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She Smiled, and the World Is Learning With Her
How Saadia Khan (Ed.M. '99, Ed.D. '12) has harnessed positive emotion in education
Published: 2/12/2013 -
Arlene C. Ackerman, Former Big City Schools Superintendent and Director of the Urban Education Leaders Program at TC, dies
Ackerman, 66, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Outstanding Education Practice from 2006 to 2008, directed the Inquiry Program, TC's largest doctoral program, as well as the College's Superintendent's Work Conference before leaving to become Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia. She also served as Superintendent in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. When Ackerman left TC in 2008, she wrote that she had a "passion" for the "on-the-ground battle for our children who attend urban public schools."
Published: 2/6/2013 -
Chris Emdin Teams up With Rap Artist GZA to Sponsor Science Rap Battle
Chris Emdin Teams up With Rap Artist GZA to Sponsor Science Rap Battle
Published: 11/21/2012 -
Seeking Shelter from the Storm
The TC Reading and Writing Project has raised more than $60,000 for schools affected by Hurricane Sandy. For former staff member Stacey Fell, the work seems all the more urgent after a week living without some basic comforts
Published: 11/19/2012 -
Marvin Sontag, TC Expert on Testing and Evaluation, Passes Away at 79
Marvin Sontag, a former TC Associate Professor of Psychology and Education who taught research methods and statistics, passed away on November 11. He was 79.
Published: 11/16/2012 -
Doctoral Alumna Mildred Garcia Profiled in Latino Magazine: From Growing up in Brooklyn to President, Cal State Fullerton
Even though she holds a doctorate degree from TC and is President of California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), she believes that graduating from college can be the most difficult thing a Latino or any student of color can do.
Published: 11/8/2012 -
Dr. Edmund W. Gordon Battles to Eradicate Achievement Gap
Diverse magazine profiles Emeritus Edmund V. Gordon, Richard March Hoe Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, a leading scholar on divergent learning styles who popularized the term "achievement gap" and was an architect of the Head Start program. At 91, he is leading a historic commission that is exploring what education assessment will be, and should become, by 2050.
Published: 11/8/2012 -
TC's Henry Levin Honored by San Marcos University
Henry Levin, TC's William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, has received an honorary doctorate from San Marcos University in Peru, the oldest university in the Americas.
Published: 10/12/2012 -
Carroll F. Johnson, a Pioneering School Superintendent Who Led in School Integration, Dies at 99
Teachers College alumnus and former faculty member Carroll F. Johnson, who presided over integration of the White Plains, New York, school district -- the first U.S. school system to voluntarily institute a racial desegregation plan, and subsequently a model for school integration efforts nationwide -- has passed away at the age of 99.
Read the New York Times obituary on Carroll Johnson
Published: 10/6/2012 -
Lisa Miller Honored for Her Humanitarian Work
Lisa Miller, Associate Professor of Education, has been honored for her humanitarian and peace-building efforts by the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP)/ Meaningful World.
Published: 9/24/2012 -
TC Clinical Supervisor Traci Stein Added to Health Journeys Medical Publisher Lineup of Contributors
Stein is a clinical supervisor for TC's Clinical Psychology Program specializing in integrative and a mind-body orientation to therapy
Published: 8/23/2012
