Patricia H. Shimm, author of "Parenting Your Toddler: The Expert's Guide to the Tough and Tender Years", has run the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development for over 20 years and knows the benefits of parent groups. Shimm established parent groups as part of the Toddler Center program since its inception, and has run scores of them for decades. [...]
Dr. Tammy Mann, Executive Director of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute at the United Negro College Fund, leads the Institute’s efforts to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for African American children from preschool through college. While many of the Institute’s programs are gender neutral, she is acutely aware of the need to focus on boys. “On UNCF campuses [...]
Wendy Van Amson is the co-founder of the Independent Schools Diversity Network (“ISDN”), an alliance of parents and educators dedicated to facilitating diversity efforts within the New York City independent school community. Wendy and her co-founder Esther Hatch formed ISDN in 2003. Wendy and her husband have three children: a daughter who is a college sophomore, a daughter who [...]