Press Clippings for Fall 2005

Study: Racial Bias is Learned Socially, Berkshire Eagle New York Times News Service. August 2, 2005, In a study reported last week, researchers at Harvard and New York University found in a laboratory experiment that the sight of a stranger of another race can prompt a measurable nervous system reaction that probably reflects unconscious biases.
Mexicans Grapple With Unique Problems As Immigrant Group. October 24, 2005, The New York Sun. A director of the recently formed Immigration Studies at NYU, Carola Suarez-Orozco, said recent Mexican immigrants, who often cross the border illegally when they are barely teenagers, are generally too preoccupied with work to get into trouble.

Every State Left Behind. The New York Times November 7, 2005. "Washington must take over school standards and testing," Diane Ravitch, OP-ED.
CNN Interview with Lou Dobbs. November 12, 2007 “ ‘President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act has left behind every state when it comes to education” Diane Ravitch says the program has caused states to lower standards for students and inflate grades."
Nationwide Standards Eyed Anew. Education Week. December 7, 2005 "Americans must recognize that we need national standards, national tests, and a national curriculum", wrote Ms. Ravitch.

Gazette Any Gains From Atkins? Daily Hampshire. August 4, 2005.Marion Nestle told Newsday this week she knows many people who embraced the Atkins diet and "lost substantial amounts of weight -- and every single one gained it back."
"Healthy" Labels That Aren't, Glamour September. 1, 2005"A lot of labels are calorie-distracters--statements meant to take your attention off what's important for weight control: calories and serving sizes," says Marion Nestle.
Portion Distortion: As Serving Sizes Balloon, So Do Our Waist lines. The New York Times. September 12, 2005. "As portions have grown larger over the last 40 years, so have people in the United States," says Lisa Young, who has studied the trend she calls the "portion creep".
Moody? Cranky? Tired? Feed Me! The New York Times. December 1, 2005. Lisa Sasson, clinical assistant professor department of nutrition, food studies and public health, said “weight consciousness might explain why more women report hunger-related moodiness.”

Grow Up, Fast!, August 28, 2005. New York Post, New York Post. "I just think this competition about who's going to have the most overachieving, educated child is a little sad," said Elizabeth Quintero, an associate professor in early-childhood education at NYU.