News
Prof. Tom Timar Comments on Cal Chancellor’s Tenure
Interview on KQED, March 13, 2012
UC Davis School of Education Professor Tom Timar, who is a Cal alumnus and expert on the higher education finance and policy, comments on Chancellor Robert Birgenaeu’s legacy and his handling of dwindling state resources, student protests, and UC Berkeley’s efforts to ensure middle class students can afford to attend UC Berkeley. Listen to the interview here.
Catalyst Wins Silver CASE Award
The School of Education’s Catalyst magazine was recognized in March 2012 by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) with a silver award in the category Communications & Marketing Programs – Print External Audience Tabloids and Newsletters.
School Receives $1 Million Grant To Study Autism’s Impact on Education
March 2012
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded a four-year $1 million grant to School of Education professor Peter Mundy.
UC Davis event to celebrate diversity in children’s books
UC Davis News Release
January 20, 2011
Joyce Carol Thomas, an African American poet, playwright and children’s author, will be the guest speaker on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the UC Davis School of Education’s annual Words Take Wing event celebrating diversity in children’s literature.
Professor to Lead Project to Improve Agriculture in Vietnam and Cambodia
Cary Trexler, associate professor in the School of Education and the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, received a three-year $500,000 grant from the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Horticulture Collaborative Research and Support Program to enhance vegetable production by small farmers in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Fall 2010 Catalyst
The Magazine of the UC Davis School of Education
The School of Education is pleased to offer its Fall 2010 Catalyst. In this issue of the magazine, we delve into how the School is tackling the need for robust STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in our schools and communities.
UC Davis May Branch into Madrid
Dean Harold Levine part of team visit to Spain
Students could take UC Davis courses abroad
October 2010
Dean Harold Levine comments on a recent trip to Madrid, Spain, where he joined the chancellor and vice chancellor of administrative and resource management. They spoke to representatives of the governmental, public, and private sectors about the possibility of establishing a satellite campus in Spain. Read the full story at the Aggie.
Brokers of Expertise
California Department of Education Launches "Facebook for Teachers"
September 22, 2010
To ensure teachers have access to best practices, lessons and
other resources, and most of all access to each other, the
state’s Department of Education launched a new website called
Brokers of Expertise. Dean Harold
Levine, a member of State Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s P-16
Council, was an advisor on the project.
Read more about the launch and check out the new site.
UCTV Features on Autism & Education
Education Professor Peter Mundy, who serves as the Director of Educational Research at the UC Davis MIND Institute, is featured on UCTV for his talk on educating individuals with autism.
“Understanding and Educating Individuals with Autism: Elementary School and Beyond”
Peter Mundy explores the social behavioral, emotional and learning characteristics of higher functioning children with autism with an emphasis on challenges in school. Watch the program here.
CRESS Center Receives Additional $1 Million to Enhance K-12 Teaching
Update: August 2010
Second Round of Funding to UC Davis
As part of its Teacher-Based Reform Grants Program the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) has awarded the Pacific Coast Teacher Innovation Network (known as PacTIN T-BAR) an augmentation grant of $1,031,000. This is in addition to the $1,010,00 master grant we received in 2009 and will allow us to offer professional development opportunities to an additional 24 teacher teams as part of a second cohort.
Cynthia Carter Ching Comments on Online Degrees at UC
Sacramento Bee
UC Professors Raise Doubts about Online Degrees
By Laurel Rosenhall
“I think they’re looking for a one-size-fits-all model, and I don’t think that’s the way to go,” said Carter Ching. Read the entire article at the Sacramento Bee. Read more about Cynthia Carter Ching’s research on her profile.
Paul Heckman Offers Insight into Early School Starts
Capital Public Radio
In this radio story by Steve Milne, Paul Heckman says, “The reality is some districts are pressed to also address community needs of childcare.” Listen to the whole story at CPR. Read more about Paul Heckman’s research on his profile.
Heidi Ballard selected UC Davis Hellman Fellow
Award recognizes promising assistant professors
Heidi Ballard, an assistant professor in the School of Education, has been selected to be a 2010-2011 UC Davis Hellman Fellow and will receive an award of $20,409 to be used in support of her research activities.
Michal Kurlaender receives $1.8 million grant
Study of the California Early Assessment Program
June 2010 – Michal Kurlaender, an associate professor in the School of Education, has been awarded a $1.8 million federal grant to study a unique California program established six years ago to help high school students better prepare for college.
Spring 2010 Catalyst
The Magazine of the UC Davis School of Education
The School of Education is pleased to offer its Spring 2010 Catalyst. In this issue, we provide just a glimpse at the diversity of programs and solutions we employ to address the needs of schools and communities in our region.
Successful Teachers of At-Risk Youth Emphasize Caring as Much as Curriculum
2010 AERA Presentation
Educators who successfully reach at-risk youth often use different methods, but there are lessons to be learned from similarities in their approaches, a University of California, Davis, researcher will report Monday, May 3, at the 91st annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Denver.
A three-year study of four community-based educators found that all emphasized “connection before content” and demonstrated that “caring is as important as curriculum,” Vajra Watson, a research analyst in the UC Davis School of Education, will report.
