Press Clippings for Spring 2007

"Como Se Dice, Burp Me?" New York Family. February 2007. "Bruce Homer, a research associate professor in applied psychology at New York University, stated that there is evidence that foreign language instruction is beneficial to a child’s general cognitive development..."
"The Middle Ages." The New York Times/Op Ed. March 25, 2007. "It’s official: middle schools are a mess. If you didn’t already suspect this, a battery of standardized tests, some of which are required under the No Child Left Behind law, have confirmed that in rich and poor school districts alike, reading and math scores drop from fifth the sixth grade, when most students move to middle school."-Niobe Way and Diane Hughes, professors of psychology at NYU.

"Research Says Unions are Important to Education." Chicago Union Teacher. January 2007. "Diane Ravitch says teachers unions are just as necessary to public education today as they were a century ago."
"A Teacher’s Struggle to Include ‘Other’ Voices in History." Social Education (Letter to the Editor)February 2007. "It is wonderful to offer alternatives to boring textbooks, as I recommended in my last book, The Language Police,"-Diane Ravitch,
"Arabic School Fails the Test." Metro News. May 14, 2007. "A united city demands we educate kids together, no matter where they’re from,"-Diane Ravitch.
"Debt and the College Graduate." The New York Times. March 24, 2007. "Why should a future investment banker and a future elementary school teacher pay the same amount for college? They shouldn’t."-Jonathan Zimmerman, NYU Letter to the Editor.
"Schools Free Thinkers." Sunday Sun-Times. March 25, 2007. "Foolish vulgarity should be banned, but not a student’s free speech."-Jonathan Zimmerman.
"Edwards Says He Could Go On; History Tells Another Story." The Indianapolis Star. April 9, 2007. "So let’s suppose John Edwards becomes our next president. If his wife becomes seriously ill, will he be able to concentrate on his White House duties?"

"Making Schools Work for Our Kids." The New York Times: Editorial/Letters. February 5, 2007. "...schools in more desirable neighborhoods benefit from the current financing formula that holds schools harmless for the cost of their more experienced teachers," says Dorothy Siegel.

"Keep Those Resolutions Inch by Inch." USA Today. January 2, 2007. "Lisa Young, a dietician and adjunct professor at New York University and author of "The Portion Teller," gives healthy nutritional advice on keeping New Years Resolutions."
"Will Diners Swallow This?" The New York Times. March 25, 2007. "But a soon-to-be-released study by Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University, and Lisa R. Young, a dietician and adjunct professor there who has tracked the history of the super size phenomenon, found that Wendy’s simply renamed its ‘Biggie’ drink, at 32 ounces, a medium; a large drink now contains 42 ounces."
"Buying Local is the Way to Go." Washington Square News. March 28, 2007. "...There’s a CSA [community-supported agriculture] at NYU. The Washington Square CSA – run by Sparks – is sponsored by the Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health department..."
"Supper Club." Allure. April 1, 2007. "The 2007 Total Makeover Team: Lisa R. Young, at New York University..."
"Eating Well for Less." AM New York. April 25, 2007. "Keys to feeling satisfied are eating fiber, fat and protein—and foods you like. For lunch, Lisa Sasson, of NYU’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, suggests a variation on pizza—low-fat mozzarella and tomato sauce on whole-wheat pita..."

"Steinhardts Give $10 Million to School of Education." Washington Square News. January 22, 2007. "The new donation mirrors similar $10 million contribution the Steinhardts made in 2001."
"Memorial for Steinhardt Dean Held in Vt." Washington Square News. January 29, 2006. "Burnham became dean of the Steinhardt School of Education in 1983 and served for seven years."

"To Avoid ‘Boomeritis,’ Exercise, Exercise, Exercise." The New York Times. December 19, 2006. "In their recently published book, 'Age-Defying Fitness' (Peachtree Publishers), two prominent physical therapists, Marilyn Moffat of New York University, and Carole B. Lewis of Washington, D.C., provide the ingredients to help you make the most of your body for the rest of your life..."

"Black Parents Seek to Raise Ambitions." Washington Post. February 20, 2007. "Middle-class African Americans are still very influenced by the stereotypes that black kids are not academically oriented,"-Pedro Noguera, professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, a co-director of the Institute for The Study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings, and the Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
"Polishing the Whole Apple." Boston Sunday Globe. February 4, 2007. "Professors if education at New York University never lectured on how to handle flying-sandwich situations,"-Frank McCourt in "Teacher Man."