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VUE Number 7, Spring 2005
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Author Biographies
Giselle Antoni
Giselle Antoni is executive director of Big Thought in Dallas, Texas, a nonprofit learning partnership that empowers children and communities through education, arts and culture. A distinguished graduate of the Drama Studio of London, Giselle has over 15 years' experience in the arts-in-education field. She has served on many local, state and national committees and boards including: The Partnership for Arts, Culture and Education; The Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration; The Texas Commission for the Arts: Arts-in-Education Working Group; The Texas Coalition of Quality Arts Education; and the National Working Group for Arts for Learning. First as a professional actress, an educator and, later, a trainer and designer of programs, Giselle has dedicated her career to providing quality arts-in-education programming for children and professional development for teachers.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Giselle Antoni:
Sharing the Banquet: Linking Schools and Cultural Institutions in Dallas
Laraine Duncan
Laraine Duncan is deputy mayor of Akron and education policy advisor to Mayor Donald Plusquellic. She is responsible for maintaining relations and interacting with other elected officials throughout Summit County and on the state and federal level, and she tracks legislation that could impact the City of Akron. The Mayor has named her as his education liaison. In that role, Laraine worked closely with the Akron Public Schools on several key levy issues. The massive rebuilding project of the Akron Public Schools is her primary focus. She also oversees the Akron AfterSchool program, which will operate in 10 elementary schools and serve over 1000 children. Laraine also maintains close ties with the Senior Education Advisor for the U.S. Conference of Mayors and keeps the Mayor apprised of educational issues on the national level.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Laraine Duncan and Donna Loomis
Funding and Rebuilding Schools as Community Learning Centers: Akron, Ohio
Elana Karopkin
Elana Karopkin is principal of the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Brooklyn, New York. Before planning and founding the School for Law and Justice, Elana Karopkin served as the Regional Instructional Specialist for New York City's Department of Education Region 8, assisting the principals and faculty of the schools under her purview in developing strong, balanced literacy instruction across their curricula. As Assistant Principal at Harry Van Arsdale High School, Elana spearheaded the Ninth Grade New Visions Transformation Project, creating small learning communities that featured advisory, common planning time and family group classes. Before her tenure at Van Arsdale, she worked with the team that created the Cobble Hill School of American Studies, going on to coordinate and supervise the English Department. Elana received her B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College and a Master's Degree in Secondary English Education at New York University as a Jonathan Levin Fellow. She has been awarded fellowships from the Gilder Lehrman Institute, the Supreme Court Summer Institute and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Elana Karopkin:
It Takes a City to Build a School: A Community Partnership in Brooklyn
Donna Loomis
Donna Loomis is the retired Deputy Superintendent of Akron Public Schools in Akron, Ohio. A native of the city, she was employed by the district for 35 years as an English and Spanish teacher, an assistant principal, a high school principal, and the Executive Director of Secondary Education. As the deputy superintendent, she was responsible for the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission's $800 million building project as part of her duties. She is currently a resident of Naples, Florida.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Donna Loomis and Lorraine Duncan:
Funding and Rebuilding Schools as Community Learning Centers: Akron, Ohio
Robert Rothman
Robert Rothman is responsible for writing Institute publications and editing the Institute's quarterly journal Voices in Urban Education, a "roundtable-in-print" designed to air diverse viewpoints and share new knowledge on vital issues in urban education. He has written for numerous education publications and organizations and was a reporter and editor for Education Week. He was also a senior project associate for Achieve, a study director for the National Research Council, and the director of special projects for the National Center on Education and the Economy. Bob holds a BA in political science from Yale University. He is the author of Measuring Up: Standards, Assessment and School Reform and numerous book chapters and articles on testing and education reform.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Robert Rothman:
Expanding Opportunity: Partners for Learning Practice Work
Hal Smith
Hal Smith is a former Senior Research Associate at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Hal's work focuses on developing partnerships – between the community and the university, among community development corporations, and between community education providers and schools – as well as on evaluating alternative education programs and services for court-involved youth. He has participated in public engagement projects with the U.S. Department of Education and low-income communities around education reform and parental involvement. He has held teaching, administrative, and research positions with City College of New York, College of the Holy Cross, Northern Illinois University, and Harvard University. He holds an M.A. in Africana studies from the State University of New York at Albany and an Ed.M. and Ed.D. in Community Education and Lifelong Learning from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Hal Smith:
Using Community Assets to Build an "Education System"
Dennie Palmer Wolf
Dennie Palmer Wolf directs the Opportunity and Accountability initiative at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Her team is developing a national accountability network and tools and models for networks and accountability systems. She also works with her team to educate and influence policy-makers and the public about accountability, and to collaborate with other initiatives at the Institute and at Brown University education centers, as well as with organizations across the country. She will collect data from schools around the country to help identify better ways to improve achievement in K-12 schools. Wolf is also executive director of Projects in Active Cultural Engagement, a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, MA. Prior to coming to the Institute, she taught education at Clark University and codirected the Harvard Institute for School Leadership. She has been teaching, consulting, and doing research in education since 1971. Her areas of interest include standards, assessment, and school reform and cultural policy for youth. She is a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, and has published extensively in the field of education. Wolf holds an Ed.D. and Ed.M. from Harvard University.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Dennie Palmer Wolf:
Expanding Education Opportunities in Birmingham: A New Kind of Urban Community
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Community Partners
VUE Number 7, Spring 2005
| VUE Home | Archives | Order Print Copy |
Author Biographies
Giselle Antoni
Giselle Antoni is executive director of Big Thought in Dallas, Texas, a nonprofit learning partnership that empowers children and communities through education, arts and culture. A distinguished graduate of the Drama Studio of London, Giselle has over 15 years' experience in the arts-in-education field. She has served on many local, state and national committees and boards including: The Partnership for Arts, Culture and Education; The Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration; The Texas Commission for the Arts: Arts-in-Education Working Group; The Texas Coalition of Quality Arts Education; and the National Working Group for Arts for Learning. First as a professional actress, an educator and, later, a trainer and designer of programs, Giselle has dedicated her career to providing quality arts-in-education programming for children and professional development for teachers.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Giselle Antoni:
Sharing the Banquet: Linking Schools and Cultural Institutions in Dallas
Laraine Duncan
Laraine Duncan is deputy mayor of Akron and education policy advisor to Mayor Donald Plusquellic. She is responsible for maintaining relations and interacting with other elected officials throughout Summit County and on the state and federal level, and she tracks legislation that could impact the City of Akron. The Mayor has named her as his education liaison. In that role, Laraine worked closely with the Akron Public Schools on several key levy issues. The massive rebuilding project of the Akron Public Schools is her primary focus. She also oversees the Akron AfterSchool program, which will operate in 10 elementary schools and serve over 1000 children. Laraine also maintains close ties with the Senior Education Advisor for the U.S. Conference of Mayors and keeps the Mayor apprised of educational issues on the national level.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Laraine Duncan and Donna Loomis
Funding and Rebuilding Schools as Community Learning Centers: Akron, Ohio
Elana Karopkin
Elana Karopkin is principal of the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Brooklyn, New York. Before planning and founding the School for Law and Justice, Elana Karopkin served as the Regional Instructional Specialist for New York City's Department of Education Region 8, assisting the principals and faculty of the schools under her purview in developing strong, balanced literacy instruction across their curricula. As Assistant Principal at Harry Van Arsdale High School, Elana spearheaded the Ninth Grade New Visions Transformation Project, creating small learning communities that featured advisory, common planning time and family group classes. Before her tenure at Van Arsdale, she worked with the team that created the Cobble Hill School of American Studies, going on to coordinate and supervise the English Department. Elana received her B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College and a Master's Degree in Secondary English Education at New York University as a Jonathan Levin Fellow. She has been awarded fellowships from the Gilder Lehrman Institute, the Supreme Court Summer Institute and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Elana Karopkin:
It Takes a City to Build a School: A Community Partnership in Brooklyn
Donna Loomis
Donna Loomis is the retired Deputy Superintendent of Akron Public Schools in Akron, Ohio. A native of the city, she was employed by the district for 35 years as an English and Spanish teacher, an assistant principal, a high school principal, and the Executive Director of Secondary Education. As the deputy superintendent, she was responsible for the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission's $800 million building project as part of her duties. She is currently a resident of Naples, Florida.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Donna Loomis and Lorraine Duncan:
Funding and Rebuilding Schools as Community Learning Centers: Akron, Ohio
Robert Rothman
Robert Rothman is responsible for writing Institute publications and editing the Institute's quarterly journal Voices in Urban Education, a "roundtable-in-print" designed to air diverse viewpoints and share new knowledge on vital issues in urban education. He has written for numerous education publications and organizations and was a reporter and editor for Education Week. He was also a senior project associate for Achieve, a study director for the National Research Council, and the director of special projects for the National Center on Education and the Economy. Bob holds a BA in political science from Yale University. He is the author of Measuring Up: Standards, Assessment and School Reform and numerous book chapters and articles on testing and education reform.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Robert Rothman:
Expanding Opportunity: Partners for Learning Practice Work
Hal Smith
Hal Smith is a former Senior Research Associate at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Hal's work focuses on developing partnerships – between the community and the university, among community development corporations, and between community education providers and schools – as well as on evaluating alternative education programs and services for court-involved youth. He has participated in public engagement projects with the U.S. Department of Education and low-income communities around education reform and parental involvement. He has held teaching, administrative, and research positions with City College of New York, College of the Holy Cross, Northern Illinois University, and Harvard University. He holds an M.A. in Africana studies from the State University of New York at Albany and an Ed.M. and Ed.D. in Community Education and Lifelong Learning from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Hal Smith:
Using Community Assets to Build an "Education System"
Dennie Palmer Wolf
Dennie Palmer Wolf directs the Opportunity and Accountability initiative at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Her team is developing a national accountability network and tools and models for networks and accountability systems. She also works with her team to educate and influence policy-makers and the public about accountability, and to collaborate with other initiatives at the Institute and at Brown University education centers, as well as with organizations across the country. She will collect data from schools around the country to help identify better ways to improve achievement in K-12 schools. Wolf is also executive director of Projects in Active Cultural Engagement, a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, MA. Prior to coming to the Institute, she taught education at Clark University and codirected the Harvard Institute for School Leadership. She has been teaching, consulting, and doing research in education since 1971. Her areas of interest include standards, assessment, and school reform and cultural policy for youth. She is a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, and has published extensively in the field of education. Wolf holds an Ed.D. and Ed.M. from Harvard University.
> VUE Number 7 Article by Dennie Palmer Wolf:
Expanding Education Opportunities in Birmingham: A New Kind of Urban Community
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