http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news News at Teachers College, Columbia University en-us Copyright 2013 Teachers College, Columbia University webmaster@tc.columbia.eduacquaro@exchange.tc.columbia.edu https://www.tc.columbia.edu/images/tclogo.gif http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8939 4/3/2013 In two stories, the expert in gifted education says relying solely on standardized tests to admit students doesnt promote diversity in gifted and talented programs. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8923 3/28/2013 Professor Christopher Emdin and GZA, the Rap Artist from the Wu Tang Clan, demonstrate their Rap Science B.A.T.T.L.E. contest at Bronx Compass High School. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8921 3/27/2013 TCs Chris Emdin and Wu Tang Clans GZA will appear on PBS Newshour March 27, at about 20 minutes after the hour (check local listings) with students at Bronx Compass High School who are participating in their joint project, Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S. The BBC World News Radio aired a spot about the project on March 23. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8900 3/11/2013 The Commission, led by Yale and TC Professor Emeritus Edmund Gordon, called for assessments that help students accelerate learning and teachers personalize instruction. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8879 2/28/2013 Azzarito, Associate Professor of Physical Education, says schools could use PE time to help students think critically about the messages they receive concerning body, health and physical activity. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8877 2/26/2013 The Adjunct Professor Dr. Ruth Westheimer is featured in the a href=http://www.thirteen.org/programs/women-who-make-america/documentary/a on the womens movement on a href=http://www.thirteen.org/PBS/a. The psychologist and sex therapist is teaching a class, Families, Television and Other Media, this spring semester through the a href=http://www.tc.edu/its/International and Transcultural Studies Department/a. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8864 2/22/2013 It is a href=http://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/science-sings-gza-rapper-collaboration-18564279prime time/a for Emdin, Assistant Professor of Science Education, and rapper GZA in their efforts to use hip-hop to teach high school physics. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8857 2/20/2013 Teachers College Professor Dr. Frank W. Cyr believed public education should be accessible to all students. His pioneering work led to the birth of the modern-day school bus and TCs ongoing commitment to comprehensive educational opportunity for all. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8856 2/18/2013 On Wired Academic, the co-director of the National Center for Children and Families says preschool options will help the US compete economically with other countries. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8841 2/11/2013 Ahead of Dr. Howell Wechslers annual Tisch lecture on Feb. 12, Basch and Wechsler tell C.M. Rubin, Huffington Post, that health issues prominent among low-income urban minority youth, limit their motivation and ability to learn. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8838 2/7/2013 Its not the jam-packed schedules stressing teens out -- in fact, extra-curricular activities help blow off steam -- but highly competitive behavior should be discouraged, Luthar told the Toronto Globe and Mail. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8833 2/4/2013 Time Warners show, It Aint Rocket Science captured a Hip Hop Science Battle session in the Bronx http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8832 2/4/2013 In the a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/johns-hopkins-hoping-to-revive-east-baltimore-neighborhood-on-its-border/2013/01/31/2b10290e-60ad-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.htmlWashington Post/a, Fuhrman says, With heightened accountability, you are on the line for student achievement. But were neighbors. We have an obligation. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8828 1/27/2013 TC doctoral student Lorraine Mull and Columbia Continuing Education student Francesca ReDavid, founders of a youth empowerment program Girl Meets World, are bringing their message of Dream Big to Harlem middle schools. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8818 1/17/2013 On a panel about womens education, Lesko said all-girls schools dont necessarily emphasize womens studies. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8814 1/14/2013 And New York Citys efforts to right that imbalance have made it worse, the expert in teaching gifted children says in Sundays New York Times. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8806 1/9/2013 Commenting on a Gates Foundation study showing that effective teaching can be measured, the Professor of Sociology and Education says its unclear how any formula will work in high-stakes conditions. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8805 1/8/2013 Americas favorite sex therapist, who holds a PhD in Education from TC, joined NPRs Ask Me Another host to discuss how peoples views on sex have changed over the years. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8800 12/21/2012 Souto-Manning, Associate Professor of Education, tells talk show host Brian Lehrer that children need books that both reflect and expand their worlds. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8741 12/5/2012 If they dont, said the Associate Professor of Education, they start thinking their language, practices or familiar places and values dont belong in school. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8732 11/27/2012 The Chair of TCs Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology tells The New York Times Magazine that psychotherapists have begun marketing their practices despite deep discomfort with commercializing their work. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8728 11/26/2012 Maybe not, Borland, an expert in the education of gifted and talented students, told Kurt Anderson on NPRs Studio 360 show. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8726 11/22/2012 In a Huffington Post article about charter schools, Luis Huerta says: Scaling up sheer numbers is very different than scaling up schools that show promise. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8720 11/19/2012 In a competition that kicks off December 12 in Cowin Auditorium, NYC high school students will write rap songs about science and compete to record their song and spend a day with GZA, the New York Times reports. The songs will be judged on their artistry and science content by science educator Emdin, GZA, and Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8711 11/7/2012 In an interview, Bonanno, a Professor of Clnical Psychology, said symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are likely to mount as people dig out of the disaster. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8709 11/5/2012 In a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdrdhU8WrfAandfeature=plcpthis/a recent TEDx talk in Miami, Columbia University Professor Peter T. Coleman explains why politics in the US are more deadlocked and polarized today than they have been since the end of the US Civil War and what our next president and our citizens can do about it. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8696 10/19/2012 Isobel Contento, TCs Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition Education, appeared on WABC TV news on Wednesday to discuss the pros and cons of Whole Foods impending arrival on 125th Street. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8693 10/15/2012 But in USA Today, the Professor of Political Science and Education questions whether the model can keep teachers for the long haul http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8687 10/3/2012 Interviewed by Voice of Radio Russias American edition, the Associate Professor of Measurement-Evaluation and Education said the test questions closely track what contemporary students need to succeed in college now, and that accurate comparison to scores from the 1970s is not possible, adding that college success depends on many factors in addition to test scores. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8683 9/24/2012 a href = http://lifesciences.ieee.org/images/pdf/092012-robots.pdfAn article in the August issue of Computer/a, co-authored by TC faculty member Sandra Okita, explores peer interactions between robots and children. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8678 9/19/2012 The Professor of Psychology and Education says students end up in remedial classes for various reasons, including lack of English skills, but that contextualization in literacy classes--using content that relates to their career plans--is very promising. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8677 9/19/2012 At last weeks a href = http://www.livestream.com/nytschoolsfortomorrow/share?clipId=pla_f5879bc8-7e85-435c-be01-17737bd28c6bandutm_source=lsplayerandutm_medium=ui-shareandutm_campaign=nytschoolsfortomorrowandutm_content=nytschoolsfortomorrowNew York Times Schools for Tomorrow 2012 Conference/a, TC Psychology and Education Professor Herbert Ginsburg and other distinguished panelists discuss the scientific and technological advances that will fundamentally change learning and teaching. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8671 9/12/2012 Speaking with Bloomberg News, Henig said Chicago teachers are in an outright war for survival which, if the union wins, might be repeated in other cities. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8668 9/5/2012 In an interview with USA Today about the growing number of inexperienced teachers, Fuhrman said young teachers have grown up digital natives who are much better at technology than their parents generation. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8654 8/23/2012 The Times says the entrepreneurial Peck has revitalized St. Stephens of Hungary, as part of a new push among Catholic schools to appeal to affluent (and not necessarily Catholic) families. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8647 8/10/2012 The Times visited Covenent House The new Spirituality and Mind-Body concentration in TCs Clinical Psychology Program http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8635 8/1/2012 a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/books/irvin-faust-author-and-guidance-counselor-dies-at-88.html?_r=1The New York Times/a looks back on the life of a critically acclaimed novelist who worked as a high school guidance counselor http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8633 7/31/2012 Yes, we change and move on -- but speaking on MSNBCs Today, TC alumna Dr. Dale Atkins says that when it comes to friends, theres a lot to be said for history and shared experiences http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8616 7/17/2012 Psychologist and TC alumna Betsy Schur Levy recently appeared on the television program Todays Money to offer insights about why couples fight more over money than they do over children, chores and work. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8602 6/29/2012 The play, written by playwright Mark St. Germain, who wrote Freuds Last Session, and starring Debra Jo Rupp, premiered at the Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires. Dr. Ruth Westheimer is profiled in TC Today. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8600 6/27/2012 Rather than having the donor dictate how the aid package is implemented, the $75 million USAID Teacher Education Project gives ownership to Pakistanis, and US partners act as consultants, Steiner-Khamsi says of the project. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8592 6/20/2012 Legislators and governors are scrutinizing colleges and universities to make sure scarce tax dollars arent being wasted, even though theres little evidence that it makes schools better, Dougherty told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8591 6/19/2012 Luthar, Professor of Psychology and Education and an expert on the effect of wealth on adolescents and children, tells columnist Erin Carlyle that parents shouldnt bail out kids from tight situations. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8587 6/14/2012 CTSC will offer competitive awards of up to $5,000 to support hands-on, environmental education learning experiences for K-12 students in EPA Region II, including New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8583 6/11/2012 Students need to understand the budget process to be better able to analyze public policy options and engage in discussions on policy decisions.