Five UF College of Education students – two in graduate school and three undergrads — have been honored for their academic and professional achievements as part of the COE’s 2014 Recognition Banquet. The annual event was held April 11 at the UF Hilton. Timothy Wilson, a doctoral candidate in higher education, received the Outstanding Graduate […]
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The Independent Florida Alligator 4-3-14 CEEDAR Center grant The Independent Florida Alligator quoted Mary Brownell, director of the UF Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center, in an article about the CEEDAR Center receiving a $5 million grant each year for the next three years to improve preparation of special education teachers, […]
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The Independent Florida Alligator4-3-14CEEDAR Center ‘s 5-state launch The Independent Florida Alligator quoted Mary Brownell, director of the UF Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform Center, in an article about the CEEDAR Center receiving a $5 million grant each year for the next three years to improve preparation of special education teachers, general […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — School districts and special education interests in five states—Florida, California, Connecticut, Illinois and South Dakota—are partnering with a new, federally funded center at the University of Florida on an ambitious effort to transform their preparation of effective teachers and leaders serving students with disabilities. The CEEDAR Center at UF’s College of Education […]
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The Independent Florida Alligator 3-28-14 Teacher-development network UF Lastinger Center for Learning operations manager Boaz Dvir is quoted in an Independent Florida Alligator article about a new teacher-development network being formed, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The network will be an expansion of the UF Lastinger Center for […]
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The Journal, Independent Florida Alligator4-10-14, 3-28-14Algebra Nation teacher network An article in The Journal describes how UF’s Algebra Nation received a $250,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to build a teacher network that works hand-in-hand with a new teaching tool implemented in 2013 to help students with algebra. Also, Lastinger Center for Learning operations manager Boaz […]
Gainesville Sun 3-23-14 Evaluating education COE math and statistics education professor Tim Jacobbe submitted an opinion column on the topic of “teaching for the test” vs. “teaching for understanding” that ran in the Gainesville Sun. Jacobbe’s column calls for readers to challenge Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart’s decision for the American Institutes for Research to […]
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Gainesville Sun 3-23-14 Project DELTA, UF researchers seek to change ESOL education UF COE faculty researchers Ester de Jong and Maria Cody were quoted in a Gainesville Sun article about the link between UF’s elementary teacher preparation program and ESOL students’ achievement in the classroom and on the FCAT. The number of non-English speaking students […]
(Click here for PDF listing of UFCOE presentations) For years, the massive annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association has been a hotbed of the latest research and new ideas about teaching-and-learning practices and policies. This year, nearly 70 UF College of Education faculty and advanced-degree students were among the 14,000 international scholars who converged […]
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.—For the second consecutive year, University of Florida special education professor Mary Brownell has been chosen to receive a top honor from the Council for Exceptional Children, the world’s largest advocacy organization for students with special needs. Brownell will receive the Kauffman-Hallahan Distinguished Researcher Award, to be presented by the CEC’s Division for Research […]
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Five graduating students honored for outstanding achievement
Five UF College of Education students – two in graduate school and three undergrads — have been honored for their academic and professional achievements as part of the COE’s 2014 Recognition Banquet. The annual event was held April 11 at the UF Hilton. Timothy Wilson, a doctoral candidate in higher education, received the Outstanding Graduate […]
Alligator — CEEDAR Center receives $5 million grant
The Independent Florida Alligator 4-3-14 CEEDAR Center grant The Independent Florida Alligator quoted Mary Brownell, director of the UF Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center, in an article about the CEEDAR Center receiving a $5 million grant each year for the next three years to improve preparation of special education teachers, […]
Independent Florida Alligator: CEEDAR Center’s 5-state launch
The Independent Florida Alligator4-3-14CEEDAR Center ‘s 5-state launch The Independent Florida Alligator quoted Mary Brownell, director of the UF Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform Center, in an article about the CEEDAR Center receiving a $5 million grant each year for the next three years to improve preparation of special education teachers, general […]
Florida among 5 states partnering with new UF center to transform teaching of students with disabilities
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — School districts and special education interests in five states—Florida, California, Connecticut, Illinois and South Dakota—are partnering with a new, federally funded center at the University of Florida on an ambitious effort to transform their preparation of effective teachers and leaders serving students with disabilities. The CEEDAR Center at UF’s College of Education […]
Independent Alligator — Teacher-development network being formed
The Independent Florida Alligator 3-28-14 Teacher-development network UF Lastinger Center for Learning operations manager Boaz Dvir is quoted in an Independent Florida Alligator article about a new teacher-development network being formed, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The network will be an expansion of the UF Lastinger Center for […]
Independent Florida Alligator: Algebra Nation teacher network
The Journal, Independent Florida Alligator4-10-14, 3-28-14Algebra Nation teacher network An article in The Journal describes how UF’s Algebra Nation received a $250,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to build a teacher network that works hand-in-hand with a new teaching tool implemented in 2013 to help students with algebra. Also, Lastinger Center for Learning operations manager Boaz […]
Gainesville Sun — Jacobbe opinion column: “Teaching for the test”
Gainesville Sun 3-23-14 Evaluating education COE math and statistics education professor Tim Jacobbe submitted an opinion column on the topic of “teaching for the test” vs. “teaching for understanding” that ran in the Gainesville Sun. Jacobbe’s column calls for readers to challenge Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart’s decision for the American Institutes for Research to […]
Gainesville Sun: de Jong, Cody seek to change ESOL education
Gainesville Sun 3-23-14 Project DELTA, UF researchers seek to change ESOL education UF COE faculty researchers Ester de Jong and Maria Cody were quoted in a Gainesville Sun article about the link between UF’s elementary teacher preparation program and ESOL students’ achievement in the classroom and on the FCAT. The number of non-English speaking students […]
UF education researchers out in force at massive AERA meeting
(Click here for PDF listing of UFCOE presentations) For years, the massive annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association has been a hotbed of the latest research and new ideas about teaching-and-learning practices and policies. This year, nearly 70 UF College of Education faculty and advanced-degree students were among the 14,000 international scholars who converged […]
International group honors Special Ed researcher for 2nd straight year
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—For the second consecutive year, University of Florida special education professor Mary Brownell has been chosen to receive a top honor from the Council for Exceptional Children, the world’s largest advocacy organization for students with special needs. Brownell will receive the Kauffman-Hallahan Distinguished Researcher Award, to be presented by the CEC’s Division for Research […]