By Connie Chow As one whose life work is to encourage girls and women, especially those from underrepresented groups to embrace science, technology, engineering and mathematics […]
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Archive for January, 2012
Graduate Study as an Important Component of Teacher Success
Written by Julie Wollman The recent preliminary results from the Measures of Effective (MET) Teaching project suggest that the quality of a teacher, measured in student […]
Read More…Mental Health Care For Youth Offenders In The Juvenile Justice System
In December I was asked to speak on a panel at Wheelock entitled “Young Minds Behind Bars: The State of Mental Health Care within the […]
Read More…A Step in the Right Direction for Early Childhood Evaluation
Written by Diane Levin Bravo to California Governor Jerry Brown for his decision to reduce the number of standardized tests students take in school, and […]
Read More…Race to the Top: Whether to Go Through Local Districts
Written by Jake Murray To go through local districts or not to go through local districts, that is the question! With an influx of $550 […]
Read More…Global Learning Reinforces Early Childhood Professional Development
Our group, four students and Wheelock College Professor Dr. Paul Thayer, recently traveled to Singapore for a weeklong trip to learn about early childhood learning […]
Read More…What Schools and Students Need: A Collegial Community of Teachers
Written by Anne Clark Christopher Duffy’s recent editorial points to a crucial element in education: time. His piece focuses on the intensity of the school year, […]
Read More…Program Spotlight: Educator Mentor Corps
As attrition rates continue to hover between 30% to 50% for teachers during their first three years in the classroom, Aspire asked the question: What […]
Read More…Wheelock Participates in a Learning Exchange in Haifa, Israel.
Ceronne Daly, Wheelock’s Director of Pre-Collegiate and College Access Programs, is starting out 2012 exploring parts of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa in an effort to […]
Read More…Making It Easy: Online STEM Education Professional Development
One of the major challenges teachers face today is finding the time to continue their professional development. Perhaps just as challenging is convincing elementary teachers […]
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