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September 4th, 2013, 09:09

Hepburn Lecture: Margaret Crocco, Visiting Scholar at Michigan State

October 17, 2013: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

6th Annual Mary Hepburn Lectureship in Social Studies Education “Sustainability and Social Studies: Perfect Together” Margaret Crocco Visiting Scholar at Michigan State University Crocco will explore sustainability education in relation to democratic dialogue and civic engagement. Drawing on issues of difference, gender and poverty, as well as the use of film as a teaching tool, [...]

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September 30th, 2013, 03:09

Jongko is 2013 Clarke County Schools’ Teacher of the Year

Whitehead Road Elementary’s Aaron Jongko (BSED ’08, MED ’09) is named Clarke County Teacher of the Year, reports a September 30 Athens Banner-Herald story.

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September 19th, 2013, 08:09

COE team develops teaching model that improves Latino learning

COE professor Cory Buxton will lead a $2.65 million National Science Foundation grant project to demonstrate the effectiveness of a teaching a model he and his COE colleagues have developed over the past three years that improves the science learning of Latino students in middle school.

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The new study will focus on teaching as it influences the critical student transition from middle school to high school.

September 19th, 2013, 08:09

COE prof leads study of new teaching model for English Language Learners

A College of Education research team has received a $2.65 million grant from the National Science Foundation to further test and develop a new teaching model it has created that improves science learning for Latino students in middle school.

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September 19th, 2013, 08:09

Alvermann, Spangler named to Aderhold Professorships

Two College of Education professors, Donna E. Alvermann and Denise A. Spangler, have been appointed to endowed faculty positions in the College. The endowed positions are named for the late UGA President O.C. Aderhold and his late daughter, Elizabeth (BeBe) Aderhold, who served as a faculty member in childhood education.

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August 29th, 2013, 09:08

AMLE podcast series features first-year teacher Abbey Hedgepeth

Abbey Hedgepeth (BSED ’13) is featured in a Association of Middle Level Educators podcast series as she talks about being a first-year teacher. The series will follow Hedgepeth throughout the school year.

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August 22nd, 2013, 09:08

Elms named executive director of Kappa Delta Sorority, Foundation

Pamela Nix Elms (BSED ’95), has been named the joint executive director for the Kappa Delta Sorority and Foundation.

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August 5th, 2013, 12:08

Burton appointed to the Georgia Council for the Arts

Maxine Burton (BSED 72, MED ’78), founder and president of balloon and gift supply store burton + BURTON, was appointed earlier this month by Gov. Nathan Deal to serve on the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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July 17th, 2013, 03:07

Butchart quoted in story on teachers of contraband slaves in Civil War

Ron Butchart, professor and head of the department of educational theory and practice, is quoted in a July 17 story in the Hampton Roads Daily Press about contraband slaves flocking to Yorktown, Va., when Confederate troops pulled back from Richmond late in the Civil War.

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June 18th, 2013, 12:06

Two UGA teacher prep programs earn 3 out of 4 stars

University of Georgia programs in undergraduate and graduate secondary education earn 3 stars out of a possible 4 in controversial National Council on Teacher Quality ratings released today, reported the June 18 Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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