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    <title>UNC Chapel Hill School of Education News</title>
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    <copyright>UNC Chapel Hill School of Education</copyright>
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      <title>Student News - School counseling graduate students take second and third place at the NCSCA fall conference</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:01:02 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two groups of current graduate students in the Master of Education program in School Counseling participated in the poster session at the North Carolina School Counselor Association Annual Fall Conference, Nov. 4-6, 2009.]]></description>
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      <title>In the Media - Bobbie Lubker receives retired UNC faculty leadership award</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:54:53 -0500</pubDate>
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      <category>In the Media</category>
      <description><![CDATA[The Retired Faculty Association of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday presented its first Leadership Award to professor Bobbie Lubker, retired clinical professor of education and Allied Health Services and former director of the Center for Educational Management of Chronically Ill Children and Adolescents.  ]]></description>
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      <title>Alumni News - Gwen Johnson (M.S.A. ’03) named Durham Public Schools’ principal of the year</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:01:25 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/alumni_news/2009/091116_johnson_gwen.php</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gwen Johnson, principal of Mangum Elementary School in Bahama, N.C., was chosen as Durham Public Schools’ 2009-2010 Principal of the Year.]]></description>
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      <title>Alumni News - Amy Singer (M.Ed. ’05) selected as NCSCA Emerging Leader</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:35:51 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/alumni_news/2009/091116_singer_amy.php</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Amy Singer has been selected as one of five Emerging Leaders for 2009-2010, named by the North Carolina School Counselor Association.]]></description>
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      <title>Student News - Graduate students gain valuable experience through summer opportunities</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:29:50 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/student_news/2009/091113_grad_summer.php</link>
      <category>Student News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Graduate students from the School of Education participated in internship programs last summer which helped them gain real-world experience.]]></description>
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      <title>Alumni News - Matt Sears (M.A.T. ’04) heads invention grant for “green” project at local high school</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:15:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/alumni_news/2009/091109_sears_matt.php</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Durham’s Hillside New Tech High School was recently awarded a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant of $7,000 to develop a residential green roofing system.]]></description>
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      <title>In the Media - Joe Green elected to Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:52:27 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/media/2009/091103_green.php</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joe Green was elected to the board of education of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in elections held Nov. 3, 2009.]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - From the dean: Are ed schools really the problem?</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:58:40 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/091020_from_the_dean.php</link>
      <category>SOE News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Later this week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will deliver a speech highly critical of schools of education.]]></description>
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      <title>In the Media - Don Stedman featured as “A voice for kids on the margin”</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:58:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/media/2009/091017_stedman.php</link>
      <category>In the Media</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Don Stedman’s work as co-founder, president and CEO of the New Voices Foundation is featured as a “Profile in Retirement.” ]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - Congressman David Price urges Upward Bound high school students to pursue lifelong learning</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:44:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/091015_upward_bound.php</link>
      <category>SOE News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Congressman David Price told his educational story to 160 high school students from across the state who had gathered on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for an Academic Symposium and College Fair on Sept. 26, 2009.]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - Middle Grades programs at UNC, N.C. Central and Duke collaborate to recognize the Month of the Young Adolescent, service learning and partnerships are focus</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:11:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/091015_middle_grades.php</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In recognition of the Month of the Young Adolescent, the Middle Grades programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University and the Program in Education at Duke University co-sponsored a symposium on “Service Learning and Partnerships” Oct. 1-2, 2009, in Chapel Hill and Durham.]]></description>
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      <title>Faculty News - Rune Simeonsson funded for Phase 3 of Transatlantic Consortium, first Transatlantic Fellow arrives from Sweden </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:22:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/faculty_news/2009/091014_simeonsson.php</link>
      <category>Faculty News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[A $180,000, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) has funded the third phase of the Transatlantic Consortium in Early Childhood Intervention, directed in the United States by Professor Rune Simeonsson since 2001.]]></description>
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      <title>Faculty News - Linda Tillman receives 2009 Jay D. Scribner Mentoring Award from the University Council for Educational Administration</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:35:51 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/faculty_news/2009/091012_tillman.php</link>
      <category>Faculty News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Linda Tillman, professor of educational administration, has been selected to receive the 2009 Jay D. Scribner Mentoring Award from the University Council for Educational Administration.]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - Scholars celebrate John Dewey’s 150th birthday</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:31:29 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/091012_dewey.php</link>
      <category>SOE News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Sixty educators from around the United States gathered on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sept. 24-25, 2009, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of noted American philosopher of the last century, John Dewey.]]></description>
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      <title>Alumni News - School of Education presents annual alumni awards</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:14:32 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/alumni_news/2009/091006_alumni_awards.php</link>
      <category>Alumni News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[The School of Education recognized the accomplishments of five outstanding educators at the 10th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony Sept. 26, 2009.]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - From the dean: Working with rural schools</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:58:10 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/090923_from_the_dean.php</link>
      <category>SOE News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Improving education for students in rural North Carolina is a major challenge facing us. ]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - Welcoming children from other cultures to American classrooms: Resources and a workshop recap</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:56:29 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/090921_esl_workshop.php</link>
      <category>SOE News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Many teachers face the challenge of welcoming children from other cultures into their classrooms and making the classrooms work for everyone.]]></description>
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      <title>Faculty News - Professor Emeritus Walter B. Pryzwansky receives 2009 Award for Distinguished Service and Contributions to the Profession of Psychology</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:36:30 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/faculty_news/2009/090917_pryzwansky.php</link>
      <category>Faculty News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Walter B. Pryzwansky, who served on the School of Education faculty from 1969 until his retirement in 2005, has received the 2009 award for Distinguished Service and Contributions to the Profession of Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - Gary Shaffer, head of school social work, dies Sept. 4</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:35:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gary Shaffer, who joined UNC’s School of Social Work in 1986, died on Sept. 4 at age 62.]]></description>
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      <title>In the Media - Judith Meece discusses educational aspirations of students in rural schools</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:35:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/media/2009/090917_meece.php</link>
      <category>In the Media</category>
      <description><![CDATA[North Carolina’s rural schools face many challenges as they work to serve the poorest students with limited resources.]]></description>
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      <title>Alumni News - Steve Amendum (Ph.D. ’08) recognized with Promising Researcher Award</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:50:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/alumni_news/2009/090917_amendum_steve.php</link>
      <category>Alumni News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Steve Amendum was recently selected as the 2009 recipient of the Promising Researcher Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.]]></description>
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      <title>Faculty News - Jeff Greene receives Spencer Foundation funding</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:55:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/faculty_news/2009/090910_greene.php</link>
      <category>Faculty News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeff Greene, assistant professor of educational psychology, has received a one-year, $40,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation for a study titled “Fostering Conceptual Understanding in Science Using Computer-Based Learning Environments: A Self-Regulated Learning Intervention.”]]></description>
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      <title>SOE News - Catherine Scott, new coordinator of UNC-BEST</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:06:46 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/090908_scott.php</link>
      <category>SOE News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Catherine Scott, a former high school mathematics teacher and Emmy-award winning director of the NASA eClips™ program, has joined the School of Education faculty as the new coordinator of the UNC-BEST program.]]></description>
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      <title>Faculty News - Leigh Hall named finalist for Early Career Award</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:31:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/faculty_news/2009/090904_hall.php</link>
      <category>Faculty News</category>
      <description><![CDATA[Leigh Hall, assistant professor of literacy studies, has been named a finalist for the 2009 Early Career Award presented by the National Reading Conference.]]></description>
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