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January 11th, 2012, 04:01

Ron Butchart, Aderhold Distinguished Professor and head of the COE’s department of elementary and social studies education, was quoted in an January 10 ABC News report on a Georgia schoolteachers use of the word ‘slave’ in a math problem.

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January 11th, 2012, 12:01

Butchart ‘s ‘Schooling the Freed People’ wins national book of year award

University of Georgia College of Education professor Ron Butchart’s book focusing on the formal education of freed slaves in the American South from the earliest days of the Civil War to the end of the Reconstruction, has been named Outstanding Book of the Year by the History of Education Society.

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January 3rd, 2012, 02:01

UGA professor of science education Deborah Tippins received the inaugural Mentor Award from the Southeastern Association of Science Teacher Education, which voted to rename the award in her honor henceforth, reported a news brief in Women in Academia Report.

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November 8th, 2011, 01:11

Workshops focus on leading, teaching at social class-sensitive schools

The University of Georgia College of Education is offering two workshops for local school administrators, counselors and teachers that focus on educational issues related to social class and poverty on Dec. 9 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

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October 11th, 2011, 11:10

Mark Vagle challenges his students to ignore assumptions that other may hold about adolescents—such as that they are inattentive—and instead to be encouraging and self-reflexive teachers. Vagle is featured in the October 10 Faculty Profile of Columns

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September 19th, 2011, 04:09

James one of eight named 2011-12 UGA Service Learning Fellows

Jennifer James, an assistant professor in elementary and social studies education, was one of eight UGA faculty members named as 2011-12 Service Learning Fellows.

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August 15th, 2011, 10:08

Shoemaker one of five recipients of PAGE scholarship

Jacqueline Shoemaker, a first-grade teacher at Oconee County Primary School and a doctoral student in elementary education, is one of five recipients of the PAGE Professional Scholarships.

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July 15th, 2011, 10:07

“Say no to school testing madness,” writes Stephanie Jones, associate professor and graduate coordinator in UGA’s department of elementary and social studies education, in a July 14 Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed.

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April 21st, 2011, 08:04

Two faculty, two students recognized for work by AERA

Two University of Georgia College of Education faculty members and two graduate students were nationally recognized for their work by the American Educational Research Association at its annual meeting in New Orleans earlier this month.

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April 14th, 2011, 01:04

Mundt receives College of Education’s Harwell Scholarship

Courtney Mundt, a senior from Athens majoring in early childhood education, has been awarded the 58th Paul Tappan Harwell Scholarship.

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