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Nancy Schulman is one of the country’s most prominent and highly regarded early childhood educators, leaders and authors. She has been the director of the 92nd Street Y Nursery School since 1990 and has been involved in independent schools in New York City for more than 30 years. Under Nancy’s leadership, the 92nd Street Y Nursery School has been consistently regarded as among New York City’s very finest nursery and
pre-k programs, building a national and international reputation in the process. In addition to her role as director of the nursery school, Nancy is also a member of the 92nd Street Y Wonderplay Leadership Team, the Y’s early childhood initiative.
Before joining the 92nd Street Y, Nancy was the admissions director and a teacher at Horace Mann Lower School in New York from 1973 to 1990. Nancy has served on the ISAAGNY (Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York) board since 1984 and is co-editor of the New York Independent Schools Directory. She serves on the NYU Child Study Center Education advisory board and the Syracuse University School of Education advisory board.
Nancy received a B.S. in elementary education from Syracuse University and an M.A. in early childhood and elementary education from New York University. She is the co-author of Practical Wisdom for Parents: Demystifying the Preschool Years (Knopf, July 2007).
Nancy views herself an educator of parents, teachers and children. She loves to work in an environment where “it is not possible to stop learning” and believes “there is no more important time in the life of a family than the first five years.”
Recent articles by Nancy Schulman
Update on Curriculum: Early Learning Center
January 26th, 2012 - The Avenues Early Learning Center goals are based upon the school’s philosophy and an underlying respect for the individual child. Classroom teachers determine how the objectives, which are appropriate for the age group of the children More...
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Young Children and Media Use
January 3rd, 2012 - This October, Common Sense Media released a research study on the use of media for American children ages 0-8. They reported that 42 percent of children under age eight have a TV in their bedroom and 30 percent of those children are under age two. They further report that three in 10 parents have downloaded “apps” for their kids to use and that one in four children have used educational games on More...
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“Play” is not a Four Letter Word
November 30th, 2011 - In a recent article published by U.S. News and World Report (“Less Play Time = More Troubled Kids, Experts Say,” by Jennifer Goodwin, 9/22/11), Peter Gray, a research professor of psychology at Boston College, cited a survey that found six- to eight-year-olds in 1997 played 25 percent less than their same age group in 1981. Gray’s research suggests that “today’s children are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, feelings of helplessness and More...
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