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• Spring 2009
  • Carol Malloy, extraordinary teacher and mentor, to retire this summer (p. 3)
  • Children win: The Linnea W. Smith Innovations Fund (p. 1)
  • Class Notes (p. 3)
  • Dreaming big dreams, in and out of the classroom (p. 1)
  • From the Dean: The sky is not falling (p. 2)
  • Improving learning, reading, collaboration (p. 4)
  • UNC-BEST graduates inaugural class (p. 1)
• Fall 2009
  • Class Notes (p. 5)
  • Sam and Margaret Holton establish the Samuel M. Holton Distinguished Professorship (p. 4)
  • Education grads take school redesign from classroom theory into real classrooms at Hillside New Tech High School (p. 3)
  • Educators bring technology to teaching and learning (p. 7)
  • Faculty news and notes (p. 6)
  • Five educators receive outstanding alumni awards (pp. 1 and 3)
  • From the dean:  For the doctoral students (p. 2)
  • From your Alumni Council president (p. 4)
  • Research spotlight: How do schools achieve excellence plus equity? (p. 6)
  • School of Education a top priority for Chancellor Thorp (p. 1)
  • School welcomes three new faculty members and a research director (p. 2)
• Spring 2008
  • Chancellor visits North Carolina schools (p. 1)
  • Class Notes ( p. 5)
  • Dwight Rogers retires; continues caring, connecting, making music (p. 7)
  • Education graduate students learn from international experiences (p. 3)
  • Former athletics educator and soccer coach creates the Alan C. Moore scholarship fund (p. 4)
  • From the dean: Responding to citizens’ voices (p. 2)
  • New colleagues join the School of Education community (p. 6)
  • New initiatives will produce, retain more science and mathematics teachers for North Carolina classrooms (pp. 1 and 4)
  • School ranks among America’s best (p. 3)
  • Seasoned alumni provide support for beginning teachers (p. 2)
  • Susan Friel’s mathematics curriculum work leads to stipends for graduate students (p. 6)
  • Williamson McDiarmid, new dean, will arrive on campus in January (pp. 1 and 3)
• Fall 2007
  • Class Notes (p. 5)
  • Dean search under way (p. 3)
  • Education students, faculty help shape FirstSchool initiative (p .3)
  • For the teachers (p. 2)
  • Four new faculty members arrive at the School of Education (p. 6)
  • From your alumni council president (p. 4)
  • Honoring her mother, the Sullivans support rising leaders (p. 4)
  • International president Barbara Day develops women’s leadership skills, works for excellence in education (p. 6)
  • Roy Williams, Tom James, Sam Holton among award recipients (pp. 1-2)
  • Rune J. Simeonsson leads six-year international initiative (p. 7)
  • School of Education ranks in top 10 percent (p. 3)
  • School of Education receives Carolina’s inaugural C.D. Spangler Foundation distinguished professorship (p. 1)
• Spring 2007
  • Alumni return to campus as speakers this spring (pp. 2-3)
  • Class Notes (p. 5)
  • Education alumni become successful entrepreneurs (p. 6)
  • Faculty, administrator leave Carolina after distinguished careers (p. 4)
  • Jill Fitzgerald will be interim dean: National search for new dean begins, committee invites nominations (p. 2)
  • Learning what rural children need to succeed: NICHD funds study for five more years (p. 1)
  • New resources from School of Education (p. 2)
  • School of Education expands service-learning: Elementary education students connect with families (p. 7)
  • Seniors set example by giving (p. 7)
  • Steve Knotek receives funding to improve academic success of at-risk students (p. 3)
  • Tom James accepts position as provost of Teacher’s College, nation’s top college of education (p. 1)
  • Vinnie’s fellowship will advance research on adolescents and young adults with developmental disabilities (p. 3)
• Fall 2006
  • Celebrations and speakers: Images from life in the School of Education (p. 3)
  • Class notes (p. 5)
  • Fenwick English becomes voice of educational leadership as national president, prolific writer (p. 6)
  • For the sake of the young (p. 2)
  • Gov. Easley taps School of Education to examine public high schools statewide (p. 1)
  • Julius Chambers, four alumni honored by School of Education (p. 1)
  • Melinda Fitzgerald takes science beyond the classroom, under the sea (p. 4)
  • New colleagues, appointments (p. 6)
  • On becoming the best (p. 7)
  • SCALE, Rural Center receive $2.8 million in new funding (p. 3)
  • School Counseling named 2006 Outstanding Counselor Education Program (p. 3)
  • Teachers talk policy at roundtable seminar (p. 2)
  • The power to make a difference: Ben and Walter Hussman invest in educational reform (p. 4)
  • We know what you did last summer (p. 7)
• Spring 2006
  • Alejandro Portes advocates enlightened programs for immigrants (p. 6)
  • Barnett Berry imagines the future of university-based teacher education (p. 6)
  • Chancellor Moeser meets with middle grades education students [caption] (p. 8)
  • Class notes (p. 11)
  • Donald Bailey to join RTI International (p. 5)
  • Eastern campus of NCCAT to open in Ocracoke Coast Guard station – Alton Ballance plays central role in turning on the lights (p. 3)
  • Education leaders discuss how to improve schools (p. 1)
  • Eugenie Samier promotes integration of humanities into training of educational leaders (p. 8)
  • Faculty bookshelf: Regina Cortina, Fenwick English, Jill Fitzgerald, Audrey Heining-Boynton and Patricia Shane (p. 9)
  • Faculty honors and leadership (p. 5)
  • Foundation Board adds new members (p. 4)
  • Gary Henry appointed visiting professor (p. 5)
  • James Marshall leads seminar on Michel Foucault (p. 8)
  • Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year, urges new Kappa Delta Pi inductees to work for equity in education (p. 8)
  • Let’s Talk R.A.C.E. Conference features elementary teacher, musicologist, hip-hop activist (p. 7)
  • Newly funded projects: Spencer Foundation supports study of mathematics learning (2006, spring), (p. 4)
  • Newly funded projects: United Parcel Service Foundation funds training of literacy leaders (2006, spring), (p. 4)
  • School maintains top-tier ranking (p. 2)
  • Science education initiative at Peck Elementary exemplifies School of Education’s work with schools (p. 1)
  • Smallwood Foundation continues support (p. 8)
  • Teaching our teachers: Louise McMichael Miracle designates $250,000 gift for McMichael Term Professorship (p. 3)
  • William Sanders describes value-added assessment for measuring student progress (p. 6)
  • William Tate proposes action to improve attainment in mathematics and science (p. 7)
• Fall 2005
  • Class notes (p. 13)
  • Dean and Linnea Smith among six honored by School of Education (p. 1)
  • Dixie Lee Spiegel retires (p. 6)
  • Faculty and staff elected to presidential posts, win recognition (p. 6)
  • Faculty bookshelf: Patrick Akos, Duane Brown, Gregory Cizek, Henry Frierson and Catherine Marshall (p. 5)
  • Grants expand support for doctoral students (p. 4)
  • Heining-Boynton opens NASDAQ [caption] (p. 1)
  • Literacy education brings hope, Warren Buford asserts (p. 4)
  • National center on rural education launches three research initiatives (p. 1)
  • New resources for schools serving Latino students (p. 5)
  • Samuel Meisels critiques early childhood testing (p. 4)
  • School of Education welcomes new faculty and administrators (p. 7)
  • Students show support, give supplies to Katrina victims (p. 8)
  • Using data to improve schools (p. 2)
• Spring 2005
  • Alan Tom retires (p. 6)
  • Class notes (p. 9)
  • Doing the numbers: Doctoral students rethink mathematics education (p. 4)
  • Faculty awards and leadership (p. 6)
  • Graduate students explore issues facing Chinese educators (p. 5)
  • Henry Frierson receives $10 million grant to increase minority doctorates in mathematics and science (p. 1)
  • Learning to serve Latino students in our schools (p. 2)
  • Let’s talk R.A.C.E.: Language, culture and education (p. 3)
  • Middle grades students assist young writers (p. 1)
  • New books by our faculty: Mary Ruth Coleman, Regina Cortina, George Noblit (p. 7)
  • SEAES 2005: Situating ourselves in education (p. 5)
  • Theater group engages parents (p. 4)
  • The Georgia Project (p. 3)
  • The new geography of Mexican migration (p. 2)
  • World leaders establish plan of action for U.S. language policy (p. 1)
• Fall 2004
  • 2005: The year of languages (p. 2)
  • Behaving differently (p. 1)
  • Class notes (p. 13)
  • Educators celebrate opening of Carolina Center for Educational Excellence (p. 4)
  • Farmer, Vernon-Feagans awarded $10 million to improve rural schools nationwide (p. 1)
  • Maria Teresa Palmer, School of Education alumna, disseminates research on Latina schooling experiences (p. 6)
  • Meeting the need for highly qualified teachers (p. 5)
  • New books by our faculty: Fenwick English, Catherine Marshall, Rita O’Sullivan, Betty Steffy and Fenwick English (p. 7)
  • New lateral entry options (p. 4)
  • Rong leads School’s efforts to expand international focus (p. 2)
  • School honors distinguished alumni (p. 1)
  • Student art exhibited in newly renovated Peabody Hall (p. 3)
• Spring 2004
  • Amy Vaughn wins “Oscar of education” (p. 3)
  • Brantley, Coop retire (p. 9)
  • Chris Dede imagines possibilities of technology (p. 5)
  • Class notes (p. 11)
  • Collegiate Middle Level Association (p. 6)
  • Dan Lunsford: Portrait of a president (p. 3)
  • Faculty honors, awards and leadership (p. 8)
  • Graduate students discuss desegregation after Brown v. Board (p. 2)
  • In memory of Carol Peeler, a teacher “inside the classroom and out” (p. 9)
  • LEARN NC provides vast resources for educators, students, parents (p. 4)
  • Mabe honored for leadership in science education (p. 10)
  • Mary Turner Lane honored (p. 9)
  • May we suggest…Faculty books on mentoring teachers, integrity in assessment, family literacy, urban schools and educational studies (p. 8)
  • Teachers consider teaching and learning across cultures (p. 2)
  • Teaching Fellows examine No Child Left Behind: Is it working? (p. 1)
• Fall 2003
  • Class notes (p. 13)
  • Distinguished alumni receive awards (p. 1)
  • Faculty book: Jill Fitzgerald on helping English-language learners excel in reading and learning (p. 6)
  • Farmer receives $1.3 million grant to study student development (p. 3)
  • Grogan endorses mentoring among women in educational leadership (p. 4)
  • Master’s degrees awarded to first graduates of off-campus programs (p. 2)
  • Neuman promotes pre-kindergarten education (p. 4)
  • School prepares to open the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence at Smith Middle School (p. 3)
  • School teams with UNC libraries to train social studies teachers (p. 5)
  • U.S. Department of Education funds national study of Even Start Family Literacy Programs (p. 2)
  • Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation funds work in Hoke County (p. 4)
• Spring/Summer 2003
  • ABC’s on the family tree: In memory of her great grandfather, Musette and Allen Morgan establish the James Yadkin Joyner Fellowship in Educational Policy) (p.10)
  • All-that-jazz! (p. 4)
  • Class notes (p. 11)
  • Construction begins on Carolina Teaching Network building (p. 5)
  • David Berliner delivers inaugural William Self Equity Lecture (p. 4)
  • Enhancing family involvement in schools (p. 2)
  • Faculty book: Fenwick English poses challenges to educational administration (p. 6
  • Graduate students host Southeastern Association of Educational Studies conference (p. 2)
  • LEARN offers AP resources (p. 6)
  • Let the poetry begin (p. 4)
  • Making a difference in Afghanistan (p. 11)
  • Master’s students present action research projects (p. 8)
  • Minniejean Brown Trickey, one of the original Little Rock nine, speaks on racism (p. 5)
  • National Endowment for the Arts and Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation fund the CMC project (p. 6)
  • Never too late to pursue a dream (p. 3)
  • Pat Wasley imagines possibilities for teachers at first Horizons Lecture (p. 5)
• Winter 2003
  • Boone garners support for graduate students in early childhood intervention (p. 7)
  • Class notes (p. 13)
  • Distinguished alumni receive awards (p. 1)
  • Faculty books: Kathleen Brown on leadership, Duane Brown on counseling (p. 6)
  • Faculty leadership and awards (p. 6)
  • Farmer, Boudah, Akos study BEST approach to middle school transition (p. 7)
  • Mark Ellis on helping teachers teach (p. 7)
  • McCain and Lambeth chair School’s $15 million campaign (p. 8)
  • No Child Left Behind (p. 1)
  • Norman heads alumni relations (p. 13)
  • School of Education selected for Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (p. 1)
  • School welcomes four new colleagues (p. 6)
  • Some researchers left behind? (p. 3)
  • Students and faculty investigate teaching effectiveness and National Board Certification (p. 2)
  • The best teacher they ever had: Three [Kennedy] brothers honor their grandmother with a scholarship to help future teachers (p. 8)
  • Unintended consequences of No Child Left Behind (p. 2)
  • Vernon-Feagans and Cox receive one of largest social science grants at UNC-Chapel Hill (p. 4)
• Spring 2002
  • 24th annual Gordon Lecture (p. 6)
  • AT&T Foundation funds speakers on technology and teaching (p. 7)
  • Bailey appointed to Kenan Professorship (p. 8)
  • Center for Mathematics and Science Education again garners most Eisenhower grants (p. 6)
  • Class notes (p. 11)
  • Educational leadership program adds off-campus MSA (p. 1)
  • Faculty books: Rogers on support for new teachers, Gallagher on the education of exceptional children (p. 9)
  • GlaxoSmithKline funds lecture series in child development and family studies (p. 4)
  • Janet Mittman becomes associate director of RTSP (p. 4)
  • LEARN NC receives recognition in the Web community (p. 7)
  • Lubker to retire (p. 8)
  • Marshall selected for 2003 Kenan Leave (p. 8)
  • Meece brings HEART to girls in the juvenile justice system (p. 5)
  • Norman estate establishes scholarship fund for aspiring public school educators (p. 11)
  • Oppewal joins faculty (p. 8)
  • Redefining educational leadership (p. 1)
  • School wins AACTE award for Best Practices in Women’s Leadership Development and Gender Equity (p. 3)
  • Simeonsson honored as Peabody College’s 2001 Distinguished Alumnus (p. 8)
  • Smallwood Fellowship opens doors (p. 2)
  • Ten area schools participate in the Research Triangle Schools Partnership (p. 4)
  • Third annual Let’s Talk R.A.C.E. Conference (p. 7)
  • Turning to the arts (p. 5)
  • Unks wins Tanner Teaching Award (p. 3)

• Winter 2002
  • Brice, Morrison retire (p. 4)
  • Celebrating Smith Middle School (p. 1)
  • Educational Leadership faculty work on educational reform (p. 3)
  • Ford Foundation, National Science Foundation, and U.S. Department of Education fund faculty projects (p. 4)
  • Noddings cites dangers of high stakes testing, promotes trust (p. 3)
  • Second-year teacher wins two grants to implement creative lesson ideas (p. 4)
  • Schlechty challenges audience to save American public education (p. 2)
  • School of Education presents distinguished alumni awards (p. 1)
  • Teaching Fellows program wins community service award (p. 4)
  • William Self Equity Series (p. 5)
• Fall 2001
  • AT&T grant funds technology for new teachers (p. 3)
  • Class notes (p. 5)
  • Fenwick English becomes first Eaves Chair (p. 2)
  • Legend in education honored with professorship: Robert Eaves, Jr., establishes Robert Wendell Eaves, Sr., Professorship of Educational Leadership (p. 2)
  • Smallwood discussion, a dialogue and brunch featuring Dr. Nel Noddings (p. 3)
  • School welcomes six new colleagues (p. 2)
  • SOE researchers find common ground (p. 1)
  • Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie (p. 1)
• Winter 2001
  • Class notes (p. 11)
  • Corporation for national service funds SCALE network (p. 4)
  • Faculty kick off year with retreat (p. 3)
  • In memoriam – Robert Neill Scott (p. 2)
  • Jonathan Kozol slams equal standards without equal opportunity (p. 5)
  • Let the adventure begin… (p. 1)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration funding launches science labs (p. 4)
  • National Science Foundation funds NanoManipulator project (p. 4)
  • N.C. General Assembly supports school-based health centers (p. 4)
  • Music in the air (p. 3)
  • School of Education presents distinguished alumni awards (p. 1)
  • School welcomes five new colleagues (p. 2)
  • Scott Ainslie sings the blues (p. 5)
  • Smallwood Foundation sponsors forum on women in educational leadership (p. 5)
  • Teachers who know their stuff (p. 5)
  • U.S. Department of Education funding extends dual immersion work (p. 4)
• Spring/Summer 2000
  • A celebration of teaching (p. 5)
  • An evening with the arts (p. 3)
  • Carol Malloy co-author of newly released math education standards (p. 6)
  • Charles Templeton gives the School of Education its largest individual gift (p. 1)
  • Class notes (p. 12)
  • Conference on racial equity (p. 6)
  • Dean Smith talks about teaching (p. 3)
  • Education faculty are members of Carolina Teaching Academy (p. 8)
  • Faculty provide national leadership (p. 5)
  • Four School of Education faculty members retire (p. 5)
  • John Willinsky delivers 22nd annual Ira J. Gordon Lecture (p. 6)
  • Let’s Talk RACE (p. 6)
  • Middle grades education program receives national recognition (p. 7)
  • Professors win awards in literacy, special education, science and service (p. 8)
  • SCALE celebrates 10 years of work in literacy (p. 7)
  • School holds lively town meeting to debate North Carolina’s testing program (p. 4)
  • School makes dramatic increase in U.S. News ranking (p. 1)
  • School mobilizes to help fellow North Carolinians recover from Hurricane Floyd (p. 7)
  • School welcomes new Friday professor (p. 5)
  • Susan Friel’s connected mathematics program cited as exemplary by U.S. Department of Education (p. 6)
  • Tales of a first-grade teacher (p. 2)
  • Teaching in the 21st century (p. 1)
  • Teaching in a sea of accountability (p. 4)
  • Technology improves students’ teaching (p. 2)
  • The view from LEARN (p. 2)
  • Three new scholarship funds established in School: Holton Fellowship, Comfort Scholarship, Carlton Dissertation Award (p. 10)
  • We recommend these books by the School of Education faculty: Barbara Day, Walter B. Pryzwansky (p. 8)
  • Who was Peabody? (p. 13)
• Summer/Fall 1999
  • Alumni bookshelf (p. 7)
  • A celebration of giving – The Bundy family’s story (p. 9)
  • Arts/Education agenda at Carolina (p. 4)
  • Class notes (p. 10)
  • Distance learning reaches across state (p. 5)
  • Faculty books and monographs: Henry T. Frierson, John Galassi, Suzanne Gulledge, Ryuko Kubota, George Noblit, Duane Brown, Walter B. Pryzwansky, Catherine Marshall and James W. Cunningham (p. 6)
  • First new MAT class graduates (p. 2)
  • Giving the nation a new syncopation – The people called it Ragtime! (p. 4)
  • Governor and dean go to school (p. 4)
  • Help for teachers of birth-kindergarten children (p. 5)
  • LEARN NC becomes national demonstration project (p. 4)
  • North Carolina Curriculum, Music and Community project launched (p. 5)
  • Roberta Jackson dies at 79: Former professor of Educational Psychology (p. 6)
  • School of Education faculty among favorites of Carolina students (p. 6)
  • School welcomes eight new faculty colleagues (p. 3)
  • Teaching Fellows to work in schools and communities (p. 2)
  • Thinking about testing in North Carolina (p. 1)
  • Turning to high schools (p. 1)
  • Working for high school literacy (p. 2)
• Fall/Winter 1998-99
  • A change of place (p. 3)
  • A child’s place in school: Creating community through effective communication (p. 6)
  • Books by alumni (p. 7)
  • Carolina students serve as tutors through AmericaReads (p. 2)
  • Carolina welcomes Dean Madeline Grumet (p. 1)
  • Class notes (p. 11)
  • David Clark, national leader in Educational Administration, remembered (p. 5)
  • Faculty books: From mathematics education to school reform (p. 5)
  • Faculty win teaching awards and recognitions (p. 4)
  • Fellowships and scholarships keep School strong: Smallwood Fellowship, Gobbel Fellowship, Kennedy Scholarship, Gordon Fellowships, Ireland Fellowship, Wyne Fellowship, Reynolds New Teacher Support Group (p. 9)
  • Five School of Education faculty members retire (p. 5)
  • LEARN NC expands to cover all North Carolina school districts (p. 2)
  • Lighthouse project provides on-line support (p. 2)
  • On coming to Carolina (p. 1)
  • Professional Development Schools Partnership selected as national project (p. 2)
  • Reynolds’ and Smallwoods’ gifts support technology labs Right in the middle of things: Collaboration between School of Education and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (p. 2)
  • School initiates new MAT program and reorganizes PhD program (p. 10)
  • Students hear Michael E. Ward, State Superintendent of Public Instruction (p. 6)
  • Support groups formed for beginning teachers (p. 2)
  • The “place” of schools (p. 3)
  • UNC alumni hold top leadership positions in education in North Carolina (p. 7)