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S ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN THE NATION WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING LEARNING ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY AT ALL LEVELS 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION AS PART OF A LAND GRANT INSTITUTION HAS A UNIQUE ROLE TO RESEARCH IMPORTANT ISSUES AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY IN 'EORGIA )N THIS ISSUE OF %DUCATION WE EXPLORE THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY AND RESEARCH SHARE AN OPEN DIALOGUE ON BLACK ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EXCITING RESEARCH BEING DONE BY OUR FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS 4HIS RESEARCH ATTRACTS WONDERFUL SCHOLARS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE 4HEIR INQUIRY AND DISCOVERY MAKE US INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE 4HESE CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH EFFORTS DREW MORE THAN MILLION IN EXTERNAL FUNDING IN ANOTHER RECORD YEAR /UR FACULTY RECEIVED GRANTS FROM SUCH STATE FEDERAL AND PRIVATE SOURCES AS THE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION .ATIONAL )NSTITUTES OF (EALTH .ATIONAL 3CIENCE &OUNDATION #ENTERS FOR $ISEASE #ONTROL AND 0REVENTION 3PENCER &OUNDATION AND #ARNEGIE #ORPORATION 4HE EXCELLENCE OF OUR FACULTY S TEACHING AND RESEARCH CONTINUES TO KEEP OUR GRADUATE PROGRAMS HIGHLY RANKED NATIONALLY IN THE ANNUAL 5 3 .EWS 7ORLD 2EPORT SURVEY n ST OVERALL AND TH AMONG PUBLIC EDUCATION COLLEGES )N SPECIALTY RANKINGS SIX OF OUR PROGRAMS RANK AMONG THE TOP FIVE IN THE NATION AND THREE MORE ARE IN THE TOP 4HAT S NINE PROGRAMS OUT OF CATEGORIES THAT ARE RANKED AMONG THE NATION S VERY BEST n A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR FACULTY 'REAT FACULTY ATTRACTS GREAT STUDENTS )N THIS ISSUE WE FEATURE A FEW OF OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS n TWO WHO RECEIVED PRESTIGIOUS MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS AND TWO MORE WHO ARE BY THE NATURE OF THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR NEARLY GRADUATE STUDENTS 4HE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE DESCRIBE A FEW OF THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE ENGAGED WITH THE WORLD AT LARGE 4HEY ALSO REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS AND SOCIAL AGENCIES ESPECIALLY IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES !S THE 5'! #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION NEARS ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN WE LOOK BACK PROUDLY ON A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE IN THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS COUNSELORS PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN ALLIED HEALTH FIELDS 7E CONTINUE THAT COMMITMENT TODAY n STRIVING TO PROMOTE A SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING WITHIN EACH OF OUR STUDENTS ) HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO HELP PEO PLE REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL n EITHER IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES OR ON THE WEB AT WWW COE UGA EDU

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5'! 0ROFESSOR -ARGIE ,EE RELATES SOME OF HER EXPERIENCES WITH THE TENURE PROCESS

&ACULTY MEMBERS SHARE EXPERIENCES OFFER ADVICE IN 5'! S FIRST ANNUAL "LACK )SSUES IN (IGHER %DUCATION #ONFERENCE "Y !NGELA (AINS 0HOTOS BY 0ETER &REY h

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E HAVE A SPACE BUT DO WE HAVE A PLACE AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA OR IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO TELL OUR !FRICAN !MERICAN STORIES AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE BOTH AFFIRMED AND EVALUATED WITHOUT JUDGMENT A PLACE OF SUPPORT v ASKED 4ALMADGE 'UY IN CLOSING 5'! S FIRST ANNUAL #ONFERENCE ON "LACK )SSUES IN (IGHER %DUCATION ")(% h4ODAY THIS CONFERENCE HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND TOGETHER WE MAKE A PLACE v ! DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 5'! FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDED THE &EBRUARY CONFERENCE WHICH ILLUSTRATED THAT THE PLIGHT FOR EQUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS FAR FROM OVER h%DUCATION IS THE OLDEST FORM OF COMBATING RACISM v SAID .ORVELLA #ARTER THE %NDOWED #HAIR OF 5RBAN %DUCATION AT 4EXAS ! - 5NIVERSITY AND ONE OF TWO KEYNOTE SPEAKERS hBUT THERE IS STILL AN UNEQUAL BALANCE OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION WHETHER YOU RE TALKING ABOUT FACULTY OR STUDENTS v

)N MANY 2ESEARCH ) UNIVERSITIES BLACK FACULTY ACCOUNT FOR JUST ONE PERCENT OF TOTAL FACULTY AND ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF THAT ONE PERCENT ARE TENURED FULL PROFESSORS SAID #ARTER )N FALL SIX PERCENT OF 5'! S FAC ULTY WERE !FRICAN !MERICAN AND FOUR PERCENT WERE FULL PROFESSORS ACCORDING TO THE 5'! &ACT "OOK /VER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THE UNIVERSITY HAS WORKED TO INCREASE BLACK ENROLLMENT AND THE NUMBERS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING )N 5'! OFFERED ADMISSION TO !FRICAN !MERICANS FOR THE FALL FRESHMAN CLASS A PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR (OWEVER BLACK ENROLLMENT STILL REPRESENTS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND 5'! EACH YEAR h4HIS PROFESSION GIVES US OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHER PROFESSIONS DON T v #ARTER REMINDED THE AUDIENCE OF YOUNG 5'! FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS h7E HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP TRANSFORM LIVES AND BUILD DREAMS v 4HE CONFERENCE WAS INITIATED BY FACULTY MEMBERS IN 5'! S #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION #/% WHICH HAS BEEN A CAMPUS LEADER ON ISSUES OF DIVERSITY )N FACT BLACK FACULTY ACCOUNT FOR PERCENT OF FULL TIME FACULTY

IN THE #/% &URTHER NEARLY HALF OF #/% BLACK FACULTY ARE TENURED AND HOLD THE RANK OF FULL OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR h'IVEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR STATE AND OUR CAMPUS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS FOCUS AND THIS CONVERSATION v SAID *UANITA *OHNSON "AILEY PROFESSOR AND GRADUATE COOR DINATOR OF ADULT EDUCATION AND CO PLANNER OF THE CONFERENCE -ANY PARTICIPANTS TOUTED THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE h4HE INTERACTION AND NETWORKING WITH FEL LOW !FRICAN !MERICAN SCHOLARS AND PROFESSORS WAS VERY EMPOWERING AND MOTIVATING v SAID *OHNIE &ORSYTHE A GRADUATE STUDENT IN MATH EMATICS EDUCATION h+NOWING THAT ) AM NOT ALONE IN MY STRUG GLES AND MY WARINESS ABOUT OPENLY SPEAKING OUT TO THE MAJORITY WAS EASED AFTER ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE v SAID *AVON 7ICKLIFF ANOTHER #/% GRADUATE STUDENT h) WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT v "ETWEEN KEYNOTE SPEAKERS NINE 5'! FAC ULTY MEMBERS FROM DISCIPLINES ACROSS CAMPUS SERVED ON PANEL DISCUSSIONS SHARING STORIES ON OBSTACLES THEY FACED IN HIGHER EDUCATION 1 / " ร ร รครคร ร ร Q


5'! FACULTY MEMBERS , 2 2ON #ERVERO $IANE -ORROW +ECIA 4HOMAS AND *UANITA *OHNSON "AILEY DISCUSS FACULTY MENTORING AND ADDRESSING PARTICIPANTS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS !MONG THE ISSUES DISCUSSED WERE LOW ENROLLMENT OF BLACK STUDENTS AT LAND GRANT INSTITUTIONS UNDER REPRESENTATION OF BLACK FACULTY AND RETENTION OF BLACK FACULTY h) WAS MOVED BY THE PASSION OF THE SPEAK ERS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BE TRANSPARENT IN SHARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES v SAID $AVID 2UGGLESS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN LIFELONG EDU CATION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY h) FELT A SENSE OF UPLIFTING OF SPIRIT AND REAF FIRMATION OF MY WORK WITH STUDENTS AND COL LEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE v SAID 3ALLY :EPEDA ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND GRADUATE PRO GRAM COORDINATOR OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRA TION AND POLICY h7E OWE IT TO OUR PROFESSION TO CONTINUE THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT DIALOGUE ABOUT BLACK ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION v "ETTYE 3MITH AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE EDUCATION LEADER SHIP AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS AND CO PLANNER

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%MORY 5NIVERSITY S 6ANESSA 3IDDLE 7ALKER DELIVERS A KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE CONFERENCE

OF THE CONFERENCE SAID SHE HOPED THE CRITI CAL MASS OF BLACK FACULTY AT THE CONFERENCE WILL SPAWN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT !FRICAN !MERICANS UNIQUENESS AND CIRCUMSTANCES ON 5'! S CAMPUS AND IN ACADEMIA h7E WANT TO BE DELIBERATE IN OUR INTEN TION TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF MENTORS FOR OUR JUNIOR FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS v SAID 3MITH h/UR PANELS AND GUEST SPEAKERS ADDRESSED ISSUES SUCH AS @(OW DO YOU BUILD A RESEARCH AGENDA (OW DO YOU GET PUBLISHED AND @(OW DO YOU FIND A MENTOR v 3EVERAL PARTICIPANTS SAID THEIR FAVORITE PAN ELS WERE ONES THAT ADDRESSED PERSONAL ISSUES OF CONCERN h4HE PANEL THAT ADDRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A MENTOR OR MENTORING OTHERS TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS MAZE OF HIGHER EDU CATION WAS VERY HELPFUL v SAID 3ASHA *OHNSON A GRADUATE STUDENT IN LINGUISTICS #HRISTINA $AVIS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN HIS TORY AGREED h4HE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING A MENTOR AND FORMING A NETWORK TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE IS ADVICE THAT ) WILL TAKE TO HEART v SHE SAID 2UGGLESS SAID THE PANEL DISCUSSION ON PUBLISHING AND SURVIVING WAS MOST HELPFUL TO HIS ASPIRATIONS OF BECOMING FACULTY AT A 2ESEARCH ) UNI VERSITY .ORVELLA #ARTER THE ENDOWED CHAIR OF URBAN EDUCATION AT 4EXAS ! - 5NIVERSITY DELIVERS A KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE CONFERENCE

4HROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS COMMENTED ON THE IMPACT THEY HOPED IT WOULD HAVE AT 5'! AND BEYOND )N HIS CLOSING COMMENTS 'UY NOTED HOW THE CONFERENCE TOUCHED ON THE UNIQUENESS OF BEING A PART OF ONE COMMUNITY CALLED HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARS BUT ALSO ENCOM PASSED BEING A PART OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY OF !FRICAN !MERICANS h4HIS WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL EVENT BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY 'IVEN THAT SO MANY BLACK FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE ISOLATED WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND COL LEGES FROM OTHER MINORITY PEERS IT WAS GREAT TO CONNECT AND RECONNECT WITH OTHERS ON CAMPUS v SAID +ECIA 4HOMAS A PANELIST AND PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY


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4HE EVIDENCE SO FAR ABOUT .#," IS MIXED 4HERE ARE GAINS BEING RECORDED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND A GROWING NUMBER OF EDUCA TORS STUDENTS AND PARENTS APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND FORWARD MOVING STRATEGIES IN THE LAW 4HE LESS GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT HAS FORCED A NARROWING OF THE CURRICU LUM IN A NUMBER OF PLACES )T S NOT SURPRISING THAT SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO SHOW PERFORMANCE GAINS IN MATHEMATICS AND READING ARE PUTTING MORE EMPHASIS ON THOSE SUBJECTS 4HE MOST TROUBLESOME NEWS IS THAT TEACH ERS ARE FINDING THE PRESSURES RELATED TO ALL THE TESTING TO BE ย LET S JUST SAY VERY BURDENSOME IF NOT COUNTERPRODUCTIVE 4HERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF TEST BASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND MOST MEASUREMENT AND TESTING PROFES SIONALS URGE CAUTION IN THE USE OF TESTS AS THE SOLE OR PRINCIPLE BASIS FOR PRODDING THE SYSTEM )N THE BIGGER PICTURE THERE IS AN APPRECIATION THAT BECAUSE SO MANY KIDS AND IN PARTICULAR SO MANY KIDS IN POOR AREAS AND IN UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS ARE NOT GETTING A DECENT EDUCATION THAT SOME OF THE PRESSURES ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE TESTING MAY BE JUSTIFIABLE IN FORCING MORE ATTEN TION ON WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION ALL KIDS ARE GETTING !S FAR AS HOW THE EVIDENCE MOVEMENT FITS INTO ALL OF THIS .#," MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC POLICY AND SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH "UT IN THE EARLY DAYS IT WAS NOT CLEAR THAT THE ARCHITECTS AND IMPLEMENTERS OF .#," WERE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO EVIDENCE THAT ALREADY EXISTED ABOUT THE USE OF TESTS AND OTHER KINDS OF HIGH STAKES ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS ,ATELY ) THINK THERE S BEEN A SHIFT TOWARD PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF THOSE KINDS OF STRATE GIES AND NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE A STRONG INTEREST IN AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH TO PROMOTING CERTAIN KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT CAN HELP SCHOOLS IMPROVE 3O THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT EVIDENCE IS NOW BEING DEFINED MORE BROADLY WHICH ) THINK IS A GOOD THING 4HIS DOESN T MEAN A LOWER ING OF STANDARDS FOR RIGOROUS SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH )T MEANS RATHER PROVIDING GUIDANCE BASED ON AVAILABLE INFORMATION SO THAT IN THE MEANTIME SCHOOLS AND EDUCATORS CAN MOVE FORWARD 4HE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION IS TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT REALITY 4HERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH .#," SUCH AS THE GOAL OF HAVING ALL KIDS @PROFICIENT BY WHICH POLICY MAKERS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO RE THINK IN TERMS OF WHETHER THAT TIMELINE IS REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE 4HERE ARE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH YEARLY TESTING AND WITH THE MEASUREMENT OF @ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS BUT NEW MODELS ARE BEING DESIGNED TO TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MEASURING HOW SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY DOING YEAR TO YEAR 4HERE ARE ALSO ISSUES RELATED TO THE VARIATION IN HOW SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE SETTING THEIR BASE LINES UPON WHICH TO ASSESS WHETHER PROGRESS IS BEING MADE 4HESE PROBLEMS NOTWITHSTANDING MY SENSE IS THAT THE GENERAL CON SENSUS IS THAT .#," IS STILL WORTH TRYING TO MEND RATHER THAN END

1 7HEN YOU TALK ABOUT MENDING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 0ROMISING 0RACTICES )NITIATIVE

-& 4HAT S JUST ONE STRATEGY AND IT DOESN T INVOLVE CHANGING THE

RULES OF .#," 4HE 0ROMISING 0RACTICES )NITIATIVE TAKES THE BASIC RULES AS GIVEN THEN SAYS @/+ FOR SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT MAKING ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS WHAT CAN WE OFFER THEM IN THE WAY OF GOOD ADVICE ABOUT HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR SITUATION -ENDING .#," COULD ALSO MEAN TWEAKING SOME OF THE RULES AND

REGULATIONS OF HOW IT IS IMPLEMENTED FOR EXAMPLE WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMELINES AND MEASURES THAT ARE USED WHETHER YOU USE VALUED ADDED MODELS OR OTHER TYPES OF LONGITUDINAL STATISTICAL SYSTEMS TO ACTUALLY SEE HOW SCHOOLS ARE DOING WHETHER YOU STRETCH THE TIMELINE OUT WHETHER YOU COME UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THE COUNTING OF STUDENTS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE TESTING AND SO FORTH 4HESE FACTORS ARE ALL PART OF A VERY BIG AND COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT COULD AND SHOULD BE ADJUST ED BASED ON EVIDENCE OF HOW THEY WORK )F YOU LOOK BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF %3%! AND 4ITLE ) CIRCA THERE WERE HUGE PROBLEMS BOTH CONCEPTUALLY AND TECHNICALLY AND WITH RESPECT TO MEASUREMENT BUT THE STRATEGY WAS ESSENTIALLY @/+ LOOK THIS IS SORT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS 4HE UNDERLYING CONCEPT IS CORRECT AND NOW WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP WORKING AT THIS TO MAKE IT BETTER !ND INDEED OVER THE YEARS A LOT WAS DONE TO MAKE 4ITLE ) BETTER 4O THIS DAY THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT IT HASN T BEEN SUCCESSFUL IT HAS COST A LOT IT HASN T PRODUCED ENOUGH RESULTS AND THE KIDS ARE STILL NOT DOING WELL ENOUGH "UT A BIG PROGRAM LIKE .#," NOW IN ITS FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR ย NOT EXACTLY IN ITS INFANCY JUST BARELY APPROACHING ADOLESCENCE ย YOU WANT TO LET IT GROW AND DEVELOP A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME GOOD PARENTAL SUPPORT

1 7HAT ABOUT THE STATES THAT ARE RESISTING .#," -& ) THINK THE STATES THAT ARE RESISTING .#," ARE PARTLY RESPON SIBLE FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE AND THEY RE RESISTING IT BECAUSE THEY DON T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO SOPHISTICATED AND MORE MEANINGFUL TESTING FOR EXAMPLE 3TATE BUDGETS ARE STRAPPED WITH RESPECT TO MAKING REAL IMPROVEMENT AND THERE S A GENERAL SENSE AMONG SOME OF THOSE STATES THAT MOST OF THESE DECISIONS ARE NOT THE BUSINESS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE 3O THIS IS AN ONGO ING BATTLE 3TATES HAVE TRADITIONALLY RESISTED ATTEMPTS TO MAKE EDUCATION POLICY A NATIONAL LET ALONE A FEDERAL MATTER "UT LET S REMEMBER THAT SOME STATES RESISTED DESEGREGATION TOO 4HE FACT THAT STATES ARE RESIST ING SOMETHING IS NOT A PRIMA FACIE CASE THAT THEY ARE RIGHT AND THE FEDS ARE WRONG "UT IN THIS CASE ) THINK THE FEDS ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE STATES 2EMEMBER THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION THAT TENDS TO PREFER LEAVING DECISIONS TO THE STATES RATHER THAN IMPOSING A FEDERAL VIEW )T S NOT SURPRISING THAT THEY ARE LISTENING TO WHAT THE STATES ARE SAYING ) BET SOME OF THE FEDS WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THE STATES SLAP THEM AROUND AFTER THIS THING CAME OUT /NE OF THE IRONIES IS THAT .#," IS THE BIGGEST INVOLVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN EDUCATION THAT WE VE EVER SEEN AND IT S IN THE TIME OF A 2EPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION /N THE OTHER HAND .#," HAS SOME OF THE SAME SORTS OF ย ) WOULDN T EXACTLY CALL IT SCHIZOPHRENIA ย BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN AMBIVA LENCE BECAUSE THERE S A STRONG FEDERAL ROLE BUT THERE S ALSO A LOT OF FLEX IBILITY FOR THE STATES TO SET THE STARTING LINE AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY RE GOING TO MAKE THEIR MEASURES OF ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS 3O THERE IS A TENSION AS THERE IS IN MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IN EDUCATION POLICY IN THIS COUNTRY BETWEEN THE PLURIBUS AND THE UNUM (ERE YOU HAVE THE FEDS REPRESENTING THE GRAND UNUM STRATEGY BUT LEAVING A LOT FOR THE STATES THROUGH THE SO CALLED PLURIBUS TO DO IT THEIR OWN WAY 3O IT S NOT SUR PRISING THAT IT S NOT QUITE PERFECT

1 7E VE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT STATES ARE COMING UP WITH (OW RELEVANT IS THAT IN THE OVERALL BIG PICTURE

-& )T S VERY RELEVANT BECAUSE THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND .#," IS THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO DO BETTER 9OU LOOK ACROSS THE STATES ย AND SOME

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h)N THE SPIRIT OF THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF SCIENCE WE HAVE INITIATED A LOT OF THINGS AT THE ACADEMY !CTUALLY ) THINK THE GOVERNMENT APPRECIATES IT WHEN WE DO THAT 7E STEP OUT AHEAD A LITTLE BIT WE TRY TO ANTICIPATE THINGS v DO THAT 7E STEP OUT AHEAD A LITTLE BIT WE TRY TO ANTICIPATE THINGS v TIMES THIS IS EVEN IN NEIGHBORING STATES ย AND THEY ARE ENDING UP WITH WILDLY DIFFERENT STATISTICS OF INCLUSION AND OF PROGRESS AND OTHER THINGS 4HIS RAISES SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS SO IT S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE

1 ) KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ORGANIZED A COMMITTEE TO WORK ON STAN

DARDS OF EVIDENCE AND ) M ASSUMING THIS IS ACROSS THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION BECAUSE THAT S YOUR DIVISION AT .2# ) UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS NOT A CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST BUT AN INITIATIVE THAT ORIGINATED FROM YOUR DIVISION #AN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS

-& 7E HAVEN T YET ORGANIZED THE COMMITTEE 7E VE JUST GOTTEN

WORD THAT THE THIRD OF THREE FOUNDATIONS FROM WHOM WE SOUGHT SUPPORT HAS APPROVED IT 4HE FOUNDATIONS ARE THE 7ILLIAM AND &LORA (EWLETT &OUNDATION THE 3PENCER &OUNDATION AND THE 7ILLIAM 4 'RANT &OUNDATION 4HE .ATIONAL 3CIENCE &OUNDATION IS ALSO REVIEWING A VERSION OF THE PROPOSAL AND WE HOPE THEY WILL BE AT THE TABLE 4HE Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร

.2# NOT THE GOVERNMENT INITIATED THE ORGANIZATION OF A PLANNING COMMITTEE ABOUT A YEAR AGO 4HAT BY THE WAY IS ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THE .ATIONAL !CADEMIES %VEN THOUGH WE HAVE A MANDATE TO RESPOND TO THE GOVERN MENT WE CAN STILL INITIATE PROJECTS AND SUGGEST SCIENTIFIC STRATEGIES FOR GOVERNMENT POLICYMAKERS )N THE SPIRIT OF THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF SCI ENCE WE HAVE INITIATED A LOT OF THINGS AT THE !CADEMY !CTUALLY ) THINK THE GOVERNMENT APPRECIATES IT WHEN WE DO THAT 7E STEP OUT AHEAD A LITTLE BIT WE TRY TO ANTICIPATE THINGS )N THIS CASE WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF INTERNAL MONEY AND SOME FOUN DATION SUPPORT TO BRING TOGETHER A SMALL GROUP OF FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND THAT RESULTED IN A THREE AND A HALF DAY WORKSHOP WHICH LED US TO WRITE A PROPOSAL FOR THE CONTINUA TION OF THE INITIATIVE 4HE EVIDENCE INITIATIVE DOES CUT ACROSS THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCI ENCES 4HE BASIC IDEA IS TO DEVELOP AN IMPROVED THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EVIDENCE 4HIS IS NOT AN EFFORT TO REDEFINE SOCIAL SCIENCE


BUT AN EFFORT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A FOCUSED WAY ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF EVIDENCE ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE USEFUL TO DECISION MAKERS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS !ND TO THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DECISION MAKERS AND ASK WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS THEY PERCEIVE TO BE MOST AMENABLE TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH !ND THEN TO THINK ABOUT ACTUAL PROCESSES BY WHICH THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND THE POLICY MAKING COMMUNITY CAN LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AND DEVELOP BETTER MECHANISMS FOR BRINGING EVIDENCE TO BEAR ON DECISIONS 3O IT S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING INITIATIVE /NE OF THE PROBLEMS OBVIOUSLY IS HOW HIGH TO SET EVIDENTIARY STANDARDS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOUR EVIDENCE COMES FROM SO CALLED QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH USING LARGE DATASETS OR FROM ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES AND CASE ANALY SES 7E HAVE TO HAVE HIGH STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE BECAUSE AS PRACTICING SCIENTISTS THAT S WHAT WE BELIEVE IN /N THE OTHER HAND WE KNOW THAT IF YOU SET THE STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE HIGH ENOUGH NO PROGRAM OR INTERVENTION CAN PASS MUSTER AND THAT IS A RATHER DEPRESSING STATE OF AFFAIRS "UT DECI SION MAKERS POLICY MAKERS EDUCATORS AND OTHERS WOULD LIKE SOME ADVICE ABOUT WHAT MAKES SENSE IN THE ABSENCE OF COMPLETE CERTAINTY ABOUT RESULTS 4HEREFORE THE QUESTION BECOMES @(OW DO YOU RE THINK THE CONCEPT OF EVI DENCE FOR USE IN EDUCATION 4HIS IS THE CHALLENGE

1 !RE TEACHERS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS -& 7E HAVEN T FIGURED THAT OUT YET #ERTAINLY THERE WILL BE PROFESSORS INVOLVED 7HETHER WE LL HAVE SCHOOL TEACHERS ) M NOT SURE 7E DO HAVE A 4EACHER !DVISORY #OUNCIL IN THE ACADEMY THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO STUDIES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING AND THE REORGANIZA TION OF SCHOOLING WE HAVE A SOLID RESPECTED VOICE COMING FROM TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING IMPORTANT

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4HE EMPHASIS IS ON MATHEMATICS AND READING 7E HAVE A CONGRES SIONAL REQUEST TO EVALUATE ISSUES RELATED TO WHO GOES INTO TEACHING WHO APPLIES AND WHO GETS INTO EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND ALSO TO LOOK AT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS 9OU KNOW THERE S A REQUIREMENT IN .#," TO HAVE A QUALIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM BY A CERTAIN DATE 4HESE QUESTIONS RAISE LOTS OF RELATED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE 5NITED 3TATES 4HE STUDY FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN QUESTIONS &IRST @WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE PREPARATION OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS 3ECOND @WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW TO TEACH CERTAIN SUBJECTS EFFEC TIVELY 4HIS IS BASED ON RESEARCH ABOUT HOW STUDENTS LEARN )N FACT THE .2# HAS ALREADY DONE SOME OF THE WORK ON THIS QUESTION "UT THAT IS WHERE THE HARD EVIDENCE STARTS TO THIN OUT AND THERE ARE BIG DISAGREEMENTS IN THE FIELD !ND THE THIRD PART @HOW DO WE PREPARE TEACHERS TO TEACH THOSE SUBJECTS IN A WAY THAT IS MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF HOW PEOPLE LEARN 4HAT S WHERE THE EVIDENTIARY BASE IS PROBABLY THE WEAKEST .ONETHELESS THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DISTILL FROM AVAILABLE DATA AND POSSIBLY FROM SOME NEW DATA 4HEN IT BECOMES AN INTERESTING PROPOSITION OF INFERENCES THAT COULD BE DRAWN FROM THAT LINE OF ANALYSIS ABOUT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION

h) THINK THE STATES THAT ARE RESISTING .O #HILD ,EFT "EHIND ARE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE AND THEY RE RESISTING IT BECAUSE THEY DON T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MORE MEANINGFUL TESTING v

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CIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH OR EVI DENCE BASED RESEARCH HAS BECOME A HOT TOPIC IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ST CENTURY 4HE STAKES ARE HIGH BECAUSE THE VERY NATURE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND BY EXTENSION THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE ITSELF IS BEING CONTESTED BY SCHOLARS AND RESEARCH ERS WHO WORK FROM DIFFERENT THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 4HE CALL FOR RIGOROUS SCIENCE AND QUAL ITY EVIDENCE AFFECTS NOT ONLY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS BUT ALSO CLASSROOM TEACHERS WHO FIND THAT EXPERIENCE AND INSTINCT ARE NO LON GER SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR TEACHING %DUCATORS AGREE THAT THEIR PRACTICE SHOULD BE GROUNDED IN RIGOROUS RESEARCH HOWEVER MANY ARE CONCERNED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT S DEFI NITION OF SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH IS TOO NARROW AND THEREFORE MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

(OW WE GOT HERE )N RECENT YEARS WE VE EXPERIENCED A hQUALITY REVOLUTIONv IN ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY THAT HAS PRODUCED A DEMAND FOR INCREASED ACCOUNT ABILITY )N INDUSTRY FOR EXAMPLE 4OTAL 1UALITY -ANAGEMENT MONITORS THE QUALITY OF A PRODUCT FROM CONCEPTION TO PRODUCTION AND SIMILAR APPROACHES TO ENSURING HIGH QUALITY QÊÊ 1 / " ÊÓääÇ

PRODUCTS HAVE LEAKED INTO EDUCATION 7HEN 'EORGE 7 "USH SIGNED THE .O #HILD ,EFT "EHIND !CT .#," INTO LAW ON *AN THE PRESSURE ON SCHOOLS INCREASED EXPONEN TIALLY TO PRODUCE QUALITY GRADUATES 3URELY NO TEACHER NO PRINCIPAL NO SUPER INTENDENT NO PARENT NO POLICYMAKER HAS EVER WANTED TO LEAVE CHILDREN BEHIND UNFORTUNATE LY THERE S PLENTY OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT WE VE DONE JUST THAT &URTHER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILDREN WHO SUFFER IN SCHOOLS ARE OFTEN OUR MOST VULNERABLE 7E KNOW THAT THERE ARE COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO FAILURE IN SCHOOLS YET AS MY COLLEAGUE -ICHAEL &EUER AT THE .ATIONAL !CADEMIES REMINDS US LEGISLATORS AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS OFTEN WANT GUIDANCE BASED ON RESEARCH TO HELP THEM MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLING !ND WHEN WE FACE TOUGH CHALLENG ES IT S NOT UNUSUAL FOR US TO TURN TO SCIENCE FOR ANSWERS 4HUS IT SHOULDN T BE SURPRISING THAT .#," HAS AT LEAST REFERENCES TO SCIEN TIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH #LEARLY MANY OF OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THINK THAT BETTER SCIENCE WILL MAKE BETTER SCHOOLS

7HAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH 4HE MEANING OF SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH CONTINUES TO EVOLVE FROM DEFINITIONS IN THE 2EADING %XCELLENCE !CT OF TO THOSE IN .#," IN AND THE CONCEPT IS STILL BEING DEBATED IN THE LITERATURE AT CONFERENCES

AND IN SCHOOLS .#," ;3ECTION = DEFINES SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH AS RESEARCH THAT IS RIGOROUS SYSTEMATIC OBJECTIVE REPLICABLE GENERALIZABLE EMPIRICAL AND TO THE DISMAY OF QUITE A FEW RESEARCHERS WHO DON T THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MANDATE METH ODOLOGY PREFERABLY EXPERIMENTAL )N FACT THE )NSTITUTE OF %DUCATION 3CIENCES THE ARM OF THE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION THAT FUNDS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH HAS STATED THAT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH THAT USES RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS IS THE GOLD STANDARD IN CAUSAL STUDIES THAT ADDRESS QUESTIONS LIKE 7HAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF REDUCING CLASS SIZE ON STU DENT ACHIEVEMENT &URTHER CAUSAL STUDIES ARE PRIVILEGED SINCE THEY SUPPOSEDLY CAN BEST TELL US WHAT WORKS IN SCHOOLS %XPERIMENTAL RESEARCH THAT USES RANDOM IZED CONTROL TRIALS IS ONE KIND OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH AND IT OFTEN INVOLVES COUNTING AND MEASURING IN ORDER TO PREDICT AND CONTROL WHAT WILL HAPPEN #RITICS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS SAY THAT THEY CAN BE VERY EXPEN SIVE AND DIFFICULT TO BRING OFF IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS WHERE VARIABLES CANNOT EASILY BE CON TROLLED %VEN THOUGH THIS KIND OF RESEARCH HAS PROVIDED VERY IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE IN EDUCA TION MANY RESEARCHERS INCLUDING THOSE WHO DO RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS DON T BELIEVE THAT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IS NECESSARILY THE hBESTv SCIENCE IN EVERY CASE OR THE ONLY KIND OF RESEARCH WE NEED


/THER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH &OR HALF A CENTURY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ERS HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES THAT PRESENT THE RICH AND COMPLEX CONTEXT IN WHICH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WORK &OR INSTANCE WHAT IS IT LIKE ON A DAILY BASIS TO BE A STUDENT IN A hLAST CHANCEv ALGEBRA CLASS IN A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL 4HEY HAVE ALSO DONE CRITICAL WORK THAT LOOKS AT THE EFFECTS OF POWER IMBALANCES AS A RESULT OF FOR EXAMPLE RACE CLASS GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION &OR EXAMPLE HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THE INEQUI TIES INVOLVED IN ASSIGNING MOSTLY MINORITY STUDENTS TO LOW TRACK %NGLISH CLASSES &INALLY RESEARCHERS DO DECONSTRUCTIVE WORK THAT QUES TIONS THE TAKEN FOR GRANTED CATEGORIES AND CONCEPTS USED TO ORGANIZE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE IN EDUCATION &OR INSTANCE WHERE DID THE CATEGORY hSPECIAL EDUCATIONv COME FROM AND WHO BENEFITS FROM IT 7HAT HAPPENS TO CHILDREN WHO ARE PLACED IN THIS CATEGORY 7HAT IS THE DANGER IN THINKING THIS CATEGORY IS hREALv 7HEN THE RESEARCH DESCRIBED ABOVE INVOLVES FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE THROUGH INTERVIEWS OR ON SITE OBSERVATIONS IT IS CALLED QUALITATIVE RESEARCH $URING THE S AND S EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCED THE PARADIGM WARS WHEN THOSE WHO SUPPORTED RIVAL RESEARCH METHOD OLOGIES ARGUED THEIR CASES 3OME RESEARCHERS BELIEVED THAT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH GROUNDED IN THEORIES OF POSITIVISM COULD NOT ANSWER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND BEGAN TO USE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH THAT IS GROUNDED IN OTHER THEORIES FOR EXAMPLE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM PHENOMENOLOGY FEMINISM RACE BASED THEO RIES AND POSTMODERNISM 3OME EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHERS CALLED QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PRE SCIENTIFIC OR INTERESTING BUT NOT GOOD SCIENCE 3OME QUALITATIVE RESEARCHERS CALLED EXPERI MENTAL RESEARCH NARROW AND TOO CONCERNED WITH PREDICTION AND CONTROL

.ATIONAL 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL 3INCE .#," WE VE SEEN A RESURGENCE OF THE DEBATES ABOUT METHODOLOGY AND EPISTEMOL OGY THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PARADIGM WARS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT S DEFINITION OF SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH APPLIES CHIEFLY TO EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH !S SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH WAS INSTALLED IN PUBLIC LAW AND FEDERAL POLICY CONCERNS WERE RAISED THAT EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH COULD HAVE A DETRIMEN TAL IMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE 4HE !MERICAN %DUCATIONAL 2ESEARCH !SSOCIATION !%2! FOR EXAMPLE ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT EXPRESSES hDISMAY THAT THE $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION THROUGH ITS PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND PROGRAMS OF FUNDING IS DEVOTING SINGULAR ATTENTION TO THIS ONE TOOL

OF SCIENCE ;RANDOMIZED TRIALS= JEOPARDIZING A BROADER RANGE OF PROBLEMS BEST ADDRESSED THROUGH OTHER SCIENTIFIC METHODS v )N THE MIDST OF THE FUROR THE .ATIONAL 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL THE OPERATING ARM OF THE .ATIONAL !CADEMY OF 3CIENCES ORGANIZED A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES !FTER DELIBERATING FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS THE COMMITTEE WROTE A CONSENSUS REPORT 3CIENTIFIC 2ESEARCH IN %DUCATION .ATIONAL !CADEMIES 0RESS THAT ATTEMPTED TO DEFINE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH )NSTEAD OF CALMING THE WATERS THE REPORT ROILED THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY #RITICS FELT THAT THOUGH THE REPORT CLAIMED TO SUPPORT QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IT IN FACT DID NOT +EY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNALS PUBLISHED SPECIAL ISSUES OF CRITIQUE AND MANY QUALITA TIVE RESEARCHERS SAID THEY SEEMED TO BE IN A TIME WARP RELIVING THE PARADIGM WARS OF YEARS AGO 3OME CRITICS HAVE ARGUED THAT THE .ATIONAL 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL REPORT BOTH IGNORES AND REJECTS CERTAIN EPISTEMOLOGIES ESPECIALLY THOSE PRODUCED BY SCHOLARS WHO BELONG TO THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND "UT AS &EUER SAYS THE DEBATE HAS FORCED THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT ITSELF WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING

3CIENTIFIC EVIDENCE 4HE .ATIONAL 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL S NEXT STEP IS TO EXTEND THE WORK OF ITS EARLIER COMMIT TEES THAT LOOKED AT THE NATURE OF SCIENCE BY ORGANIZING A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE NATURE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EVIDENCE FOR POLICY AND WILL ALSO EXAMINE STANDARDS OF EVI DENCE APPLICABLE TO POLICY ORIENTED RESEARCH 4HE COMMITTEE WILL ADDRESS SUCH QUESTIONS AS $OES PURSUIT OF THE hGOLD STANDARDv OF EVI DENCE CREATE A RISK THAT EVEN THE BEST AVAILABLE EVIDENCE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT AS A BASIS FOR POLICY DECISIONS (OW CAN RIGOROUS FINDINGS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO POLICYMAKERS WHEN THEY NEED TO ACT 4HIS COMMITTEE S REPORT COULD HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON EDU CATIONAL RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE AND WHETHER JUSTIFIED OR NOT THESE REPORTS TAKE ON AN AIR OF TRUTH THAT ACADEMIC DEBATE CANNOT DISLODGE

4HE EFFECTS OF SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH 4HE INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE MANDATED BY .#," AND OTHER FEDERAL LEGISLATION HAS HAD SERIOUS EFFECTS ON MUCH OF OUR WORK IN EDUCATION &OR EXAMPLE THE .ATIONAL 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL HAS ORGANIZED A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS !RE WE PREPARING

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HIGHLY RELEVANT TO SOCIAL STUDIES COURSEWORK IN ECONOMICS AND 'EORGIA S PHYSI CAL GEOGRAPHY 4OUR INSTRUCTORS WILL INCLUDE SCIENTISTS AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL ENSURE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES INVOLVED AND RELATE REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS THAT WILL HELP TEACHERS APPLY STATE STANDARDS FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN FUN AND EDUCATIONAL WAYS IN THE CLASSROOM

+EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HE PROGRAM PREPARES TEACHERS TO ADDRESS THE MATHEMATICAL LEARNING NEEDS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS s 4HE PROGRAM ADDRESSES IMPORTANT HIGH STAKES MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENTS AND THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

!NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4EACHERS WILL DEVELOP IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE NATION S FOOD FIBER AND BIO FUEL SYSTEM s 3TUDENTS OF THE TEACHERS WILL EXPERIENCE A SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE CURRICU LUM THAT REFLECTS THE WAYS IN WHICH AGRICULTURE TOUCHES EVERY PART OF HUMAN LIFE

!NTICIPATED )MPACT s 3PECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS WILL PERFORM BETTER ON THE 'EORIGA (IGH 3CHOOL 'RADUATION 4EST MATHEMATICS SUBTEST AND WILL DEVELOP SOCIAL COMPETENCY s 4EACHERS WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO MAKE USE OF IMPROVED INSTRUCTIONAL PRAC TICES IN PROVIDING WORK RELATED MATHEMATICS TO STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 'EORGIA )NTERNSHIPS FOR 4EACHERSย ')&4 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATORS #RAIG +VIEN CKVIEN UGA EDU 3USAN 2EINHARDT SLR UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION )T IS NATURAL FOR PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM YET MANY TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES LACK A CONNECTION TO THE REAL WORLD 5'! S 4IFTON CAMPUS HOST TO OVER 0H$S IN THE APPLIED SCIENCES OFFERED PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF SOUTH 'EORGIA + SCIENCE MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS 4HIS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSE FOR TEACHERS WILL STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LEARNING AND PLACE AS TEACHERS PAIRED WITH SCIENTISTS EXAMINE FIRST HAND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH CURRENT RESEARCH PROBLEMS "Y PARTNERING WITH THE ')&4 0ROGRAM AT 'EORGIA 4ECH AND THE ,EARNING )NQUIRY BASED 3CIENCE 4ECHNIQUES ,)34 0ROJECT AT 6ALDOSTA 3TATE 5NIVERSITY THIS WORKSHOP ALSO CONNECTS TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND PROMOTES INQUIRY BASED LEARNING FOR STUDENTS +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4EACHERS WORK ELBOW TO ELBOW WITH SCIENTISTS IN LABORATORIES AND IN THE FIELD s 4HE PROGRAM IS LINKED TO RELATED EFFORTS AT 'EORGIA 4ECH AND 6ALDOSTA 3TATE 5NIVERSITY !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4EACHERS DEVELOP UNDERSTANDINGS OF SCIENCE AS A WAY OF THINKING AND A WAY OF INVESTIGATING s 0RE COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL VICARIOUSLY EXPERIENCE REAL SCIENCE THROUGH THE STO RIES OF THEIR TEACHERS s ! TEACHER NETWORK WILL BE DEVELOPED OF PERSONS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED REAL SCIENCE AT THE ELBOW OF A SCIENTIST 4HE 3CIENCE "EHIND /UR &OOD &IBER AND "IO &UEL 3YSTEM 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATOR #RAIG +VIEN CKVIEN UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HE .ATIONAL %NVIRONMENTALLY 3OUND 0RODUCTION !GRICULTURE ,ABORATORY .%30!, CONDUCTS A TWO WEEK TRAVELING STUDY TOUR FOR MIDDLE AND OR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE OR SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS TITLED h4HE 3CIENCE "EHIND /UR &OOD &IBER AND "IO &UEL 3YSTEM v 4HIS PROJECT GIVES TEACHERS BOTH THE BIG PICTURE VIEW OF OUR NATION S FOOD FIBER AND BIO FUEL SYSTEM AND THROUGH 'EORGIA FARM BUSINESS VISITS INSTILLS AN IN DEPTH AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON HOW AGRICULTURE TOUCHES EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES #OURSEWORK WILL TOUCH ON EACH AREA OF THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM n EARTH LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE n AND WILL BE Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร

+EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HE PROGRAM INVOLVES A TWO WEEK TRAVELING STUDY OF 'EORGIA FARMS AND AGRI CULTURAL BUSINESSES s 3CIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE UNDERSTANDINGS THAT LINK TO THE 'EORGIA SCHOOL CURRICULUM ARE TARGETED IN THE PROGRAM s 4OUR INSTRUCTORS WILL INCLUDE SCIENTISTS AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

3TANDARDS "ASED 0ROFESSIONAL ,EARNING 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATORS $ENISE -EWBORN DMEWBORN UGA EDU 0ATRICIA (UBERTY PATTIHUBERTY CHARTER NET +ATHY 2OJEK ROJEKK CLARKE K GA US $ESCRIPTION 4HE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS BY ENHANCING THE CLASSROOM PRACTICES OF ALL MATHEMATICS TEACH ERS AT #LARKE #OUNTY S !LPS 2OAD %LEMENTARY 3CHOOL TO ENABLE THEM TO MEET THE LEARNING NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS 4O ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL WE PROPOSE TO CONDUCT INTENSIVE SITE BASED DAILY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 4HIS PROJECT HAS FOUR MAIN STAFF DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS ALL OF WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS 4HE FIRST IS DAILY CLASSROOM BASED SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND OR TEAMS OF TEACHERS THE SECOND IS MONTHLY GRADE LEVEL TEAM MEETINGS DEVOTED TO MATHEMATICS THE THIRD IS MONTHLY STAFF DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS AND FOURTH IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MATH FOCUS GROUP OF TEACHER LEADERS +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HIS IS A SITE BASED PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES MATHEMATICS TEACHING AT ONE SCHOOL s 4HE PROGRAM S CENTERPIECE IS DAILY CLASSROOM BASED SUPPORT FOR INDI VIDUAL TEACHERS AND OR TEAMS OF TEACHERS !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4EACHERS WILL BUILD CONTENT KNOWL EDGE AS WELL AS PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IN MATHEMATICS s 3TUDENTS OF THE TEACHERS WILL PERFORM BETTER ON ASSESSMENTS THAT REFLECT THE NEW 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS IN MATH EMATICS 3CIENTISTS AND 0ROFESSIONAL %DUCATORS ,EARNING /UTDOORS 3 ! 0 % , / !N %COLOGICAL 2ESEARCH %XPERIENCE FOR 4EACHERS 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATORS 3TEVE /LIVER


SOLIVER UGA EDU 0ATRICIA (EMBREE PHEMBREE WCU EDU $ESCRIPTION 3APELO )SLAND IS ONE OF THE FEW BARRIER ISLANDS IN .ORTH !MERICA THAT HAS REMAINED IN A PROTECTED AND MOSTLY NATURAL STATE 'EORGIA CONTAINS ONE THIRD OF THE REMAINING SALT MARSH ECOSYSTEMS ON THE %AST #OAST WITH 3APELO PROTECTING ONE OF THE RICHEST AND MOST STUDIED 4HE EMPHASIS OF THE 3 ! 0 % , / PROJECT WILL BE ON TEACHER SCIENTIST COLLABORATIONS IN CONDUCT ING FIELD RESEARCH THROUGH A .ATIONAL 3CIENCE &OUNDATION FUNDED ,ONG 4ERM %COLOGICAL 2ESEARCH ,4%2 0ROJECT 0ARTICIPANTS WILL STUDY THE GENERAL ECOLOGY OF THE ISLAND AND WORK ON A RESEARCH PROJECT IN A FIELD SETTING IN COLLABORATION WITH ,4%2 SCIENTISTS 7ITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE CADRE OF PARTICIPANTS TEACH ERS WILL DEVELOP PARALLEL RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR THEIR CLASSES USING REAL WORLD 'EORGIA BASED SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HE PROJECT INVOLVES TEACHER SCIENTIST COLLABORATIONS s 4EACHERS INVESTIGATE GENERAL ECOLOGY OF A BARRIER ISLAND AND WORK ON RESEARCH PROJECTS IN A FIELD SETTING !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4EACHERS LEARN ABOUT THE UNIQUE AND DELICATE LIFE OF 3APELO )SLAND WITH ITS DISTINCT SCIENCE HISTORY s 3TUDENTS OF THE TEACHER PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE AN ENRICHED ECOLOGICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT $EEPER %XPLORATIONS OF -ATHEMATICS ย 2ICHMOND #OUNTY 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATOR #HANDRA /RRILL CORRILL UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HIS PROJECT OFFERS A FOLLOW UP EXPERIENCE FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE CURRENT 4ECHNOLOGY )NTEGRATION IN -ATHEMATICS 0ROJECT !CTIVITIES IN THIS YEAR LONG WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF SUMMER AND AFTER SCHOOL WORK SHOPS WITH ONGOING SUPPORT TO IMPACT TEACHERS USE OF OPEN ENDED PROBLEMS HANDS ON MANIPULATIVES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVING STUDENT MATHEMATICS LEARNING 0ROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EXPLORATION OF CASE STUD IES FOCUSED ON STUDENT THINKING MODEL LESSONS AND CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO USE STANDARDS BASED PRACTICES +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HE PROJECT FEATURES A YEAR LONG LEARN ING EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS OF MATH EMATICS IN A SINGLE 'EORGIA COUNTY s &EATURES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE EXPLORA TION OF CASE STUDIES OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND MODEL LESSONS !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4HE PROJECT WILL BETTER PREPARE TEACHERS TO USE OPEN ENDED PROBLEMS HANDS ON MANIPULATIVES AND TECHNOLOGY WHEN TEACHING MATHEMATICS s 4HE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT IS IMPROVED STUDENT LEARNING OF MATH EMATICS %XPLORING -ATH ย 2ICHMOND #OUNTY 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATOR #HANDRA /RRILL CORRILL UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HIS PROJECT OFFERS A COMBI NATION OF SUMMER AND AFTER SCHOOL WORK SHOPS WITH ONGOING SUPPORT TO IMPACT TEACHERS USE OF OPEN ENDED INVESTIGA

TIONS HANDS ON MANIPULATIVES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVING STUDENT MATH EMATICS LEARNING 7E FOCUS ON THE USE OF OPEN ENDED INVESTIGATIONS SUPPORTED WITH TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE PROBLEM SOLVING AND STANDARDS BASED PRACTICES 0ROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EXPLORATION OF CASE STUDIES FOCUSED ON STUDENT THINKING MODEL LESSONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS BASED LES SONS FOR USE IN TEACHERS CLASSROOMS +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HE PROJECT FEATURES A YEAR LONG LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS OF MATH EMATICS IN A SINGLE 'EORGIA COUNTY s &EATURES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE USE OF OPEN ENDED INVESTIGATIONS SUPPORTED WITH TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE PROBLEM SOLVING AND STANDARDS BASED PRACTICES !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4HE PROJECT WILL BETTER PREPARE TEACHERS TO USE OPEN ENDED INVESTIGATIONS WHEN TEACHING MATHEMATICS s 4HE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT IS IMPROVED STUDENT LEARNING OF MATH EMATICS #REATING -EANINGFUL #ONTEXTS FOR 3CIENCE AND ,ITERACY ,EARNING ! 0RE+ #O 2EFORM 0ROJECT 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATORS $EBORAH 4IPPINS DTIPPINS UGA EDU !MY *OHNSON AJOHNSON UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HIS PROJECT INVOLVES A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE 4ALIAFERRO #OUNTY 0UBLIC #HARTER 3CHOOL AND SCIENCE EDUCATORS LANGUAGE EDUCATORS AND SCIENTISTS AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA 5SING A SCHOOL BASED EMBEDDED MODEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE h,ESSON 3TUDYv DESIGN THE PROJECT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN 0RE+ TEACHERS CLASSROOM PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO INQUIRY SCI ENCE TEACHING AND THE APPLICATION OF READING WRITING SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS TO SCIENCE 4HE PROJECT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL 0RE+ TEACHERS AT THIS YEAR ROUND SCHOOL TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE CONTENT AND PEDAGOGY TO SUP PORT LITERACY BASED SCIENCE PRACTICES THROUGH CO TEACHING LEARNING COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THE h,ESSON 3TUDYv PROCESS AND FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCES +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HIS PROJECT INVOLVES THE COLLABORATIVE PARTICIPATION OF SCIENCE EDUCATORS LANGUAGE EDUCATORS AND SCIENTISTS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR 0RE+ TEACHERS s 4HE PROJECT IS SCHOOL BASED AND INVOLVES ALL TEACHERS IN THE SYSTEM S ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL s 0ROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES INCLUDE WORKSHOPS FIELD TRIPS AND *APANESE STYLE LESSON STUDY !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4HE PROJECT WILL LEAD TO TEACHERS WHO ARE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO PLAN IMPLEMENT AND ASSESS INQUIRY BASED SCIENCE s 4HE PROJECT WILL ALSO RESULT IN IMPROVED TEACHER UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT APPRO PRIATE STRATEGIES AND CONTENT FOR TEACHING SCIENCE IN A MANNER THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS IN BOTH SCIENCE AND LANGUAGE ARTS 4HE %NDANGERED 0LANT 3TEWARDSHIP .ETWORK %03. 7EBSITE WWW UGA EDU ^BOTGARDEN '%03. HTML 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATOR !NNE 3HENK ASHENK UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HIS PROJECT IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT EMPHA SIZES NATIVE AND RARE PLANTS THREATENED HABITATS AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AS A TRAINING GROUND FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION -ORE THAN 'EORGIA TEACHERS HAVE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT BY PARTICIPATING IN THREE DAY %03. WORKSHOPS SINCE THE PROGRAM S INCEPTION IN 3TAFF FROM THE 3TATE "OTANICAL 'ARDEN 3"' OF 'EORGIA HAVE DEVELOPED RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS THAT INCLUDE LESSON PLANS THAT ADDRESS THE 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS WHILE UTILIZING THE 5NDERSTANDING BY $ESIGN @BACKWARD DESIGN 0ARTICIPATING CLASSES RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL STATE PERMIT FROM THE 'EORGIA $EPARTMENT OF .ATURAL 1 / " ร ร รครคร ร ร Q


2ESOURCES TO WORK WITH ENDANGERED PLANTS AND SEEDS AND BECOME PART OF AN ENDANGERED PLANT MONITORING NETWORK 3TUDENTS CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS AND RECORD DETAILED OBSERVATIONS ON NATIVE AND RARE PLANTS 4HE 3"' RECENTLY RECEIVED AN %0! GRANT TO TRANSFER CURRICULAR RESOURCES TO THE )NTERNET THAT WILL FACILITATE USE OF THE MATERIAL IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE STATE +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HE PROJECT EMPHASIZES NATIVE AND RARE PLANTS THREATENED HABITATS AND CON SERVATION BIOLOGY s 4HE 3TATE "OTANICAL 'ARDEN OF 'EORGIA IS A CRITICAL PROJECT PARTNER PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS THAT ADDRESS THE 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4EACHERS AND THEIR CLASSES BECOME PART OF AN ENDANGERED PLANT MONITORING NETWORK s 4EACHERS DEVELOP UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT NATIVE AND RARE PLANTS THREATENED HABITATS AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY %NHANCING THE 4EACHING OF %VOLUTION THROUGH AN )NQUIRY 3AFARI 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATORS .ORMAN 4HOMSON NTHOMSON UGA EDU !RTHUR 2ECESSO ARECESSO UGA EDU (YEONJIN +IM JINNIE UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HIS PROJECT CONTINUES A COLLABORATION BETWEEN FACULTY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS IN THE ,EARNING AND 0ERFORMANCE 3UPPORT ,ABORATORY WITH FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS 4HE FOCUS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A ONE WEEK WORKSHOP THAT INTEGRATES PRINCIPLES AND INQUIRY ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNING ABOUT EVOLUTION AND $ VIRTUAL GORILLA ANIMATIONS 3TUDENTS THEN INVESTIGATE THE EVOLUTION OF BIPEDALISM USING SKULLS OF EXTANT AND EXTINCT MAMMALS AND THEIR OWN BILATERAL SYMMETRY ! 6IDEO !NALYSIS 4OOL ALLOWS TEACHERS TO RECORD THEIR TEACHING AND STUDENT LEARNING 5SING AN %VIDENCE "ASED $ECISION 3UPPORT TOOL TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO SYSTEMATICALLY REFLECT ON AND IMPROVE THEIR TEACHING PRACTICES +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4HE PROJECT FEATURES COLLABORATION BETWEEN SCIENCE EDUCATORS RESEARCH SCIEN TISTS AND TEACHERS FROM FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS s (UMAN EVOLUTION IS THE KEY CONTENT FOCUS OF THE PROJECT s 4EACHERS USE TECHNOLOGY TO RECORD AND REFLECT ON THEIR TEACHING AND THEIR STUDENTS LEARNING !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4EACHERS WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO TEACH ABOUT BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION s 4EACHERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER TOOLS FOR USE IN TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION 4HE 'EORGIA 3HORE 0ROGRAM 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATOR -ARYELLEN 4IMMONS MARE UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HE 'EORGIA 3HORE 0ROGRAM PROVIDES UP TO + TEACHERS WITH AN IN DEPTH OVERVIEW OF MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DURING AN INTENSIVE TWO WEEK SUMMER RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AT THE 5'! -ARINE %XTENSION FACILITY ON 3KIDAWAY )SLAND AND /SSABAW )SLAND IN *UNE 4HE SCHEDULE INCLUDES GRANT WRITING SEMINARS LAB BOAT AND FIELD EXPERIENCES EMPHASIZING hHANDS ONv INQUIRY METH ODS FOR THE CLASSROOM )NSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY WILL EMPHASIZE EDUCATIONAL USE OF THE )NTERNET MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING 4EACHERS WILL WORK WITH SCIENTISTS AND CONDUCT INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECTS USING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AS A MODEL 4EACHERS WILL DEVEL OP AND SHARE CLASSROOM CURRICULUM BASED ON INQUIRY METHODS LEARNED DURING THEIR RESEARCH 0ARTICIPANTS CAN EARN SIX GRADUATE EDUCATION CREDITS OR 3$5S +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 4EACHERS WORK WITH SCIENTISTS AND CONDUCT INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS ASPECTS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร

s 4HE PROGRAM INVOLVES AN INTENSIVE TWO WEEK SUMMER RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AT THE 5'! -ARINE %XTENSION FACILITY ON 3KIDAWAY )SLAND !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4WENTY TEACHERS COMPLETE THE EXPERIENCE WITH ENHANCED UNDERSTANDINGS OF MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES s 4EACHERS ARE ALSO PREPARED TO LEAD STUDENT INVESTIGATIONS ON MARINE TOPICS )MPLEMENTATION OF THE 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS IN 3CIENCE BY 5TILIZING THE *!3/. 0ROJECT AND 4ECHNOLOGY "RIDGES 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATOR *OHN 7IGGINS JWIG UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 4HE PROJECT S GOALS ARE TO FACILITATE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE INSTRUC TION HELP TEACHERS IMPLEMENT NEW 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS USING TECH NOLOGY ENHANCED HANDS ON ACTIVITIES SUPPORT TEACHERS AS THEY APPLY THIS NEW STRATEGY AND EXPAND THE *!3/. 0ROJECT TO 'EORGIA S UNDERSERVED AREAS 4HE PROJECT WILL BE COORDINATED BY THE 5'! %DUCATIONAL 4ECHNOLOGY 4RAINING #ENTER %44# AND OFFERED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN FOUR SERVICE REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE )T WILL INCLUDE THREE COMPONENTS A HANDS ON SCIENCE WORKSHOP BASED ON THE *!3/. %XPEDITION TEACHER IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES WITH STUDENTS AND FOLLOW UP SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL %44# 4EACHERS MAY RECEIVE UP TO FIVE 0,5S 4HE GRANT WILL COVER THE COST OF TRAINING FEES MATERIALS AND STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s ! KEY PROGRAM ELEMENT IS COORDINATION WITH THE SCIENCE ORIENTED *!3/. 0ROJECT s 4HE PROGRAM IS FACILITATED BY COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH REGIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES !NTICIPATED )MPACT s -IDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO TEACH SCIENCE IN WAYS THAT REFLECT THE NEW 'EORGIA 0ERFORMANCE 3TANDARDS AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO SUP PORT THEIR TEACHING 2IVERS TO 2EEF 7ATER 1UALITY !SSESSMENT AND )SSUES 0RINCIPAL )NVESTIGATORS -ALCOLM "UTLER MBBUTLER UGA EDU "OB 7ILLIAMS BOBWMS UGA EDU $ESCRIPTION 0ARTICIPATING EDUCATORS WILL BE ENGAGED IN AN INTENSIVE DAY RES IDENTIAL WORKSHOP BASED AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA S -ARINE %DUCATION #ENTER AND !QUARIUM -%#! ON 3KIDAWAY )SLAND 0ARTICIPANTS WORK ALONGSIDE SCIEN TISTS AS THEY ENGAGE IN FIELD SAMPLING AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS HEAR LECTURE AND AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATIONS BY FACULTY FROM -%#! THE -ARINE !DVISORY 3ERVICES THE 5'! -ARINE )NSTITUTE 5'!-) THE 3KIDAWAY )NSTITUTE OF /CEANOGRAPHY 3K)/ AND SCIENTISTS WITH THE 'RAYS 2EEF .ATIONAL -ARINE 3ANCTUARY ./!! !DDITIONALLY TEACHERS WILL USE THE ON SITE COMPUTER LAB AND RESEARCH LIBRARY TO CONDUCT LITERATURE SEARCHES ANALYZE DATA EXPLORE ')3 DATABASES AND PREPARE THEIR OWN COMPUTER PRESENTATIONS %XCURSIONS ON THE 5'! RESEARCH VESSEL 3AVANNAH AND TO 3APELO )SLAND ARE COMPONENTS OF THE WORKSHOP S ITINERARY 0ARTICIPANTS CAN EARN SIX GRADUATE CREDIT HOURS OR 3$5 CREDITS +EY 4EACHER %DUCATION )NNOVATIONS s 0ARTICIPANTS WORK ALONGSIDE SCIENTISTS AS THEY ENGAGE IN FIELD SAMPLING AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS THESE EXPERIENCES ARE AUGMENTED WITH LECTURE AND AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATIONS s 4HE PROJECT INVOLVES AN INTENSIVE DAY RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP BASED AT 5'! S -ARINE %DUCATION #ENTER AND !QUARIUM -%#! ON 3KIDAWAY )SLAND !NTICIPATED )MPACT s 4EACHERS WILL IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT CAN BE USED WITH THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSES


*ร i`ย Vร ย ย }ร >`ร iย >ร ย ย ร +AMPHAUS TO DEVELOP NEW INSTRUMENT TO SCREEN YOUNG CHILDREN FOR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS "Y !NGELA (AINS

HILDREN ARE ROUTINELY TESTED IN TODAY S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR ACADEMIC PROBLEMS AND SENSORY LIMITATIONS IN ORDER TO PLACE THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE GRADE IN WHICH THEY MAY MAKE OPTIMUM USE OF THEIR LEARNING ABILITIES .OW A 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA EDUCATIONAL PSY CHOLOGIST PLANS TO DEVELOP A METHOD THAT WILL MAKE +AMPHAUS IT PRACTICAL TO SCREEN CHILDREN FOR BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS THAT CAN AFFECT LEARNING AS WELL 2ANDY +AMPHAUS A $ISTINGUISHED 2ESEARCH 0ROFESSOR IN THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION HAS BEEN AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE )NSTITUTE OF %DUCATION 3CIENCES IN THE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION TO DEVELOP AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIFTH GRADE +AMPHAUS WILL WORK WITH A LARGE GROUP OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACH ERS IN NORTHEAST 'EORGIA TO DEVELOP A USER FRIENDLY SCHOOL BASED SCREENING MEASUREMENT TOOL TO ASSESS CHILDREN S EMOTIONAL AND BEHAV IORAL HEALTH h#URRENTLY SCHOOLS SCREEN FOR VISION HEARING ACADEMIC AND OTHER PROBLEMS BUT THEY DO NOT SCREEN FOR BEHAVIORAL OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN SYSTEMATIC RELIABLE AND VALID WAYS v SAID +AMPHAUS WHO IS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 4HE GRANT TITLED $EVELOPMENT AND 6ALIDATION OF A 3CREENER FOR "EHAVIORAL AND %MOTIONAL 0ROBLEMS IN %LEMENTARY AND -IDDLE 3CHOOL WILL ALLOW +AMPHAUS AND #HRISTINE $I3TEFANO CO INVESTIGA TOR ON THE GRANT AND A 5'! ALUMNA WHO IS NOW A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3OUTH #AROLINA TO DEVELOP A RELIABLE MEASUREMENT TOOL THAT SCHOOLS CAN USE TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WHO HAVE TENDENCIES TO BE MORE EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE OR EXHIBIT BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS THAT MAY INHIBIT LEARNING 4HE STUDY WILL ALSO BE ONE OF THE FEW OF ITS KIND TO ASSESS THE ABILITY OF SUCH A MEASURE TO ACCURATELY PREDICT A VARIETY OF IMPORTANT CHILD OUTCOMES LONG TERM SUCH AS READING AND MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS 0AST RESEARCH INDICATES THAT CHILDREN WITH CERTAIN BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ARE MORE PRONE TO ACADEMIC FAILURE SAID +AMPHAUS ! NEW MEASUREMENT

TOOL WILL ALLOW TEACHERS TO IDENTIFY SUCH PROBLEMS AT EARLIER STAGES IN CHILDHOOD WHEN PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION EFFORTS MAY BE MOST EFFECTIVE h/UR HOPE IS THAT A MORE VALID AND PRACTICAL SCREENING METHOD WILL ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS AND PARENTS TO IDENTIFY AND INTERVENE EARLY TO MITI GATE THE EFFECTS OF BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ON CHILDREN S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT v HE SAID #URRENTLY THERE IS NOT A USER FRIENDLY COST EFFECTIVE TIME EFFICIENT RELIABLE AND VALID INSTRUMENT TO SCREEN CHILDREN S BEHAVIORAL AND EMO TIONAL WELL BEING (OWEVER PILOT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SUCH TECHNOL OGY IS FEASIBLE SAID +AMPHAUS (E WILL BEGIN WORK ON THE PROJECT THIS SPRING &OR MORE THAN TWO DECADES +AMPHAUS HAS PURSUED RESEARCH IN MEN TAL HEALTH SCREENING CLASSIFICATION METHODS DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS TEST DEVELOPMENT LEARNING DISABILITY AND !$($ ASSESSMENT (E IS WIDELY KNOWN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE "EHAVIOR !SSESSMENT 3YSTEM FOR #HILDREN "!3# WITH #ECIL 2EYNOLDS A TESTING AND ASSESS MENT INSTRUMENT NOW USED WORLDWIDE TO HELP EDUCATORS ADDRESS EFFEC TIVE CHILD LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR +AMPHAUS HAS ALSO AUTHORED OR CO AUTHORED SEVERAL TEXTS THAT HAVE BECOME STANDARDS FOR ACADEMICS AND PRACTITIONERS IN SCHOOL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND TESTS MEASUREMENT TRAINING (IS BOOKS INCLUDE #LINICAL !SSESSMENT OF #HILD AND !DOLESCENT )NTELLIGENCE AND #LINICAL !SSESSMENT OF #HILD AND !DOLESCENT 0ERSONALITY AND "EHAVIOR WITH 0AUL &RICK +AMPHAUS HAS SERVED AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR CO INVESTIGATOR OR CONSULTANT ON SEVERAL FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS DEALING WITH EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION CHILD CLASSIFICATION METHODS PREVA LENCE OF !$($ AND CONDUCT DISORDER IN ,ATIN !MERICA AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN SCHOOLS (E IS A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST AND A &ELLOW OF THE !MERICAN 0SYCHOLOGICAL !SSOCIATION !0! (E HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE $IVISION OF 3CHOOL 0SYCHOLOGY FOR !0! AND CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE #OUNCIL OF 2EPRESENTATIVES OF !0! +AMPHAUS WHO EARNED HIS 0H $ IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOL OGY AT 5'! JOINED THE FACULTY HERE IN 2ANDY +AMPHAUS CAN BE REACHED AT RKAMP UGA EDU 1 / " ร ร รครคร ร ร Q


6 "* /Ê1* / "Y ,AUREN ! "ARRETT S DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS ) HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO KNOW A NUMBER OF WORLD CLASS ALUMNI RETIRED FACULTY AND FRIENDS OF OUR #OLLEGE 7HETHER IT IS THEIR EXPERIENCE HERE AT 5'! DEDICATION TO THEIR FIELD OR A DESIRE TO HONOR A CHERISHED EDUCATOR OR INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR LIFE THEIR SUPPORT ARE CHANG ING THE FACE OF THE ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY 7HETHER IT IS AN ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP THAT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A RENOWNED ACADEMIC TO TEACH AND PERFORM RESEARCH AT OUR #OLLEGE A SCHOLARSHIP THAT ENABLES AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT TO CARRY ON THEIR STUDIES OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR GENERAL FUND THAT ADD UP TO ALLOW FOR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES LIKE STUDENT TRAVEL TO PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES OR THE ABILITY TO HOST A VISITING PROFESSOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT IS GREATLY ENRICHING THE BREADTH OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR IMPACT ON THE GREATER GOOD (ERE S A CLOSE UP LOOK AT A FEW SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO THROUGH THEIR FORESIGHT AND SUPPORT ARE BROADENING THE SCOPE SIGNIFICANCE AND CAPABILITY OF THE 5'! #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION IN

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4HIRTEEN YEAR OLD .ATHAN .ELMS LENDS A HAND TO -ATT 3TINCHCOMB AS HE NEGOTIATES A BALANCE EXERCISE DURING A RECENT VISIT TO THE 0EDIATRIC %XERCISE AND -OTOR $EVELOPMENT #LINIC 0(/4/ "9 $%!..! 0)%.)!3:%+

HEN -ATT 3TINCHCOMB " ! "USINESS !DMINISTRATION DECIDED TO MAKE A FINANCIAL GIFT TO THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA HE WANTED TO HELP SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS CHILDREN 7HEN HE CAME TO VISIT US AT THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION HE FOUND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR 4HE SEVEN YEAR VETERAN .&, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AND FORMER 'EORGIA "ULLDOG S VISIT TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY S 0EDIATRIC %XERCISE AND -OTOR $EVELOPMENT #LINIC QUICKLY CON VINCED HIM THAT IT WAS A WORTHY CAUSE 4HE CLINIC HELD EACH 4UESDAY AND 4HURSDAY NIGHT AT THE 2AMSEY #ENTER DURING FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS IS THE TEACH ING PRACTICUM FOR A COURSE TITLED !DAPTED 0HYSICAL %DUCATION &OUNDED AND DIRECTED FOR THE PAST YEARS BY -ICHAEL (ORVAT A PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION THE COURSE AND CLINIC ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN ACTIVITY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PHYSICAL AND MOTOR FUNCTIONS ARE COMPROMISED -OST DISORDERS OF THE CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE CLINIC ARE NEUROLOGICAL E G CEREBRAL PALSY AND SPINA BIFIDA BEHAVIORAL E G $OWN 3YNDROME AND AUTISM SENSORY RELATED E G VISUAL AND HEARING IMPAIRMENTS OR HEALTH RELATED E G RESPIRATORY CARDIOVASCULAR AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS 3TUDENT CLINICIANS USUALLY MAJORING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION SPORT STUDIES EDUCA TION EXERCISE SCIENCE MOTOR BEHAVIOR OR RELATED FIELDS RECEIVE INVALUABLE PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCE IN THE CLINIC h4HOSE 5'! STUDENTS LEARN WHAT THESE KIDS ARE CAPABLE OF AND SEE THE THINGS THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WELL BEYOND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WERE AND THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE INFLU ENCING THOSE KIDS LIVES IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY IS BENEFICIAL WELL BEYOND THAT ONE CHILD v SAID 3TINCHCOMB 3TINCHCOMB AND HIS BROTHER *ON ALSO AN .&, PLAYER ORGA NIZED THE FIRST ANNUAL #OUNTDOWN TO +ICKOFF FUNDRAISING EVENT IN *ULY !LUMNI "ULLDOGS JOINED THE CURRENT TEAM FOR AUTOGRAPHS PICTURES AND FUN 0ART OF THE PROCEEDS WILL HELP PAY FOR SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THE CLINIC AS WELL AS DEFRAY THE EXPENSE OF GRADUATE ASSISTANTS WHO SET UP AND ORGANIZE EACH SEMESTER S ACTIVITIES


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OST ALUMNI OF 5'! ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME !DERHOLD / # !DERHOLD WAS THE 5NIVERSITY S LONGEST STANDING PRESIDENT AND WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE GROWTH OF 5'! INTO A MAJOR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (E IS ALSO THE NAMESAKE OF THE #OLLEGE S MAIN BUILDING !DERHOLD (ALL 7HAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER !DERHOLD ON THE FACULTY AT THE #OLLEGE n 0RESIDENT AND -RS "ESS !DERHOLD S DAUGHTER %LIZABETH BETTER KNOWN AS "EBE (AVING GROWN UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE 0RESIDENT S (OUSE ON 0RINCE !VENUE ONE WOULD NATURALLY THINK HER FATHER S PAS SION FOR IMPROVING + EDUCATION AND HER MOTHER A MASTER S GRADUATE IN HOME ECONOMICS ENCOURAGED HER TO CHOOSE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AS A PROFESSION (OWEVER THIS IS ONLY PART OF THE STORY 4HE LATE -ARGARET -C0HAUL WHO ESTABLISED A NURSERY SCHOOL IN THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT IN WAS A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND AND "EBE S FIRST TEACHER WHEN SHE WAS ENROLLED AT AGE 4HIS FORMATIVE RELATIONSHIP LED TO A LIFE LONG FRIENDSHIP AND MUTUAL ADMIRATION )N LATER YEARS AFTER "EBE RECEIVED HER " ! IN HISTORY SHE RETURNED TO 5'! FOR HER MASTER S AND DOCTORATE IN PSYCHOLOGY $URING HER GRADUATE WORK SHE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE LATE &LORENE 9OUNG A PIONEER IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN 'EORGIA AND A NOTED SCHOLAR IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY "EBE S RESEARCH AND WORK WITH PRE SCHOOL PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY LED TO A FACULTY POSITION IN THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION !LTHOUGH SHE RETIRED IN "EBE S DEDICATION TO THE FIELD WILL LIVE ON THROUGH HER PLANNED GIFT TO THE #OLLEGE TO CREATE THE "EBE !DERHOLD 0ROFESSORSHIP IN %ARLY #HILDHOOD %DUCATION

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4HE IMPACT IT HAS HAD IN ELE MENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS !NOTHER IS THAT RESEARCHERS AT THE #ENTERS FOR $ISEASE #ONTROL $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION )NSTITUTE OF !DVERSE 9OUTH AND THE !RTHUR "LANK &OUNDATION HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING ENOUGH PROGRAM TO PAY TO TEST IT !ND THE TEST RESULTS SHOW THAT THE KIDS REALLY LIKE THE PROGRAM THE TEACHERS ENJOY IT AND IT HAS IMPACT ) KEEP GETTING EMAILS AND CONTACTS FROM PEOPLE n THE /NEIDA )NDIAN 2ESERVATION UP IN 7ISCONSIN HAS BEEN USING IT AND THEY RE USING IT IN THE $EPARTMENT OF $EFENSE /VERSEAS 3CHOOL IN 'ERMANY 7E HAVE A GOOD BIT OF DATA THAT SAYS THIS HAS AN IMPACT BUT IT S REALLY NEAT TO SEE PEOPLE USING IT BECAUSE THEY VE TRIED IT AND FOUND IT WORKS 7E GET EXCITED THINKING THAT WHAT WE RE DOING HERE CAN ACTUALLY IMPACT KIDS EVERYWHERE )N TERMS OF THE RESEARCH THIS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED NOW AS A COM PONENT OF THE 'REAT 3CHOOLS AND &AMILIES 0ROGRAM 0ART OF WHAT WE DO HAS BEEN USED IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TESTED TO SEE HOW WELL IT WORKS 4HE DATA ARE MIXED ON THAT

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(OW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RESEARCHING BULLYING OR VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS AND HOW DID YOU COME TO FOCUS ON THESE TOPICS

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) WAS A TEACHER AND COUNSELOR IN 'AINESVILLE &LA FROM -OSTLY MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT SOME HIGH SCHOOL 7HEN ) STARTED MY CAREER AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED WAS h$ID ) WANT TO DO REGISTRATION AND RECORDS OR DID ) WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE TROUBLESOME KIDS v .ATURALLY ) TOOK THE TROUBLESOME KIDS )T REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE ) THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THEM 3O ) STOPPED BEING A COUNSELOR 'OT MY DOCTORATE


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1 !ND HOW DID YOU BEGIN RESEARCHING BULLYING !( 7HEN ) FIRST GOT INTO THISx WE DIDN T USE THE TERM @BULLY AT ALL

4HAT WAS KIND OF AN INAPPROPRIATE TERM TO USE 7HAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS AGGRESSIVE CHILDREN OR CONDUCT DISORDERED CHILDREN OR OPPOSITIONAL CHILDREN "UT WE NEVER USED THE WORD @BULLYING BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF A POP THING "UT ABOUT YEARS AGO SOMEONE CALLED ME AND WANTED TO DO AN INTERVIEW FOR A MAGAZINE 7E TALKED FOR A WHILE AND ) WENT HOME AND TOLD MY WIFE ABOUT THE INTERVIEW h7HO WAS IT WITH v SHE ASKED h) DON T KNOWx ) DIDN T EVEN ASK v ) SAID !S IT TURNED OUT IT WAS A MAGA ZINE CALLED 4HE 3TAR ) HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BUT MY WIFE HAD h/H MY THAT S ONE OF THOSE CHECKOUT STAND TABLOIDS v SHE SAID 4WO WEEKS LATERx THE MAGAZINE COMES OUT AND THERE S THIS BIG FRONT PAGE STORY ON BULLIES AND ) READ IT AND IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD ARTICLE ) LIKED IT 3O ) SWITCHED TO THE TERM @BULLY AND STARTED USING IT !ND WE VE BEEN USING IT EVEN MORE IN THE LAST YEARS SINCE WE STARTED THE "ULLY "USTER PROJECT 4HE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS TO SEE IF WE COULD REALLY IMPACT THE SCHOOLS HERE 7E TRIED TO IMPLEMENT THE BEST KNOWN BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM HERE AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT IT REALLY DIDN T WORK )N FACT THINGS GOT WORSE INSTEAD OF BETTER 3O WE SPENT THE NEXT YEAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY 7E FINALLY DETERMINED THAT THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM WAS SET UP TO CHANGE THE WHOLE SCHOOL THE WHOLE COMMUNITY )T HAD TO BE TOTAL CHANGE !ND YOU JUST CAN T CHANGE A WHOLE COMMUNITY ) M NOT THAT POWERFUL 3O WHAT WE LEARNED WAS THAT WE COULD GO TO A SCHOOL AND WORK WITH A FEW TEACHERS AND THOSE TEACHERS COULD HAVE SOME IMPACT AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE WORK WITH A FEW MORE TEACHERS AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR MAYBE THE WHOLE SCHOOL !ND SO THE WAY WE VE DONE IT IS MUCH SMALLER )N THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON "ULLY "USTERS 0ARENTS 'ROUPS IN THOSE SCHOOLS 7E FOUND THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME NICE IMPACT WITH PARENTS TEACHING THEM THE SAME THINGS WE RE TEACHING TEACHERS

1 3HOOTINGS AT #OLUMBINE AND SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NATION HAVE DRAWN GREAT MEDIA COVERAGE (AS THAT BEEN HELPFUL OR HAS IT MADE YOUR WORK MORE DIFFICULT !ND IF SO HOW

!( 4HERE ARE SEVERAL RESPONSES /NE IS OF COURSE WE WISH IT HAD

NEVER HAPPENED "UT WHEN IT DID HAPPEN IT REALLY BROUGHT PUBLIC AWARENESS THAT THIS IS A REAL SERIOUS PROBLEM AND IT GAVE US A WORD THAT PEOPLE COULD USE TO HELP CREATE SENSITIVITY &OR EXAMPLE THREE DIFFER ENT STATES RECENTLY REPORTED THAT THEY HAD PREVENTED A #OLUMBINE TYPE EVENT !ND ) THOUGHT WOW )F WE HADN T HAD #OLUMBINEx THEN WE WOULDN T BE TALKING ABOUT IT THIS WAY Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร

/NE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT BEING FUNDED BY THE #ENTERS FOR $ISEASE #ONTROL IS THAT THEY PROVIDE US ACCESS TO THEIR PHENOMENAL DATABASE !ND ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICED IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN SCHOOLS HAS GONE DOWN FOR THE LAST DECADE 4HAT S THE GOOD NEWS 4HE BAD NEWS IS THAT WHEN THEY DO HAPPEN THEY RE MORE OFTEN LIKELY TO BE MULTIPLE 4HE &") REPORT ON BULLYING IN SCHOOLS IS REAL CLEAR n THE MAJORITY OF KIDS WHO BECOME VIOLENT ARE VICTIMS OF BULLIES 4IME AFTER TIME THE &") REPORTS IT S NOT THE LITTLE (ISPANIC KID IT S NOT THE LITTLE !FRICAN !MERICAN KID IT S THE KID MOSTLY FROM MIDDLE CLASS WHO WAS PICKED ON AND WHO HAD ACCESS TO WEAPONS !ND PEOPLE STILL HAVEN T COME TO GRIPS WITH THAT 7E WANT TO BLAME ALL THOSE hBAD KIDSv OUT THEREx WHEN THE FACT IS THAT THOSE BAD KIDS OFTENTIMES ARE NORMAL KIDS THAT JUST GOT PUSHED TOO FAR !ND IF WE HAD A PROGRAM TO HELP THEM THAT D BE REALLY POWERFUL ! REPORTER RECENTLY ASKED ME h3HOULDN T THEY LEARN TO HANDLE IT ON THEIR OWN v 3URE THEY SHOULD !ND IF YOU GO OUT INTO DOWNTOWN "UCKHEAD ON A 3ATURDAY NIGHT AND SOMEONE STARTS ACCOSTING YOU YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT ON YOUR OWN SHOULDN T YOU 9OU RE AN ADULT 4HINK ABOUT HOW YOU D BE IF YOU WERE A KID BEING ASSAULTED AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO 3OMETIMES WE NEED HELP ) THINK THAT S THE EDUCATOR S ROLE TO DO THAT !NYBODY WHO SAYS THAT WE SHOULDN T BE HELPING THESE KIDS IS OUT OF CONTACT WITH WHAT IT S LIKE TO BE IN A FEARFUL SITUATION ) GET KIND OF PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS

1 (AS BULLYING INCREASED IN OUR SCHOOLS !( "ULLYING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME %VEN THE 'REEKS

TALKED ABOUT IT "UT FIRST OF ALL THE 'REEK KID WHO GOT BULLIED VERY SEL DOM COULD FIND THE KINDS OF WEAPONS OUR KIDS CAN FIND TODAY 3ECOND EVEN IF THE 'REEK KID FELT BULLIED AND WANTED TO GET A SPEAR AND GO EVEN THE ODDS THERE WOULD BE ADULTS AROUND THAT WOULD SAY h9OU RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT v "UT TODAY MORE AND MORE FAMILIES ARE WORKING LONGER AND LONGER HOURS 4HERE S NO GETTING AROUND IT 7E VE HAD YEARS OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THE SINGLE BEST PREDICTOR OF WHETHER A KID IS GOING TO BE A DELINQUENT OR NOT IS HOW MUCH THE PARENTS MONITOR THE KID S BEHAVIOR &OR INSTANCE WHEN A PARENT KNOWS WHAT THEIR KID IS DOING 7HERE ARE THEY GOING 7HO WILL THEY BE WITH 7HERE ARE THEIR PARENTS 7HERE CAN ) FIND THEM 9OU DON T FIND A LOT OF DELINQUENTS IN THOSE FAMILIES .OW YOU APPLY THAT TO THE CLASSROOM 7E USED TO HAVE SMALLER CLASSES AND MORE TEACHER AIDES 7E HAD MORE ADULTS IN THE ROOM TO SAY h9OU DON T DO THAT IN HERE v "UT WE VE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF TEACHER AIDES


WE VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND PARENTS ARE LESS INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY RE BUSY 3O MANY ARE WORKING TWO JOBS OR ARE JUST NOT AVAILABLE 3O JUST THE VERY NATURE OF HAVING KIDS WITH LESS MONITORED TIME ALLOWS FOR MORE TROUBLE 7HEN WE DO SURVEYS ABOUT WHERE THIS BULLYING HAPPENS WE FIND IT HAPPENS AT SCHOOL LUNCHROOMS ON THE PLAYGROUNDS AND IN THE BATHROOMSx )T S WHERE THE ADULTS AREN T 3O ) DON T THINK IT S WORSE THAN IT USED TO BE BUT THERE IS LESS OF A CONSE QUENCE FOR IT AND THERE S MORE UNMONITORED TIME !ND WHEN ) SAY LESS OF A CONSEQUENCE IT S KIND OF LIKE WITH THE LAN GUAGE WE HEAR KIDS USING TODAYx ) OVERHEARD A CONVERSATION RECENTLY BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS AT A CAMPUS CAFยฃ AND ) THOUGHT YOU KNOW IF THAT LANGUAGE HAD OCCURRED WHEN ) WAS IN SCHOOL THOSE KIDS WOULD BE OUT OF SCHOOL 7E KNOW THAT YOU DON T HAVE TWO KIDS THAT WALK UP TO EACH OTHER AND START FIGHTING AT SCHOOL )T STARTS WITH h(EY YOUR MAMA v 3O IT GOES FROM TEASING TO NAME CALLING TO SCUFFLES TO FIGHTS AND SO IF YOU CAN STOP THE TEASING AND NAME CALLING YOU PROBABLY AREN T GOING TO GET TO THE FIGHT

1 !ND THIS IS STARTING EARLY !( 6ERY EARLY ) MEAN WE HAVE KIDS COMING INTO KINDERGARTEN

FIRST GRADE WHO ALREADY KNOW HOW TO BULLY /UR ORIGINAL WORK WAS TO START IT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT THE PRINCIPALS SAID h7ELL THOSE KIDS COME IN LIKE THISx7HY DON T YOU WORK WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS v 3O THEN WE WENT TO ELEMENTARY AND EVEN THERE THEY SAID h9OU REALLY OUGHT TO BE DOING PRE SCHOOL v !ND PART OF IT IS YOU HAVE SOME FAMILIES THAT CONDONE IT SOME WHO IGNORE IT OR LOOK THE OTHER WAY 9OU HAVE SOME FAMILIES WHO JUST DON T KNOW WHAT TO DO ) DON T THINK THERE S MUCH MALICIOUSNESS 3O PART OF OUR GOAL IS JUST TO SAY LET S BE AWARE OF ITx THAT IT #!. BE A PROBLEMx HERE S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FEELS LIKE AND THEN TAKE SOME STEPS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

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3O BULLYING PREVENTION IS A KEY FACTOR IN PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

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WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS ) DON T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM ACADEMICS )T S IMPORTANT THAT WE TEACH KIDS TO READ TEACH THEM MATH "UT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE MORE A KID IS BULLIED OR THE MORE A KID )3 A BULLY THE LOWER THEIR GRADES ARE LIKELY TO BE 4HEY GO TOGETHER !GGRESSIVE ACTS GO WITH LOW GRADES 7E ALSO KNOW THAT HIGH SCHOOL BUL LIES AND VICTIMS OF BULLIES ARE BOTH MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT THAN YOUR

AVERAGE KID 3O THE BULLYING IS DEFINITELY RELATED TO THE VIOLENCE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE PRECURSORS TO THE PROBLEM "UT IF YOU CAN STOP THE BULLY ING THAT S A PREVENTION PLAN 0EOPLE ASK h7HAT S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BULLYING AND AGGRES SION v !GGRESSION IS WHEN SOMEONE ACTS OUT AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON "ULLYING IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT HAS THREE CHARACTERISTICS .UMBER ONE IS IT S INTENTIONAL &OR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE A CLASSROOM WITH HYPERAC TIVE KIDSx THEY MAY BE BOUNCING AROUND AND BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER AND KNOCKING BOOKS OFF AND CAN LOOK AGGRESSIVE BUT IT S NOTx IT S UNINTENTIONAL 4HEY DIDN T MEAN TO HURT ANYONE !ND THEY REALLY DIDN T 7HEREAS THE BULLY MEANS TO DO IT )T S INTENTIONAL 4HE SECOND CHARACTERISTIC IS THAT THERE S AN IMBALANCE OF POWER 4HE BULLY ALWAYS HAS SOME FORM OF POWER THE OTHER ONE DOESN T )T COULD TAKE THE FORM OF SIZE OF INTELLIGENCEx YOU MAY HAVE A BRIGHT KID WHO REALLY HOLDS IT OVER THE SLOWER KIDx IT COULD BE SOCIAL CLASSx ATHLETICx THE JOCKS GET TO PUSH AROUND THE NERDS AND SO FORTH 4HE THIRD THING IS x AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT SO PERNICIOUS x IT S REPEATED 4HAT S A REAL IMPORTANT PART ,IKE IF YOU WERE DRIVING IN TODAY AND SOME IDIOT CUT YOU OFF YOU D GET ANGRY FOR A FEW MOMENTS BUT SOON YOU VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT "UT IF YOU KNEW THAT GUY WAS GOING TO DO IT %6%29 SINGLE DAYx THEN IT BECOMES PART OF YOUR LIFE AND IT BECOMESx h7HAT CAN ) DO TODAY TO GET THIS GUY TO LEAVE ME ALONE v 7E RE DOING WORK WITH THE !RMY OVER IN 'ERMANY 9OU KNOW PEOPLE SAY h!W BULLYING x ANYBODY CAN HANDLE THAT STUFF v !ND ) LL ASK THEM h4ALK TO ME ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO BULLIED YOU WHEN YOU WERE A KID v AND SEVERAL PEOPLE USUALLY SAY THEY CAN T REMEMBER ONE "UT AFTER WE TALK A BIT ) VE NEVER YET HAD ANYBODY WHO COULD ./4 IDENTIFY A BULLY FROM THEIR CHILDHOOD 3OMETIMES IT WAS THEM THEMSELVES "UT THEY CAN ALWAYS IDENTIFY ONE h(IS NAME WAS THIS AND THIS IS WHAT HE DID AND HE DID IT AT THIS TIMExv !NYTHING THAT S POWERFUL ENOUGH FOR YOU TO REMEMBER YEARS LATER HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON YOU !GGRESSION IS IMPORTANT BUT WE REALLY FOCUS ON BULLYING 4HE .ATIONAL !SSOCIATION OF 3CHOOL 0SYCHOLOGISTS REPORTS THAT KIDS SKIP SCHOOL EVERY DAY IN !MERICA BECAUSE THEY RE AFRAID TO GO BECAUSE THEY VE BEEN BULLIED 4HAT S SOMETHINGx KIDS A DAY SKIP SCHOOL OUT OF FEAR 4HAT S RIDICULOUS !NDY (ORNE CAN BE REACHED AT AHORNE UGA EDU

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3ANDMANN AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LIFELONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRA TION AND POLICY WAS NAMED AS A MEMBER OF THE .ATIONAL !DVISORY 0ANEL FOR .EW #ARNEGIE %LECTIVE #LASSIFICATION ON #OMMUNITY %NGAGEMENT #&!4 S GOAL IS TO INCREASE HIGHER EDUCATION S ROLE WITH THE COMMUNITY %NGAGING THE COM MUNITY RENEWS HIGHER EDUCATION S CIVIC DUTY CONNECTING LITERATURE RESEARCH PRACTICE POLICY AND THEORY STUDENTS LEARN IN THE CLASS ROOM TO COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL SAID 3ANDMANN 4HE NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL WILL REVIEW HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS APPLICATIONS FOR CLASSIFICATION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 3INCE ITS INCEPTION IN #&!4 HAS SERVED THE NATION AS AN INDEPENDENT POLICY AND RESEARCH CENTER %ARLIER THIS YEAR 3ANDMANN A NATIONAL EXPERT ON THE ASSESSMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND FACULTY S SCHOLARSHIP OF ENGAGEMENT LED A 7INGSPREAD #ONFERENCE TITLED %NGAGEMENT IN (IGHER %DUCATION "UILDING A &EDERATION FOR !CTION 4HIS SUMMIT OF HIGHER EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS NETWORKS AND LEADERS FORMED THE (IGHER %DUCATION .ETWORK FOR #OMMUNITY %NGAGEMENT (%.#% WHICH CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE COLLAB ORATIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT GAPS AND NEXT STEPS CRITICAL TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ENDEAVORS ACROSS THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR

'RADUATE MATH EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFERED AT 5'! S 'RIFFIN CAMPUS 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA WILL BEGIN OFFER ING A hMATH LEADERSv GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM AIMED AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AT ITS 'RIFFIN CAMPUS THIS FALL 4HE NEW PROGRAM OFFERED THROUGH 5'! S DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION LEADS TO A MASTER S IN EDUCATION - %D OR A SPECIALIST IN EDUCATION %D 3 DEGREE 4HE PROGRAM IS BEING OFFERED IN RESPONSE TO SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE 'RIFFIN 2EGIONAL %DUCATION 3ERVICE !GENCY AREA WHO INDICATED THE NEED TO PROVIDE ELE MENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH ENHANCED MATH EMATICS CONTENT AND PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE !PPLICANTS FOR THE MATH LEADERS PROGRAM SHOULD CONTACT MATHEMATICS EDUCATION PROFES SOR ,ARRY (ATFIELD LHATFIEL UGA EDU 5'! WILL ALSO OFFER TWO NEW BACHELOR S DEGREE PROGRAMS AT 'RIFFIN AS WELL IN #ONSUMER %CONOMICS LEADING TO A " 3 IN &AMILY AND #ONSUMER 3CIENCES AND !GRIBUSINESS LEADING TO A " 3 IN !GRICULTURE

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EGENTS 0ROFESSOR *EREMY +ILPATRICK WAS ELECTED TO A THREE YEAR TERM ON THE "OARD OF 'OVERNORS OF THE -ATHEMATICAL !SSOCIATION OF !MERICA EFFECTIVE IN *ANUARY +ILPATRICK IS A 'OVERNOR +ILPATRICK AT ,ARGE REPRESENTING 4EACHER %DUCATION IN THE NATION S LARGEST PROFESSIONAL SOCI ETY THAT FOCUSES ON ADVANCING THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ESPECIALLY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL (E SERVES ON THE PERSON BOARD THAT GOVERNS THE SOCIETY WHOSE MEMBERS INCLUDE MORE THAN UNIVER SITY COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PURE AND APPLIED MATH EMATICIANS COMPUTER SCIENTISTS STATISTICIANS AND MANY OTHERS IN ACADEMIA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY +ILPATRICK IS RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AS ONE OF THE TOP EXPERTS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION 4WO YEARS AGO HE RECEIVED THE ,IFETIME !CHIEVEMENT !WARD FOR $ISTINGUISHED 3ERVICE TO -ATHEMATICS %DUCATION FROM THE .ATIONAL #OUNCIL OF 4EACHERS OF -ATHEMATICS .#4- &IVE YEARS AGO +ILPATRICK CHAIRED A .ATIONAL 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL COMMITTEE WHICH STUDIES HOW TO IMPROVE CHILDREN S LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS THAT GARNERED NATIONAL ATTENTION 4HE REPORT TITLED -AKING )T #OUNT ! #ALL FOR A #OORDINATED !PPROACH TO -ATH %DUCATION RECOMMENDED A MAJOR OVER HAUL OF MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION CURRICULA AND ASSESSMENT IN THE NATION S SCHOOLS )N HE BECAME THE FIRST 5'! FACULTY MEM BER NAMED AS A .ATIONAL !SSOCIATE BY THE .ATIONAL !CADEMY OF 3CIENCES +ILPATRICK IS THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION S SECOND FACULTY MEMBER TO RECEIVE THE .#4- S ,IFETIME !CHIEVEMENT !WARD 5'! COLLEAGUE *AMES 7ILSON PRECEDED HIM IN THAT HONOR IN (E HAS TAUGHT COURSES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AT SEVERAL %UROPEAN AND ,ATIN !MERICAN UNIVERSI TIES AND HAS RECEIVED &ULBRIGHT AWARDS FOR WORK IN .EW :EALAND 3PAIN #OLOMBIA AND 3WEDEN (E WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE 5 3 -ATHEMATICAL 3CIENCES %DUCATION "OARD AND SERVED TWO TERMS AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE )NTERNATIONAL #OMMISSION ON -ATHEMATICAL )NSTRUCTION "EFORE JOINING THE 5'! FACULTY IN +ILPATRICK TAUGHT AT 4EACHERS #OLLEGE #OLUMBIA 5NIVERSITY (E RECEIVED HIS 0H $ FROM 3TANFORD 5NIVERSITY AND AN HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'OTHENBURG IN 3WEDEN

(ORNE NAMED &OUNDING $IRECTOR OF NEW %DUCATION 0OLICY AND %VALUATION #ENTER

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NDY (ORNE 5'! $ISTINGUISHED 2ESEARCH 0ROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS BEEN NAMED TO DIRECT THE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION S NEW %DUCATION 0OLICY AND %VALUATION #ENTER %0%# (ORNE WHO RETIRED IN *ULY AFTER A YEAR CAREER IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH WAS TO BEGIN HIS NEW RESPONSIBILITIES AS )NTERIM AND &OUNDING $IRECTOR OF THE %0%# ON !NDY (ORNE TO LEAD NEW CENTER TO RESEARCH 3EPTEMBER POLICY EVALUATION 4HE CENTER IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT RESEARCH ON EDUCATION POLICY AND PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR EDUCATION HUMAN SERVICES STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SAID +AREN 7ATKINS !SSOCIATE $EAN FOR 2ESEARCH 4ECHNOLOGY AND %XTERNAL !FFAIRS h) M LOOKING FORWARD TO DEVELOPING PROGRAMS CREATING NEW PROJECTS AND WORK ING WITH FACULTY AND STUDENTS IN THE #OLLEGE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN POLICY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IMPLEMENTATION v SAID (ORNE (E WILL ALSO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SEARCHING FOR A PERMANENT CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HIM AND RUN THE CENTER h7ORKING WITH THE CENTER WILL ALLOW ME TO DIRECT MY ENERGIES IN A DIFFERENT WAY FOR A WHILE HOPEFULLY INFLUENCING EDUCATIONAL POLICY FOR DECADES TO COME v SAID (ORNE 4HE GOALS OF THE %0%# INCLUDE s ) MPROVE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING NONPARTISAN INFORMATION RESEARCH AND EVALUA TION ON EDUCATION ISSUES TO POLICYMAKERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS s % NCOURAGE RIGOROUS PROGRAM EVALUATION ACROSS A VARIETY OF SETTINGS BY PROVIDING EVALUATION EXPERTISE AND SERVICES TO DIVERSE AGENCIES ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES s % XPAND KNOWLEDGE OF EFFECTIVE POLICY AND EVALUATION RESEARCH METHODS BY DEVEL OPING MODELING AND DISSEMINATING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO POLICY AND EVALUA TION RESEARCH s ! SSIST PUBLIC POLICYMAKERS AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS IN WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE POLICY OPTIONS FOR KEY EDUCATIONAL ISSUES s ! SSIST INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN ENGAGING IN PARTICIPA TORY POLICYMAKING FOR A VIBRANT DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY s #OORDINATE EDUCATION POLICY AND EVALUATION RESEARCH EFFORTS IN THE COLLEGE UNIVER SITY AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND s 0ROVIDE TRAINING IN POLICY AND EVALUATION RESEARCH (ORNE WHO CAME TO 5'! IN AS PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT HEAD AND DIRECTOR OF TRAINING IN COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY HAS EARNED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AS ONE OF THE TOP EXPERTS IN BULLYING INTERVENTION AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN (E IS ONE OF SEVERAL #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION FACULTY MEMBERS HONORED BY 5'! AS $ISTINGUISHED 2ESEARCH 0ROFESSORS OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES )N HE WAS AWARD ED THE 2USSELL ( 9EANY *R 2ESEARCH !WARD FOR DIRECTING A MILLION #ENTER FOR $ISEASE #ONTROL FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED THE -ULTI 3ITE 6IOLENCE 0REVENTION 0ROJECT 4HE STUDY S AIM WAS TO DESIGN AND TEST A NATIONAL MODEL FOR THE PREVENTION OF AGGRESSION IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS

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)NTERNATIONAL .ATIONAL $ONNA !LVERMANN A 5'! $ISTINGUISHED 2ESEARCH 0ROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION RECEIVED THE 7ILLIAM 3 'RAY !LVERMANN #ITATION OF -ERIT FROM THE )NTERNATIONAL 2EADING !SSOCIATION )2! FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF READING EDUCATION -ELISA #AHNMANN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION IN THE "ARBARA -ANDIGO +ELLY 0EACE 0OETRY #ONTEST 2ONALD #ERVERO PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LIFELONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRA TION AND POLICY RECEIVED THE ,EADERSHIP !WARD FROM THE !SSOCIATION FOR #ONTINUING (IGHER %DUCATION !#(% %DWARD $ELGADO 2OMERO ASSISTANT PROFES SOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECEIVED THE %MERGING 0ROFESSIONAL Qร ร 1 / " ร ร รครคร

!WARD FROM THE 3OCIETY FOR THE 0SYCHOLOGICAL 3TUDY OF %THNIC -INORITY )SSUES !MERICAN 0SYCHOLOGY !SSOCIATION !0! $IVISION -ERRILY $UNN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SER VICES AND COORDINATOR OF THE #OLLEGE 3TUDENT !FFAIRS !DMINISTRATION MASTER S PROGRAM RECEIVED THE 2ESEARCH AND 0UBLICATION !WARD FROM THE !SSOCIATION OF #OLLEGE AND 5NIVERSITY (OUSING /FFICERS )NTERNATIONAL !#5(/ ) "RIAN 'LASER PROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECEIVED THE %DUCATION %XCELLENCE !WARD FROM THE )NTERNATIONAL !SSOCIATION OF !DDICTIONS AND /FFENDER #OUNSELING )!!/# FOR HIS WORK IN A COUNSELOR PREPARATION PROGRAM "RIAN 'LASER AND 'EORGIA #ALHOUN ASSOCI ATE PROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVEL OPMENT SERVICES RECEIVED THE /UTSTANDING 0ROGRAM !WARD FROM THE )!!/# FOR THE *UVENILE #OUNSELING AND !SSESSMENT 0ROGRAM *#!0 AND THE 'AINING )NSIGHT INTO 2ELATIONSHIP FOR ,IFELONG 3UCCESS ')2,3

PROGRAM #ARL 'LICKMAN PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF EDU CATION HAS BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE STEER ING COMMITTEE FOR THE NATIONAL #AMPAIGN FOR THE #IVIC -ISSION OF 3CHOOLS 4HOMAS 2 +OBALLA *R PROFESSOR IN MATH EMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION RECEIVED THE /UTSTANDING -ENTOR !WARD FROM THE !SSOCIATION OF 3CIENCE 4EACHER %DUCATION !34% "RYAN -C#ULLICK ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN KINESIOLOGY RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED -ABEL ,EE !WARD FROM THE !MERICAN !LLIANCE FOR (EALTH 0HYSICAL %DUCATION 2ECREATION AND $ANCE 0AMELA / 0AISLEY PROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND HEAD OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM RECEIVED THE @/HANA (ONORS !WARD FROM THE #OUNSELORS FOR 3OCIAL *USTICE #3* 'WYNN 0OWELL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECEIVED THE .ATIONAL (ONOR !WARD FROM THE !MERICAN #AMP !SSOCIATION !#! IN RECOG


2EGIONAL 3TATE $EBORAH 4IPPINS PROFESSOR IN SCIENCE AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION RECEIVED THE *OHN 3HRUM !WARD FOR %XCELLENCE IN THE %DUCATION OF 3CIENCE 4EACHERS FROM THE 3OUTHEASTERN !SSOCIATION OF 3CIENCE 4EACHER %DUCATION 3!34% -ICHAEL &ERRARA PROFESSOR OF KINESIOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF THE ATHLETIC TRAINING LABORA TORY WAS NAMED THE 3OUTHEASTERN !THLETIC 4RAINERS !SSOCIATION %DUCATOR OF THE 9EAR

5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE 2ICHARD "OON ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN COM MUNICATION SCIENCES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION RECEIVED THE /UTSTANDING 4EACHING !WARD AT 5'! S (ONORS $AY -ALCOLM "UTLER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AND +ATHRYN 2OULSTON ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LIFE LONG EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY RECEIVED THE &ACULTY 3ENATE $ +EITH /SBORN !WARD FOR 4EACHING %XCELLENCE 3HAWN 'LYNN PROFESSOR WITH JOINT APPOINTMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION WAS NAMED !DERHOLD $ISTINGUISHED 0ROFESSOR *UANITA *OHNSON "AILEY PROFESSOR AND GRADUATE COORDINATOR IN LIFELONG EDUCA TION ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY RECEIVED THE /UTSTANDING -ENTORING !WARD FROM THE 'RADUATE 3CHOOL AT 5'! S (ONORS $AY ,INDA ,ABBO PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION RECEIVED THE )RA % !ARON !WARD FOR 4EACHING %XCELLENCE AND #OLLEGIALITY 0ATTI -C7HORTER ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION AND %NGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIR AT #EDAR 3HOALS (IGH 3CHOOL RECEIVED THE $ONALD / 3CHNEIDER !WARD FOR -ENTORING 0AULA 3CHWANENFLUGEL PROFESSOR IN EDUCA TIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLO GY RECEIVED THE 2USSELL ( 9EANY *R 2ESEARCH !WARD %LIZABETH 3T 0IERRE PROFESSOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION RECEIVED THE #ARL 'LICKMAN &ACULTY &ELLOW !WARD

)T S !CADEMIC #OLLEGE S &REIDA 4HORNTON ONE OF ONLY SEVEN ADVISORS TO RECEIVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR HER WORK GUIDING STUDENTS INTO POSSIBLE TEACHING CAREERS

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HE #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION S &REIDA 4HORNTON IS ONE OF ONLY SEVEN ACADEMIC ADVI SORS IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE THE /UTSTANDING !DVISING #ERTIFICATE OF -ERIT FROM THE .ATIONAL !CADEMIC !DVISING !SSOCIATION .!#!$! 4HORNTON AN ADVISOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION HAS COUNSELED NEARLY STUDENTS OVER THE PAST YEARS &REIDA 4HORNTON HAS COUNSELED MORE THAN 5'! AT THE COLLEGE STUDENTS OVER THE PAST YEARS 3HE WAS RECENTLY NAMED 5'! S /UTSTANDING 5NDERGRADUATE !CADEMIC !DVISOR !WARD RECIPIENT AND WAS THE FIRST #/% ADVISOR CHO SEN TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN h&REIDA CONSTANTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO PROVIDE HELP TO CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS v SAID +RYSTEN 3TOCK ONE OF 4HORNTON S ADVISEES !NDREW 'ITLIN PROFESSOR IN ELEMENTARY AND SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION SAID h)T IS REA SONABLE TO SUGGEST THAT -S 4HORNTON HAS HAD A MORE PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON MORE STU DENTS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE COLLEGE v 4HAT INFLUENCE BEGINS WITH LISTENING TO STUDENTS SAID 4HORNTON h3TUDENTS SHOULD FEEL FREE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS FEARS AND FRUSTRATIONS n WHETHER THESE RELATE TO ACADEMICS SOCIAL MATTERS PERSONAL OR FAMILY DIFFICULTIES v SHE SAID h+NOWING THAT ) WILL LISTEN BUILDS AND STRENGTHENS OUR RELATIONSHIP v h&REIDA HAS TOUCHED MANY WITH HER GENUINE COMPASSION AND SINCERITY 7HEN ) ENCOUNTER PEOPLE LIKE HER ) BECOME THAT MUCH MORE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME A TEACHER AND MODEL THE CARE SHE POSSESSES FOR OTHERS v SAID *ENNIFER 0ERRY ANOTHER OF 4HORNTON S ADVISEES "EFORE JOINING THE 5'! STAFF 4HORNTON TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR YEARS AND WAS NAMED THE 4EACHER OF THE 9EAR AT 7INDER "ARROW -IDDLE 3CHOOL IN 3HE EARNED HER - ! AND " 3 DEGREES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION AT 5'! 4HORNTON WILL RECEIVE THE AWARD ON /CT AT THE ANNUAL .!#!$! CONFERENCE IN )NDIANAPOLIS n !NGELA (AINS 0(/4/ "9 !.'%,! (!).3

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OLLEGE OF %DUCATION RESEARCHER #HERYL &IELDS 3MITH WILL SPEND THE NEXT TWO YEARS STUDYING HOME SCHOOLING AMONG !FRICAN !MERICAN FAMILIES IN HOPES OF FINDING NEW TEACHING METHODS THAT WILL LEAD TO GREATER SUC CESS FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS &IELDS 3MITH AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE 3PENCER &OUNDATION FOR A PROJECT TITLED %XTREME )NVOLVEMENT !N )NVESTIGATION OF (OME 3CHOOLING !MONG "LACK &AMILIES h) WANT TO DEBUNK THE MYTH THAT !FRICAN !MERICAN PARENTS ARE NOT AS INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN S EDUCATION AS OTHER ETHNICITIES v SAID &IELDS 3MITH WHO WROTE HER DISSERTATION ON !FRICAN !MERICAN PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF %MORY 5NIVERSITY SCHOLAR AND AUTHOR 6ANESSA 3IDDLE 7ALKER h3INCE ARRIVING AT 5'! TWO YEARS AGO ) HAVE BEEN BURNING TO INTERVIEW !FRICAN !MERICAN PARENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND THIS PAST FALL ) INTERVIEWED ONE WOMAN THAT HOME SCHOOLED HER CHILDREN AND ) WAS INTRIGUED v SAID &IELDS 3MITH 4HE LITERATURE HAS LED MOST PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT HOME SCHOOLING IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY MIDDLE CLASS WHITE PARENTS WITH SIMILAR RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS DID SHE SAID 3OON SHE HOPES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY OF LITERATURE IN A GROWING AREA OF EDUCATION THAT HAS BEEN SCARCELY RESEARCHED IN THE PAST 4HE 5 3 #ENSUS "UREAU ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY TWO MILLION CHILDREN ARE HOME SCHOOLED EACH YEAR !LTHOUGH RESEARCHERS HAVE INVESTIGATED HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS ACA DEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES HAVE NEGLECTED TO GIVE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF !FRICAN !MERICAN CHILDREN OR PARENTS PERCEPTIONS SPECIFICALLY h"Y RESEARCHING BLACK FAMILIES BELIEFS CONCERNS AND DESIRES FOR THEIR CHILDREN S EDU CATION WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE REASONS BLACK PARENTS HOME SCHOOL THEIR CHILDREN AND HOW THEY REACH AND TEACH THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME v SAID &IELDS 3MITH 4HERE WAS A FLEETING MOMENT YEARS AGO WHEN THIS SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO ENTERTAINED THE IDEA OF HOME SCHOOLING HER OWN ELDEST CHILD WHILE PURSUING HER 0H $ !LTHOUGH SHE OPTED TO KEEP HER SON IN PUBLIC SCHOOL &IELDS 3MITH UNDERSTANDS WHY SOME PARENTS DECIDE TO PULL THEIR CHILDREN OUT h!S PARENTS WE KNOW OUR CHILDREN BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE )T HELPS TO KNOW THEIR STRENGTHS AND WAYS IN WHICH THEY LEARN MOST EFFECTIVELY v SAID &IELDS

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!RSENAULT RECEIVES .#!! 4OP #ULP RECEIVES DISSERTATION OF 6))) !WARD THE YEAR AWARD &ORMER 5NIVERSITY OF 'EORGIA SWIMMER AND RECENT #/% GRADUATE 3AMANTHA !RSENAULT WAS ONE OF ONLY EIGHT IN THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE THE PRESTIGIOUS .#!! 4ODAY S 4OP 6))) !WARD 4HE AWARD BASED ON ATHLETIC SUCCESS ACA DEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE WAS PRESENTED IN *ANUARY AT THE .#!! #ONVENTION IN )NDIANAPOLIS !RSENAULT A NATIVE OF 0EABODY -! CAPPED HER COLLEGIATE CAREER IN BY SWIMMING ON THE AND YARD MEDLEY RELAY TEAMS THAT WON .#!! TITLES )N ADDITION SHE CO CAPTAINED THE ,ADY "ULLDOGS SQUAD THAT WON THE PROGRAM S FOURTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP !RSENAULT WAS A SEVEN TIME !LL !MERICAN AND A MEMBER OF THE YARD FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM THAT WON THE NATIONAL CROWN 3HE EARNED GOLD MEDALS IN THE YARD FREESTYLE RELAY AT THE /LYMPIC 'AMES IN 3YDNEY AND IN THE YARD FREESTYLE AT THE 7ORLD #UP IN 0ARIS !RSENAULT EARNED A GRADE POINT AVERAGE MAJORING IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

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"LACK -AHONEY AMONG NINE AT 5'! AWARDED !2#3ยฎ SCHOLARSHIPS 4WO #OLLEGE OF %DUCATION DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN KINESIOLOGY #HRISTOPHER "LACK AND %DWARD -AHONEY WERE AMONG NINE STUDENTS AT 5'! RECENTLY AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE !TLANTA CHAPTER OF THE !CHIEVEMENT 2EWARDS

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THIS PAST SPRING WITH A IN ORDER TO LEARN THIS BEAUTIFUL LAN DOUBLE MAJOR IN 3PANISH AND MICRO BIOLOGY CITED THE IMPACT "RIDGES HAD GUAGE AND EVERY DAY *UDSON KEPT US ON HIS LIFE ON OUR TOES v SHE SAID h7HILE ) HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A 3HE KNEW EVEN AT THAT AGE THAT SHE DOCTOR RATHER THAN A 3PANISH TEACHER WANTED TO INSTILL PASSION INTO STUDENTS IT IS "RIDGES WHO CONVINCED ME OF HOW TO GET THEM EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING THIS USEFUL 3PANISH IS IN LIFE v HE SAID LANGUAGE JUST LIKE "RIDGES HAD DONE "RIDGES WAS VOTED 4EACHER OF THE 9EAR AT #OLLINS (ILL (IGH 3CHOOL IN (ANEY WAS THE CO FOUNDER AND FOR HER VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE !LTHOUGH HE CLAIMS THAT HIS STU AND WAS A FINALIST FOR 'EORGIA 4EACHER OF THE 9EAR IN FOR THE &OUNDATION FOR )NTERNATIONAL DENTS RECHARGE HIS ENERGY EACH DAY IT IS "RIDGES WHO EMITS A POSITIVE FORCE THAT IS STRIKING 3TUDENTS CANNOT -EDICAL 2ELIEF OF #HILDREN AT 5'! (E HAS DEVOTED MUCH TIME TO HELP TAKE THEIR EYES OFF OF HIM (E RADIATES ENERGY THAT SPREADS CONTAGIOUSLY THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE AND HAS TRAVELED TO 6ENEZUELA TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE AND PRACTICE MEDICAL 3PANISH ACROSS THE CLASSROOM h3EยถOR "RIDGES LOVE FOR 3PANISH FUELED MY PASSION FOR THE LANGUAGE h3EยถOR "RIDGES IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST TEACHER ) VE EVER HAD v SAID #ODY 0ARRISH A FIRST YEAR UNDECIDED MAJOR AT 5'! h(E HAS A WAY OF BUT IT WAS HIS SINCERE CARE AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS THAT CONTINUES TO MAKING STUDENTS OPEN UP AND BECOME ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT 3PANISH -OST INSPIRE ME v (ANEY SAID 3ERVING AS AN OFFICER IN THE 3PANISH (ONOR 3OCIETY HIS SENIOR YEAR IN STUDENTS DON T EVEN REALIZE THEY ARE LEARNING v HIGH SCHOOL (ANEY WORKED WITH "RIDGES TO HELP RAISE FUNDS TO PAY FOR !USTIN #ARSON A FIRST YEAR 3PANISH MAJOR AT 5'! 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