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Students Gather for Student Practitioner Conference

By Jill Anderson 04/30/2012 03:48 pm | Add a Comment

For the 78 students enrolled in the Field Experience Program (FEP), last week’s Student Practice Conference offered an opportunity to both directly apply and share what they learned in their coursework. Read More…

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You Need /r/ /ee/ /d/ to Read

By Lory Hough 01/18/2011 09:22 pm | Add a Comment

Reading is a human invention, something our brains don’t learn to do automatically. So how do we figure out what to do with the squiggles we call letters and the words they make? A look at what it takes to get emerging readers reading. Read More…

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Moving the Needle on Adolescent Literacy: Ed School Hosts Sixth Annual Jeanne Chall Lecture

By Mateo Corby 10/27/2010 01:33 pm | 1 Comment

University of Kansas Professor Donald Deshler, also director of the Center for Research on Learning, spoke about the achievement gap among adolescent readers at the Ed School’s sixth annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture held on Thursday, October 21. Read More…

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HGSE Doctoral Students Win PITF Award

By Jill Anderson 06/23/2010 02:26 pm | 1 Comment

Doctoral candidates Christina Dobbs, Ed.M.’06, and Jessica Scott, Ed.M.’08, recently received one of four Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows (PITF) program awards given by Harvard University. Read More…

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Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Kelly Brizendine, L&L’10

By admin 05/11/2010 03:09 pm | 9 Comments

Her experience as a literacy coach in Houston left Kelly Brizendine “so inspired, humbled, and confused” that she was compelled to continue her own learning. Read More…

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Changing Readers, Changing Texts: Ed School Hosts Fifth Annual Jeanne Chall Lecture

By Jill Anderson 02/12/2010 03:39 pm | Add a Comment

In the past 50 years, instructional texts for first grade students have undergone massive changes and become much more difficult, which inevitably leaves some children who struggle with learning to read on the sidelines. Read More…

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PPE Launches International Institute in Greece

By Jill Anderson 02/01/2010 01:42 pm | 1 Comment

Seventy-five educators participated in December’s initial three-day institute in Greece, Differentiating Instruction and Team Teaching in Mathematics and Literacy, in what was PPE’s first blended professional program for an international audience. Read More…

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Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient: Elisha Brookover, L&L’09

By News editor 05/18/2009 02:45 pm | 9 Comments

After spending time teaching for the Department of Defense Schools on military bases overseas, Elisha Brookover, Ed.M.’09, wanted a deeper understanding of effective teaching in literacy. Read More…

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In the Middle

By Michelle Bates Deakin 01/20/2009 03:04 pm | 2 Comments

In recent years, strides have been made in early literacy, but this hasn’t necessarily translated into better middle school readers. The time has come, say Ed School experts, to turn our attention to those who have been left behind. Read More…

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