Press Clippings for Fall 2006

"Women Aren’t Good in Math… or Are They?" Washington Post. August 31, 2006. Joshua Aronson of NYU’s Department of Applied Psychology worked with psychologist Matthew S. McGlone to test whether stereotypes have an impact on academic test performance in women, and whether being made to focus on personal strengths before a test helped women to perform better.
"Meth Use: How Widespread on Campus?" Inside Higher Ed. "But Perry Halkitis, director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies and associate dean for research and doctoral studies at New York University – and himself a leading researcher on the meth use among gay men – said the potential for meth abuse on the East Coast extends well beyond the gay population."

"Needed: National Standards." Charlotte Observer. October 2, 2006. "Quality of education shouldn’t depend on where students live,"-Diane Ravitch.
"The English in Us." The New York Sun. December 15-17, 2006. "We cannot defend our culture if we forget its greatest achievements"-Diane Ravitch.
"On 9/11, Keep War Politics out of Classroom." Daily News. September 7, 2006.
"Curb both flag-waving and anti-Bush rhetoric,"-Jonathan Zimmerman, OP-ED.
"Educating the Globe." Education Week. October 11, 2006. "In an era of unprecedented global flux, we need to ask ourselves anew about the cultures that continue to divide us."-Jonathan Zimmerman, OP-ED.
"Put N.Y.C.’s Lice Policies on Ice." Daily News. October 18, 2006. Amy Ellen Schwartz, Professor of Public Policy at NYU urges New York City to change its lice policy in schools.

"Billy Joel Scholarships Announced." Washington Square News. October 11, 2006. "Several graduate students in the department of music and performing arts professions were awarded a total of $500,000 from the Billy Joel Scholarship fund this summer. It its first year, the fund will cover part of the tuition for three Steinhardt School of Education students: Yuval Cohen of Jerusalem; Peter Cruz of Perth Amboy, NJ.; and Michael Eckroth of Las Vegas."
"NYU Classical Percussion Dept. Premiers Percussion Opera." Percussion News. November 2006. " ‘Odin: The Opera,’ which premiered at the Frederick Loewe Theater of New York University on April 14, is for spoken-word artists and 11 percussionists performing exclusively on junk and recycled materials."

“Marion Nestle.” Nation. September 11, 2006. “From a public health perspective, obesity is the most serious nutrition problem among children as well as adults in the United States.”
“How to Get the Nutrients You Need.” New York Post Magazine Supplement. September 24, 2006. “Eating well shouldn’t be a mystery. And yet it can seem thoroughly confusing.”-Marion Nestle.
“Sorting Through the Confusion in a Bag of Spinach.” Newsday. October 4, 2006. “In the wake of the outbreak of E. coli bacteria in fresh, California-grown spinach, I called upon one of the country’s leading experts in food safety, Nestle, “I’m worried that this might slow down consumption of bagged vegetables, which consumers love,’ says New York University nutrition professor Marion Nestle, author of Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology and Bioterrorism.”
“Trans Fats Under Attack, but Calories Really Count in Battle of the Stomach Bulge.” Journal Inquirer. October 7, 2006. “You might choose smaller portions if you knew in advance a 10-piece serving of McDonald’s Chicken Selects contains 1,270 calories – more than half the calories most of us need for an entire day,”-Marion Nestle.
"Steinhardt Offers New Scholarships." Washington Square News. September 27, 2006. "College graduates who commit to teaching in a New York City public school can now receive one of over 50 scholarships offered by the Steinhardt School of Education’s master’s in education program."

"Strengthen Your Bones." USA Today. August 14, 2006. "‘For someone in your spot, weight-bearing exercise remains important. But you need more: You need exercises that improve your strength, balance, coordination and agility,’ says Marilyn Moffat, a professor of physical therapy at New York University…"

"Reading to Toddlers Could Boost Literacy." Education Week. July 26, 2006. New research shows the positive effects of reading to children may begin even earlier than previously thought. The multi-institutional study, which included Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, a professor in the Steinhardt School’s Department of Applied Psychology, and Eileen Rodriguez, a doctoral candidate in the same department, has found that reading to babies and toddlers may improve language comprehension, vocabulary, and cognition.
"Single Sex Schools Studied." WNYC: New York Public Radio. December 1, 2006. "The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has given New York University a $480,000 grant to study the schools. Pedro Noguera, of NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, says it’s important to prove that teaching children in a separated environment is the best thing for them."