Media Relations
Sunday,
November 5,
2006
School of Education
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett presented the first "Lugar Education Patriot" award on March 13 to Indiana University alumnae Dr. Peggy Hinckley, superintendent of the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township in Indianapolis. Hinckley is a 1974 graduate of IU Bloomington who earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education.
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A new study co-authored by an Indiana University School of Education professor reports that key experiences that sparked scientists' initial interest in the subject may come earlier than previously reported.
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A new three-part series of seminars will help inform Indiana University Bloomington's diversity mission. The Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund -- overseen by the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs -- has awarded funding in suppor of the series, titled "Attention, Reflection, Connection: Steps Toward an Inclusive Campus."
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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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IU Bloomington will celebrate Black History Month with a diverse calendar of events, including a Feb. 10 lecture by Marc Lamont Hill and a Feb. 25 performance by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
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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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