Dean Emihovich is quoted in a March 19 article in the South Florida Sun Sentinel reporting how the sweeping merit pay bill passed recently by the Florida Legislature has many teachers worried about the future of their jobs and profession. Said Emihovich: “We’re already hearing students raise questions about, ‘What is my long-term future as […]
The University of Florida’s College of Education is accepting nominations until April 8 for the 9th annual Scholarship of Engagement Awards competition for college and university faculty and graduate students, educators and education advocates in Alachua County and UF-partnering school districts around the state. The college annually honors the year’s most noteworthy efforts in engaged […]
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Wendy Drexler and Cathy Cavanaugh are quoted in research article weighing the pros and cons of technology-driven personalized learning. Article appeared in Education Week’s annual Technology Counts report for 2011.
University of Florida Provost Joseph Glover has announced the start of a nationwide search for the next dean of UF’s College of Education. Catherine Emihovich, dean of education since 2002, announced Feb. 14 she will leave the college’s top post Aug. 14 to return to teaching and research as a tenured professor on the college […]
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The latest U.S. News & World Report national rankings of U.S. graduate schools, announced Tuesday (March 15), confirm that the University of Florida’s College of Education is one of America’s best education colleges. The College came within two slots of a top 50 position, while five COE academic specialties landed top 20 positions in their respective […]
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Professor Elizabeth Washington was quoted in a March 7 Gainesville Sun story about a local grassroots group attacking social studies textbooks used in area schools for having pro-Islam and anti-Christian, Jewish or Israel leanings.
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Sindelar was quoted in an this Education Week article about instruction in Response to Intervention techniques, saying: “I do think that general education [teacher preparation] has an orientation toward kids who are living in poverty, don’t speak English, who are culturally and ethnically different. What I’m less sure about is whether that concept of difference […]
A UF College of Education alumnus who almost dropped out of high school is Alachua County’s 2011 Teacher of the Year. Gainesville social studies teacher Michael Testa (MEd ’05, social studies ed, EdS ’09, ed admin/leadership) was named the top teacher for the school district in UF’s home county. He teaches AP government and politics […]
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For the second time in recent months, federal lawmakers have sought the expertise of UF special education professor Mary Brownell, inviting her to Capitol Hill in early January to deliver a policy brief on controversial federal legislation concerning the teaching of children with disabilities. Summoned by staff aides for members of the U.S. Senate Committee […]
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March 4, 2011 Vol. 6, No. 3 You’re reading coE-News, an electronic newsletter produced several times a year by the College of Education News & Communications Office to keep faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends up-to-date on college news, activities and achievements. GOT NEWS? We want to hear it. Submit individual or unit news and […]
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Catherine Emihovich (dean)
Dean Emihovich is quoted in a March 19 article in the South Florida Sun Sentinel reporting how the sweeping merit pay bill passed recently by the Florida Legislature has many teachers worried about the future of their jobs and profession. Said Emihovich: “We’re already hearing students raise questions about, ‘What is my long-term future as […]
Nominations due April 8 for Scholarship of Engagement awards
The University of Florida’s College of Education is accepting nominations until April 8 for the 9th annual Scholarship of Engagement Awards competition for college and university faculty and graduate students, educators and education advocates in Alachua County and UF-partnering school districts around the state. The college annually honors the year’s most noteworthy efforts in engaged […]
Education Week: Wendy Drexler & Cathy Cavanaugh (education technology)
Wendy Drexler and Cathy Cavanaugh are quoted in research article weighing the pros and cons of technology-driven personalized learning. Article appeared in Education Week’s annual Technology Counts report for 2011.
UF appoints committee, launches search for next COE dean
University of Florida Provost Joseph Glover has announced the start of a nationwide search for the next dean of UF’s College of Education. Catherine Emihovich, dean of education since 2002, announced Feb. 14 she will leave the college’s top post Aug. 14 to return to teaching and research as a tenured professor on the college […]
5 COE programs make top 20 in national rankings
The latest U.S. News & World Report national rankings of U.S. graduate schools, announced Tuesday (March 15), confirm that the University of Florida’s College of Education is one of America’s best education colleges. The College came within two slots of a top 50 position, while five COE academic specialties landed top 20 positions in their respective […]
Gainesville Sun: Elizabeth Washington (social studies education)
Professor Elizabeth Washington was quoted in a March 7 Gainesville Sun story about a local grassroots group attacking social studies textbooks used in area schools for having pro-Islam and anti-Christian, Jewish or Israel leanings.
Education Week: Paul Sindelar (special education)
Sindelar was quoted in an this Education Week article about instruction in Response to Intervention techniques, saying: “I do think that general education [teacher preparation] has an orientation toward kids who are living in poverty, don’t speak English, who are culturally and ethnically different. What I’m less sure about is whether that concept of difference […]
EduGator who nearly dropped out of school is named county’s top teacher
A UF College of Education alumnus who almost dropped out of high school is Alachua County’s 2011 Teacher of the Year. Gainesville social studies teacher Michael Testa (MEd ’05, social studies ed, EdS ’09, ed admin/leadership) was named the top teacher for the school district in UF’s home county. He teaches AP government and politics […]
Capitol Hill summons Brownell (again) to weigh in on controversial special ed legislation
For the second time in recent months, federal lawmakers have sought the expertise of UF special education professor Mary Brownell, inviting her to Capitol Hill in early January to deliver a policy brief on controversial federal legislation concerning the teaching of children with disabilities. Summoned by staff aides for members of the U.S. Senate Committee […]
coE-News: March 4, 2011, Vol. 6, No. 3
March 4, 2011 Vol. 6, No. 3 You’re reading coE-News, an electronic newsletter produced several times a year by the College of Education News & Communications Office to keep faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends up-to-date on college news, activities and achievements. GOT NEWS? We want to hear it. Submit individual or unit news and […]