Bel Kaufman: Up the Down Staircase

WRITINGAuthor Bel Kaufman celebrated her 100th birthday last week. She’s still a teacher (her novel about a first-year teacher in New York, Up the Down Staircase,  is a classic), a storyteller with a sense of humor — and a mambo dancer! Click here to read an article in the New York Times about this inspiring woman.

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