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Tuesday, September 9, 2003

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Two IU School of Education scholars ranked among top contributors to education discourse

A new ranking compiled by education researcher and author Rick Hess and published on the Education Week website places two Indiana University School of Education faculty in a listing of the top contributors to public debate about education.   Full Story >>

$1 million gift endows new school psychology chair, lectureship at IU School of Education

A new lectureship starts next fall and a future chair will be established in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the Indiana University School of Education thanks to a generous estate gift from Ronda C. Talley, who received her Ph.D. from the School of Education in 1979.   Full Story >>

CEEP Policy brief: New Indiana teacher evaluation needs collaboration, organization, resources and time

A new policy brief from the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University concludes time, money, and people must be used wisely for the new teacher evaluation requirements in Indiana to best benefit public education.   Full Story >>

Latest NAEP results show slight gains in math, School of Education researcher reports

The latest results for fourth and eighth grade math and reading from the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test indicate small but significant gains, according to Peter Kloosterman, the Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Chair for Teacher Education and a professor of mathematics education at Indiana University.   Full Story >>

A decade of charter schools in Indiana the focus of Indianapolis panel discussion

The author of the 2001 legislation authorizing charter schools in Indiana, charter school operators and leaders, and education experts will meet to discuss the first decade of charter schools in the state during a panel discussion next week in Indianapolis.   Full Story >>

$1.9 million federal grant to IU School of Education at IUPUI will build ESL teaching capacity

The U.S. Department of Education is granting $1.9 million to the Indiana University School of Education at IUPUI for a five-year grant to prepare more teachers with techniques to more effectively teach English as a Second Language (ESL) students.   Full Story >>



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