TC Names Nancy Streim to coordinate activities in local schools
Nancy Streim, an expert on university-public school partnerships, will be joining Teachers College in the newly created position of Associate Vice President at TC and Special Advisor to the Columbia...
View ArticleWhat is the Role of the Arts in 21st Century Schools?
This was a kid who was so nervous and shy, he couldnt put three words together. Thats how Bert Konowitz, Adjunct Professor of Music Education, remembers Jacques Toney from when they first met in summer...
View ArticleHelping the Best Learn from Each Other
Most professional development programs - whether in education or any other field - market themselves as offering knowledge their enrollees lack, and are therefore willing to pay for. The Teachers...
View ArticleRebell on the Citys Education Funding Plans
Supporters of the lawsuit that resulted in increased funding for the citys public schools, among them CEEs Michael Rebell, are disappointed with NYCs plan for how to spend its new money. One source...
View ArticleChanneling the Right Role Models
In his new office on the second floor of Zankel Hall, the people who have influenced Jon Drescher are present in talismanic form. The name plate from his fathers office door. A pair of tap dancing...
View ArticleI SPI...A New Curriculum Advisor in Town
For the past four years, TCs Student Press Initiative (SPI) has collaborated with teachers and students from urban public high schools, youth detention centers and even other countries, helping...
View ArticleZankel Fellowships Boost Urban Service at TC
Among President Susan Fuhrmans priorities for TC, two top the list: stepping up the Colleges already strong commitment to urban teaching and service, and boosting financial aid. The two are clearly...
View ArticleTutors for Toddlers
These days one of the fastest-growing markets for after-school tutors is preschoolers and kindergartners, whose parents are hoping that if their kids learn to read before first grade, it will...
View ArticleWorking on It
TC is home to 12 students in a project through the Manhattan Transition Center, one of the few remaining vocational schools in New York City, that helps them with school and trains them for work.
View ArticleTeaching NYCs African American History via the Web
In February, public schools in New York City will be able to access a new resource, MAAP, a Web-based teaching tool that uses video, audio, historic maps and other components to bring to life African...
View ArticleFarina and Kotch to Talk Shop
This Tuesday, April 8th, Carmen Farina and Laura Kotch - two former top officials in the New York City Department of Education -- will read from their new book and conduct a discussion with a group of...
View ArticleBringing the School Food Revolution to NYC
This coming Friday and Saturday, April 11th and 12th, leading practitioners, educators and advocates of the global school food revolution will gather at Teachers College, Columbia University, for a...
View ArticleSpeaking in Their Own Voices: Muslim Students Are Heard From
From Kosovar Albanians to new Latino converts, New York City has the most diverse Muslim community outside of Mecca during Hajj. This is Where I Need to Be: Oral Histories of Muslim Youth in NYC, a new...
View ArticleResponse to Muslim Students in NYC: Do the Numbers Tell the Whole Story?
TCs new study on the post 9/11 public school experiences of Muslims in New York City drew strong responses when it was presented by TC faculty member Louis Cristillo on April 30.
View ArticleAn Ethnography of Pakistani Muslim Youth
As part of the overarching study presented on April 30th about the post 9/11 experiences of Muslim public school students in New York City, TC doctoral student Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher talked about her...
View ArticleCalling a Rose by Its Other Names
Around the world, the consensus is that bilingualism is a strength. Its time the U.S. caught on.
View ArticleTeachers College to Partner with 10 Public Schools in Harlem
Teachers College has received a $5 million grant from the GE Foundation to create an intensive new partnership with a group of 10 public schools in Harlem.
View ArticleWeingarten Educates Reporters at Hechinger Seminar
Randi Weingarten, newly elected President of the American Federation of Teachers, spoke with education reporters at the annual seminar for new education reporters held by TCs Hechinger Institute on...
View ArticleTC Holds Conference on University-Public School Partnerships
The nations public schools and institutions of higher education need each other--now.brbrThats the premise of a major conference that will be held at Teachers College, Columbia University, on October...
View ArticleRobots and Rockets Launch Harlem Ivy After-school Partnerships
TC has received a $3.2 million grant to work with New York City community-based organizations to create after-school programs at public schools in Central Harlem, Morningside Heights, Washington...
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