Alumni in the News

Sunshine Preschool Voted Best Preschool Brentwood
Brentwood News, December 6, 2024
John Cornyn, GSE ’00

Dr. Asya Johnson Launches 1st-Ever HBCU Early College Prep High School For Students In NYC
Madame Noire, October 14, 2024
Asya Johnson, GSE ’12

Faigie Kobre on The Benefits of Creative Arts
Early Years TV, October 4, 2024
Faigie Kobre, GSE ’84

Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez: Champion of Education and Charter School Pioneer
The Riverdale Press, October 4, 2024
Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez, GSE ’84

PAL Executive Director Carlos Velazquez Recognized On 2024 City & State Power Of Diversity: Latino 100 List
Harlem World Magazine, September 20, 2024
Carlos Velazquez, GSE ’16

New York City Teachers Win $20,000 MƒA Muller Award For Professional Influence In Education
The Bronx Daily, June 13, 2024
Bushra Makiya, GSE ’14

Police Athletic League’s Carlos Velazquez Named 2024 NonProfit Trailblazer By City & State, NY NonProfit Media
Harlem World Magazine, May 24, 2024
Carlos Velazquez, GSE ’16

Amy Sailor, 2024 Women in Business Honoree
Hartford Business Journal, April 1, 2024
Amy Sailor, GSE ’04

Nurturing Collaboration and Positive Learning: Insights from Educator and Writer, Kristin Rydholm
The Social Institute Blog, February 27, 2024
Kristin Rydholm, GSE ’98

One Way to Help Teacher Salaries Go Further: Free Housing
The New York Times, September 29, 2023
Allyx Schiavone, GSE ’94

The Only Gift Guide for a 6-Year-Old You’ll Ever Need
The Strategist (New York Magazine), September 22, 2023
Lizzie Assa (Lewis), GSE ’03; Abby Kerlin, GSE ’00; Deb Vilas, GSE ’93

Made in Tribeca: Education by SR
Tribeca Citizen, August 28, 2023
Stephanie Rosenfeld, GSE ’18

Author Uses Experience as Plant Stylist to Teach Kids About Loss and Growth
ABC News, August 23, 2023
Maryah Greene, GSE ’20

Climb Every Mountain
Northwestern Magazine, July 27, 2023
Jamie Aarons, GSE ’05

Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Ilana Ruskay-Kidd of The Shefa School Is Helping To Change Our World
Medium, March 24, 2023
Ilana Ruskay-Kidd , GSE ’96

Dr. Ronald Gonzalez to be Named Superintendent of EUFSD
Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow, NY Patch, March 15, 2023
Ronald Gonzalez, GSE ’04

School District of Lancaster Announces New Superintendent
ABC 27 News, February 21, 2023
Rocky Torres, GSE ’14

Neighbors Who Write: Rhona Silverbush and Carol Zeavin Created the Terrific Toddler Series
West Side Rag, February 13, 2023
Carol Zeavin, GSE ’02

BREAKING NEWS: Patrick Tapped for Superintendent of Schools
The Scarsdale Inquirer, February 10, 2023
Andrew (Drew) Patrick, GSE ’07

Why This Barbershop is Offering Books to Young Patrons
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, January 16, 2023
Alvin Irby, GSE ’09

How Jim Florio Saved the Day for Susie Wilson’s Sex Education Program in New Jersey
Tap Into Princeton Community News, October 1, 2022
Susan Wilson, GSE ’76

Yeshivat Noam Welcomes Leah Perl, Middle School General Studies Principal
Jewish Link, September 1, 2022
Leah Perl, GSE ’09

NYC wants to change the way students learn to read. Here’s how
Chalkbeat, August 12, 2022
Carolyne Quintana, GSE ’08

NYC Expands Support for Transgender Students as Other States Pull Back
Chalkbeat, June 23, 2022
Lesley Koplow, GSE ’79 (Director, Emotionally Responsive Practice)

What If Pre-K Isn’t the Answer?
Scarymommy.com, February 18, 2022
Shael Polakow-Suransky, GSE ’00 (President, Bank Street College)

Filipina Teacher’s Heart is Full After Serving in US School System
Inquirer.net, December 28, 2021
Gloria Chen, GSE ’95

Bronx Educator Takes Over As Principal of School She Attended As a Student
New York Daily News, December 4, 2021
Quyen Quach, GSE ’12

Great Neck School District Welcomes New Assistant Principal
The Island Now, August 16, 2021
Ai-Huei Chang-Lau, GSE ’19

Allison Klein of Rose & Rex: Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Startup
Medium, June 3, 2021
Allison Klein, GSE ’16

Early-Ed Center Offers Teacher Housing
New Haven Independent, May 31, 2021
Allyx Schiavone

Cozy Up to a New Mystery by Montclair’s Valerie Wilson Wesley (Robin’s Nest)
Montclair Local News, May 7, 2021
Valerie Wilson, GSE ’78

The Kids Are Not All Right: Concerns for Mental Health Mount as Schools Reopen
Truthout, May 6, 2021
Lesley Koplow, GSE ’76

Addressing Anti-Asian Racism with Students
Edutopia, April 9, 2021
Dawoun Jyung, GSE ’21

‘Elevating the Voices of Non-Art World Folk Is Integral to Expanding Our Impact’: Curator Karleen Gardner On What It’s Like to Run the Empathy Center at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Artnet News, March 25, 2021
Karleen Gardner, GSE ’11

The 2021 Education Power 100
City & State NY, January 31, 2021
Shael Polakow-Suransky, GSE ’00

Bronx Principal Keeps Holiday Tradition Going for Students Despite Pandemic
PIX11, December 22, 2020
Asya Johnson, GSE ’12

Brian & Meghan Fitzgerald of Tinkergarten: 5 Things We Wish Someone Told Us Before We Became Founders
Medium (Authority Magazine), November 3, 2020
Meghan Fitzgerald, GSE ’07

Alvin Irby: How Can We Inspire Children To Be Lifelong Readers?
TED Radio Hour (NPR.org), October 2, 2020
Alvin Irby, GSE ’09

Queens Educators Participate In “Hidden Sparks” Program To Address Social-Emotional Learning Dynamics During Pandemic
Queens Jewish Link, September 2, 2020
Lily Howard Scott

Pony Power Therapies Affords Pediatric Patients of Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital a Day of Fun and Wonder at the Ramapo Mountains
TAP into Hackensack, August 24, 2020
Lee Russeth, GSE ’11

Mount Sinai’s ‘Paws And Play’ Program Successfully Matches Young Patients And 4-Legged Friends With A Purpose
CBS New York, July, 15, 2020
Ali Spike, GSE ’16

Brooklyn Woman Shares ‘My Local Heroes’ Tales During Coronavirus
Park Slope, NY Patch, May 11, 2020
Eleanor Traubman, GSE ’95

For Locked-Down High Schoolers, Reading ‘The Plague’ is Daunting, and then Comforting
Washington Post, April 30, 2020
Dan Forstner, GSE ’91

District hires new middle school principal (pdf)
The Rivertown Enterprise, April 10, 2020
Jennifer Spirelli, GSE ’13

6 free educational apps to keep your kids busy while you work from home
Yahoo Lifestyle, April 8, 2020
Melanie Eisenhower, GSE ’08

Ashleigh Schopen, Nominee for 2020 Delta Airlines Child Life Specialist of the Year Award
The Pulse, March 17, 2020
Ashleigh Schopen, GSE ’10

Jewel of a School: Traditions Are Strong at Vermont’s Last One-Room Schoolhouse
Kids VT, August 26, 2019
Annamary Anderson, GSE ’82

Monadnock Profiles: Bonnie Harris has advice for all the parents out there
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, July 17, 2019
Bonnie Harris, GSE ’87

Want Kids to Learn the Joy of Reading? Barbershops and Laundromats Can Help
New York Times, July 2, 2019
Alvin Irby, GSE ’08

The Everyday Play Deck: 5 Questions with Lisa Zaretsky of playAGAIN
Rose & Rex Blog, June 26, 2019
Lisa Zaretsky, GSE ’95

Westport Country Playhouse Elects Four New Board Of Trustees Members
BroadwayWorld Connecticut, June 12, 2019
Paige S. Couture, GSE ’07

Docents as Educators with Stephanie Samera
Cultura Conscious Podcast, May 28, 2019
Stephanie Samera, GSE ’14, and Paula Santos, GSE ’15

Child Life Program at Hennepin Healthcare
Hennepin Healthcare, May 6, 2019
Alyson Silver Weiss, GSE ’09

Meet the Brooklyn science teacher who got Elizabeth Warren to narrow her education secretary options
Chalkbeat, May 17, 2019
Liat Olenick, GSE ’12

New York-born, music-loving artist Verna Hart is remembered for her paintings — moving, visual tributes to jazz music
The New York Daily News, May 7, 2019
Verna Hart, GSE ’92

Salem entrepreneur specializes in multicultural arts programming
The Bay State Banner, May 1, 2019
Rosario Ubiera-Minaya, GSE ’11

Boulder JCC Planning “Messinger Gallery” Dedication
Boulder Jewish News, April 28, 2019
Alice Messinger, GSE ’94

Eleanor Rivera: Living healthy, mindfully happy
Cebu Daily News, April 18, 2019
Eleanor Rivera, GSE ‘96

Hand in Hand Offers Children a Glimpse of the Holocaust
Jewish Link NJ, April 17, 2019
Andria Rosenbaum, GSE ‘91

Child Life Month 2019 Volunteer Profiles
Association of Child Life Professionals, March 2019
Hilary Woodward, GSE ’11

‘I Love My Skin!’ Why Black Parents Are Turning to Afrocentric Schools
New York Times, January 2019
Fela Barclift, GSE ‘02

Early Childhood Center Poised to Reopen
Jewish Standard, December 2018
Debra Frankel, GSE ’07

What One Person Can Do to Get People Reading
Lit Hub, November 2018
Alvin Irby, GSE ’09

Paula Santos Dives Into the “How” of Museum Work on Cultura Conscious
@ConsciousPod, October 2018
Paula Santos, GSE ’15

Kiersten Greene, SUNY New Paltz – Tech in the Classroom
Academic Minute, September 2018
Kiersten Greene, GSE ‘03

Jia Lee, a special education teacher and union gadfly, wants to be New York’s next lieutenant governor
Chalkbeat, September 2018
Jia Lee, GSE ’13

Why the Museum of Man Wants to Change Its Name
San Diego Union Tribune, August 2018
Ben Garcia, GSE ’08

Back Story With Joan Goldstein
Princeton Community Television, August 2018
Joan Goldstein, GSE ‘67

How Does a Child Life Specialist Work?
Slate, July 2018
Jami Barretta, GSE ’13

It’s Time: The Steady Growth of QRIS and the ECE System
Build Initiative, July 2018
Anne Mitchell, GSE ‘88

How to Help Struggling Young Readers
The Hechinger Report, July 2018
Xiania Foster, GSE ’10

This Brooklyn principal has some advice for teaching children who were separated at the border
Chalkbeat, June 2018
Meghan Dunn, GSE ‘08

A Gathering of Minds: A Hopeful and Incisive Bank Street Book Festival
Publishers Weekly, June 2018
Adam Gidwitz, GSE ’09

NYC’s elite parents call this child whisperer to deal with tantrums
New York Post, June 2018
Dana Rosenbloom, GSE ‘05

Building Blocks of Math Skills: The Many Ways Block Building Supports Young Children’s Discovery of Early Math Concepts
Community Playthings, May 2018
Emily Linsay, GSE ‘97, Hal Melnick, GSE ‘74, and Robie Harris, GSE ‘70, May 2018

GuidED Consulting Helps College-Bound Students Find Their Way
TAPinto Yorktown, March 2018
Dr. Deborah Hardy, GSE ’00

Centro: Margarita Muñiz Academy – Where Students Live & Learn in Two Languages
CBS Boston, March 2018
Dania Vazquez, GSE ‘83

Hiring for Equity
Psychology Today, February 2018
Leniece F. Brissett, GSE ‘08

The Important Role of the Teacher in Block Play: Supporting Deeper Engagement and Learning in the Block Area
Community Playthings, February 2018
Nancy McKeever, GSE ‘76

This is what inadequate funding at a public school looks and feels like — as told by an entire faculty
The Washington Post, February 2018
Pat Finley, GSE ’06, and Damon McCord, GSE ’04

Book Magic at the Library
Jewish Standard, February 2018
Andrea Warmflash Rosenbaum, GSE ’91