Media Relations
Tuesday,
September 9,
2003
Education Policy
A national advocate of immigrant students will address an Indiana University group completing certification for English-as-Second-Language teaching. Roger Rosenthal, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Migrant Legal Action Program Inc., will address the annual Tandem Certification of Indiana Teachers (TACIT) summer retreat on Friday, June 27.
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A new policy brief from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at the Indiana University School of Education examines the emergence of virtual education as a potentially viable public education tool. The report, "Promises and Pitfalls of Virtual Education in the United States and Indiana," recommends the development of clear guidelines and policies to allow virtual education to succeed and avoid possible litigation.
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The Indiana University School of Education at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has received a $65,000 grant for Project Impact, a project in which it will partner with 11 Indianapolis neighborhood centers to help them support academic learning and child development, particularly in the areas of science and mathematics.
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University Dean Emeritus of the IU School of Education Donald Warren will speak at four Chinese universities during a two-week trip that will take him and his wife Beverly across the country. Appearing at the invitation of Chinese educators, Warren will speak about American higher education at Peking University and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Beijing, as well as at Yunnan Nationalities University in Kunming and Nanchang Hangkong University in Jiangxi Province.
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An education policy expert who sometimes offers biting commentary on popular discourse about U.S. education will speak on Wednesday at Indiana University Bloomington. Gerald Bracey, an associate of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, presents "From Sputnik to Edin08: Blaming Schools for Crises Real and Imagined" in the latest Education Policy Chat presented by The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy and the IU School of Education.
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A new study from researchers at the Indiana University School of Education finds no linkage between the type or quality of educational institutions and the rate at which borrowers default on their student loans. Don Hossler, professor of educational leadership and policy studies and director of the Project on Academic Success, led the study.
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