by kaylasharp | Apr 15, 2016 | Alumni Accolades, Awards, Faculty Laurels, Press Releases, Research News
Maureen Conroy, co-director of the University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, has received the 2016 Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. CCBD, a division of the Council for...
by kaylasharp | Jun 10, 2015 | Giving, Headlines, Press Releases, Research News, Spotlights
Maureen Conroy, Ph.D., an early childhood expert and professor in the University of Florida College of Education, has been named the Anita Zucker Professor in Early Childhood Studies. Conroy, who co-directs the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood...
by kaylasharp | Nov 19, 2014 | Headlines, Press Releases
Early childhood faculty researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students from the College of Education and other UF colleges associated with UF’s Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies formed a substantial presence last week at an inaugural...
by kaylasharp | Apr 17, 2014 | Headlines, Press Releases, Research News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Studies show that up to a quarter of all children entering prekindergarten classrooms today have behavior problems that can disrupt learning for them and their peers. What’s more, researchers say that many preschool teachers lack the...
by kaylasharp | Feb 15, 2013 | Press Releases
Sixteen years ago, Linda Behar-Horenstein, a distinguished scholar and professor in UF’s College of Education, was teaching a course on curriculum. What she didn’t know was that one of her students was going home at night and enthusiastically talking about it to...
