Education Update
| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Founder(s) | Pola Rosen |
| Publisher | Pola Rosen |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters |
695 Park Avenue, Suite E1509 New York City, New York 10065-5024 United States |
| Circulation | 200,000 |
| OCLC number | 46666626 |
| Official website | educationupdate.com |
Education Update is an American non-profit monthly newspaper, published in New York City, New York.
It focuses on issues related to education and has a circulation of approximately 200,000.
History
The publisher, retired education professor Pola Rosen, began the newspaper at age 54, delivering the paper door to door on the Upper East Side of New York City's Manhattan borough.[1] The newspaper also hosts an annual essay-writing competition for New York City school students and sponsors conferences on education policy.[2]
The publication was honored with the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce's Best New Business of the Year Award in 1997.
Monthly columnists include New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, School Chancellor Joel Klein, NYS Education Committee Chair Assemblyman Steve Sanders, former New York State First Lady Matilda Cuomo, and United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. Individuals who have conducted exclusive interviews with the paper on education issues include: Tony Blair, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Senator Edward Kennedy, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.
Masthead
As of February 2008, the masthead was:[3]
- Editor-in-Chief – Pola Rosen
- Associate Editors – Heather Rosen, Adam Sugerman, Rob Wertheimer
- Assistant Editor – Liza Young
- Editor-at-Large – Steve Bailey
Advisory Council
- Mary Brabeck – dean, New York University School of Education
- Sheila Evans-Tranumn – Associate Commissioner of Education of the State of New York
- Charlotte K. Frank, Ph.D. – senior vice president, McGraw-Hill
- Joan Freilich, Ph.D. – trustee, Barnard College and College of New Rochelle
- Andrew Gardner – technology teacher and advisor, The School at Columbia University
- Cynthia Greenleaf, Ph.D. – director, Partnerships, Chicago Public Schools
- Augusta S. Kappner, Ph.D. – president, Bank Street College of Education
- Bonnie Kaiser, Ph.D. – director, Precollege Program, Rockefeller University
- Harold Koplewicz, M.D. – founder and director, NYU Child Study Center
- Ernest Logan – president, Council of School Supervisors & Administrators
- Cecilia McCarton, M.D. – director, McCarton School
- Eric Nadelstern – chief executive officer, Empowerment Schools of the New York City Department of Education
- Alfred S. Posamentier, Ph.D. – dean, Mercy College; former dean, School of Education, City College of New York
- Adam Sugerman – publisher, Palmiche Press
- Laurie Tisch – chair, The Center for Arts Education
See also
References
- ↑ Profile in Family Matters, Helen Mintz Belitsky, Hadassah Magazine, Vol 88, No. 1
- ↑ School Stories.
- ↑
External links
educationupdate.com, the newspaper's official website