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Addressing The STEM Teacher Shortage
-It is being called the “biggest threat” to Texas schools. When school starts this month, Texas classrooms could be more than 30,000 teachers short – many of those shortages in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
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Expert Relates Teen Pregnancy Research To Maternal Mortality
-enate Bill 17 was passed on July 24 and permitted a special task force to increase research and investigative efforts toward the state’s growing maternal mortality rates from 2019 to 2023.
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LGBT Rights Expert Weighs In On Bathroom Bill
-After hours of emotional testimony on July 21, Texas sub-committee members passed a divisive bill that restricts the use of bathrooms by transgender individuals in public facilities. Senate Bill 3, which faces opposition in the House, has become one of the most contentious issues state government has battled with in recent years.
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Education A Top Priority During Special Session
-Today marks the start of the Texas Special Session where more than 20 items are on the agenda. The agenda items showcase many of the challenges Texas schools face including legislation on statewide teacher increases, proposals for school administrators regarding teacher hiring and retention, the creation of a commission aimed at fixing the school finance system, and a revamped bill over school vouchers for special education students.
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Creating Opportunities For Students To Experience Different Cultures
-The majority of the world population speaks and learns more than one language. In the United States, that is not the case and something Dr. Li-Jen Kuo wants to change. Her goal is to create opportunities for young children in this country to see the world from different perspectives.
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Focused On Creating Quality Teachers In Texas: New Funding For SPED Student Scholarships
-Quality teacher preparation is key to a successful, quality teacher in the classroom. Thanks to the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation, the special education program in the College of Education and Human Development is getting a financial boost to continue to improve the quality of teachers in Texas.
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Professor Receives Grant Toward Arts Enrichment
-The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included in this announcement was a Research: Art Works Award of $90,000 to Dr. Daniel Bowen, Assistant Professor in Educational Administration and Human Resource Development (EAHR).
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Using Games To Change The Way We Teach
-His passion for exploring new trends in learning and teaching landed him at Texas A&M to work on his doctorate in learning sciences. But, his desire to change education in his home country of India began 18 years ago.
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Black Girls Viewed As Less Innocent Than White Girls, Research Finds
-Biases revealed in a new report may shed new light on why black girls are disciplined more harshly than their white peers.
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Creatine’s Impact Goes Far Beyond The Weight Room
-It is one of the most popular nutritional performance enhancing supplements for athletes. Studies show creatine can increase muscle mass, strength and exercise performance. But, is it safe?
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Creating Confident Readers With Shelter Dogs
-When it comes to helping young students become confident readers, our four-legged friends may be the key. That is the theory behind PAWS (Physical Activity With Shelters) for Reading.
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Dr. Elliott Recognized By AFS For Research Impact
-Dr. Tim Elliott, professor of counseling psychology, was selected by Texas A&M and the Association of Former Students to be honored with a 2017 Distinguished Achievement Award in Research.
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The Distinguished Lecture Series 2017 Wraps Up
-The Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) concluded Thursday afternoon at Rudder Theatre with hundreds of students, staff, and faculty in attendance. Twelve guest speakers within the health education, physical activity, and sport management fields presented and showcased their research throughout the two-day event.
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Open For Research: State Of The Art HCRF
-A new facility on the Texas A&M campus will be a university-wide resource for collaboration on research in nutrition, aging, performance, health and well-being. The College of Education and Human Development held a grand opening celebration for the Human Clinical Research Facility (HCRF) on April 11.
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A Second Wind With COPD
-In 2015, following a number of years of unhealthy habits, Roper was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD is an irreversible progressive lung disease that causes increased breathlessness. Over 16 million people have the disease in the U.S.
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Transforming Health And Fitness With ESNL
-Women, men, athletes, healthy and unhealthy individuals around the world have seen the impacts of research happening in the Exercise and Sport Nutrition Laboratory (ESNL).
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Responding To Our Community
-Workplace incivility is taking over our organizations, professional relationships and everyday interactions. According to Dr. Jia Wang, associate professor of human resource development, understanding why incivility happens and how to address it starts with awareness.
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Latino Persistence In Education: Finding A Balance
-The number of Latinos in higher education is increasing. However, Latinos are the least educated ethnic group in terms of bachelor’s degree completion with only 16 percent attaining a bachelor’s degree or higher.
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Two Professors Receive $1.5 Million School Inclusion Grant
-Two EAHR professors received a research grant of $1.5 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The grant was awarded to Drs. Jean Madsen and Mario Torres — continuing the developing use of their school inclusion model.
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Partnership Focuses On Protecting Health Of Area First Responders
-Once a week, students in the HSC Sports Medicine Fellowship visit the Applied Exercise Physiology Lab and work with participants in the FITLIFE Program. The Fellows serve as on-site physicians to assess the first responders.
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Discussing CEHD’s Impact On Educational Neuroscience
-Educational neuroscience is an emerging field that Dr. Steven Woltering wants to be on the leading edge of. His latest research on self-regulation will play a key role with implications across education from parents and educators to school psychologists and clinicians.
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New Book Highlights Role Of Education For African American Girls
-The book titled Cultivating Achievement, Respect, and Empowerment for African American Girls in Pre-K-12 Settings (CARE), is written by TLAC professor Dr. Patricia Larke and EAHR Associate Professor Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Hasan and coincides with their research on the achievement and development of African American youth.
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Voices Of Impact Speaker Series Wraps Up
-Individuals across the community attended the inaugural CEHD Voices of Impact Speaker Series Thursday night at Cavalry Court in College Station. The event featured 12 faculty speakers who each spoke in five-minute sessions similar to the style of the famous TED Talks.
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Human Clinical Research Facility Grand Opening Slated For April 11
-The College of Education and Human Development is marking the completion of its latest facility with a grand opening celebration Tuesday, April 11, at 1 p.m. The state-of-the-art Human Clinical Research Facility, located on John Kimbrough Boulevard, will be a university-wide resource for collaboration on health and wellness research.
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Speaker List Confirmed For Voices Of Impact Speaker Series
-The speakers for The College of Education and Human Development’s first Voices of Impact Speaker Series have been confirmed. The event, which is open to the public, will be held at February 16 at 6 p.m. at Cavalry Court in College Station.
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