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Two CEHD Faculty Honored for ‘Distinguished Achievement’
-Two of our College of Education and Human Development faculty have received the 2022 Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Student mentor helps high school student attend Texas A&M through TAMU MU
-First-generation student Cristy Duran always dreamed of attending Texas A&M University, but the road to college can be confusing without the guidance of a parent who has done it before. With the help of a mentor, she took her college entrance exams, won seven scholarships and earned admission to Texas A&M for fall 2019.
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Text Structures For Success: Improving Test Scores In Brownsville
-When it comes to academic success, reading and comprehending text is vital. A program, administered by an expert in literacy at Texas A&M University and her research team, has proven that by showing an almost double-digit jump in test scores at an elementary school in Brownsville.
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Giving Students Freedom In The Classroom In STEM Learning
-Texas schools are attempting to solve problems associated with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning.
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A Butterfly Under A Pin: School Reform
-The stories people tell Dr. Craig, professor of urban education, are all different. They occur in different cities, among different cultures and different people, but the underlying principle is the same. Each story involves a school undergoing change.
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What Is The Impact Of The Exodus Of Black Teachers?
-Over the last 70 years, the number of Black teachers in America’s schools has dramatically decreased. Bringing awareness to that trend is now a top priority for Dr. Valerie Hill-Jackson.
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Reversing The Bilingual Educator Shortage
-Close to one in five students in Texas struggles with English – a nearly 50 percent increase over the last decade. Because of a teacher shortage, there is only one bilingual or ESL teacher for every 46 students struggling with English.
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What Is The Key To Student Success?
-Literacy is the foundation for everything that we do. When we think about academic success, it is no surprise that literacy is on the forefront.
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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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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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Texas A&M’s First African-American Female To Complete Entire Tenure Process Retires
-She was the first African-American female to complete the entire tenure process – from the rank of lecturer all the way to full professor – at Texas A&M University and the College of Education and Human Development. Now, after 32 years with the college, Dr. Patricia Larke is taking time for herself and retiring.
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Celebrating The Commitment Of Future Aggie Teachers
-If you keep a close eye on the graduates at this week’s ceremonies, you’ll notice something new at Texas A&M. Powder blue cords. 352 graduates will be wearing the cords at ceremonies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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Educational Administration and Human Resource DevelopmentEducational PsychologyFacultyKinesiology & Sport ManagementTeaching, Learning and CultureFour Recognized As Transforming Lives Faculty Fellows
-Four College of Education and Human Development faculty members have been selected as Transforming Lives Faculty Fellows. Drs. Sharon Matthews (TLAC), Michael Sandlin (HLKN), Karen Smith (EAHR), and Jay Woodward (EPSY) will each be recognized for their promotion of transformative learning for their students.
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Five Faculty Named Exemplary Distance Educators
-Five faculty members in the College of Education and Human Development have achieved the Exemplary Distance Educator title after meeting the highest standards required by Quality Matters.
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College To Host Workshop On Mathematics Education
-The College of Education and Human Development is hosting a “Mathematics in Education” workshop April 1-3, 2017. Registration is open until March 3.
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Educational Administration and Human Resource DevelopmentFacultyResearchTeaching, Learning and CultureNew 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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Dr. Joshi Selected As 2017 AERA Fellow
-Dr. R. Malatesha Joshi, professor of reading education in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture is among 14 scholars named 2017 AERA Fellows. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) selected these Fellows on the basis of their notable and sustained research achievements.
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Developing High-Impact Leaders: U-STAR’s First Semester
-Four Texas A&M clinical teachers began their residency at Thompson Elementary in Fall 2016 as part of the Urban Student Teacher Advanced Residency (U-STAR) program. U-STAR is a three-year partnership with Spring ISD to help preparing teachers to transition into and thrive within urban schools.
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Dr. Boettcher Says Goodbye To Her First Love – Teaching
-Her teaching career started 43 years ago, but Dr. Cindy Boettcher’s love for teaching started long before that.
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Shadow Education’s Impact On Student Achievement
-It’s a multi-billion dollar industry but one we know very little about. That’s something Matthew Etchells is trying to change.
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Improving Literacy Through Undergraduate Research
-Becoming a mentor, making a positive difference, improving literacy. Three undergraduates with three different reasons for taking part in an undergraduate research project focused on reluctant readers in middle school.
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CEHD Professor Honored With Prestigious Award
-Dr. Cheryl Craig, professor of teacher education and the Houston Endowment, Inc.’s Endowed Chair of Urban Education, is the latest inductee into her alma mater’s Wall of Fame. The Brandon University Alumni Association (BUAA) presented the award to Dr. Craig during the university’s Homecoming celebration in October.
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CEHD Grad Earns ALER Dissertation Award
-Her passion for supporting students in their content area classes in middle and high school garnered the attention of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers and resulted in her being awarded the ALER Dissertation Award for 2016.
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Research Highlights Impact Of Learning By Teaching
-A unique phenomenon with no explanation. By teaching a computer how to solve an equation, research shows a student also learns.
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CEHD Student Selected As University Scholar
-The College of Education and Human Development has a new representative in the University Scholars program. Ecaroh Jackson, a sophomore B.S. in Education major, was recently selected as part of the University Scholars class of 2019.
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