by kaylasharp | Jan 12, 2016 | Headlines, Press Releases, Spotlights
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The distance education program at the University of Florida College of Education, already recognized for having some of the nation’s best e-learning students, now can stake a claim as America’s best online graduate education degree program overall,...
by kaylasharp | Jan 5, 2016 | Headlines, Press Releases, Research News
Teacher Attrition UF College of Education researchers found that the in-year rate of teacher attrition is substantially higher at Florida charter schools than traditional public schools. Teachers at state charter schools have more than twice the within-year attrition...
by kaylasharp | Jan 4, 2016 | Press Releases, Spotlights
‘Inquiring’ minds are finding answers in Nancy Dana’s passion The photocopied sign taped to a cabinet drawer in Professor Nancy Fichtman Dana’s office at the UF College of Education employs just one word to arrive at the heart of the matter:...
by kaylasharp | Dec 16, 2015 | Awards, Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Education Professor Nancy Dana has been honored with a 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Florida State University College of Education, where she received her doctorate in childhood education in 1991....
by kaylasharp | Dec 8, 2015 | Awards, Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Student Laurels
A research paper by Associate Professor Walter Leite and doctoral candidate Zachary Collier won the most distinguished award in the Florida Educational Research Association’s annual advanced educational research paper competition. The College of Education scholars won...