Christopher Sessums, postdoctoral associate in education technology at UF’s School of Teaching and Learning, is one of two invited experts who will offer insights Nov. 18 on a nationwide Webinar, hosted by Education Week’s online publication edweek.org, titled “Can Web 2.0 Save Teacher Professional Development?”
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A group of nearly 30 town and school leaders from Pike Road, Alabama, visited P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School last month to “scout out” PKY as a model school for the town’s efforts to start its own school system.
Pike Road is a community near Montgomery, Ala., that is working to create its own K-12 school. Since they are near several institutions of higher education, they are interested in developing a collaborative relationship similar to the one PKY has had since 1934 as the laboratory school for UF’s College of Education.
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Following the release of the November issue of the online Florida Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, Professor Linda Behar-Horenstein will assume the executive editor’s post of the UF-published journal, succeeding R. Craig Wood and founding editor Linda Serra Hagedorn.
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Registration has begun for the 14th annual Holmes Partnership Conference, titled “Closing the Achievement Gap: Continuing the Work.” The conference is set for Jan. 28-30 at the Francis Marion Hotel in historic Charleston, S.C.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Pedro Noguera, Terry Peterson, and a special presentation from National Board Certified Teachers Jennifer Murphy and Melissa Watson, on partnership work in the K-12 classroom. The conference will feature timely and pertinent sessions for academe and Holmes Scholars, along with a PK-12 educator registration package.
Although Halloween is over, the education gremlins are still lurking in state and national policy circles. What are the education gremlins? They are the imps who whisper in policymakers’ ears that colleges of education are not sufficiently meeting the challenge of preparing the next generation of high-quality teachers to help increase student learning, especially in […]
Citing an educational gap that has seen the United States disappear from the top 20 in math and science learning among 30 industrialized nations, the University of Florida is issuing a statewide call for action to pursue aggressive school reform strategies that can help restore America’s global competitiveness in the vital technical fields.
Robert Myrick, professor emeritus in counselor education at UF’s College of Education, is the first recipient of a new lifetime achievement honor awarded recently by the Florida School Counselor Association (FSCA) for his pioneering achievements in the field of school counseling—but that’s only half the story.
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A college-wide email sent the previous afternoon had warned all UF College of Education faculty and staff recently to expect a BIG BANG the next morning, emanating from a Norman Hall science education lab.
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‘Can Web 2.0 save teacher professional development?’ UF’s Sessums will offer insights on ‘Education Week’ Webinar Nov. 18
Christopher Sessums, postdoctoral associate in education technology at UF’s School of Teaching and Learning, is one of two invited experts who will offer insights Nov. 18 on a nationwide Webinar, hosted by Education Week’s online publication edweek.org, titled “Can Web 2.0 Save Teacher Professional Development?”
New Alabama community 'scouts out' PKY as model school for planned school system
A group of nearly 30 town and school leaders from Pike Road, Alabama, visited P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School last month to “scout out” PKY as a model school for the town’s efforts to start its own school system.
Pike Road is a community near Montgomery, Ala., that is working to create its own K-12 school. Since they are near several institutions of higher education, they are interested in developing a collaborative relationship similar to the one PKY has had since 1934 as the laboratory school for UF’s College of Education.
Behar-Horenstein named editor of EAP online journal
Following the release of the November issue of the online Florida Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, Professor Linda Behar-Horenstein will assume the executive editor’s post of the UF-published journal, succeeding R. Craig Wood and founding editor Linda Serra Hagedorn.
'Galileo' subs for instructor in UFTeach lab
<img https://education.ufl.edu/news/files/2011/01/large_Galileo-G.Jones-in-UFTeach-11-09-05-b.jpg" alt="Galileo lectures on his many scientific discoveries" title="Galileo lectures on his many scientific discoveries" style="vertical-align: top;" class
Registration opens for Holmes Partnership conference (Jan. 28-30)
Registration has begun for the 14th annual Holmes Partnership Conference, titled “Closing the Achievement Gap: Continuing the Work.” The conference is set for Jan. 28-30 at the Francis Marion Hotel in historic Charleston, S.C.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Pedro Noguera, Terry Peterson, and a special presentation from National Board Certified Teachers Jennifer Murphy and Melissa Watson, on partnership work in the K-12 classroom. The conference will feature timely and pertinent sessions for academe and Holmes Scholars, along with a PK-12 educator registration package.
coE-News: November, 2009, VOL 5 ISSUE 2
Dean’s Message
Grrrrrr! UF COE has answers for education gremlins’ timeworn grrrrrumblings
Although Halloween is over, the education gremlins are still lurking in state and national policy circles.
UF sets math-science summit Nov. 16 to spur statewide school reform efforts
Posted: Nov. 9, 2009
Citing an educational gap that has seen the United States disappear from the top 20 in math and science learning among 30 industrialized nations, the University of Florida is issuing a statewide call for action to pursue aggressive school reform strategies that can help restore America’s global competitiveness in the vital technical fields.
Retired professor is recipient—and namesake—of new lifetime award
Posted: Nov. 9, 2009
Robert Myrick, professor emeritus in counselor education at UF’s College of Education, is the first recipient of a new lifetime achievement honor awarded recently by the Florida School Counselor Association (FSCA) for his pioneering achievements in the field of school counseling—but that’s only half the story.
Hot-headed pumpkin blows top for science
A college-wide email sent the previous afternoon had warned all UF College of Education faculty and staff recently to expect a BIG BANG the next morning, emanating from a Norman Hall science education lab.