig difficulties with letters d words d chose to hve me evluted. Although I hd bee tutored durig my schoolig up through high school, college ws the first time tht I did t hve the desigted support system i plce. The summer t Ldmrk ws the first time tht I ws i eviromet with other studets with similr difficulties. It ws helpful lerig wht other studets were doig to succeed i school. I foud both the studets d the fculty to be extremely helpful. I would recommed Ldmrk to other studets. Followig my grdutio from Wheto, I worked t Alpie Lerig Group, smll school i NJ for childre with Autism. I worked there for two yers, d the wet to the Uiversity of Pesylvi, where I received Mster i Socil Work degree i I curretly work s Stff Therpist i the Asperger s Relted Services eprtmet t West Berge Metl Helthcre, Commuity Metl Helth Ceter i Norther NJ. 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, picture book for childre published by HrperCollis. Mrs. Bush d her dughter took turs redig their tle out loud bout boy who thiks books re borig util storybook chrcters come live i his clssroom.

10 10 UCATION UPAT MAY 2008 First Ldy Lur Bush d Je Bush Red All About It! The Christopher Awrds for Best Childre s Books Lur Bush By Judith Aquio Recetly, the First Ldy d her dughter, Je Bush, mde pperce t the 92d Street Y to promote their book, Red All About It!, picture book for childre published by HrperCollis. Mrs. Bush d her dughter took turs redig their tle out loud bout boy who thiks books re borig util storybook chrcters come live i his clssroom. Juli Reed, cotributig editor t Newsweek d Vogue, spoke with the Bushes bout the importce of litercy d eductio d their collbortio o the book. Stemmig from their experieces s techers d their pssio for redig, the First Ldy d Je Bush re strog dvoctes for litercy d eductio. A Hoorry Ambssdor for the UN Literry ecde, Mrs. Bush hosted the first White House Coferece o Globl Litercy i 2006 to highlight successful litercy progrms d ecourge sustied globl d coutrylevel efforts to promote litercy. I 2001 she helped the Librry of Cogress luch the first Ntiol Book Festivl i Wshigto,.C. She lso fouded the sttewide Texs Book Festivl i Mrs. Bush tught i public schools i lls, Housto, d Austi. Je Bush shres her mother s love of redig d techig. Je tught elemetry school i Wshigto,.C. fter grdutig from the Uiversity of Texs t Austi i 2004 with degree i glish. She hs lso writte book, A s Story: A Jourey of Hope, bout 17-yer-old sigle mother i Pm livig with HIV. 92d Street Y/Joyce Culver Je Bush Mrs. Bush explied tht the ide behid Red All About It! ws prtly ispired by the rectio of her fourth grde clss to Chrlotte s Web by.b. White. After redig the book to her studets, they becme so egged i the story they climed spider i the closet ws the fmous Chrlotte. Tht ws so much fu; I loved hvig the chce to tech childre bout literture, exclimed Mrs. Bush. Over the pst yer, Je d her mother developed the ide of cpturig childre s imgitios with chrcters tht literlly jump out of pge. The gret thig is tht very few people get the opportuity to work cretively with their prets. I ws costtly ispired by her ides, commeted Je. For Mrs. Bush, writig the book with her dughter ws erly Mother s y gift. Hvig the chce to write this book with Je ws very specil time for me sice we re lso plig her weddig...it remided me of ll the books we red together whe she d her sister were little girls, she explied. The fil questio tht Juli Reed posed to the Bushes cme from the udiece: wht re their fvorite books? Mrs. Bush listed Mrk Twi s Huck Fi, Giled by Mrilye Robiso d verythig is Illumited by Joth Sfr Foer. Je Bush med To Kill Mockigbird by Hrper Lee d The History of Love by Nicole Krus s some of her fvorite books. Red All About It! is vilble t mjor bookstores d the HrperCollis website: www. hrpercollis.com.# The 59th ul Christopher Awrds recogize films, brodcst TV d cble progrms d books for both youg people d dults tht represet the power to mke positive ifluece o our world. Severl of the Christopher Awrd Wiers were sked the followig questios. We shre their resposes with you. 1. Who were your metors i choosig creer i writig? 2. Wht re some of your fvorite childre s books? 3. Wht re you curretly redig? 4. Wht is the gretest chllege i writig childre s book? Crolie Cooey: Crolie B. Cooey ws ispired to write imods I The Shdow whe her Coecticut church sposored wr refugee fmilies. Wht mkes this ovel so touchig is tht it either sestiolizes or does it sugrcot the experieces of the fmily tht comes to Americ to fid sfety, crryig the burde of dgerous secret. The story ufolds through ltertig voices from two very differet sets of youths the Americ tees i host fmily, d tees tht re the Afric refugees. Metors: I hd woderful sixth grde techer. His me ws Mr. Albert. All the girls wted to grow up fst d mrry him. All the boys wted to be just like him. We did lot of writig i tht clss. He would pss out covers of old New Yorker Mgzies (detiled colorful crtoos) d you hd to write short story expliig the illustrtio. He would set timer. Mybe you would hve twelve miutes. He itroduced us to history. He loved to drw with colored chlk o our blckbord, d I still remember the drwig of Mesopotmi, with the rivers of the Fertile Crescet, the Tigris d the uphrtes. He left me with lifelog pssio for writig d for ciet history, d I still set timer, remidig myself for hrd tsks tht I c do ythig for twelve miutes. Fvorite Childre s Books: Now tht my grddughters re redig chpter books, I m hvig fu loctig the books I loved. I just set them ll the ftsies by dgr ger, woderful time-trvel books, where four childre stumble ito mgic situtios. The first is Mgic by the Lke. I ve lwys met to hve house o lke, i hoor of this book. I did mge house o river, but it s ot the sme. Curret Redigs: Right ow, I m trvelredig. I few weeks, my cocert choir (I m sopro; I kow lots of sopro jokes) is goig to Germy, d I m redig histories of Germy. Next yer, I m goig to Afric. So I hve big pile of fictio d ofictio bout Afric. But I lso tech Bible clss, so I hve relly big pile of books for tht. We re goig to do Joseph ext, so we eed to kow bout ciet slvery (Joseph is sold ito slvery) d ciet prisos (Joseph is frmed d set to priso). Gretest Chllege: ch book I write hs differet chllege. The chlleges re the best prt. Code Orge is bout the thret of smllpox, so the chllege ws how to wedge i eough detils bout this horrific disese d its history i Americ without slowig dow the excitemet of the story. imods i the Shdow is bout two fmilies comig together, so there re eight chrcters, d tht s lot of people to keep stright. The chllege ws beig sure the reder lwys kows who s who. I just fiished book (my first book out of 75) writte i the preset tese, d tht s huge chllege. Mrgret McNmr: The book tht proves BIG thigs sometimes come i SMALL pckges. This is the lesso lered i Mrgret McNmr s childre s book, How My Seeds I A Pumpki, which provides ederig remider to childre ot to judge by pperces. At the sme time, this beutifully illustrted d cleverly writte storybook serves s lesso i skip coutig by 2 s, 5 s, d 10 s. Metors: They were ot so much livig, brethig metors s they were ispirtios: Shkespere, Milto, d the Bible. Kets d Yets. mily ickiso. Je Auste. Archibld Mcleish. Schwrtz & Wde. Ad my woderful glish techers: Miss Hcock i 9th grde; d Professor Phyllis Mocchi d the lte Joh Mizer d R. Mrk Bebow t Colby i Mie. Fvorite childre s books: The Ruwy Buy, by Mrgret Wise Brow d Clemet Hurd. Out of the ust, by Kre Hesse. True Believer, by Virgii uwer Wolff. Aythig by Hilry McKy. I the Smll, Smll Pod, by eise Flemig. Frog d Tod Are Frieds, by Arold Lobel, Kuffle Buy, Too, by Mo Willems. Curret Redigs: Mob Is My Wshpot, by Stephe Fry, which I picked up prtly becuse of its bsurd yet Biblicl title d prtly becuse I m devoted to Stephe Fry; Spkig Shkespere, by Jke Wizer, becuse the first two pges re covulsively fuy; d Mkies with the Wrikled Kees, by Toy Millioire. Gretest chllege: Thikig it through is the hrdest thig. The mkig the writig cler d direct. Ad keepig it hoest. Other wiers were Scott Mechi, writer/rtist of Tkig Bth with the og d Other Thigs tht Mke Me Hppy, The Wild Girls is Pt Murphy s first childre s ovel. It tkes plce i the erly 1970s, whe twelve-yer-old Jo s fmily moves from Coecticut to Clifori, much to her disstisfctio. I Clifori, Jo meets uusul fried med Srh, who lives i the woods with her fther. Boded by their feeligs of isoltio d difficult fmily situtios the girls strt writig their ow stories together, d ed up wiig first plce i studet cotest.# Alice Belgry, Chir, Bk Street Book Committee Gives Aul Awrds The Childre s Book Committee t Bk Street of ductio recetly hoored these five books d uthors. The 2008 Josette Frk Awrd Fictio This wrd is give ech yer to hoor book or books of outstdig literry merit i which childre or youg people del i positive d relistic wy with difficulties i their world d grow emotiolly d morlly. The prize to the uthor of the wrd books hs bee geerously provided by The Florece L. Miller Memoril Fud. Home of the Brve by Ktherie Applegte, (Feiwel d Frieds) The 2008 Flor Stieglitz Strus Awrd Nofictio This wrd is give for ofictio book or books tht serves s ispirtio to youg reders. Blleri rems by Lure Thompso, photos by Jmes stri, (Feiwel d Frieds) Who Ws First? iscoverig the Americs by Russell Freedm, (Clrio Books) The 2008 Cludi Lewis Awrd Poetry This wrd is give for the best poetry book or books of the yer for youg reders. Here s Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry collected by Je Yole d Adrew Fusek Peters, illustrted by Polly ubr, (Cdlewick Press) This Is Just to Sy: Poems of Apology d Forgiveess by Joyce Sidm, illustrted by Pmel Zgreski, (Houghto Miffli)

11 MAY 2008 UCATION UPAT Itertiol Ceter of Photogrphy zzles Mhtt By mily Sherwood, Ph.

itersectio of 43rd d Sixth Aveue, to swer defiitive yes.

cotemporry culture, bostig permet collectio of more th 100,000 photogrphs which reflect importt historicl d cotemporry imges s well s exhibitios of such household mes s Aie Leibovitz d M Ry.

the coutry. People hve recogized tht oe of the gret stregths of photogrphy is tht it is completely democrtic. Nobody who goes ito the Met d sees sculpture by Rodi or pitig by Ceze sys, I c do tht.

So while the ge-old questio of whether photogrphy is rt form hs log sice bee swered ffirmtively, Hrtshor believes tht there hs bee shift i his field to visul litercy: The most importt questio tht

11 11 MAY 2008 UCATION UPAT Itertiol Ceter of Photogrphy zzles Mhtt By mily Sherwood, Ph.. For those few skeptics who still questio whether photogrphy is rt form, oe does ot eed to trvel y further th Mhtt s Itertiol Ceter of Photogrphy (ICP), thrivig museum, school d reserch ceter o the itersectio of 43rd d Sixth Aveue, to swer defiitive yes. Fouded i 1974 by Life stff photogrpher Corell Cp, brother of photojourlist Robert Cp who ws killed by ldmie while coverig the Vietm Wr, ICP offers powerful testimoy to photogrphy s trsformtive role i cotemporry culture, bostig permet collectio of more th 100,000 photogrphs which reflect importt historicl d cotemporry imges s well s exhibitios of such household mes s Aie Leibovitz d M Ry. Uder the curret stewrdship of Willis (Buzz) Hrtshor, photogrpher, curtor d uthor who took over the directorship i 1994, ICP hs grow ito oe of the most extesive d best-equipped schools of photogrphy i the coutry. People hve recogized tht oe of the gret stregths of photogrphy is tht it is completely democrtic. Nobody who goes ito the Met d sees sculpture by Rodi or pitig by Ceze sys, I c do tht. But whe we go to photogrphy exhibitio or see pictures i mgzie, we relize tht we ll hve cmers, d we ll c mke pictures, explis Hrtshor. So while the ge-old questio of whether photogrphy is rt form hs log sice bee swered ffirmtively, Hrtshor believes tht there hs bee shift i his field to visul litercy: The most importt questio tht eeds to be sked ow is, how do pictures crete meig, d how do we uderstd wht it is tht we re lookig t? How do we use pictures to commuicte ourselves, d how do we receive pictures for commuictio d for lerig? he elbortes. As cse i poit, Hrtshor poits out tht photojourlism hs creted powerful imges tht hve become icoic, hutig metphors of our time: still photogrphs portryig the terrorism of 9/11 or detiee buse t Abu Ghrib drmticlly evoke feeligs i the viewer ki to those felt by the reder of poetry. I prt becuse techology hs mde photogrphy democrtic rt form, ICP s school hs skyrocketed i populrity, ow servig more th 5,000 dult lerers ech yer rgig from mteurs seekig to brush up o their Photo Shop skills to more sophisticted studets of light, color d imgery. For college studets, the school offers two-yer certificte progrms i either geerl studies or documetry photogrphy d photojourlism, log with twoyer joit grdute progrm with Brd ledig to mster of fie rts degree. My surroudig colleges such s NYU d Brrd llow their degree studets to tke courses t ICP for credit. Ad rpidly growig Tee Acdemy offers fter-school courses for some 250 childre i ll boroughs of the city, some of them supported by full scholrships. We re tryig to build sese of commuity with these kids d to help them with their self-esteem, explis Hrtshor. Ad we re tryig to build visul litercy. Some of these kids relly get hooked d they wt to get ivolved t other level. For these dedicted studets, ICP hs developed itership progrm whereby they work s metors with the youger tees. Lst yer, te such iters wet o to study photogrphy with full scholrships i college, thks to extesive behid-the scees support from ICP. We tech them how to crete their resumes, how to iterview, how to dress properly, how to ct socilly...it s very lyered process, dds Hrtshor. While photogrphy is still youg rt compred with the ceturies of Gret Msters, it is cler tht Hrtshor d ICP re fst chgig tht ldscpe for ew geertios of museumgoers who will icresigly fid stirrig itertiol imgery by photojourlists like Jmes Nchtwey d Sebstio Slgdo dow the hll from trditiol pictures by Moet d Ceze. Nchtwey, who hs trveled from Afghist to Rwd to bre the truth of wr d pillge, hs rise to tiol promiece becuse of his ucy bility to brig bout socil chge through the les of his cmer, d it is this rtistic but brutl cdor tht mkes his rtistry so uforgettble. Nchtwey s ow words spek volumes: I hve bee witess, d these pictures re my testimoy. The evets I hve recorded should ot be forgotte d must ot be repeted. # Polr Ber Photogrph by vid Rhodes, Pres., School of Visul Arts Bh i Grdes, Hif Photogrph by Bruch Youg, M.. Grd Cetrl Photogrph by Mrcus Reideberg, M.. Storm Kig Scee Photogrph by Herm Rose, M.. Hibiscus Photogrph by Adm Sugerm, Pres., Plmiche Press

12 Specil ductio UCATION UPAT My 2008 Huter Offers Free Summer Progrm for 7th 12th Grders to Ler Chiese Lguge & Culture Highlights of the progrm iclude: A iitil three-week coverstio cmp, where

* A four-week olie istructio will focus o developig litercy skills.

12 12 Specil ductio UCATION UPAT My 2008 Huter Offers Free Summer Progrm for 7th 12th Grders to Ler Chiese Lguge & Culture Highlights of the progrm iclude: A iitil three-week coverstio cmp, where studets will ler how to coduct simple iterviews i Chiese o topics such s sports, shoppig, fmily, how to give directios d itroduce oeself. * A four-week olie istructio will focus o developig litercy skills. Studets will ler how to write chrcters d develop redig skills through the use of iovtive web-bsed multimedi mterils developed by the Chiese fculty t Huter. * After the four-week litercy olie istructio, studets will be ble to red short stories d write short essys, e-mils, d letters i Chiese. * Fu ctivities such s clligrphy, field trips, skits, gmes, pop sogs will be itegrted ito For Fmilies with Childre with Specil Needs d for the Professiols who Work with Them Prets sked for it. Professiols sked for it. We re providig it NW IRCTORY! Schools for Studets with Specil Needs Privte dy d residetil schools, mistrem schools with ccommodtios, etry poits for NYC O d metro re BOCS, Plus specil sectios o chrter schools d schools for childre with utism spectrum disorders Up-to-dte iformtio, icludes ges, re served, diplom offered, clss size d studet/techer rtio, popultio served, specil services d more. This is the best sigle source of iformtio o schools for childre with developmetl, emotiol, physicl, d lerig disbilities, d gifted childre, i the New York metro re. $ P&H $8.00 per copy. 81/2 x 11, 300 pges. ISBN Avilble August 2008 For iformtio d orders cll (212) or FAX (212) Resources for Childre with Specil Needs, Ic./ept. S st 16 th Street/5 th Floor, New York, NY publictios@resourcesyc.org lguge lerig. * Studets will be ssiged lguge prter i Beijig to coduct lguge d culture project i ech other s trget lguge to icrese mutul uderstdig vi the olie virtul commuity. FROM TH SUPRINTNNT S SAT Techig Childre with Specil Needs By r. Crole G. Hki All childre deserve the opportuity to excel to their fullest potetil. Advces mde i the field of specil eductio durig the pst thirty yers mke this well-fouded sttemet so ll childre c excel. Specil eductio services ffect studets with brod rge of disbilities d crete the frmework from which meigful school experieces hppe for every studet. very child c ler. I believe tht. I our school district d my cross the coutry, childre with lerig disbilities d childre who re physiclly chlleged re chievig t uprecedeted levels. Ad the mjority of these studets re doig so withi the regulr clssroom, logside studets without specil lerig eeds. We did ot lwys live i society tht ws wre of disbled childre d how to ssist * 11th d 12th grders c er 3 to 6 college credits.# More iformtio is vilble t: huter.cuy.edu/clssics/chiese, e-mil Chiesesummer@huter.cuy.edu or cll # them. I the erly 1900s childre with disbilities were ot give the sme opportuities s childre without disbilities. I 1975, Cogress pssed ldmrk legisltio med the ductio for All Hdicpped Childre Act requirig schools to provide studets with disbilities pproprite eductio. As fmilies becme more cogizt of the services childre with specil eeds were etitled to, schools, prets d studets beg workig together to crete positive eductiol experieces. Studets with specil eeds flourished! If pret or techer hs y cocer tht child my hve disbility, they should be referred to the pproprite committee. ductig childre with lerig or physicl chlleges logside their o-disbled peers fosters uderstdig d cceptce mog both groups, which I believe better prepres ll our childre for the world beyod school.# r. Crole G. Hki is the Superitedet of Schools, Syosset Cetrl School istrict. The Art of Techig Mster s Progrm iscover our uique commuity of lerers with pssio for techig Smll semir clsses coectig theory with techig prctice, ledig to Mster of Sciece i ductio Studet techig d fieldwork i tri-stte re public d ltertive schools Studets prepred for certifictio i rly Childhood, Childhood or dul certifictio Studets of diverse bckgrouds d experieces re ecourged to pply Prt-time/full-time study d ficil id vilble For iformtio cotct: Srh Lwrece Office of Grdute Studies 1 Med Wy, Broxville, NY (914) x236, grd@slc.edu or visit us t

My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets ductio updte 13 Columbi Lw School Seeks Solutios to Violece o Cmpus I effort to further the dilogue o topic tht hs bee sweepig cross school cmpuses, the Progrm i

The coferece ddressed the complex issue of violece o uiversity d college cmpuses from psychologicl d legl perspectives to promote the shrig of ides o prcticl pproches to the prevetio of violece d

Ivited to the coferece were school dmiistrtors, couselig ceter directors d stff, off-cmpus cliicis, eductors i metl helth, lw, d policy, d studets.

It is becomigly icresigly commo for eductors to tke prt i meetigs bout school violece.

Hvig to kow the right thig to do i situtio tht is complicted by sfety cocers, the fer of libility d other legl issues leves my eductors feelig s if their hds re tied.

13 My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets ductio updte 13 Columbi Lw School Seeks Solutios to Violece o Cmpus I effort to further the dilogue o topic tht hs bee sweepig cross school cmpuses, the Progrm i Helth, Lw, d Society of Columbi Lw School recetly hosted iterdiscipliry coferece, Violece o Cmpus: Predictio, Prevetio, d Respose. The coferece ddressed the complex issue of violece o uiversity d college cmpuses from psychologicl d legl perspectives to promote the shrig of ides o prcticl pproches to the prevetio of violece d reductio of libility risk. Scholrs, reserchers, d policy mkers from vrious fields led the discussios. Ivited to the coferece were school dmiistrtors, couselig ceter directors d stff, off-cmpus cliicis, eductors i metl helth, lw, d policy, d studets. The dys re goe whe reports of cmpus violece could be dismissed s isolted icidets tht ber o effect o other uiversities d colleges. It is becomigly icresigly commo for eductors to tke prt i meetigs bout school violece. This is the secod meetig I ve bee to bout this topic d it reiforces the importce of doig the right thig, commeted cliicl couselor who sked tht her me be withheld. Hvig to kow the right thig to do i situtio tht is complicted by sfety cocers, the fer of libility d other legl issues leves my eductors feelig s if their hds re tied. A prticulrly thory topic is iterpretig the Fmily ductiol Rights d Privcy Act (FRPA), lw tht protects the privcy of studet eductio records d lso gives prets certi rights i regrd to their childre s records. School dmiistrtors d cliicis hve criticized the eprtmet of ductio d the eprtmet of Helth d Hum Services for ot providig cler guidelies o how much persol iformtio c be shred with third prty uder FRPA. Not kowig the swer mkes it difficult for schools to implemet emergecy metl helth policies. I discussio o legl issues, Ae Hubbrd, J, Professor of Lw t the Uiversity of Ciciti bemoed wht she described s FRPA phobi. There is distorted view of wht c be ccomplished uder FRPA. It is ot s restrictive s it is beig red, she stted. I determiig wht c be doe leglly, Hubbrd suggested developig list of ides before pprochig lwyer. o t sk the lwyer to develop pl for you, figure out wht you wt to do first. Richrd ichler, Ph.. irector of Psychologicl Couselig Services t Columbi Uiversity emphsized the importce of commuictio d rechig out to the commuity. He lso stressed the eed for ccessible couselig ceters but wred gist developig overly professiol tmosphere. Nothig c substitute crig commuity. Sometimes oe eeds to remember to just be perso. Other res tht were lyzed iclude the predictio of violece, uderstdig d prevetig cmpus suicide, d the medi coverge of cmpus violece.# Myors Agist Illegl Gus Colitio: Workig Together to Mke Our Coutry Sfer By Myor Michel Bloomberg April 16 mrked the oe-yer iversry of the Virgii Tech shootigs, the terrible dy whe oe studet killed 32 people d the himself. The pi d shock of tht trgedy echoed throughout our etire tio. But the sddest truth is, cross the coutry bout 34 Americs re murdered with gus every sigle dy d most of those gus were purchsed illeglly. Illegl gus re risig the level of violece i our cities, d more d more Americs re strtig to sk: Why is it so esy for crimils to get their hds o gus? Tht s certily ot wht our forefthers hd i mid whe they drfted the Secod Amedmet. espite these grim relities, we hve reso to feel hope. The Myors Agist Illegl Gus colitio tht I fouded with Bosto Myor Tom Meio two yers go is giig mometum. Our membership hs expded to iclude more th 320 myors who represet more th 55 millio Americs. Recetly, we met i Wshigto.C. for our secod tiol summit. It ws productive coferece, cpped by groudbrekig greemet with Wl-Mrt, the lrgest seller of firerms i the tio. Wl-Mrt hs joied with our colitio of myors to crete The Resposible Firerms Retiler Prtership : 10-poit code to help esure tht gus do t fll ito the wrog hds. This pioeerig set of guidelies icludes ruig bckgroud checks for employees to mke sure tht the people sellig gus re t crimils videotpig sles to deter illegl purchses d cretig logs to lert slespeople of customers with suspicious sles histories. As the biggest privte employer i the world d the biggest r. Richrd ichler Violece i the world gu-seller i Americ, Wl-Mrt hs set ew stdrd for gu retilers cross the coutry. We wt ll lw-bidig citizes who purchse gus to sk: oes this deler follow the resposible firerm stdrd? Ad if ot, why ot? Although we still hve wys to go i the fight gist illegl gus, this greemet ws big wi for sfe streets d for our democrcy. It showed tht we do t hve to wit for Cogress to ct to effect rel chge. I the bsece of tiol ledership, privte busiesses re temig up with locl lw eforcemet to give the Americ people wht we wt: stroger protectios sfer streets d the freedom to sed our kids off to school without ferig for their security. This is my visio for cities like New York. It s oe shred by my Americs d I hope by our three presidetil cdidtes, too. Recetly we uveiled TV commercil ow irig tiowide tht fetures pst sttemets from ll three cdidtes i support of closig the gu show loophole. This loophole llows people to sell gus t shows without performig bckgroud checks. The cdidtes ll sy they wt to close the loophole d you c see tht for yourselves by wtchig the commercil o our website t Now we eed our leders to bck up their words with ctios, becuse the gu show sles re just prt of the problem. We lso eed lw tht prohibits yoe o the terrorist wtch list from purchsig gu. This should be obrier! But i Wshigto, it is t. Tht s why i the weeks d moths hed our colitio will cotiue pushig Cogress to ct. As New Yorkers, eve though we live i the School ys Filled With Violece By r. Pol Rose School is difficult eough with cdemic d socil chlleges. I fr too my cses, bullyig wreks hvoc o school child s psyche. I the cse of some studets, there is other source of fer d dred. Imgie wht it would be like to live with explosives ldig idiscrimitely t home, i school, d ll over the surroudig re? How c studets study, tke exms, go outside, d hve sese of ormlcy whe oe miute, they re performig their dily ctivities d the ext momet, sire shrills to tke cover i shelter witig for dreded explosio d feelig of the groud shkig beeth their feet? How do they pl for future tht my ever hppe becuse they might ot survive? How would they feel bout losig frieds or fmily? Those swers were shred with me by smll group of studets who log for pece d protectio but re besieged by violece dy d ight. They re visitig New York from Sderot, smll tow i Isrel o the Gz border, their trip pid for by r. Chrlotte Frk, Seior VP, McGrw-Hill d Chir of the AIFL xecutive Committee, who is committed to helpig others d mkig differece i studets lives. These studets re teegers ttedig Sh r HNegev High School or Spir with drems of studyig psychology, ciem, commuictios or film mkig. They re the Americ Isrel Friedship Legue ( Youth Ambssdors, r. Chrlotte K. Frk Fellows. l sttes, some kids ru, others do t becuse we re so used to herig rockets. Oe dy, rockets fell i the schoolyrd d ll the widows were shkig. Three techers were wouded. H lives i kibbutz erby d told bout the 20 missiles tht fell there oe dy. A rocket fell few feet behid my fther. Oe miute I hve fther; other miute I my ot. Ymit sid tht rockets fell my times i her eighborhood. Two bbies were killed. I ws i the yrd with my little brother whe it hppeed. Who pls d seds these Qssm rockets filled with explosives? I sked. The studets immeditely respoded Hms. The missiles c fly up to 10 kilometers d hve o vigtio system. The people who luch Qssms fire them idiscrimitely, disregrdig the civili popultio. Ariel, who worked s photogrpher, hd to ru with childre to shelter. The ttcks re gettig more frequet, bout per dy. Red lerts re sfest big city i the tio, we uderstd the trgic cosequeces of gu violece. We shred the grief felt by the Virgii Tech commuity lst yer, d they ll be i our pryers gi this weeked, durig wht is very scred time for our city. Tes of thousds of New Yorkers gthered i Ykee Stdium for historic mss Jcquelie ueis, Techer Ymit Cohe, studet, Spir l Siegel, Sh r HNegev HS H Gt, Sh r HNegev HS Ariel Tmir, studet, Spir clled so my times dy d re so exhustively covered by the medi tht they hve become mude. The govermet d people i other prts of Isrel brely show cocer. Ariel would like to move, but his fmily lives there. I do t feel sfe becuse there re t eough shelters, he sys sdly. Their techer, Jcquelie who hs ccompied them from Isrel to shre their stories with the Americ people, sys stuchly, I will ot move. We sed ll our childre to the rmy; the role of the rmy is to protect us. The rmy is filig to do tht i Sderot. Oe importt questio is why there re t eough shelters i Sderot. Fomer Ambssdor from Isrel to Turkey, Uri Br-Ner who tteded our gtherig stted tht it is the resposibility of the govermet to build shelters. I the Gol Heights we hd shelters. There is eough moey d we must cotiue to remid the govermet tht we eed shelters. H d l will ot move wy despite the dily brrge. This dger bods us to the commuity; we hve to go through this together. All the studets expressed their strog desire for pece. But sice we do t hve it, they sid, we must hve shelters. Our eductio is beig disrupted. Our reltives do t come to visit becuse they re frid. For two moths lst yer, we did t go to school. We did t hve mth so this yer we doubled up. Wht recourse do these studets hve? Wht would you do if you were livig there? Wht dvice would you give them? Stef, studet t Lehm High School i the Brox who hosted the delegtio from Sderot, ws o the phoe with them whe they retured home. A red lert wet off d he herd them scremig d ruig. I relly hope tht there is somethig we c do bout this. I kow, me beig oe perso is rther isigifict but if there is ywy I c help the situtio plese let me kow. I dditio to visitig Lehm High School, the AIFL/r. Chrlotte K. Frk Fellows sw the highlights of NYC icludig visit d cht with City Coucil members, the UN, the Sttue of Liberty, Cetrl Prk d the o to the Phildelphi Liberty Bell. The progrm sposored by AIFL d r. Frk remids me of somethig thropologist Mrgret Med oce sid, It oly tkes few committed idividuls to chge society. # led by Pope Beedict. At the sme time, erly two millio Jewish New Yorkers observed the festivl of Pssover. This ws perfect occsio to celebrte our religious freedoms, cout our blessigs, d rededicte ourselves to mkig New York eve better, sfer, d more tolert city.#

14 spotlight o schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 Gil Noppe-Brdo: The Art & Power of Successful Studet Commuictio By Mris Suescu There re momets i Listeig With Their yes documetry bout 11 teegers who

Oe is whe Ntsh who lmost quits the progrm whe preseted with the chllege of redig through moologue she would evetully eed to memorize comes bck to the ext clss d performs the first prgrph clely.

14 14 spotlight o schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 Gil Noppe-Brdo: The Art & Power of Successful Studet Commuictio By Mris Suescu There re momets i Listeig With Their yes documetry bout 11 teegers who prticipte i 10-week commuictio workshop with eductor Gil Noppe-Brdo tht quietly brek your hert, revelig potetil i youg people both eormous d utpped. Oe is whe Ntsh who lmost quits the progrm whe preseted with the chllege of redig through moologue she would evetully eed to memorize comes bck to the ext clss d performs the first prgrph clely. Her smile upo chievig tht success is beutiful, proud, tettively mzed eve. Ntsh goes o to complete the progrm, ultimtely writig her ow two-perso ply, d performig i other studet s ply. Listeig With Their yes, which screeed recetly to stdig-room oly udiece of bout 75 t NYU s Tisch School of the Arts, documeted the progress of the clss, with focus o hdful of studet s stories. Iterspersed betwee the footge of the workshop re screes revelig strtlig eductio-relted fcts, such s, Oly 30% of NYC 8th grders re proficiet i writig d 50% of NYC studets drop out of high school. Periodiclly Noppe-Brdo, lso the film s director, commets o her eductiol pproch i voiceover. Like Noppe-Brdo herself, who itroduces herself to her studets s oe who listes with her eyes, the cmer ligers ttetively o the studets, primrily i closeups, cpturig their resposes to ech other, to Noppe-Brdo s istructio, d to their ow self-reveltio. Noppe-Brdo first developed Fid Your Voice, her experietil pproch to eductio i which she hs tried hudreds of NYC techers roud 20 yers go, whe she tught freshm glish clss while i grdute school for glish d Writig t NYU. The studets she ws techig, plced i progrm clled the Geerl Studies divisio, were very bright d i some wy hd uderchieved i high school or erlier, Noppe-Brdo sid. Most did ot ejoy redig or writig; they disegged from tht process. Noppe-Brdo took cretive pproch, helpig them ler the forml skills of redig d writte commuictio through userfriedly pproch. The first exercise ivolved studets lookig t Adrew Wyeth pitig of empty room, doe from the perspective o oe lookig out the widow with curtis blowig. She sked her studets to write bout wht ws hppeig or bout to hppe i tht momet. They did t wt to stop, she sid. From there, Noppe-Brdo, who t the time ws lso cochig ctors d directig plys, developed pproch tht ultimtely formlly icorported ctig d plywritig. J.B. Liu d Ntsh Tolorm reflected o how their 10-week experiece i Fid Your Voice impcted them. At tht time, I could t spek well i glish, sid Liu, who is from the omiic Republic. He still uses the exercises Noppe-Brdo itroduced him to tht llowed him to mge stress d commuicte more clerly. Gil ws pushig us, demdig lot, sid Liu, who is t Brookly studyig to be mth techer. She hd high stdrds d high expecttios; she ws lso ecourgig, d tht gve me lot of motivtio. The trsformtio you c see i the film from the begiig to the ed, i such short time is relly powerful, sid Sus Petersmeyer, bord member of the Petersmeyer Fmily Foudtio, which helped uderwrite the film. Other techers c see it d thik tht they c do this. Noppe-Brdo, mother of two youg childre, hopes the film will help eductors see ot wht c be doe i just 60 workshop hours, but wht could be doe if this cochig pproch were used with studets from erly ge. This is ot elixir it is t tke this d you ll be fie i the morig, she sid. This is wy of thikig bout techig d lerig tht eeds to come i much sooer th the til ed of high school. Though she still works directly with studets of ll ges, Noppe-Brdo s focus is ow o techer triig. She wrote book bout the methodology, Fid Your Voice, (Heiem Press) i 2004, methodology mul of sorts for techers. Her upcomig techer triig workshops iclude itesive week-log triig i July t NYU, i collbortio with the New York City eprtmet of ductio (see for iformtio). She is workig to ffect the system from the top, d hve the chge trickle dow through the etire system. The cure is ot remeditio, she sid. The cure is to educte them properly right t the begiig. # Memoril Slo-Ketterig s eprtmet of Rdiology Celebrtes 5th Aul Rdiology High School Progrm By Alberto Ceped The Memoril Slo-Ketterig Ccer Ceter s eprtmet of Rdiology hosted the fifth ul Rdiology: Givig Bck to New York, high school progrm. The evet took plce t the Rockefeller Reserch Lbortories i midtow Mhtt i ffilitio with the New York City eprtmet of ductio d the New York Roetge Society. The evet llows dozes of New York City public high school studets to be exposed to differet creers i the field of rdiology. It lso llows them to experiece hds o workshops d her lectures from severl professiols i the field of rdiology. I order to be ivited to the evet, studets hd to tke prt i essy cotest i which they hd to swer the topic, Why does the rdiology field iterest you d how do you see yourself helpig ptiets? r. Hedvig Hrick, Chirm, eprtmet of Rdiology t MSKCC d Florece Jckso, Advisory Coucil for Creers & Techicl ductio, New York City eprtmet of ductio prised the stff t MSKCC sttig, Their fith d determitio llow our studets exposure to creers i this field which is just mzig. r. Robert Novellie, Professor of Rdiology, Hrvrd Medicl School the explied to the studets the origis of rdiology. He preseted short movie showig the vrious digostic imgig techiques used by rdiologist such s Fluoroscopy, CT Sc, Agiogrphy d MR Sc. The movie lso explied the eductio d triig eeded for differet creers i Rdiology. Followig r. Novellie s presettio, studets took prt i ultrsoud workshop. Three differet worksttios were set up with medicl soogrphic istrumet d ultrsoud techici ws o hd to demostrte to the studets how to use the equipmet d swer y questios they hd bout the professio. The studets were llowed to perform ultrsoogrphy o turkey brest usig ultrsoud trsmissio gel d lier rry trsducer. The evet culmited with the wrd presettio with r. Hrick d Ms. Jckso oucig the wiers of the of the essy cotest. Ill Osei from the Brox High School for Medicl Sciece d Scott Christese from Totteville High School received the secod d third prize respectively; the first plce wier ws Ny Serw from Fr Rockwy High School who, i her cceptce speech stted, First of ll I wt to thk God d ll my techers for mkig this wrd possible. I could t hve doe this without them. very studet who prticipted i the evet ws wier. It ws opportuity for them to meet d iterct with differet professiols i the field of rdiology d opeed their optios to creers i rdiology.# (L-R) r. Hedvig Hrick & Florece Jckso lighte your world through Iovtive Lerig Courses d Specil vets iclude: The Levees To register or for more iformtio, visit or cll

New York City My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets 15 ductio Updte is proud to welcome the U.S. Surgeo Gerl to the pges of our ewspper U.S. Surgeo Geerl s Perspectives Childhood Overweight Ad Obesity Prevetio By RAM Steve K.

Betwee 1980 d 2002, the umber of overweight childre hs tripled i the Uited Sttes, mkig this very serious public helth epidemic.

15 New York City My 2008 For Prets, ductors & Studets 15 ductio Updte is proud to welcome the U.S. Surgeo Gerl to the pges of our ewspper U.S. Surgeo Geerl s Perspectives Childhood Overweight Ad Obesity Prevetio By RAM Steve K. Glso, M, MPH Our childre re our future; let s help mke their future helthy through efforts to prevet overweight d obesity. Betwee 1980 d 2002, the umber of overweight childre hs tripled i the Uited Sttes, mkig this very serious public helth epidemic. t show tht 13% of our tio s 2- to 5-yer olds d 18% of 6- to 11-yer olds were overweight i , d the prevlece of overweight dolescets ged yers icresed from 5% i 1980 to 17% i This tred is lrmig becuse overweight childre re t icresed risk for multiple helth problems such s hert disese, dibetes, high blood pressure, d high cholesterol. qully disturbig helth risks for overweight childre iclude poor self-esteem d depressio due to socil discrimitio. Becuse of this risig prevlece of overweight childre, it is impertive tht we promote helthy lifestyle chge for our youth. The icrese i childhood obesity is prtly ttributble to icresigly sedetry lifestyle d poor utritio. Sedetry behviors such s televisio viewig, computer use, d video gme plyig ofte replce vigorous physicl ctivity i childre. At the sme time, more fst foods, coveiece store scks, d sweeteed beverges re vilble ow th i pst geertios. Our youth s lck of physicl ctivity d poor etig choices eed to be ddressed by everyoe so tht we c combt this mjor public helth dilemm. There re my wys prets, techers, d commuity leders c get ivolved to mitigte this epidemic d prevet childhood obesity. First d foremost, we eed to mke sure tht dequte mout of physicl ctivity is itroduced ito child s everydy life, with t lest 60 miutes of physicl ctivity recommeded per dy s well s 30 miutes of vigorous ctivity three times per week. Prets, other cregivers, d commuity members c impct the physicl ctivity tedecies of childre i positive wy by promotig outdoor fmily ctivities tht meet these recommedtios, s well s limitig the mout of time childre sped i frot of the televisio or computer, or plyig video gmes. Techers c lso ply importt role i ecourgig childre to be physiclly ctive by icorportig helth-orieted messges ito their lesso pls. Icresig the mout of physicl ctivity t school ech dy c ly the foudtio for childre to hve positive view o physicl fitess. It is lso vitl to mke sure childre miti helthful etig ptters. Prets should refer to utritiol food lbels to help select foods tht re low i clories d sturted ft. It is lso importt to limit the itke of sweeteed beverges such s soft driks, sports driks, d fruit juices, whose cosumptio hs skyrocketed durig the sme time period tht obesity hs spirled out of cotrol. We must ecourge childre to limit the size of the mels they et d iclude t lest five servigs of fruits d vegetbles i their diet ech dy. Furthermore, school dmiistrtors d techers should estblish pl to icrese the utritiol vlue of school mels d limit the umber of utritiolly iferior food choices tht tempt childre. By puttig forth coscious effort to evlute the food our childre re preseted with t school ech dy, we will fvorbly impct child helth. As prt of this reewed focus o prevetio of childhood overweight d obesity, Michel O. Levitt, the Secretry of Helth d Hum Services, hs sked me to chir coucil of seior leders cross the eprtmet of Helth d Hum Services (HHS) to idetify d ssess evidece-bsed progrms for locl commuities tht demostrte promise i combtig this serious helth crisis. The Childhood Overweight d Obesity Prevetio Coucil will focus o brigig the my differet HHS progrms together to egge i effective collbortive effort. The coucil will idetify wys for the umerous HHS progrms to exchge ides bout how to more effectively ddress childhood obesity. Some of the progrms iclude Sdip Kpur Appoited Chief of Trsplt Surgery t New York-Presbyteri/Weill Corell A ledig pioeer of dvced techiques i trsplttio surgery, r. Sdip Kpur hs bee ppoited chief of the ivisio of Trsplttio Surgery t New York-Presbyteri Hospitl/Weill Corell Medicl Ceter. New York-Presbyteri/Weill Corell d its medicl prter The Rogosi Istitute hve erly tripled the ul umber of trsplts performed over the lst two d hlf yers, with totl of 210 performed i This fet ws mde possible through dvces like kidey swps d blood type icomptible procedures tht hve revolutioized live-org-door trsplttios. Accordig to the Uited Network for Org Shrig (UNOS), New York-Presbyteri Hospitl hs the lrgest trsplttio progrm i the Uited Sttes, icludig the highest volume of kidey d hert trsplts. Curretly, r. Kpur, log with r. Mikkm Suththir, is co-ledig the first-ever cliicl tril of ovel moleculr test tht c help predict org rejectio d my evetully free org recipiets from hvig to tke the drugs for the rest of their lives. Recetly, he helped led oe of the first successful kidey chi or NA (ever-edig ltruistic door) kidey trsplt procedures. A Clifori wom doted her kidey to strger i New York City, resultig i life-svig kidey trsplttios for three ptiets. Goig forwrd, the iovtive rrgemet will potetilly beefit hudreds of the 70,000 kidey ptiets o the tiol trsplttio witig list. A immesely tleted surgeo, ispirtiol leder d techer, r. Kpur is uiquely qulified to be chief of trsplttio surgery. We look forwrd to cotiued iovtio i our trsplt progrm, sys r. Fbrizio Michelssi, surgeoi-chief t New York-Presbyteri Hospitl/Weill Corell Medicl Ceter.# Actig Surgeo Geerl Steve Glso the Presidet s Coucil for Physicl Fitess d Sports, which ecourges ll Americs to be physiclly ctive i their everydy lives, d the Food d rug Admiistrtio s progrm, Usig the Nutritio Fct Lbel to Mke Helthy Food Choices Spot the Block, Get Your Food Fcts First which helps childre idetify utritio fct lbels o food to help them mke helthful food choices. Usig the itegrtio of these progrms d dvice grered through the ew coucil, I hope tht ll Americs will work together to reduce the prevlece of overweight childre i the U.S. To ler more bout HHS childhood obesity prevetio progrms d wht you c do, plese visit As prets, cregivers, techers, metors, public helth leders, d other cocered citizes, it is our resposibility to tke immedite ctio to mitigte this serious d growig public helth epidemic. We c d must work collbortively, usig vilble sciece d evidece of effective progrms to esure tht our childre receive ecourgemet d guidce to mke helthful choices for physicl ctivity d good utritio. Optimlly, we ct s role models, with our ow helth behviors promotig helthful lifestyle by exmple. This will result i public helth movemet tht will ot oly help reduce the burde of childhood overweight d obesity, but lso lesse the occurrece of other chroic diseses such s dibetes, high blood pressure, d high cholesterol. #

16 COLLGS & GRAute Schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 UNA-USA Helps Tody s Studet Become Tomorrow s Globl Citize Gret Pricipls Mke ifferece t Techers By Judith Aquio O recet Sturdy morig, over 1,000

16 16 COLLGS & GRAute Schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 UNA-USA Helps Tody s Studet Become Tomorrow s Globl Citize Gret Pricipls Mke ifferece t Techers By Judith Aquio O recet Sturdy morig, over 1,000 studets gve up their regulr weeked ctivities to emulte Uited Ntios delegtes. Hilig from 56 schools from vrious U.S. sttes, s well s Gh, Itly, Mexico, d the Uited Arb mirtes, they gthered t the Uited Ntios to prticipte i the New York City Middle School Model UN Coferece. Their missio: to represet foreig coutry d debte topics such s globl wrmig, the erdictio of poverty, the illicit trde of light wepos, d other pressig globl issues. Sposored by the Uited Ntios Associtio of the USA, i prtership with Merrill Lych, the Middle School Model UN Coferece is uique s the lrgest itertiol coferece of its kid. Its purpose is to egge studets i kowledged skill-buildig exercises tht will foster their developmet s iformed, globl citizes. It s ot just bout the UN, it s bout commuictio d beig ble to tckle issues from other perspective, explied Amy. Ruggiero, Globl Clssrooms Mger of xterl Reltios i describig the beefits of the progrm. Prior to ttedig the Model UN coferece, studets sped moths reserchig their ssiged coutry d lerig bout their coutry s stce o issue. Techers prise the coferece for its emphsis o problem-solvig, lyticl thikig, d socil studies. Oe of my studets is very pssiote bout the eviromet d whe he represeted the Czech Republic, he hd hrd time defedig his coutry s viewpoit tht evirometl issues re myth. This is gret progrm becuse it chlleges kids to cosider other views d put themselves i someoe else s shoes, sid Kim Ky Holt, Fouder d Co- irector of Arligto richmet Collbortive, middle school i Msschusetts. As socil studies clsses tke bckset to stdrdized tests, oftetimes studets d techers must meet fter school to tke dvtge of the Globl Clssrooms curriculum. Needless to sy, it lso requires dedictio to overcome the chlleges of meetig outside of regulr school hours. I hve o problems risig fuds, but hvig the time to tech fter school is ot esy, commeted Mry Sus Heth, lguge rts techer from ster Wye Middle School i New Jersey. espite the obstcles to formig clss, more schools cotiue to tke prt i the coferece, which hs grow from bout 200 studet prticipts i its first yer to over 1,000 studets. It is becomig more like movemet ech yer, oted Liz Rojs-Alford, Globl Clssrooms Ntiol Mger. It is importt tht we rech out to studets who re t exposed to ides outside of their tows or wht their prets sy d give them opportuity to thik for themselves. Covicig middle school studets to grpple with globl issues my seem overly mbitious, but studets re eger to rep the beefits of Globl Clssrooms. Now I c tlk bout thigs tht my prets re tlkig bout, explied I Freed, eighth grder from the World Jourlism Preprtory School i New York City who represeted Thild i debte o Mlri, TB, d Ifectios iseses. The more reserch we do, the more we wt to kow how we c help, dded Alexdr Krrs, who is lso eighth grder from World Jourlism Preprtory School. By Sybil Mimi They re the crème de l crème 24 pricipls of public schools i New York City who hve bee chose for the prestigious Ch Fellows Progrm becuse of outstdig job performces. My of the Fellows hve tured filig schools roud, estblished successful ew schools, or creted excitig, iovtive progrms. Ch Fellows cotiue to work s pricipls but, durig fiftee-moth period, come together for ledership erichmet sessios with fculty t Techers (TC) t Columbi Uiversity, over-seer of the iititive. rwig upo their experieces, prticipts tech d ler from ech other, shrig best prctices d metorig icomig pricipls (kow s llies ). urig the yer, they ech idetify d tke o chllege project, difficult problem i their school tht eeds fixig, d discuss the results t public forum tteded by Fellows s well s iterested eductio prctitioers d policy mkers. A key feture of the progrm, summer istitute, provides uique lerig d bodig opportuities. I dditio to itesive sessios t TC, Fellows ler bout vrious pproches to ledership from spekers o specilly desiged field trips, this yer to Phildelphi d Gettysburg Ntiol Militry Prk. Lst yer s cohort visited West Poit d brought bck dvice bout ledership d disciplie from high-rkig rmy officers. At recet welcome receptio for this yer s Fellows, members of the Ch clss of 2007 offered cogrtultios, dvice, d ecourgemet. Shimo Wroker, Spish-spekig, Lubvitch Hsidic ultr-orthodox Jew, seemigly poor mtch for the job, drmticlly chged the cdemic performce d culture of oe of the twelve most violet schools i the city, Middle School 22 i the Brox. He hd ethusistic prise for the Ch iititive. You c hve impct, he exclimed. This is very powerful progrm d tremedous opportuity. A collegue i 2007, Mry Mcold, reported Wroker tried her i much-eeded time mgemet system for her office tht llowed her more time with studets. She spoke of the optimistic spirit tht defies the progrm. I feel reewed d re-eergized every time I come bck from Ch sessio. Bill Moore, 2007, foud etworkig to be The icest prt of my cohort everybody ws willig to shre their best stuff. Jy Heubert of TC, dvisor to the group, explied tht he deeply respects d vlues the experiece d wisdom of the pricipls d sees his role s supportig them d helpig them brig their schools to the ext level. choig those setimets, Crme Fri, former deputy chcellor, ppluded the tlet i the group d dvised, I hope you tke dvtge of ech other s resources. The 24 pricipls i the 2008 Ch clss brig wide rge of histories d ccomplishmets to their jobs. Sheldo Berrdo, professiol crossword puzzle costructor, is ledig the school he oce tteded. o Fi, who ws educted s rtist, helped foud the Frk Sitr School of the Arts, which she heds. Nick Mricci beg with Tech for Americ. Fred Wlsh worked s ctor before comig to the School for Itertiol Studies, which hs bee removed, from the SURR d the SINI lists uder his ledership. Jmes Wslwski tught bee keepig i the Cetrl Afric Republic s Pece Corps voluteer prior to techig i the Sttes. ight of the Fellows were prt of the first clss of the New York City cotiued o pge 6 TACHRS ON SABBATICAL PROGRAM Specilly esiged Grdute Courses (8 credits) i 15-week Sessios Curriculum Set for Fll 2008 Apply Soo for Sprig 2009! 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My 2008 UCATION UPAT COLLGS & GRAute Schools 17 City Awrds Hoorry octorte to lie Wiesel by Sybil Mimi We must fight htred or it wis, wred lie Wiesel, the cosciece of the Holocust, fter beig wrded the

Spekig bout Cofrotig Fticism: Buildig Morl Uity i iverse Society, he described tody s fticism s perversio of religio tht offers the luxury of ever skig questios becuse it clims to kow ll the swers.

rmpt. We re ll threteed, he wred, s the rcil fticism exemplified by the Nzis is replced by religious fticism. Wht do we do bout it? Wht must we do? he sked. Are we to give up o humity?

17 My 2008 UCATION UPAT COLLGS & GRAute Schools 17 City Awrds Hoorry octorte to lie Wiesel by Sybil Mimi We must fight htred or it wis, wred lie Wiesel, the cosciece of the Holocust, fter beig wrded the hoorry degree octor of Letters i the mgificet Gret Hll t City. Spekig bout Cofrotig Fticism: Buildig Morl Uity i iverse Society, he described tody s fticism s perversio of religio tht offers the luxury of ever skig questios becuse it clims to kow ll the swers. He reclled the hope, fter World Wr II, of Never Agi, d the disppoitmet he feels so my yers lter kowig tht hum beigs re still cpble of uspekble cruelty, d tht poverty, misery, violece, d disese re rmpt. We re ll threteed, he wred, s the rcil fticism exemplified by the Nzis is replced by religious fticism. Wht do we do bout it? Wht must we do? he sked. Are we to give up o humity? Recllig his hrrowig experieces i the cocetrtio cmps durig the wr, he dvised, ve o the edge of the byss, it is possible to hve hope. We must choose betwee perpetul wrfre betwee dults d the right of childre to grow up without fer. We must fight htred with eductio, recogizig it my tke my yers for lessos to ber fruit. Bor i Rumi, Wiesel ws deported to Auschwitz t ge fiftee, tkig i his bg shirt d Torh (the scred book of Jewish lw d trditio). Commetig o how he wet o Srh Lwrece Ceter for Cotiuig ductio My Ope House OPN HOUS d INFORMATION SSSION FR Srh Lwrece s Ceter for Cotiuig ductio Thursdy, My :00 p.m. Ope House; 1:00-3:00 Iformtio Sessio (course descriptios) 45 Wrexhm Rod (off Midld Ave.) The Srh Lwrece Ceter for Cotiuig ductio will hold ope house d iformtio sessio bout its progrm for dults seekig B.A. or post-b.a. eductio. Meet fculty members, d ler bout the prttime progrms d smll clsses. A light luch will be served. To register or for more iformtio plese cll (914) or check our website: # despite his experieces, he cofessed tht i Frce fter the wr, I studied d studied d studied. This pssio for study sved my sity. He wet to refugee cmps collectig ters d tles I did t uderstd word they were syig but I uderstood every word. He believes whtever hppeed i the pst remis i the preset d we c do somethig with memories. Syig he believes i lguge eve though it is sometimes corrupted d poisoed, Wiesel mitied, We decide whether to tur words ito rrows or pece offerigs. He repeted his oft-sid observtio, The opposite of love is ot hte but idifferece The opposite of life is ot deth but idifferece to life. lie Wiesel hs wo the Nobel Pece Prize (1986), the Uited Sttes Cogressiol Gold Medl (1985), d the Presidetil Medl of Freedom (1992). He hs estblished The lie Wiesel Foudtio for Humity to dvce the cuse of hum rights d pece throughout the world. Curretly, he is the Adrew W. Mello Professor i the Humities t Bosto Uiversity. Wiesel tught t City i the 1970 s d hs very good memories of his time there. Appropritely, followig his ddress oucemet ws mde of gift of $10 millio from lumus d televisio writer/producer Michel Ross to estblish Ceter for Jewish Studies d Chir i Hebrew d Yiddish t City.# Arold Steihrdt will give lecture recitl o Joh Sebsti Bch s reowed Chcoe for Solo Violi t the Metropolit Museum of Art, Grce Riey Rogers Auditorium, o My 9, 2008 t 8 PM. Mr. Steihrdt will discuss the work d the perform the etire Mior Prtit icludig the Chcoe with fcsimile of Bch s muscript simulteously projected o scree behid him. Refer to: Russi s New Presidet, r. mitry Medvedev Speks t Moscow Stte U. By orothy vis NYU Child Study cotiued from pge 9 decisios bout whether or ot to be ivolved i sexul ctivity is difficult, but helps them mke comfortble, iformed choices tht std up to peer pressure or the pressure of strog sexul urges. If your childre re cosiderig beig sexully ctive, the discussios should iclude check o their kowledge of sfe sex prctices. Hve frequet, brief tlks with your kids bout voidig substce use durig times of celebrtio. Mke sure they re fmilir with the effect of substces o their coorditio, their thikig, d their judgmet. Help them uderstd how rpidly they c get stumblig druk or high if they hve hd o previous exposure. Ad, mke sure tht they do ot ccept rides from people uder the ifluece. Over 65% of tees sy tht they hve ridde with driver tht they kow hd bee drikig or usig drugs. Motor vehicle ccidets, drowig, fights, d uwted or usfe sex usully double i frequecy whe kids re uder the ifluece. Supply trsporttio to prties. Tees hve relly hrd time beig the desigted driver whe everyoe else is prtkig of substces. A trusted d resposible dult or professiol driver or bus my be the best wy to go. However, mke sure tht the tees kow tht hvig hired driver does ot give them licese to use substces. o ot supply the substces. Some prets my thik tht it is sfer to mke sure tht they cotrol the prty d supply lcohol d, sometimes, eve drugs to kids while they supervise the ctivities. However, tees d substces re ot good mix becuse substces re ot hdled very well by the dolescet bri. Tees get druk d high much more quickly th dults. Cosider your tee s risk for substce use. For exmple, childre with Attetio-eficit/ Hyperctivity isorder d other impulse cotrol problems re especilly proe to tempttio d use. Axious kids who experiece some distress i socil situtios my be tempted to use substces to feel more comfortble. Of course, everyoe should strive to hve fu Some predictios re esy. By the time you red this, uless somethig wildly uexpected occurs r. mitry Medvedev (pro. Myed-vyed-yev) who ws Russi s First eputy Prime Miister, Chirm of Gzprom, the huge Stte ru turl gs moopoly d Presidet Vldimir Puti s chose successor, will hve bee elected Presidet of Russi o Mrch 2, 2008 with bout 80% of the vote. urig his cmpig he wo t hve debted the other cdidtes the three wek oes the Stte let ru fter brrig former PM Mikhil Ksyov, the Stte cotrolled medi will hve crried oly positive stories bout him, d outside electio observers will hve bee restricted. Puti is very populr, however, becuse he brought stbility d greter prosperity fter the severe ecoomic hrdships of Glsost d Perestroik, so eve i free electio Medvedev would hve bee shoo-i. The 42-yer old Medvedev seems differet from Puti eve though he s bee o the former KGB get s tem for 17 yers. A ble dmiistrtor, he s mild-mered moderte with Ph.. i privte lw from Leigrd (ow St. Petersburg) Stte Uiversity. From fmily of eductors his fther egieerig professor, his mother lguge istructor d lter museum guide he ws ssistt professor t his lm mter for 9 yers, d uthored textbooks. He s mrried to his childhood sweethert, hs 11-yer old so. istcig himself from the former KGB gets i Puti s office, he s worked o tiol projects ffectig verge citizes improvemets i griculture, helth, housig, eductio especilly pre-school, d o efforts to help foster fmilies d icrese the birthrte. A hrd rock f, he does t like lbels or ideology, belogs to o politicl prty. Recetly he pledged to cotiue Russi s ecoomic reewl d lso istitute socil reforms. He cosiders himself democrt, syig o o-democrtic stte hs ever become truly prosperous, for oe simple reso: freedom is better th o-freedom. Wht will Medvedev s presidecy be like? Will Puti, whom he ll ppoit to the lesser post of Prime Miister, who will probbly lso become Gzprom chirm, ctully be the oe i chrge? Will there be cotiutio of The New Cold Wr (see Cdi jourlist Mrk McKio s fscitig book by this title). Yes, ccordig to most observers. But will Medvedev mke Russi freer d implemet reforms, d could he rivl Puti i 2012 whe Puti c leglly ru for Presidet gi? The oly esy predictio bout wht s ext for Russi is it will be iterestig to wtch. Oce gi Kremliologists re eeded to red the Russi chi leves. O Jury 25, 2008, St. Tti s y, the holidy for Russi studets, future Presidet Medvedev hdsome, impeccbly dressed, serious, with commdig stride d presece gve brief opeig ddress to ivittio oly uiversity udiece t Moscow Stte, Russi s pre-emiet uiversity. ductio Updte ws there.# durig this time of yer. Prets eed to keep iformed of importt risks. Tkig reltively short mout of time to tlk to your tees to provide dvice, liste to questios, d give guidce o wht ctios re expected c mke certi tht these celebrtios re full of joy. 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18 COLLGS & GRAute Schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 Who Are Our City Coucil Members & Wht o They o?

New York City. As ductio Updte st i his uptow office Jckso shred his frk opiios. Sice the stte legislture gve the myor cotrol over eductio, the oly costt hs bee chge.

He describes prior system bsed o cetrl bord workig with commuity school bords util the commuity bords were elimited d replced with commuity eductio coucils.

18 18 COLLGS & GRAute Schools UCATION UPAT My 2008 Who Are Our City Coucil Members & Wht o They o? City Coucil ductio Chir Jckso Critiques Curret System by Sybil Mimi Robert Jckso, New York City Coucil member sice 2001 d chir of its Committee o ductio, is ot hppy with the curret eductio picture i New York City. As ductio Updte st i his uptow office Jckso shred his frk opiios. Sice the stte legislture gve the myor cotrol over eductio, the oly costt hs bee chge. The structure hs bee i flux, movig ustedily from decetrliztio to cetrliztio. He describes prior system bsed o cetrl bord workig with commuity school bords util the commuity bords were elimited d replced with commuity eductio coucils. The 32 commuity school districts govered by superitedets were scrped for 10 regiol bodies. Becuse lw suit oted stte sttute mdtes 32 school districts d superitedets, the districts d superitedets were restored but with gretly dimiished powers. Accordig to Jckso, The schools re ctully ruig themselves. Pricipls hve domit power d, with the help of the support etwork they buy ito uder the ew model d, ccordig to Jckso, wtered dow School Ledership Tem, They c decide lmost ythig. He describes the frustrtio of prets. How do you evlute system tht s costtly chgig? Syig his gols of improved test scores, smller clsses, d qulity eductio re the sme s those of Myor Michel Bloomberg d Chcellor Joel I. Klei, he evertheless resos, To chge system with 1.1 millio studets d 3.3 millio employees is eormous tsk tht is ot doe esily. He believes the stte legislture gve the myor too much uthority ledig to purgig my people who hd istitutiol kowledge d replcig them with mostly youger people who were t goig to resist their chges. Jckso predicts myorl cotrol s presetly costituted will ed i Jue 2009 whe it comes up for reewl. He reports severl groups re grpplig behid the scees with wys to elimite or reduce the myor s role. The ductio Committee chir sys, I ws ot i fvor of myorl cotrol from the begiig. Locl commuity cotrol is best. Coucilm Jckso, who represets Morigside Heights, West Hrlem, Iwood, Hmilto Heights, d prts of Wshigto Heights, tkes pride i the prt he plyed s led plitiff i the Cmpig for Fiscl quity. xpliig he hs lwys bee orgizer d ctivist, he becme wre of idequte fudig for city schools s Prets Associtio presidet d the s istrict 6 commuity school bord member d presidet. I 1992, he tured for help to Michel Rebell, istrict 6 school bord lwyer, syig, You re our ttorey. Fid wy to get it doe. Workig with tem of pro boo lwyers from top firm, Rebell ( crcker jck, ce litigtor exclims Jckso) took the clss ctio lw suit gist the stte through vrious courts, rguig t first tht the city did ot get fir shre of fuds d the tht studets were ot receivig dequte eductio, util 1999 whe, o ppel, the Stte Supreme Court greed tht the school fudig system violted the stte costitutio d the Civil Rights Reform Act of Jckso, whose term i office eds i 2009 uder term limits, believes studets re etitled to excellet eductio, ot just miimum dequte, soud oe. Accordig to him, right ow, the opportuity is ot beig provided. # PART III Hele ie Foster istrict 16 City Coucil Member Hele ie Foster is the youger of two dughters bor to the former Coucil Member Rev. Wedell Foster d Mrs. Hele Foster. She is grdute of Howrd Uiversity d City Uiversity of New York School of Lw. Coucil Member Foster is the first Afric Americ wom to be elected to the New York City Coucil from Brox Couty. Coucil Member Hele ie Foster serves s the Chirperso for the New York City Coucil Committee o Prks d Recretio d s Co- Chir of the Wome s Cucus. She hs served s the Co-Chirperso of the Blck, Ltio d Asi Cucus. Presetly, Coucil Member Hele ie Foster serves o the Agig, ductio, Geerl Welfre, Helth, Lower Mhtt Redevelopmet d Public Sfety Committees. # Miguel Mrtiez istrict 10 Coucil Member Miguel Mrtiez hs represeted the 10th Coucil istrict sice Jury 1, As Chir of the Fire d Crimil Justice Services Committee, Coucil Member Mrtiez hs jurisdictio over the Fire eprtmet, MS (o helth relted issues), eprtmet of Probtio, eprtmet of Correctio d Legl Aid. Before eterig the Coucil, Mrtiez ws member of the locl Commuity Plig Bord. He served o the Bord s xecutive Committee d s Chirm of the Prks & virometl Committee, i which he preseted severl resolutios ddressig the evirometl helth coditios ffectig the Norther Mhtt Commuity. He served s ppoitee of the Hoorble liot Spitzer o the Attorey Geerl s Crime Victim Advisory Bord. He hs published severl rticles ddressig the high sthm rtes i the Norther Mhtt Commuity d the evirometl coditios ffectig its residets. Mrtiez ws elected emocrtic istrict Leder i the Iwood Commuity. I tht role, he becme firm voice o evirometl d qulity-of-life issues i his eighborhood. He helped orgize block ssocitios, tets ssocitios, street cle-up cmpigs, d commuity forums. He hs bee strog dvocte for icresed prticiptio i the locl commuity Police Coucil, so tht the police, workig log with civic leders, c better ddress the qulity-of-life d public sfety issues throughout Wshigto Heights d Iwood. Mrtiez ws the Presidet of the Norther Mhtt emocrts for Chge. As Presidet, he orgized voter registrtio drives d voter eductio workshops. He ws istrumetl i orgizig the membership d locl commuity groups durig the ret-cotrol bttle i He ws the irector of the Victim Services Childcre omestic Violece Network, servicig mothers who re victims of domestic violece d their childre. He dedicted 6 yers s techer i locl commuity school district 6, where he worked s Biligul Techer. Mrtiez is committed to fightig for more effective dischrge plig d ltertives-toicrcertio services, better eductiol opportuities for ll childre, greter ccess to helth cre, more ffordble housig, greter ecoomic developmet, more efficiet public trsporttio, sfer streets d cleer eviromet. Geerl Iformtio tered City Coucil: 01/01/2002 Curret Term xpires: 12/31/2009 Represets: Prts of Wshigto Heights, Iwood, d Mrble Hill Committees: Fire & Crimil Justice Services (Chir); Higher ductio; Ld Use; Ldmrks, Public Sitig & Mritime Uses; Trsporttio; Youth Services # & Uiversity irectory STAT UNIVRSITY OF NW YORK Come to Goddrd s you re. Leve the wy you wt to be. 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19 My 2008 UCATION UPAT COLLGS & GRAute Schools 19 First Muslim Wom To Wi Nobel Pece Prize Speks t Brrd By Joy Resmovits Brrd Presidet Judith Shpiro foud occsio to spek Frsi o Tuesdy ight, t evet she lter sid i glish tht upheld the utmost importce, give the times, to future femle leders. Shiri bdi, the first Iri d Muslim wom to wi the Nobel Pece Prize, spoke t Brrd bout the wy democrcy d wome s rights grow together, stressig the eed for Americ to leve Ir s troubles to the Iri people. bdi sid Ir s femiist movemet is the strogest of ll its hum rights movemets becuse both me d wome hold strog vlues of democrcy, d the movemet hs o sigle leder. Wome i Ir will ot stop util they rrive t full gurtees tht their rights re eqully respected, bdi sid through Frsi trsltor. bdi, lwyer d hum rights ctivist, wo the Pece Prize i 2003 for groudbrekig work i wome s d childre s rights. bdi served s presidet of the city court of Tehr, erig her plce s oe of the coutry s first femle judges. I court, bdi represeted fmilies of itellectuls who were victims of seril murders, d helped expose the ctors behid the 1999 ttck o studets, fidig herself imprisoed severl times. As bdi mde her wy towrds Brrd Hll s Held Auditorium, security gurds closed off tuels, sice bdi visited Columbi bout oe week fter Ir Presidet Mhmoud Ahmdiejd ordered the coutry s police chief to secure her sfety due to itesifyig deth threts. The evet ws orgized by studets Shiri Soufi d Ntsh Srrf, two Brrd seiors. Shpiro itroduced bdi s prticulr role model for Brrd wome. Soufi itroduced bdi s my persol hero, d sid tht evets s mometous s this oe re the reso why drems do come true t Brrd. bdi spoke o The Role of Wome i World Pece, evet tteded by Uiversity Presidet Lee Bolliger. I Ir, over 65% of uiversity studets re femle. bdi sid oe of Ahmdiejd s Vice Presidets is femle, showig tht wome hve eve ifiltrted the rdicl forces of Ir, d rdicls c o loger igore the cpbilities of Iri wome. Wome i Ir chieved votig rights eve before Switzerld. Still, fter the 1979 Iri Revolutio, discrimitory lws were pssed gist wome. I my coutry, wom s life is equl to hlf of m s life, bdi sid. Tht mes if two people, oe m d oe wom, re killed i txi ccidet, the wom s life is oly worth hlf of the m s. C you imgie? Further, i Ir, m c hve up to four wives, d it is very difficult for wome to seek divorce. bdi sid tht some leders mistkely ttribute religio s the source of discrimitory lws to religio, but wht leds to this discrimitio is the ptrirchl culture tht sps the Muslim world. I m ot referrig to me, but rther log culture tht bsiclly fids the equlity of geders ucceptble. Ptrirchl culture oppresses me d wome, becuse it does ot believe i democrcy. This culture is crried by wome, who pss it o to their sos by blood, bdi sid, like hemophili. After ll, every tyrt m ws rised by wom. As such, wome s rights d democrcy re two sides of the sme coi, d re itertwied. bdi criticized spects of Ir s govermet, CSI Resercher Receives $179K Grt from U.S. Ntiol Acdemies Shuiqi Zhou, Professor of Chemistry t the of Stte Isld, hs received three-yer grt from the U.S. Ntiol Acdemies, which comprise the Ntiol Acdemy of Scieces, the Ntiol Acdemy of gieerig, the Istitute of Medicie, d the Ntiol Reserch Coucil. The grt, i the mout of $178,645 d prt of the Pkist-U.S. Sciece d Techology Coopertive Progrm, will help to fud Zhou s reserch, Sythesis d Chrcteriztio of Smrt Polymer Microgels for Biomedicl Applictios, which she is coductig with r. Muhmmd Siddiq of Pkist s Quid-i-Azm Uiversity. I respose to her receipt of the wrd, Zhou otes, I m very excited, ddig, This prod sid the people of Ir re uhppy with icresed prices o commodities. Yet improvemet of the situtio of Ir is the resposibility of the people i Ir d hs othig to do with the sttioig of foreig troops i our coutry. bdi sid tht foreig ttcks d threts o the Iri govermet c oly hrm hum rights efforts, sice the govermet would tke licese of tiol security to suppress those who re seekig more freedom i the coutry. bdi eded o positive ote, syig tht Iris grm tries to stregthe coopertio d likges betwee scietists from Pkist d the U.S. Zhou explis tht smrt polymer microgels re useful i biomedicl pplictios becuse they c be very resposive to evirometl stimuli such s chges i temperture, ph, d glucose cocetrtio. It s this lst chge, i glucose level, tht llows these polymers, ccordig to Zhou, to be potetilly useful i the erly detectio of dibetes d the tretmet of the disese through the self-regultio of isuli delivery. Besides fudig the reserch, the grt moey will llow Zhou to hire reserch ssistt d it will give Pkisti studet the opportuity to receive hds-o reserch experiece with Zhou i her lbortory o the CSI cmpus.# ductio Updte is ow cceptig omitios for Outstdig ductors of the Yer for our Jue 2008 evet t the Hrvrd Club. Forms re olie t: flourish i Americ. So let us forget our govermets d cotiue our friedship, she cocluded. After the lecture, bdi fced tumultuous ppluse. Audiece members proceeded to receptio with food d drik, where they could meet the wom who simulteously ispires Iri wome to press for their rights, d rdicl presidet to isist o bdi s security. Joy Resmovits is Brrd studet d Columbi Specttor seior stff writer who cotributes regulrly to ductio Updte.# Now is the time. Come to cmpus oe weeked moth or oe week every six moths o the rest of your studyig from home r your degree while cotiuig to meet your work d fmily commitmets Cotct: Offerig: B.A. B.S. M.A. M.A. i Psychology M.d. M.F.A. d.. 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