November 9th, 2011, 11:11
A study by COE researchers Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett and Cynthia Vail showing that students from families in poverty that attend pre-k programs in Georgia achieve higher scores than their peers over 10 years, was featured in a November 8 Red & Black article.
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November 4th, 2011, 09:11
The Newnan Times Herald cited a UGA College of Education study by Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett and Cynthia Vail which showed children from poor families who attended pre-kindergarten academically out-performed peers who did not, in an October 30 editorial supporting Georgia’s pre-k program. NOTE: Link to editorial no longer available.
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November 3rd, 2011, 10:11
Participation in Georgia’s pre-kindergarten program results in lasting academic achievement through middle school for children who live in poverty, the findings of a longitudinal study by two College of Education researchers suggests, reports a front page story in the October 31 issue of Columns.
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October 25th, 2011, 08:10
College of Education graduate student Jisu Han is one of only six in the nation to be awarded a doctoral fellowship by the Early Care and Education Research Scholars program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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October 25th, 2011, 08:10
College of Education professor Michael Spector has been named the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
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October 24th, 2011, 08:10
Participation in Georgia’s pre-kindergarten program results in lasting academic achievement through middle school for children who live in poverty, suggests the findings of a longitudinal study by two University of Georgia College of Education researchers.
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October 24th, 2011, 08:10
The findings come from a 10-year study by College of Education researchers Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett and Cynthia Vail who followed about 500 Clarke County schoolchildren from pre-k in 1999 through their ninth-grade year.
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October 17th, 2011, 02:10
College of Education graduate student Katherine Raczynski has been named a 2011 David Watts Scholar by the Southern Regional Association of Teacher Educators to recognize her involvement and scholarship in teacher education.
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October 14th, 2011, 01:10
Pedro Portes, director of UGA’s Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education based in the College of Education, was quoted extensively in an October 13 Red & Blackarticle on the retention of Hispanic students at UGA.
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October 11th, 2011, 11:10
Bonnie Cramond, a professor in the College of Education’s department of educational psychology and instructional technology, has been named the new director of the E. Paul Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, reports a story in the October 10 issue of Columns.
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