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April 19th, 2013, 03:04

Athens Beep Baseball Timberwolves hosts tournament April 27

The Athens Timberwolves will host a Georgia Beep Baseball Association round-robin tournament with visiting teams from Atlanta, Augusta and Columbus at Smith Field on Saturday, April 27.

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April 19th, 2013, 10:04

COE faculty, students host Arts-Based Research Exhibit April 24

Arts-Based Research, an exhibit featuring University of Georgia College of Education graduate student and faculty work blending social science research and art-making practices will be held on Wednesday, April 24 between 1-3:30 p.m. at Lamar Dodd School of Art, Floor 3, North Bar.

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April 11th, 2013, 09:04

Norris’ work on AthensFest Educates helps Clarke Schools

The Clarke County School District (CCSD) was recently named as one of the 2013 Best Communities in Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). The school district, in partnership with AthFest Educates, received this designation due to its commitment to arts education and COE staff member Peter Norris is a big part of AthFest Educates. Norris, of the [...]

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April 11th, 2013, 09:04

Red Clay Writing Project teachers on NWP radio

Four Red Clay Writing Project teachers will talk about “Using U.N. Rights of the Child as a Critical Inquiry Framework” on the National Writing Project Radio at 7 p.m. EDT on April 11.

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April 10th, 2013, 01:04

Video: Smagorinsky calls for authentic teacher evaluation

Distinguished Research Professor Peter Smagorinsky called for authentic teacher evaluation during John S. Oehler Lecture for Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Education on April 10.

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April 10th, 2013, 08:04

Scott receives 2013 Mary Frances Early Award

College of Education graduate student Ciera Scott received the 2013 Mary Frances Early Award at the 13th annual Mary Frances Early Lecture on April 2.

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April 5th, 2013, 10:04

Teacher workshops on poverty, reading at UGA Gwinnett May 2-3

Two workshops for area educators—one focusing on effective teaching methods to reach students from poor and working-class families and the other on high-quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all children—will be hosted by the University of Georgia College of Education May 2-3 at the UGA Gwinnett Campus in Lawrenceville.

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April 5th, 2013, 10:04

UGA to host service-learning workshop for area educators May 6

The University of Georgia will host a workshop of interactive, introductory sessions on service learning for area educators on Monday, May 6, that will offer ways to make curriculum more relevant to students, engage them in meaningful learning and help them make a difference in their community.

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Christopher Lee, director of the University System's Alternative Media Access Center will speak at the conference.

April 5th, 2013, 09:04

The Bionic Educator Conference set for UGA Griffin April 26

A free, one-day instructional technology conference for local administrators, general and special education teachers, instructional coaches, instructional technology specialists and paraprofessionals will be hosted by the University of Georgia Griffin campus on Friday, April 26.

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April 4th, 2013, 08:04

NCATE review panel recommends COE maintain accreditation

An outside review panel has recommended that the University of Georgia College of Education maintain its accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

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