April 17th, 2001
Photo Gallery
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- Day One: this way to registration...
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Founding Sponsor, Chase, watches over the excited attendees.
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7am is early, but the Celebration is worth it.
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- Everyone is raring to go in the Chase Center.
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- Meredith Brokaw and Neal Shapiro: Celebrating for four years and counting.
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- Who better than Richard P. Mills, New York State Commissioner of Education, to introduce the opening session?
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- Gary Knell, Sesame Workshop President, introduces the Electric Company.
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- Reading IS much more fun with a song and a dance.
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- Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone will do 'Whatever it Takes' in the Mercury Ballroom.
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- David Brancaccio, Pedro Noguera, and Chancellor Klein take on the toughest issues and...
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- ...draw a big crowd.
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- Meanwhile, others agree that Coffee with CSA President Ernest Logan is the best way to start the day.
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- Ernest Logan, CSA President, not only hosts a Coffee Session, he also introduces Keynote Speaker Sir Kenneth Robinson.
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- Sir Ken is in his element on our Chase Center stage.
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- Can't forget our friends at the THIRTEEN Studio!
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- The Exhibit Hall has something for everyone.
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- Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Mail...Google Celebration.
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- Adelphi University has just as much to offer.
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- Thanks to Kimberly Davis and the Chase Foundation, ten New York area schools are presented with the Chase Multimedia in the Classroom Award.
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- Governor Paterson takes a moment to salute the teachers of New York...he thinks the teachers not of New York are fine too.
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- Then he meets the students who won the Chase Awards.
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- They look good from this side too.
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- Governor Paterson and Chase Foundation President Kimberly Davis have been a tough act to follow, good luck Eric and Charlie!
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- Richard Iannuzzi, President of the New York State United Teachers, handily introduces the New York State Teacher of the Year.
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- Congratulations are due to Teacher of the Year Honoree Vickie Mike, as she poses with Governor Paterson, Richard Iannuzzi, and VP of New York State United Teachers Maria Neira.
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- Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt is a force to be reckoned with all by himself...
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- So imagine Eric Schmidt and Charlie Rose sharing a table.
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- It's Day Two and we're back in the registration line as a whole new group of teachers joins the Celebration.
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- UFT President Randi Weingarten never fails to draw a big crowd to her breakfast session.
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- Kristin Slavin, of SMART Technologies, kicks off another day in the Chase Center.
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- Temple Grandin schools the audience on the subject of Autism.
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- In The Classroom Sessions offer a learning experience to smaller groups...
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- ...and bigger groups too.
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- Forget the speakers, these SMARTBoards are mesmerizing.
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- NEA incoming President Dennis Van Roekel quizzes Danica McKellar on her dedication to inspiring young girls to love math.
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- Richard Iannuzzi is back in the hot seat and not afriad to talk about our changing understanding of leardership.
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- Dean James Hennessy of Fordham has a thing or two to add on the subject.
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- Meredith Brokaw us back on the Chase Center Stage to introduce Bill Gates, Sr.
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- Bill Gates, Sr. does not hide his passion for education.
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- The UFT's Aminda Gentile graciously introduces the Celebration's final act.
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- Alan Alda kept us on the edge of our seats until the very end.
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- Not an empty seat in the house.
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- Thanks for joining us at the 2009 Celebration!
-- The Celebration Team
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