http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news News at Teachers College, Columbia University en-us Copyright 2013 Teachers College, Columbia University webmaster@tc.columbia.eduacquaro@exchange.tc.columbia.edu https://www.tc.columbia.edu/images/tclogo.gif http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8917 3/25/2013 Ryan M. Allen, a masters student in Politics and Education, writes in University World News that China, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan are catching up to the US and UK in educating foreign students. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8680 9/21/2012 Derald Wing Sue, TC Professor of Psychology and Education, has been named by the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to serve on a 10-member advisory panel for the Teaching Respect for All project, an effort to develop a global curriculum designed to foster racial, ethnic and multicultural tolerance among children ages 10 to 16. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8617 7/17/2012 A partnership aimed at creating 21st-century skills in math and science teaching garners notice as a global best practice. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8582 6/11/2012 Teachers College is hosting a visit by 22 high-ranking Pakistani education officials and provincial leaders to New York City and Washington as part of a USAID-funded project to professionalize Pakistans teachers and significantly upgrade the quality of education in the nations primary and secondary schools. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8432 3/19/2012 The conference on Friday, March 23, will feature live and video talks by prominent experts about some of the most important topics in international education http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8421 3/7/2012 Cate Crowley and Miriam Baigorri accepted an award from the National Council of Ghanaian Associations for TCs Speech Language Pathology Program in Ghana. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8377 2/8/2012 The new Masters of Arts in Leadership and Educational Change program is part of a new Memorandum of Understanding signed by Singapore and the United States, which will facilitate the sharing of best practices and experience in both countries. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8263 11/8/2011 Columbia University is one of the nations top producers this year of Fulbright Students and Fulbright Scholars -- and TC has played an important part in that success. Top-producing institutions were highlighted in the October 24th digital edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8125 7/6/2011 In early June, a delegation from TC that included President Susan Fuhrman, Provost Tom James and several faculty members traveled to Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, meeting with alumni and prospective students. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=8092 6/6/2011 The Board of Trustees of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) will be holding its annual meeting at Teachers College this week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The events will include an all-morning symposium on Wednesday, June 8th, convened by the North American Regional Office (NARO) of IUHPE, to be held in Grace Dodge 179. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7900 3/4/2011 Genishi and Souto-Manning, who is a native Brazilian, spoke with Globo TV about The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chuas controversial book about her strict parenting practices. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7827 1/5/2011 Last year, a group of TC students helped Ghanaian children with speech disorders do things they couldnt do before, including shop in the local markets. Check out their story, as well a a href=http://bit.ly/dHQ4Uvblog/a from a current TC delegation in Ghana. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7708 11/15/2010 At TC, a day devoted to pondering education innovation -- and, sometimes error -- in the UK and US http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7697 10/26/2010 TCs Director of Enrollment Services reflects on a higher ed delegations recent visit to Beijing and Shanghai. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7622 8/12/2010 Professor Emeritus Frances Schoonmaker is teaming up with a former student, Hareem Atif Khan, on a project in Pakistan aimed at improving teacher preparation. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7454 4/29/2010 http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7307 1/11/2010 A delegation from the tiny city state discusses its educational success http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7035 8/6/2009 TC Professor Mun Tsang is leading the fight to fund schooling for Chinas rural poor and through his Center for Chinese Education is helping drive faculty research and outreach projects in the Asian nation. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=7032 7/14/2009 In building a unified school system, Prime Minister Nahas Angula, a TC alumnus, has helped lead his country out of the apartheid era. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6811 4/6/2009 A TC doctoral students new study reveals a more critical view of the Zionist narrative of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6873 2/9/2009 The College will help Bahand#231;eand#351;ehir University develop a school of education and create a center for education and economic development. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6776 12/8/2008 1:50:00 PM Morton Deutsch, TCs legendary Professor Emeritus, co-edited a classic in the field, emThe Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice/em. Now, thanks to a TC doctoral student and her mentor, negotiators in the Middle East will have the handbook in Arabic to guide them in their efforts. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6774 12/8/2008 President Susan Fuhrman has signed a letter of intent to work with the Caribbean country in its efforts to revamp its educational system. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6769 12/1/2008 Just how does one understand a painting by a Pakistani artist that is titled, What is So Pakistani About this Painting? Such preoccupations with identity were typical of the artists, musicians and educators who gathered at TC on Halloween weekend for South Asian Imaginaries, a two-day, for-credit symposium on contemporary art in Pakistan, India and other countries in the region that increasingly are commanding attention on the worlds artistic stage. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6768 12/1/2008 Jin Qiu Zhang, headmaster at Dayu Branch Middle School in Beijing, learned about the American educational system during a visit to Teachers College. Zhang was one of 15 Chinese principals who visited New York City public schools headed by administrators in TCs Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished New York City Principals. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6761 11/21/2008 Teachers College has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Dar Al Hekma College, a private womens college in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The agreement was formally signed by TC President Susan Fuhrman and Dar Al Hekma Dean Suhair Al-Qurashi at a ceremony at Teachers College in late November. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6653 8/4/2008 In June, Teachers College signed a memorandum of understanding with Icelands Reykjavik University that will encourage and support a wide range of academic exchanges between the two institutions over the next three years. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6578 4/28/2008 Teachers College has received a $750,000 grant from The Global Education and Leadership Foundation (tGELF) to help develop and assess a leadership curriculum for junior high and high school students at a group of schools in India. tGELF is an Initiative of the The Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the SUN Group, an energy corporation based in India and Russia. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6534 3/14/2008 Teachers College, host of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Comparative International, boasts many faculty members who do internationally focused research. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6533 3/12/2008 The 52nd annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, which will take place at Teachers College beginning this Monday, March 17th, will tackle issues of gender, ethnicity, economics, disability, urbanization, privatization and peace education, to name a few. The underlying theme: educational equity worldwide. bInformation for journalists inside/b. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6503 2/13/2008 The annual gathering of comparative international education will take over campus during spring break. The meeting is expected to draw upwards of 1,500 scholars and students from around the world, and it will feature some 300 panel sessions and 1,200 papers. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6453 12/6/2007 TCs John Allegrante is on sabbatical in Iceland as a Fulbright Scholar, as a researcher on health and academic achievement among adolescents, and as acting dean of Reykjavik Universitys School of Health and Education. Here he blogs about it all. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6409 10/18/2007 Professor Cate Crowleys trips to Bolivia with her students help prepare them in navigating cultural differences to provide speech/language pathology services. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6380 10/3/2007 When Richard Colvin visited Singapore in September, he went at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy there as a visiting expert, sharing his expertise on education journalism with members of the media and other local audiences. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6347 9/5/2007 If the definition of an educational exchange is that both sides learn, then this summers visit to Columbia and Teachers College by 11 teachers from Jordan was a smash success. Video interviews included with story... http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6348 9/5/2007 Not long before they headed home, the 11 Jordanian teachers enrolled in TCs summer TESOL Certificate Program sat down for an informal debriefing and talked about how they will apply what they learned at TC back home http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=6295 7/15/2007 Wayne Charles recalled that when he was a child in White Plains, there were not many activities or events that acknowledged African heritage and culture.