Ocala Star Banner 1-30-12, 1-25-12, 1-23-12 Don Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning) Don Pemberton was quoted by the Ocala Star Banner in three articles about the release of Florida’s individual school rankings based solely on FCAT scores. Pemberton said ranking schools based on FCAT scores doesn’t do any favors for students or the schools.
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UF’s Lastinger Center for Learning, the College of Education’s statewide teaching- and school-improvement program, is featured in the South Florida edition of “UF in Your Neighborhood,” a new booklet produced by the University of Florida Foundation. The foundation recently published several different regional versions of the booklet to highlight how UF’s teaching, research and service […]
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UF’s higher education administration program only selects its Outstanding Graduates every five years, so it’s a big deal when the winners are announced. That’s why officials at the UF Institute of Higher Education announced this year’s 11 recipients at a special gathering of their peers—at a special alumni reunion and awards banquet held concurrently on […]
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Aided by a $1.5-million federal grant, the University of Florida has announced plans to restructure the College of Education’s special education teacher-preparation program to meet increasingly higher national standards for new teachers. Like many American education colleges, UF is revamping its teacher-education programs to include more practical teaching experience. UF special education professors James McLeskey […]
Independent Florida Alligator / MarketWatch.com 1-23-12, 1-19-12 UF Teach program The Independent Florida Alligator wrote an article about the $100,000 that UF Teach received from AT&T and highlighted details about the program. MarketWatch.com also cited UF Teach in an article about AT&T’s $500,000 grant funding UTeach programs at five universities.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Teach, a novel program considered to be the pillar of the UF College of Education’s science and math education reform strategy, will split $500,000 in support from AT&T with four other universities with similar programs, according to an announcement Jan. 19 by the National Math and Science Initiative. The five benefiting […]
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UF College of Education has produced a steady succession of outstanding educators and scholars in teaching, counseling and administration. We are sustaining an innovative edge into the 21st century with a heightened emphasis on emerging technology, distance education, advance graduate studies and interdisciplinary research – preparing tomorrow’s leaders in all education professions.
Kent Crippen, associate professor of STEM education in the College of Education, has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow along with five other University of Florida professors. Crippen was elected to the association’s Section on Education for his contributions to the field of science learning. AAAS, the world’s largest […]
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Ann-Marie Orlando, a University of Florida doctoral candidate in special education, recently received the 2011 Alice H. Hayden Emerging Researcher Award from TASH, a leading international advocacy group for people with disabilities. The annual award honors doctoral students in education and related fields who demonstrate potential leadership and ongoing commitment in teaching, scholarship and service […]
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UF TODAY (alumni association magazine): Fall/Winter 2011 edition COE donors Anita Zucker and Bill and Robbie Hedges COE donors Anita Zucker and Bill and Robbie Hedges were cited in the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of UF Today alumni magazine. They were two of four donating parties mentioned and pictured in a single-page feature titled “Champions”, with […]
OCALA STAR BANNER: Don Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Ocala Star Banner 1-30-12, 1-25-12, 1-23-12 Don Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning) Don Pemberton was quoted by the Ocala Star Banner in three articles about the release of Florida’s individual school rankings based solely on FCAT scores. Pemberton said ranking schools based on FCAT scores doesn’t do any favors for students or the schools.
Lastinger Center featured in booklet on UF’s impact in Miami-Dade
UF’s Lastinger Center for Learning, the College of Education’s statewide teaching- and school-improvement program, is featured in the South Florida edition of “UF in Your Neighborhood,” a new booklet produced by the University of Florida Foundation. The foundation recently published several different regional versions of the booklet to highlight how UF’s teaching, research and service […]
Institute honors 11 alumni in higher ed administration
UF’s higher education administration program only selects its Outstanding Graduates every five years, so it’s a big deal when the winners are announced. That’s why officials at the UF Institute of Higher Education announced this year’s 11 recipients at a special gathering of their peers—at a special alumni reunion and awards banquet held concurrently on […]
UF launches $1.5 million effort to restructure teacher-preparation programs
Aided by a $1.5-million federal grant, the University of Florida has announced plans to restructure the College of Education’s special education teacher-preparation program to meet increasingly higher national standards for new teachers. Like many American education colleges, UF is revamping its teacher-education programs to include more practical teaching experience. UF special education professors James McLeskey […]
Florida Alligator/MarketWatch.com: UF Teach
Independent Florida Alligator / MarketWatch.com 1-23-12, 1-19-12 UF Teach program The Independent Florida Alligator wrote an article about the $100,000 that UF Teach received from AT&T and highlighted details about the program. MarketWatch.com also cited UF Teach in an article about AT&T’s $500,000 grant funding UTeach programs at five universities.
UF Teach receives share of $500,000 award from AT&T
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Teach, a novel program considered to be the pillar of the UF College of Education’s science and math education reform strategy, will split $500,000 in support from AT&T with four other universities with similar programs, according to an announcement Jan. 19 by the National Math and Science Initiative. The five benefiting […]
Edugator Nation
UF College of Education has produced a steady succession of outstanding educators and scholars in teaching, counseling and administration. We are sustaining an innovative edge into the 21st century with a heightened emphasis on emerging technology, distance education, advance graduate studies and interdisciplinary research – preparing tomorrow’s leaders in all education professions.
STEM education professor named AAAS Fellow
Kent Crippen, associate professor of STEM education in the College of Education, has been named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow along with five other University of Florida professors. Crippen was elected to the association’s Section on Education for his contributions to the field of science learning. AAAS, the world’s largest […]
TASH honors PhD candidate as Emerging Researcher in special education
Ann-Marie Orlando, a University of Florida doctoral candidate in special education, recently received the 2011 Alice H. Hayden Emerging Researcher Award from TASH, a leading international advocacy group for people with disabilities. The annual award honors doctoral students in education and related fields who demonstrate potential leadership and ongoing commitment in teaching, scholarship and service […]
UF TODAY alumni magazine: Donors Anita Zucker, Bill and Robbie Hedges
UF TODAY (alumni association magazine): Fall/Winter 2011 edition COE donors Anita Zucker and Bill and Robbie Hedges COE donors Anita Zucker and Bill and Robbie Hedges were cited in the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of UF Today alumni magazine. They were two of four donating parties mentioned and pictured in a single-page feature titled “Champions”, with […]