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Alumni Updates: Feb. 21, 2018

2/21/18

"Alumni Updates" highlights career achievements by College of Education alumni.

Education faculty member appointed to State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation

2/16/18

Liza Conyers, associate professor of education (rehabilitation and human services), is one of four new members appointed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to the State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation.

New scientific model to aid young students in understanding biology

2/15/18

Andres Acher presented "Transformation Boxes (TBs): A system-based guidance to support elementary student teachers to teach and learn scientific modeling" at the recent Waterbury Lecture.

C.A.R.E. Fair offers job opportunities that make a difference

2/15/18

Penn State students have the opportunity to find a career path that makes a difference at the Penn State C.A.R.E. Fair next week.

Around the College: Feb. 14, 2018

2/14/18

Students, staff and faculty members from Penn State's College of Education share recent research and career achievements.

College Announcements: Feb. 14, 2018

2/14/18

Keep up with information about various happenings in the College of Education, including committee appointments, study volunteer requests, activities and other opportunities.

New partnerships take Quality Talk to classrooms in Taiwan, South Africa

2/12/18

After seeing success in K-12 classrooms in the United States, Quality Talk, an empirically supported instructional approach, now will help students in international classrooms achieve academic success.

Herb receives highest national award for library service to children

2/12/18

Penn State Librarian Emeritus Steven L. Herb was recently announced as the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association. The award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to library service to children and to ALSC.

College of Education's Professional Development School earns national award

2/8/18

Penn State and the State College Area School District have earned the Exemplary PDS Achievement award from the National Association for Professional Development Schools and will be honored March 17 at the NAPDS conference in Jacksonville, Florida.

Alumni Updates: Feb. 8, 2018

2/8/18

"Alumni Updates" highlights career achievements by College of Education alumni.

Author tells parents, educators to speak openly with children about skin color

2/6/18

An author/activist implored parents to speak to their children about racism because silence about skin color, she said, implies that it must not be OK that people have different colors of skin.

Professional Development School alumni group seeks new members

2/5/18

The College of Education Professional Development School is in the process of reinvigorating its Affiliate Program Group and is looking for new members.

College of IST announces seed grant recipients

2/2/18

The College of Information Sciences and Technology recently announced nine projects to receive funding through the college's Seed Grant program, which will help researchers initiate new research.

Kathy Hill named director of Center for Science and the Schools

1/31/18

The Center for Science and the Schools serves to facilitate mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between K-12 schools and Penn State's science, technology, engineering and mathematics researchers.

German educator to deliver Waterbury Lecture

1/31/18

Andres Acher, an associate professor at the Institut für Schulpädagogik und Grundschuldidaktik, University of Halle, Germany, will deliver the annual Waterbury Lecture and panel discussion in the College of Education from 3 to 5 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Krause Learning Space on the second floor of Chambers Building.

Media Highlights

The New York Times: September 06, 2017
The Resegregation of Jefferson County
Associate Professor of Education Erica Frankenberg discusses an Alabama town's continued efforts to segregate their school district.
U.S. News & World Report: August 31, 2017
The link between race and disability services
Research led by Paul Morgan, professor of education, shows that minority students are underrepresented in special education and do not receive needed services.

Other Voices

Are movies a good way to learn history?
"Fact-based or fictional, realistic or fantastic, history movies shape the way people think about the past," Scott Metzger writes in this piece for The Conversation.
from:
The Conversation
Here’s why kids fall behind in science
Paul Morgan, associate professor of education, examines why some groups of children are more likely to struggle academically in U.S. schools, particularly in science.
from:
The Conversation

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Alumni Updates: Feb. 21, 2018

Education faculty member appointed to State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation

New scientific model to aid young students in understanding biology

C.A.R.E. Fair offers job opportunities that make a difference

Around the College: Feb. 14, 2018

College Announcements: Feb. 14, 2018

New partnerships take Quality Talk to classrooms in Taiwan, South Africa

Herb receives highest national award for library service to children

College of Education's Professional Development School earns national award

Alumni Updates: Feb. 8, 2018

Author tells parents, educators to speak openly with children about skin color

Professional Development School alumni group seeks new members

College of IST announces seed grant recipients

Kathy Hill named director of Center for Science and the Schools

German educator to deliver Waterbury Lecture

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