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February 2015 Edition
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We wish to initiate an ongoing dialogue with you in order to ensure that our graduates continue to meet your needs and expectations.
To that end, I'm pleased to share with you this issue of 麻豆原创's News You Can Use, which features recent developments in research, curriculum development, community outreach and policy analysis at Teachers College. We welcome your thoughts, and thank you for giving our graduates the opportunity to grow and flourish as education professionals and scholars.
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For 麻豆原创's Fulbright scholars, an experience that changed their perspective both abroad and at home
As showcased at a 麻豆原创 symposium, math researchers, teachers and students in Latin America and the Caribbean are asserting themselves on the global stage.
New Center for the Analysis of Post-Secondary Readiness will study ways to improve remedial assessment and instruction
Speaking in 麻豆原创’s Milbank Chapel this past fall, Green, author of Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach it to Everyone), anchored a panel focused on the importance of teachers sharing precisely these kinds of insights.
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Views
Jeffrey Henig, Professor of Political Science and Education and Chair of 麻豆原创’s Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis, reflects on what the changes could mean for education policy at the national, state and local levels.
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“Teachers across the state of New York haven’t suddenly gotten worse; rather, their students are being asked to do more.”
Fixing selection and retention will yield better teachers than trashing tenure
President Obama's free college plan won't actually raise the number of college graduates without improvements in the way community colleges help students succeed, say two education researchers.
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Research & Policy
New Study Finds Multiple Factors -- Not Just Mental Illness -- Associated with Gun Possession and Violence Among Youth
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How can U.S. high schools best help newly arrived immigrant students from Africa learn academic literacies so they can succeed and go to college?
"Give a child a free lunch, and you might feed him for a day. Teach a child about healthy eating, and you feed him nutritiously for a lifetime."
"Sometimes people say it's the family and parents making choices, but it's the larger system we're in that's making this problem."
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