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eNews Archives

11.20.07 - "Boy Troubles - A Closer look at the Looming Literacy Debate" view

4.12.07 - "The Middle School Crisis: The Challenge of Engaging Adolescents" view

3.14.06 - "Next Generation Learning Environments" view

10.7.05 - "Is Technology Helping or Hurting Democracy" view

1.5.05 - "Balanced Literacy in Action" view

1.8.04 - "Digital Documentaries" view

12.2.03 - "Carolyn Kennedy: Coming Together to Support NYC Schools" view

11.20.03 - "Students Testify to the City Council" view

Teaching Matters in the News

4.22.08 - Education Week, "Companies Targeting Low-Cost ‘Netbooks’ Directly at Education"

"...A smaller test of the XO has been under way since January at Kappa IV Middle School, in New York City, led by Teaching Matters, a nonprofit group that helps schools rethink their use of technology, usually through professional development..." view story

4.15.08 - eSchool News, "Technology helps boost students' writing skills"

"...The nonprofit group Teaching Matters has invested more than $2 million in the development of Writing Matters, a comprehensive middle-school writing program that integrates technology to support student writers in grades 5-9. The program gives teachers free online access to a private or public publishing and collaboration space for their classroom..." view story

12.9.07 - Daily News, "Educators get TeacherTube"

"Schools around the city are tapping into the resource. Seventh-graders from South Bronx Prepatory School wrote and starred in scenes about bullying and gangs for a public service announcement produced by DelaCruz, who works for Teaching Matters Inc..." view story

5.16.07 - Gotham Gazette, "Have Laptops Flunked the Test?" view story

4.30.07 - El Diario, "Education program creates leaders"
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12.30.05 - New York Times, "New York City's Big Donors Find New Cause: Public Schools"

"When I went out 10 years ago to dinners, I rarely ever spoke about what I was doing in education," said Mrs. Rohatyn, who in 1994 founded Teaching Matters, a nonprofit organization that advocates better use of technology in schools. "I find that's very different now. People want to engage in it. They want to talk about it. They are enthused." view story

9.1.05 - American School Board Journal, "Teaching in Transition"

"Guastaferro leads one of many programs that train New York City teachers for a new era of teaching and learning..." view story

11.26.03 - New York Daily News, "Boro kids want to chip away at junk food"

"Citywide, the poll found, 56% of students said schools should mind their own business about what kids eat..." view story

1.15.03 - Education Week, "People in the News"

"Teaching Matters' board of directors has promoted Lynette Guastaferro to be the nonprofit teacher-training organization's executive director..." view story (education week log-in required)

11.6.02 - Education Week: Volume XXII, Number 10, "Program Makes Elections Relevant for Students"

"Richard Ciceron couldn't vote this week in the election for governor of New York, but the 12-year-old spent the past few months analyzing campaign ads and even grilled representatives of the candidates at a town hall forum..." view story (education week log-in required)

11.6.01 - New York Daily News, "STUDENTS' MOCK ELECTION ENDS IN A SQUEAKER"

"At Maritime Academy for Science and Technology in the Bronx, where students picked [Mike Bloomberg] nearly 2 to 1..."

5.29.01 - New York Daily News, "JHS KIDS DO 'MACBETH' Shakespeare as animated video"

"[Charles Chen], 13, the voice of Macbeth in the short film, was one of 47 students at Junior High School 189 who spent countless free periods, lunch and after-school hours this year producing "Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': As Adapted by the Students of JHS 189..."

5.3.01 - Press Release: Teaching Matters, Inc. Selects Centra’s Virtual Classroom Software To Extend Coaching and Professional Development Services Online

"Teaching Matters is able to reach out to new clients over the Internet without sacrificing the highly interactive learning methods of its on-site training programs..."

11.22.00 - Education Week: Volume XX, Number 12, "Election Called 'A Great Civics Lesson'"

"Eleventh graders in government classes at Millbury Memorial High School had a special reason to keep a close tally of the legal lobs and volleys Democrats and Republicans hit at each other in Florida last week..." view story (education week log-in required)

7.1.99 - American School Board Journal, "Beyond Hardware"

"...Schools that do effective curriculum and/or technology planning have the least trouble with technology training, says Lynette Guastaferro..."

Awards

9.20.05 - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg names September 20th, 2005 "Teaching Matters Day" in recognition of Elizabeth Rohatyn's (Teaching Matters' board chairman) work with NYC public schools. event details

6.28.05 - "Thirteen WNET New York Community Hall of Fame" in recognition of outstanding community service and leadership

9.22.02 - "Excellence in E-Learning" award from Brandon-Hall and Online Learning Magazine. http://www.brandonhall.com

7.14.00 - D.R.E.A.M. (Dedicating Resources for Education and Motivation) Award from the New York City Council.