http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x5974.xmlThe Vanderbilt Kennedy Behavior Analysis Clinic, which is a joint venture among the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Peabody College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has lowered its minimum age for participants from five-years-old to three-years-old.http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/07/14/daily9.htmlComponents Site CreatorAndy Van Schaack, lecturer in education, is featured in a story about his Pulse Smartpen, which hopes to expand access to text and graphics for the blind.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25630182Components Site CreatorResearch by David Lubinski, professor of psychology and human development, and Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, is cited in an article about the impact of Title IX on science education at universities receiving federal grants.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15tier.html?_r=2&8dpc&oref=slogin&oref=sloginComponents Site CreatorConnie Vinita Dowell, a Vanderbilt Peabody graduate with three decades of experience working in academic libraries, has been named dean of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/07/09/visionary-leadership-among-strengths-of-new-dean-of-vanderbilt-heard-library.61280Components Site CreatorNational gifted education expert Tamra Stambaugh has been chosen as the next director of Vanderbilt’s Programs for Talented Youth.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/07/03/gifted-education-expert-to-head-up-vanderbilt-programs-for-talented-youth.61087Components Site CreatorVanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos appoints Robert Early, executive associate vice chancellor for development and alumni relations (DAR), as counselor to the chancellor.http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/06/24/robert-early-appointedComponents Site CreatorLane, Milner and Smith receive tenurehttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/05/28/three-vanderbilt-peabody-college-faculty-awarded-tenure.58101Components Site CreatorDonna Ford, professor of special education and Betts Chair of Education and Human Development, is interviewed about her research on gifted African American children.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91963900Components Site CreatorMani Hull, a doctoral candidate at Peabody, wrote this opinion piece about the importance of funding volunteer programs.http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080624/OPINION03/806240347/1007/OPINIONComponents Site CreatorThe impact of the nation's current economic downturn on low- and moderate-income studentshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8922.xmlComponents Site CreatorReforms to both math education and the education of math teachers are needed to put U.S. students back on tophttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8875.xmlComponents Site CreatorPeabody researchers evaluate a comprehensive math curriculum for the pre-K sethttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8874.xmlComponents Site CreatorFor Peabody researcher Bethany Rittle-Johnson, math provides the backdrop for how explanation powers cognitionhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8873.xmlComponents Site CreatorBenbow also to deliver commencement address at Johns Hopkins School of Education, May 22http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8848.xmlComponents Site CreatorWhy aren't there more women in science and engineering? 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Dean Camilla Benbow and Professor David Lubinski mentioned.http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/05/18/the_freedom_to_say_no/Components Site CreatorThe state of Virginia has 1100 adults now classified as ninth-gradershttp://www.examiner.com/a-1333454~Over_age_students_present_challenge_for_Virginia_high_schools.htmlComponents Site CreatorLineberger joins efforts of Manna Project International, a humanitarian organization formed by Vanderbilt studentshttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/05/06/vanderbilt-students-post-graduation-plans-center-on-service.54176Components Site CreatorVanderbilt graduates and guests consume an average of 20,000 bottles of water at Commencement and related activitieshttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/05/07/vanderbilt-takes-first-stepsComponents Site CreatorProfessional career spanned four decadeshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8798.xmlComponents Site CreatorTerry Grier (Ed.D., 1983) to receive awardhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8797.xmlComponents Site CreatorHarston credits mentoring and service learning experiences at Peabody with igniting a passion for helping othershttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=40634Components Site CreatorProfessors praise basketball star's achievements off the courthttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=40630Components Site CreatorVAL-ED, developed by Peabody researchers, hailed as a clear improvement over prior methodshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8794.xmlComponents Site CreatorTen middle school students who live in public housing will show Nashville what the world looks like through their eyes at an exhibition of their documentary photographyhttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=40617Components Site CreatorEvent to be held Saturday, May 17 at LP Fieldhttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=40616Components Site CreatorFifth-year teacher from J.T. Moore Middle wins award first year she is eligiblehttp://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804300329Components Site CreatorPeer buddy approach matches disabled students with other teens.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-buddies_bd20apr20,0,7662049.storyComponents Site CreatorMelissa Brock honoredhttp://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804230314Components Site CreatorFrom studies of cognition to examinations of classroom learning, researchers find that comparison has its benefits.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8439.xmlComponents Site CreatorHigh-school students receive an interdisciplinary education in how to think like scientistshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8399.xmlComponents Site CreatorResearch on using computers and video to help kids read leads to success in the classroom - and the education market.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8385.xmlComponents Site CreatorPeabody ranked #2 for schools of education, #1 in Ed Administrationhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8264.xmlComponents Site CreatorDean Camilla Benbow comments on math panel reporthttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8226.xmlComponents Site CreatorStudy confirms concerns over the devaluation of degrees conferred in ex-Soviet institutionshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8224.xmlComponents Site CreatorMarisa Cannata, a Peabody post-doctoral fellow, to receive award March 25, 2008.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8221.xmlComponents Site CreatorJournal specializes in articles focused on college student growth and developmenthttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/03/14/peabodys-john-braxton-namedComponents Site CreatorCouncil to assess strengths and weaknesses of existing programs and policieshttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/03/13/vanderbilt-well-representedComponents Site CreatorVanderbilt education researcher Christopher Loss to receive the American Education Research Association, Division J (Post-Secondary Education) Dissertation of the Year Awardhttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/03/07/vanderbilt-education-researcher-wins-top-national-dissertation-award.52133Components Site CreatorA report co-authored by Peabody researcher Matthew Springer shows the first year of Texas' $100 million experiment in school reform produced mixed results.http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/022908dntexmeritpay.1c19e7c.htmlComponents Site CreatorBorrowing from the business world, hundreds of school districts are experimenting with new ways to attract, reward and keep good teachers.http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1713174-1,00.htmlComponents Site CreatorMark D. Cannon quoted in article on learning from mistakeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/business/smallbusiness/22toolkit.html?_r=1&oref=sloginComponents Site CreatorChildren who eat nightly dinners with their families experience greater success; is the family dinner a correlation or a cause?http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8138.xmlComponents Site CreatorNew research shows that children learn the solution to a problem best when they explain it to their momhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8125.xmlComponents Site CreatorTechnologies such as the Internet bring new questions about what it means to be literatehttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8084.xmlComponents Site CreatorAlums bring the spirit of Peabody to work in our nation’s seat of powerhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8085.xmlComponents Site CreatorNew tool gauges principal effectivenesshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8081.xmlComponents Site CreatorIn the context of No Child Left Behind, experts grapple with issues of classroom equity and quality of instructionhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8080.xmlComponents Site CreatorCarol Swain and Claire Smrekar weigh in on an important legal rulinghttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8079.xmlComponents Site CreatorAggression as rewarding as sex, food, and drugshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8165.xmlComponents Site CreatorExchange of best practices regarding immigration, integration and other social issues that impact educators, studentshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8039.xmlComponents Site CreatorAndy Van Schaack is developing new, portable technologies to aid blind studentshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8038.xmlComponents Site CreatorSpecial Education researcher selected to serve as national advisor for six yearshttp://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007712160361Components Site CreatorBoosting student success and reducing Nashville's dropout rate are on agendahttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x8036.xmlComponents Site CreatorExperts and parents voice concerns that the inclusion of special-education children in regular classes is becoming a pretext for cost-cutting, hurting the children it was supposed to help.http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119758950772128219.htmlComponents Site CreatorVanderbilt University researchers Ellen Goldring, professor of education policy and leadership, and Claire Smrekar, associate professor of public policy and education, present key issues in a talk titled “The Face of Learning: Desegregation, Re-segregation, Immigration and Nashville Schools.”http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7988.xmlComponents Site Creator2007 Academic Analytics Indexhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7986.xmlComponents Site CreatorBook brings tested, factual research to the charter school debatehttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7909.xmlComponents Site CreatorPolicymakers to be briefed on latest research and evidencehttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7904.xmlComponents Site CreatorEndowed chair in the learning scienceshttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7899.xmlComponents Site CreatorGood penmanship is more than just a quaint skill. 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quotedhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7830.xmlComponents Site CreatorCharter School Outcomes is a compilation of papers presented at a September 2006 conference at the National Center on School Choice (NCSC) at Vanderbilt University.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=37441Components Site CreatorMerit pay might work best in struggling schoolshttp://www.newsweek.com/id/40987Components Site CreatorPeabody doctoral student Darcy Freedman works to quench the "food deserts" in urban Nashvillehttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7788.xmlComponents Site CreatorDarcy Freedman, a doctoral student in the Community Research and Action Program, is leading a combined effort to combat childhood obesity and enhance nutrition education by bringing market-fresh produce to underserved communities in the Nashville area.http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707210344Components Site CreatorA preschool program supported by Vanderbilt Peabody College researchers Dale Farran and Mark Lipsey 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Action Program, is leading a combined effort to combat childhood obesity and enhance nutrition education by bringing market-fresh produce to underserved communities in the Nashville area.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=35716Components Site CreatorPeabody College is hosting the Institute of Education Sciences' first summer institute on randomized trials in education settings June 17-29.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7484.xmlComponents Site CreatorThis summer’s institutes focus on higher education management, fundraising, charter and independent schools, human resources, and academic libraries. Attendees are coming from 32 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=35434Components Site CreatorTeachers, counselors, and administrators at military base schools follow a model that places the schools at the center of family life and takes into account the stresses and changes affecting their students’ families. The schools maintain high academic benchmarks and are generally small in size, ensuring that no child is overlooked.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=35288Components Site CreatorMaplewood High School student Travonte Davis gives credit to Vanderbilt student Megan Welsh's mentoring for helping him to achieve an eight-point improvement in his ACT scorehttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7448.xmlComponents Site CreatorA new tool called the Peabody Treatment Progress Battery, or PTPB, will help deliver ongoing feedback to doctors and clinicians treating teens with mental health concerns, with a goal of enabling mid-course treatment corrections.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=34849Components Site CreatorVanderbilt's Special Education doctoral program singled out as an excellent examplehttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7405.xmlComponents Site CreatorVanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers are reporting that younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders do not perform as well on tests of social and communication development as compared with siblings of children without developmental problems.http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=5453Components Site CreatorIn a five-year federal study, researchers from the American Institutes for Research tracked the life cycle of comprehensive-school-reform (CSR) programs in hundreds of elementary and middle schools across the country. They found that CSR only works when external models are implemented faithfully and consistently for three to five years. Laura M. Desimone, assistant professor of public policy and education, who critiqued the study, is quoted.http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/05/16/37csr.h26.html?qs=whole+school+reformComponents Site CreatorVanderbilt University and the Texas Education Agency have teamed up to evaluate the largest performance-based incentive initiative for educators in the nationhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7384.xmlComponents Site CreatorThis Q&A between the Post and Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, associate professor and chair of psychology and human development, addresses how parents should be involved in their child’s homework.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/15/AR2007041500790.htmlComponents Site CreatorEducators say that the correct level of parent involvement in children's homework depends on the child and his or her developmental stage, but that some parents are so competitive that they go overboard. Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, associate professor and chair of psychology and human development, is quoted.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/15/AR2007041500778.htmlComponents Site CreatorNashville’s homeless have a dedicated advocate in Douglas Perkins, associate professor of human and organizational development, who was recently selected by Bill Purcell to facilitate the Mayor’s Taskforce to End Chronic Homelessness. Sparked by a federal initiative under the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the taskforce has been working on developing a 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness in Nashville.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=16048Components Site CreatorDrs. Donna Ford and Gilman Whiting featuredhttp://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7303.xmlComponents Site CreatorWith a five-year, $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, the newly established National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt has put together an ambitious agenda to study such teacher pay incentives in Nashville, Tenn., across the state of Texas, and in two other locations yet to be named.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7159.xmlComponents Site CreatorFinding the right health care for a child or loved one can leave you feeling like you need a visit to the doctor. 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How do we help students succeed? John Braxton, professor of higher education, has identified eight “domains” of student success, six of which are directly influenced by faculty.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2006/12/11/college-student-success-its-more-than-graduation-ratesComponents Site CreatorPeabody research will contribute to the court’s deliberations in what could be two of the most significant racial integration cases since Brown v. Board of Education.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=30541Components Site CreatorThe new National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairments is equipping an elite group of scholars to become leaders in the fields of visual impairment and blindness.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3471.xmlComponents Site CreatorCarolyn Hughes, professor of special education, is piloting a mentoring program that pairs Vanderbilt students with students at local high-poverty high schools.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?search_string=HUGHES&x=20&y=11&id=30341Components Site CreatorHolidays Around the World event celebrates cultures, supports Susan Gray School.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases?id=29892Components Site CreatorCamilla Benbow, dean of Peabody College, is part of a select group of education and business leaders who are charged with creating national standards for information literacy.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=29866Components Site CreatorA Vanderbilt-developed reading intervention program helps children nationwide improve their reading skills.http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=522050Components Site CreatorA study by Steve Graham, professor of special education, demonstrates how learning handwriting is still vitally important for students’ cognitive and academic development.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001475.htmlComponents Site CreatorResearch by special education professor Steve Graham addresses the marked need to improve writing skills in middle- and high-school students.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?search_string=peabody&x=0&y=0&id=29679Components Site CreatorCarolyn Hughes, professor of special education, has been piloting a mentoring program that pairs college students with students in two of Nashville’s high poverty high schools.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3495.xmlComponents Site CreatorPeabody researchers want to know why many American students begin but do not finish college and what can be done to help more students earn degrees.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2006/10/2/new-study-seeks-to-improve-college-graduation-rateComponents Site CreatorThe new National Center on Performance Incentives was established through a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3487.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from April 2007http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7277.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from March 2007http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7018.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from February 2007http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x7012.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from January 2007http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6968.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from December 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6974.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from November 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6975.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from October 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6976.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from September 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6973.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from August 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6972.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from July 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x5299.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from June 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x5936.xmlComponents Site CreatorNew research indicates that parents should choose videos with high interactive content if they want their children to be educated as well as entertained by their time in front of the tube.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3485.xmlComponents Site CreatorA new Center for Community Studies has brought together psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists and other social scientists to study and address issues facing communities.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3492.xmlComponents Site CreatorThe 2001 No Child Left Behind act requires states to pay attention to English Language learners. They must be tested, their scores must be reported separately, and they must meet requirements for adequate yearly progress.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3491.xmlComponents Site CreatorThe Distinguished Alumnus Award went to Chris Barbic, founder and head of YES College Preparatory Schools, of Houston, Texas, during commencement, Friday, May 12.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x5519.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from May 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6021.xmlComponents Site CreatorVanderbilt senior Jenny Magill has been named both a 2006 Harry S. Truman Scholar and a 2006 Morris K. Udall Scholar.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3489.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from April 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6022.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from March 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6023.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from February 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6024.xmlComponents Site CreatorKaiser and Dickinson were awarded a $2.99 million four-year grant to conduct a study that will simultaneously address curriculum, language content and teaching strategy in an attempt to improve language and literacy skills in high risk program enrollees.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3486.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from January 2006http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6025.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from December 2005http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x6026.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from November 2005http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x4569.xmlComponents Site CreatorNew research by Professor Jessica Giles reveals that beliefs about people who have committed violent acts are strongly influenced by the words used to describe those people.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3484.xmlComponents Site CreatorProfessors Rich Lehrer and Leona Schauble have developed alternative approaches that make learning in math and science not only more rigorous but more exciting.http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x3493.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from October 2005http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x4567.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from September 2005http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x4566.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from August 2005http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x4565.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from July 2005http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/x4564.xmlComponents Site CreatorMedia mentions and stories from June 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