November - December 2012

December 2012

North Carolina Teacher Earns Master's Degree Online at Penn State

Tonia Bauer is using knowledge learned online through a Penn State World Campus master’s degree program to help improve her fourth-graders’ reading abilities.

Philadelphia Urban Seminar Offers Students the Opportunity to Teach in Urban Public Schools

CI 295D: The Philadelphia Urban Seminar is a 3-credit, two week course that allows students to teach in urban public schools.

November 2012

Rose Snyder Named Fall 2012 Student Marshal for the College of Education

Penn State senior Rebecca "Rose" Snyder as the College of Education's Fall 2012 Student Marshal.

Principal and Doctoral Candidate’s School is Awarded National “Breakthrough” Schools Award

Doctoral candidate Tom Dodd's school was recently recognized as a Breakthrough School by a partnership between the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the MetLife Foundation.

Alumna Receives Dissertation Award for Groundbreaking Research

Dr. Erin McHenry-Sorber '11 Ph.D. has received the Edward W. Chance Memorial Rural Education Dissertation Award from the National Rural Education Association

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Upcoming Events: Waterbury Lecture Series: Students’ enactment of epistemic practices in the science classroom May 16, 2013

News: College of Education Rankings; Ninety Years and Counting; Call for Abstracts for Research Working Group Meeting; College of Education Students and Alumni are Making a Big Difference at a Little School; Meghan Littlejohn Named Spring 2013 Student Marshal for the College of Education; Harris to receive University's Distinguished Alumni Award; Far-Reaching Positive Effects: Humphrey Fellowship Helps Participants Make Differences Around the World; 2013 Spring Commencement Speaker Comes Full Circle; Gettysburg Area School District Wins Rural Education Award; International Partnership will Advance Learning Sciences

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