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The Everyday Experiences of "Microaggressions"

The Everyday Experiences of "Microaggressions"

Teachers College psychologist Derald Wing Sue, one of the world's most frequently cited multicultural scholars and an expert on issues of discrimination, has published a new book, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation (John Wiley and Sons, 2010). To view a videotaped interview with Sue, click here.  Published: 3/4/2010

TC Panel to Discuss National Academy of Sciences Report on Early Math Education

TC Panel to Discuss National Academy of Sciences Report on Early Math Education

Herbert Ginsburg and Sharon Lynn Kagan, who contributed to a National Academy of Sciences report on the ability of young children to learn math will discuss the report's findings at a special panel discussion on Tuesday, January 26  Published: 1/26/2010

Closing the Achievement Gap by Providing Poor and Minority Students Access to Suburban Schools

Closing the Achievement Gap by Providing Poor and Minority Students Access to Suburban Schools

Led by TC's Amy Stuart Wells, the first comprehensive study of the nation's eight remaining inter-district school desegregation programs - which were expressly created to enable disadvantaged, black and Latino students cross school district boundary lines and attend affluent, predominantly white suburban public schools - has found that these programs help close black-white and Latino-white achievement gaps, improve racial attitudes and lead to long-term mobility and further education for the students of color who participate.  Published: 11/12/2009

Susan Fuhrman Assumes Presidency of National Academy of Education

Susan Fuhrman Assumes Presidency of National Academy of Education

TC President Susan Fuhrman has assumed the presidency of the National Academy of Education (NAEd), succeeding Lorrie Shepard, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Fuhrman will hold the post while continuing as Teachers College president.  Published: 10/23/2009

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Alumnus William P. Foster Succumbs at 91

Alumnus William P. Foster Succumbs at 91

Teachers College mourns the passing of distinguished alumnus William P. Foster, who founded and directed the revolutionary Florida A&M Marching 100 band and created a style "infused black popular culture." Foster received a doctorate of education degree from TC in 1955.  Published: 9/2/2010

Bonanno Speaks With Toronto Newspaper About Chilean Miners Trapped Far Underground

Bonanno Speaks With Toronto Newspaper About Chilean Miners Trapped Far Underground

TC's grief and resilience expert tells Globe and Mail that communication is essential to the survival of 33 trapped miners.  Published: 9/1/2010

Joan Dye Gussow, Nutrition Professor Emerita, Profiled in New York Times

Joan Dye Gussow, Nutrition Professor Emerita, Profiled in New York Times

A TC matriarch of the eat-locally-think-globally food movement discusses life, death, gardening and her forthcoming book. Click Here for story.  Published: 8/19/2010

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In Opinion Piece, TC's Allegrante Defends Academic Freedom

John P. Allegrante, Professor and Deputy Provost, wrote an opinion essay that was published in Iceland's Morgunbladid newspaper following the recent firing by Reykjavik University of Professor Einar Steingrimsson. Allegrante writes that the dismissal "raises grave questions" about academic freedom for Icelandic scholars and scientists. Steingrimsson had been publicly critical of the university's failure to consult faculty on academic matters.  Published: 8/20/2010

ESEA Reauthorization: Don

ESEA Reauthorization: Don't Bet the Store on Teacher Effectiveness

Writing in Education Week, TC Trustee Jay Urwitz warns that the Obama administration's plans for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act lean too heavily on promoting teacher effectiveness -- an entity that is still not well-defined and that may not even be the most important factor in raising student performance.  Published: 8/10/2010

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TC's Margaret Crocco Questions the Value of Teach for America

On the New York Times Website Today, the chair of the Department of Arts and Humanities writes that TFA has potentially serious implications for public education.  Published: 7/15/2010

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Educational Equity at the Village Level (8/6/2009)

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