May 3rd, 2012, 12:05
UGA associate education professor Elizabeth DeBray co-authors an article in Education Week about the role of Congress in education policy. DeBray urges lawmakers to ignore partisan politics.
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April 30th, 2012, 09:04
A front page story in the April 29 edition of The Athens Banner-Herald reports the retirement of dean of UGA’s College of Education Arthur “Andy” Horne.
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April 23rd, 2012, 01:04
A climate and weather psychologist at the University of Georgia, Alan Stewart, says watching weather events unfold has become entertainment, fueled by the constant availability of data on TV, apps and websites in a April 21 Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald story.
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April 11th, 2012, 03:04
JoBeth Allen, a professor in language and literacy education, was featured in an April 11 Red & Black story after being recently inducted in the Reading Hall of Fame.
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April 10th, 2012, 09:04
Cindy Vail an associate professor and associate head of the department of educational psychology and instructional technology, is quoted in an April 10 Atlanta Journal Constitution story on Georgia’s highly rated pre-k program and its requirements for lead teachers to have a bachelor’s degree.
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April 9th, 2012, 01:04
Stephanie Jones, an associate professor and graduate coordinator in the UGA department of elementary and social studies education, writes that individualization, inspiration and engagement aren’t in current policies, and neither is teachers’ professional knowledge in an April 9 Atlanta Journal Constitution op/ed article.
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April 5th, 2012, 12:04
A new study by UGA College of Education researchers shows exercise can reduce depression symptoms in patients with chronic illness, is reported April 4 on WABE-FM public radio station in Atlanta. Read and listen to the report.
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April 4th, 2012, 09:04
William Kamkwamba, who as a young boy in Malawi, Africa, was inspired by a book written by UGA science education professor Mary Atwater, to build a windmill generating the first power his village had ever seen, spoke at Georgia Perimeter College last month, reports an article in The Champion, a newspaper based in DeKalb County.
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April 4th, 2012, 08:04
How do you know when teaching is good? Peter Smagorinsky, UGA Distinguished Research Professor of language and literacy education, writes that evaluating teaching is much like judging music in an April 3 op/ed on the local website Athens Patch.
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April 2nd, 2012, 09:04
Columnist, UGA alumnus and longtime educator Darrell Huckaby writes about his son, Jackson, nearing graduation with a master’s degree in mathematics education from the College of Education in his weekly column in the April 1 Athens Banner-Herald.
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