October 31st, 2012, 09:10
Gov. Nathan Deal and state School Superintendent John Barge (EdD ’04), who have disagreed over the charter schools constitutional amendment are now butting heads over a key appointment to oversee the $400 million Race to the Top federal education grant program, reports at story in the October 31 Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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October 30th, 2012, 03:10
COE alumna Anna Cox (BSEd ’00) and the Jonesboro High School mock trial team she coaches were stranded Monday in Brooklyn, N.Y., as Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast Monday night.
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October 22nd, 2012, 09:10
University of Georgia College of Education alumna Brooke Williams was recently named Teacher of the Year at East Jackson Middle School in Jackson County.
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October 11th, 2012, 01:10
Three COE alumna — Amanda Peabody, Jason Huckaby and Aneeth Geetha — have received Georgia Power Company’s $1,000 New Teacher Assistance Grants.
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October 9th, 2012, 09:10
The Marietta School System’s success has been noted across the state, culminating in its superintendent and COE alumna Emily Lembeck being named the state’s superintendent of the year in 2012. Lembeck’s work and leadership was featured in an October 5 Atlanta Journal Constitution story.
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October 2nd, 2012, 04:10
Alpharetta Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Pamela Haight has been named the Fulton County School System Teacher of the Year for 2012-13, the district announced.
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September 27th, 2012, 09:09
Peter Smagorinsky, UGA Distinguished Research Professor of language and literacy education, writes about College of Education alumna Angela Dean (BSEd ’02, MEd ’07) in the “Get Schooled” blog in the September 27 issue of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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September 26th, 2012, 04:09
Four University of Georgia graduates were recognized for their career achievements and community leadership with 2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards from the College of Education September 14 at its first annual Donor Appreciation and Alumni Awards Dinner at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center (Story, video interviews with honorees inside).
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September 17th, 2012, 10:09
University of Georgia College of Education alumna Sharon G. Horne, now an associate professor in counseling and school psychology at the University of Massachusetts -Boston, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award.
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August 27th, 2012, 08:08
Amanda Peabody (BSEd ’12) has always wanted to be a teacher like her mother. Now, the recent College of Education graduate has become just that — teaching at Ola High School in McDonough, reports a feature story in the August 16 Henry Daily Herald.
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