Elmo. Miss Piggy. Kermit the Frog. Big Bird. Cookie Monster. Oscar the Grouch. These are some of them most lovable characters to ever come across a television screen. How did the first – and all-time best – educational television show mange to make learning fun? Through decades of social change, how did Sesame Street navigate multiple generations to better understand serious issues and learn educational skills, from bullying, love, racism, and charity to knowing numbers, mastering letters, speaking, and telling time?

A new book, The Inside Secrets of Sesame Street, 3rd Edition, penned by a children’s media educational consultant of 30 years who conducted research for a decade for Sesame Street, reveals a behind-the-scenes look at what made Sesame Street the most-watched, best-beloved, award-winning program for children during a golden era of programming.
“Sesame Street not only entertains millions of children, it educates them,” says author Dr. Lucille Burbank. “Back in 1969 when the show launched this was an amazing feat – and the formula for success has lasted for more than a half-century. My book takes a nostalgic look at the show that raised several generations of America – and the world – revealing the secrets of television pioneers and visionaries that helped young children learn about the world from the security of their living room couch.”
Her book takes us back to another era and time, both for American families and television, bringing us into the creative corners of the memorable characters and individuals who birthed the greatest educational show in the history of television. She features in-depth and insightful interviews with many of the show’s creative forces, some of whom are now deceased, including:
 Joan Clooney, the show’s creator
 Caroll Spinney, puppeteer for Big Bird
 Actor Bob McGrath
 Producer Jon Stone, called the “Soul of Sesame Street”
 Jane Hanson, wife and creative partner of muppet master Jim Henson
 Jeff Ross, known for his popular song, “Rubber Duckie”
Many of these interviews took place when she was getting her doctorate from Temple University. She also had studied and interviewed the leaders of other hit children’s television shows, Captain Kangaroo and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
Dr. Burbank, whose book is a Mom’s Choice Awards winner, reveals the following:
• What made Sesame Street a wildly successful show – and why it is still needed today.
• The challenges the show – in its early days – had to overcome.
• Why we need shows like Sesame Street, to entertain and educate us.
• How Sesame Street confronts huge issues like gender identity, bullying, war, and racism.
• What parents and educators can do to inspire a healthier and smarter generation
• Why we need a show like Sesame Street, which caters to preschoolers, to address the needs and challenges of 8-12year-olds.
• What parents need to know about digital media – and what they should be teaching their kids in order to safely navigate the Internet.
“My purpose in writing a book is to disseminate the knowledge and wisdom given to me by the creators – the pioneers – of Sesame Street,” says Dr. Burbank. “Each interviewee spent a lot of time carefully answering my questions, and to each, I am eternally grateful.”
No other children’s show has won the number of Emmy’s, garnered the hundreds of millions of viewers, or received the critical acclaim that Sesame Street has. Why did Sesame Street outlast and outdo all other children’s series? The Inside Secrets of Sesame Street, 3rd Edition answers that question while allowing for parents and educators to fondly look back at a legendary show that continues to make history.

Dr. Lucille Burbank
Biography
Dr. Lucille Burbank is a successful educational media consultant and author. Based on her behind-the-scenes work in the research division of Sesame Street, where she met with the show’s head writer to make important script changes, she wasted the definitive 50-year celebration of the historic children’s program, The Inside Secrets of Sesame Street, 3rd Edition.
The recipient of a doctoral degree from Temple University, Dr. Burbank has worked n educational media and technology towards the advancement of education and special education for several decades. Receiving a scholarship while earning her doctorate, allowed her to conduct a much larger dissertational study on three prominent children’s television shows: Captain Kangaroo, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and Sesame Street.
Burbank was recently honored as Author of the Decade and inducted into the hall of fame of The International Association of Top Professionals. She received the Albert Nelson Maquis Lifetime Achievement Award, was named Top female Executive by Worldwide Branding, and has served as a delegate for the International Women’s Leadership Association.
Her impressive repertoire of work experience included consulting for the Sesame Workshop, NASA, and the New Jersey Department of civil Service. Dr. Burbank taught media design and production courses at community colleges and was a media/technology coordinator for the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Resource Center for special Education. She wrote numerous articles on educational media and technology.

The post A New Book By A Children’s TV Research Consultant Celebrates Over 50 Years Of The Longest-Running appeared first on Good News!.

“We subsist now on a meager vocabulary of winners and “losers,” of “sad!” naysayers and “nut job” adversaries. We’re asked to see an absence of eloquence as the presence of authenticity. But that’s bunk. Words, like monuments, matter.”

Love,
Liz

With Memorial Day around the corner a friend from Juilliard and world class musician sent email with the enclosed article. It brought tears to my eyes.

Sincerest thank you for all that you do to make the world a better place.

B. Tina Ebey

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/opinion/mitch-landrieu-new-orleans-mayor-speech.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

The mayor of New Orleans just gave a speech on race and history that you need to hear.

The post NYTimes: Mitch Landrieu Reminds Us That Eloquence Still Exists appeared first on Good News!.

THIS IS A GREAT ARTICLE BY VOGUE PLEASE GO TO IT AS WELL HTTP://WWW.VOGUE.COM/13439964/GORDON-PARKS-FOUNDATION-DINNER-2016/

Remembering Gordon Parks With Janelle Monáe, Usher, and More
todd-plummer-profile-picMAY 25, 2016 11:18 AMby TODD PLUMMER

Swizz Beatz, Usher

Photo: Joe Schildhorn /BFA.com
Although noteworthy African-American Renaissance man Gordon Parks passed away in 2006 at the age of 93, his creative and philanthropic legacy persists. Perhaps the fact that Parks was at various times throughout his life a photojournalist, musician, writer, and film director is what resonates with such a wide cross section of the creative class. Supporters in attendance at the 10th annual Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street last night included Swizz Beatz, Usher, Victor Cruz, and 1990’s MTV icon Fab Five Freddy. And if Karl Lagerfeld lends his name to your event’s host committee every year—despite not always attending—the cause must have a certain degree of gravitas. In his absence, however, Lagerfeld did donate for the evening’s auction a trip to Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2017 show and private tour of Coco Chanel’s Rue Cambon apartment. That lot alone brought in $16,000 for an arts education scholarship.

This year’s honorees were Bryan Stevenson (founder of the Equal Justice Initiative), photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier, Janelle Monáe, and Public School’s Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow. Leonard and Judy Glickman Lauder received the Patron of the Arts award. “It’s such a joy to be honored tonight, and almost undeserved,” Osborne said. “Gordon Parks did so much with his mediums and his works. But for me and Dao-Yi tonight, we haven’t quite achieved that level—yet. But it makes us want to work that much harder. It’s hard to change the world!”

After the ceremony, we caught up with the foundation’s executive director, Peter Kunhardt, Jr., about what makes Gordon Parks so perennially important to New York’s creative communities. “We’re in a time when the country is having so many issues not only politically but also with discrimination and race and gender and identity,” he said. “We’re an organization that’s about celebrating arts and creativity, looking at these issues through Mr. Parks’s photographs. But the point isn’t just to honor Gordon Parks’s legacy, but to inspire the next generation of artists.”

Twenty-one scholarships were given out last night, but in the middle of the program, Usher and Swizz Beatz interrupted the live auction to announce that they had decided to give 27 more.

The post Gordon Parks Foundation 10 Anniversary event. Good News, along with Lucia Kaiser attend. appeared first on Good News!.

For many people, becoming a caregiver is often a new, unfamiliar experience. And finding the right information – or even knowing where to look – can be challenging. That’s why we’re bringing everything to you. Here you’ll find articles, product recommendations and other resources picked just for you to help in your caregiving journey.

#account #article #articles #care #caregiver #caregivers #ces #challenge #challenging #cheri #director #experience #geraffo #giver #givers #health #healthcare #journey #management #national #product #resource #sale #sales #solutions #uhc #unfamiliar #united #unitedhealth #unitedhealthcare

The post Cheri Geraffo, National Director of Sales and Account Management share UnitedHealthcare Solutions for Caregivers https://www.uhcforcaregivers.com at CES. A outstanding resource for caregivers. appeared first on Good News!.