Education
A new report from the Indiana University Center for Evaluation and Education Policy finds that achievement gaps among high ability students from different economic, racial and linguistic backgrounds in the U.S. are large and growing -- and some of the top achieving groups aren't performing as well as in the past. The report estimates it could take 72 years to close the gap between whites and Hispanics in grade four mathematics; 31 years to close the gap between whites and blacks; 128 years to close the gap between grade four English Language Learners (ELL) and non-ELL students.
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A new Indiana University School of Education program that will develop more highly-trained teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) -- ESL Professional Communities for Expertise and Leadership Development -- has received $154,000 in funding from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
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The National Student Clearinghouse has appointed Indiana University School of Education Professor Donald Hossler as executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC), the non-profit organization that maintains a comprehensive registry of higher education student data.
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Teachers, parents and caregivers who find themselves puzzled by persistently challenging behaviors of young children may find answers in When Actions Speak Louder than Words, a newly published book by two Indiana University authors. Kim Davis and Susan Dixon, both of the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, suggest that adults shift their perspective to consider the communication value of such behaviors.
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The MacArthur Foundation is providing more than $727,000 for a project examining the development of systems thinking in middle school students and developing new curriculum for teachers across disciplines.
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A new book by a wide range of Indiana University Bloomington scholars explains how universities and colleges can improve environmental literacy among their graduates. Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum includes chapters by 27 Bloomington scientists, artists, and historians, as well as experts in law, politics, economics, and language, among others.
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