Should Men and Women Room Together in College?
Some colleges experiment with “gender-blind” dorms
By Jordan Mazza
You and your best friend are the perfect match. You share countless qualities: you both like to go to bed early, stay organized, listen to Lady Gaga—even eat cold pizza. But one of the few qualities you do not share is gender, and according to your school’s housing policy, this means you cannot share a room either. Read more
Parental Guidance
A guide to helping your child make the most of the school year
By Ashley Troost, Elisabeth Frankel Reed and Tanisia Morris
Summer vacation is coming to a close and the kids have a closetful of freshly purchased fall clothes, but is your family really ready to head back to school? We talked to several experts to find out what steps parents can take to set their children up for a successful school year. Read more
CEC 2 Divided Over School Rezoning Process
Parent Council Sorts Through Confusing Redrawing Issue
Even before rezoning kicks off for a permanent redrawing of school zone lines on the Upper East Side, it’s causing dissent and confusion among the Community Education Council (CEC) of District 2, over how the process will work. Read more
Push for Parent Input On Rezoning Process
If Community Board 8 has its way, Upper East Side parents will have continuing input into the likely contentious school district rezoning process, scheduled to begin this fall.
At the board’s June 15 youth and education committee meeting, members unanimously passed a resolution to present to District 2’s Community Education Council, which covers the Upper East Side and much of lower Manhattan. Read more
Push for Parent Input on Rezoning Process
By Sarah Seltzer
If Community Board 8 has its way, parents from the Upper East Side will have continuing input into the likely contentious school district rezoning process scheduled to begin this fall. Read more
Teacher Unrest at Bronx Science
By Alexandra Waldhorn and Megan Izen
Playground politics are no longer reserved for students at Bronx High School of Science.
An estimated 70 teachers and supporters from the prestigious public school rallied outside Mayor Bloomberg’s Upper East Side home June 10 with a plea for him to intervene in the school’s ongoing battle with top administrators. Read more
Teacher to Challenge Bing in Primary
Unhappy with proposal for layoff plan, UFT also leans on Maloney
Gregg Lundahl, a high school government teacher from the East Side, is preparing to launch a primary challenge to Assembly Member Jonathan Bing, who has earned the scorn of the United Federation of Teachers for introducing a bill that would give principals increased authority over teacher layoffs. Read more
Vision for a Classroom
In DeSimone’s novel curriculum, students learn through city’s history
In her seventh year as a teacher, Danielle DeSimone took a job doing what most educators only dream about: creating an entire curriculum from scratch. The experience, she said, was an opportunity for both her and the students to “create, not just regurgitate.” Read more
Active Classroom, Engaged Minds
Goldberg’s lessons draw on everything from gardening to pop music
By Shannon Geis
It was Sarah Goldberg’s 9th-grade history class that confirmed what she already knew: teaching was the career for her.
“She just brought history to life,” Goldberg said of her high school teacher. “She was very hands-on and you could tell that she loved what she was teaching.” Read more
The Language of Learning
Drawing on theatrical background, Petersen dazzles new English speakers
Years ago, Erika Petersen dreamed of becoming an actress. She enrolled in the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, but dropped out to pursue acting full time. After her daughter was born, she decided that the out-of-town trips were too taxing and enrolled in Hunter College, where she earned bachelor’s degrees in history and secondary education, and a master’s degree in theater history. Read more
