911吃瓜

August 2020 (31 Articles)

• Schools Have Failed Children of Color During the Pandemic

  Speaking at TC鈥檚 orientation for new students, alumnus and former Education Secretary John King decries the lack of an overarching strategy

• Sharing Perspectives on Inequity

  Five TC faculty experts discuss ways to eradicate 鈥榙isparities that disproportionately affect so many鈥�

• New Student Orientation 2020

  A comprehensive virtual experience will include a special welcome program featuring TC faculty and alumni experts in a community discussion on inequality

• Robert Piemonte, Champion of Nursing Education, Dies at 85

• Repurposing Stethoscopes to Help Speech Pathologists Navigate Social Distance

  Aided by TC鈥檚 Cate Crowley, a Nigerian surgeon overcomes one of the field鈥檚 biggest challenges

• Now is the Time to Fix School Inequity with Funding

  Escalating costs and dwindling budgets will hurt Black and Brown students the most, writes TC鈥檚 Michael Rebell in the New York Daily News.

• Educating the Public to Make Informed Decisions 911吃瓜 COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake

  A new study led by TC鈥檚 Charles Basch highlights the need for better videos that attract lay viewers

• Hidden Figure

  The late TC alumna Eileen Glover Whitlock was a Black, single mom who didn鈥檛 brag about her job

• TC Adds New Faculty in the Fields of Arts Administration, Education Policy and Intellectual Disabilities/Autism

• Why School Integration Has Failed

  TC鈥檚 Sonya Douglass Horsford adds her voice to a New York Times roundtable

• Amid COVID and Racial Injustice, 911吃瓜 Matter More than Ever

  They anchor young people and create safe spaces in times of crisis

• The Arts and Re-Envisioning COVID-Era Schools

  Using the arts to re-imagine education as distinct from schooling

• Emergency Medicine Doctor Dimitri Papanagnou Uses Adult Learning to Combat the Uncertainty in His Field

  His Rx: A curriculum to help students and practitioners cope with the element of surprise

• How the Left Can Use Diversity to Cancel 鈥楥ancel Culture鈥�

  In The Hill, Peter Coleman argues for a bigger tent among progressives

• Marie L. Miville is named TC鈥檚 Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs

  A multiculturalist with an openness to diverse contributions, she is tasked with fostering a climate in which all faculty can thrive

• Removing Racial Bias

  It starts with rewriting biased histories, Christopher Emdin tells NBC

• Providing Career Development for Alumni

  TC Next is teaming up with TC鈥檚 Office of Alumni Relations to help graduates, too

• 鈥楥areer Services鈥� Gets a Makeover

  Earning an advanced degree is tough. Earning a living is tougher. An office called TC NEXT is changing how graduate schools offer help

• D茅j脿 Vu in the Balkans?

  American moves in Kosovo help Putin and threaten the region and beyond, warns TC鈥檚 Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

• Making School a Lifeline

  Principal Crystal Jones has concentrated on making her Atlanta public school 鈥渢he one place that鈥檚 consistent鈥� for children and families

• Preserving the Human Interaction

  As Chicago鈥檚 schools operate online, Principal Joshua Long is providing his special-needs students with one-on-one attention

• Black Lives Matter Movement Inspires Community Art

• Leadership in Crisis

  Four 911吃瓜 College experts weigh the challenges of the coming school year

• Speaking Up

  She lived in a country silenced by oppression. Now Erika Levy helps kids with speech disorders use 鈥渁 big mouth and strong voice鈥� 鈥� an approach that shapes her online teaching.

• A Call for 鈥淢aker鈥� Fellows at TC, focused on 鈥淐ultural Making鈥�

• Helping Students Model Their Own Theories

  With a $2 million NSF grant, TC鈥檚 Paulo Blikstein hopes to turn kids into investigators

• 鈥淭he Ultimate Adaptive Challenge鈥�

  To reopen or not reopen? And how? Four TC community members who are school leaders discuss making life-or-death choices with no right answers

• 鈥淚n the Worst of Times, the Best of People鈥�

  As Syosset, New York鈥檚 schools grapple with uncertainty and other challenges, Superintendent Tom Rogers is heartened by his community鈥檚 spirit

• Leading Essential Workers in 鈥淎n Impossible Situation鈥�

  Elizabeth Bonesteel, Superintendent of Vermont鈥檚 Montpelier-Roxbury schools believes too much is being asked of educators

• First Things First

  In Malverne, New York, new Superintendent Lorna Lewis is focused on health and wellbeing

• Dialogue, Knowledge, Flexibility

  Those are Bronx Collaborative High School Principal Brett Schneider鈥檚 watchwords for reopening this fall