http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news News at Teachers College, Columbia University en-us Copyright 2009 Teachers College, Columbia University webmaster@tc.columbia.eduacquaro@exchange.tc.columbia.edu https://www.tc.columbia.edu/images/tclogo.gif http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7240 In its pathbreaking Abbott v. Burke decision in 1990, the New Jersey Supreme Court laid the groundwork for providing extra state resources for 32 poor, urban school districts, dubbed the Abbott districts. Last May, following two decades of legal and legislative adjustments, the court allowed New Jersey to remove the Abbott designation, saying that, except for special cases like preschool and construction funding, poorer districts no longer needed the states help in providing educational resources equal to those provided by wealthier communities. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7227 TC President Fuhrman gave her 2009 State of the College Address on October 28th. Her theme was the Colleges impact - locally, nationally and internationally. The full transcript of her remarks follows. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7221 Mourning the loss of a loved one is painful. But TC Professor of Clinical Psychology George Bonanno says that most people have an innate resilience that allows them to mourn and move on with their lives - and further, that they emerge better for the process. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7193 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. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7192 Speaking to a Teachers College audience on October 22nd, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Thursday called for a sea-change in the nations teacher preparation programs and said most teachers colleges are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st-century classroom.brba href=http://blip.tv/file/2802380View the speech/a/b.