News and Events

August 28, 2008

EDPS Fall Open House & New Student Orientation

2008 Summer: Reuben Jacobson will participate in the Education Pioneers Fellowship this summer.

Reuben Jacobson, a PhD student in the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Education program, was selected to participate in the Education Pioneers Fellowship this summer. In addition to participating in leadership development activities, fellowship workshops, and networking events, Reuben is working as a Research Fellow for the Coalition for Community Schools. The Coalition’s mission is to mobilize the resources and capacity of multiple sectors and institutions to create a united movement for community schools. His work includes synthesizing the research on community school initiatives, developing an evaluation toolkit that individual community schools can use to assess their programs, and writing research briefs on issues relevant to community schools.

April 8, 2008: Juan Williams to be Colloquium Series speaker.

The College of Education and The Merrill School of Journalism present EDPS Center for Education Policy and Leadership Annual Series "Diversity and Community in American Life" Spring 2008 Colloquium

Time: 4:30-6:00 pm Nyumburu Cultural Center - Open to the public

Juan WilliamsNational Public Radio Senior Correspondent, Morning Edition "Enough: The 2008 Change Election" Book signing to follow

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2008: Dr. Robert Croninger will be releasing a new book.

Test Driven: High-stakes Accountability in Elementary Schools by Linda Valli, Robert G. Croninger, Marilyn H. Chambliss, Anna O. Graeber, and Daria Buese. New York: Teachers College Press. The book is scheduled for release later this year. "I don't always know [students] by face; I know them by data," an elementary curriculum specialist explains ruefully in the broad examination of how No Child Left Behind impacts schools and shapes teaching practice. Capturing the changes teachers are experiencing, especially in the areas of mathematics and reading, the authors compare and contrast three schools with diverse student populations according to school norms and structures, professional roles and responsibilities, curriculum, staff development, and teaching and learning. Including rich observational data and personal accounts from educators, this inside look at school reform:

• Analyzes the effects of policies from multiple levels, examining relationships among initiatives at the federal, state, district, and local school levels
• Focuses on the impact that high-stakes testing policies have on reading and mathematics instruction in 4th and 5th grades.
• Provides teacher and principal perspectives on factors that influence how practitioners make sense of, mediate, and construct school policy.

March 7, 2008: Linda Massey received the Outstanding Disserattion Award.

Linda Massey, Curriculum Theory and Development, received the Outstanding Disserattion Award from the American Montessori Society. She completed her degree last November and the title of her dissertation is "Pilgrims and Guides: A Phenomenological Study of Montessori Teachers in Public Montessori Schools." Dr. Massey will receive this award at the Annual Meeting of the Montessori Society on March 7th in Alexandria, VA. Dr. Francine Hultgren is Dr. Massey's advisor.

March 7, 2008: GSA Graduate Student Research Conference

"Education Discourses in the 21st Century"

Conference Flyer (pdf)

Conference Program (pdf)

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2008: Paul Baumann is interning in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Paul Baumann, a student in the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Education program, is interning in the Maryland House of Delegates in the office of Delegate Anne Kaiser (D-District 15) during the 2008 legislative session. As the chair of the Education Subcommittee, Delegate Kaiser is responsible for leading the subcommittee in reviewing and making recommendations on all proposed legislation that pertains to K-12 schools. Paul's role is to assist Delegate Kaiser in her preparations for her work with the subcommittee. His job responsibilities include: tracking all proposed legislation as it passes through committee and readings on the floor of the house; preparing summaries and briefs of all bills; keeping track of position statements issued by pertinent government and professional entities; and researching answers to Delegate Kaiser's questions about bills' implications for schools in the state. Paul says that "this experience has helped him better understand the practical side of policymaking and to directly observe the many forces that affect how policy gets enacted."

September 9, 2007: Graduate Student Association Potluck Dinner (Word)

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