April

April 2019 (19 Articles)

• Making Sense of Financial Literacy

  As studies show American youth struggling with money questions, TC’s Cowin Financial Literacy Program provides answers

• Responding to Terrorist Attacks on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka

  Thursday, April 25, 2019

• Getting a Head Start on College

  New study validates the work of a TC-led early college partnership

• Bringing Universal Quality to Universal Access: A TC study makes recommendations for New York City’s Pre-K for All

• Honoring a Timeless and Invaluable Contributor: TC's Alumni Association salutes Provost Tom James

• Living the Theme

  Academic Festival, devoted to pathways for flourishing, spotlights the barriers to college faced by low-income youth

• Announcing the Next Provost of Teachers College

  Monday, April 15, 2019

• Stephanie J. Rowley Will Become Teachers College’s Next Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs

  An educational psychologist and institution builder who has played key roles in multidisciplinary research initiatives at the University of Michigan

• Considering “What’s Possible” in Comparative Education: Regina Cortina delivers her presidential address at CIES 2019

• A Full Plate at TC’s Tisch Food Center

  Fighting for better nutrition in lunchrooms, classrooms and policies

• Repurposing the Dream

  Sayu Bhojwani is helping hundreds of first- and second-generation Americans seek elective office

• Listening Up on Speaking Out

  A how-to conference on advocacy for noisy times

• Honors for TC Folk at this year’s AERA meeting

  Lesko, Lyiscott, Knight-Manuel, Vaval and Barshay will be recognized for their contributions

• AERA 2019: Democratizing the Evidence in a Post-Truth Era

  TC’s Amy Stuart Wells will conclude her presidency, five TC scholar-practitioners will be honored, and TC community members will make 332 presentations

• The Skinny on Food & Nutrition Education: Koch et al on requiring New York City schools to give an accounting

• If, When and How?

  Sex ed to help teens understand their own attitudes toward becoming parents

• Kim Noble's TED Talk Explores the Connection Between Income and Child Brain Development

  Noble describes how income supplements could aid the cognitive development of children in poverty

• Bright Lights in the Big City: TC’s rural students are pursuing their field of dreams

• Education’s Next Frontier

  A student group based at TC is tackling neglect of U.S. rural schools