Published on 2/20/2012 7:00:00 AM
In partnership with CMU’s Hear Me, The Consortium for Public Education, and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the Western Pa Writing Project (WPWP) is working with students at Woodland Hills, Steel Valley, Clairton City, and McKeesport to create youth-produced videos that concern issues in their communities. ... Read More...
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Published on 2/19/2012 10:30:00 AM
The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education was awarded $1.25 million to support 40 early intervention/early childhood master’s degree students over the next five years. Principal investigator Louise Kaczmarek, PhD, CCC-SLP (associate professor), and project coordinator, Diana Knoll, MEd (res... Read More...
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Published on 2/13/2012 7:00:00 AM
The Western Pa Writing Project (WPWP) is hosting the Pittsburgh Regional Scholastic Writing Awards Ceremony on March 3, 2012, from 2-4 p.m. in the O’Hara Student Center Ballroom at the University of Pittsburgh. For this year’s contest, the WPWP received more than 300 creative pieces from nearly two ... Read More...
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Published on 2/7/2012 10:15:00 AM
Robert Glaser—founding director emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) and University Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Pitt—died on February 4 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. Glaser, a leading scholar in the psychology... Read More...
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Published on 2/7/2012 10:01:00 AM
Jack E. Freeman, who held a series of high-level administrative positions at the University of Pittsburgh between 1967 and 1990—including service as president of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown from 1971 to 1974—passed away Jan. 24 at the age of 80 following a brief illness. Freeman is sur... Read More...
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Published on 2/6/2012 7:00:00 AM
The Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) will be holding its inaugural awards ceremony, along with a launch of its Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative and International Education (PSCIE) book series, on Wednesday, February 15. At the event, IISE will honor 2010 and 2011 award recipi... Read More...
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Published on 2/3/2012 7:00:00 AM
Jishnu Das, a senior economist in the development research group at The World Bank and a visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, will be speaking at the School of Education on Friday, February 17. His presentation will focus on reassessing the model of education delivery in l... Read More...
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Published on 2/2/2012 7:00:00 AM
"In the next five years, 60 to 70 percent of [special education teachers] are predicted to retire, so we won't have the leadership capability to continue preparing quality special-ed teachers," says Christopher Lemons, assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. "There ... Read More...
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Published on 1/23/2012 7:00:00 AM
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has selected University of Pittsburgh undergraduate student Christell Boyd-Abner as one of its 2012 Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund (WW-RBF) Aspiring Teachers of Color. In addition to 24 other WW-RBF Fellows, Boyd-Abner will receive a $30,0... Read More...
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Published on 1/20/2012 7:00:00 AM
A recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education, Kelly Austin, was named chancellor of Penn State Schuylkill, effective June 1, 2012. Austin is currently vice president of finance and administration at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, and earned his PhD from the adm... Read More...
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