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First International Conference on Islam and Multiculturalism

SED alumnus Dr. Ali Jabareen is among the organizers of The First International Conference on Islam and Multiculturalism: Appreciating the Past, Living the Present and Challenging the Future, at Al-Qasemi Academy in Israel, in April 2009. Two of the plenary lectures will be by School of Education faculty: Professor Michael Aeschliman on "Islam, Judaism, and Christianity: Allies in the Critique of the Hegemony of Scientific Materialism?" and Professor Charles Glenn on "Policies Toward Islamic Schooling in France, the Netherlands, and the United States."

Boston University Welcomes the Sixth Annual Summer Poetry Institute for Educators

Daily poetry readings open to the public When: July 16-20, 3:45-4:30p.m. Monday, July 16 Mark Doty Tuesday, July 17 Heather McHugh Wednesday, July 18 Frank Bidart and Robert Pinsky Thursday, July 19 Gail Mazur Where: Sargent College Auditorium 635 Commonwealth Ave. Co-hosted by the Favorite Poem Project (http://www.favoritepoem.org) and the Boston University School of Education.

Former SED doctoral student Larry Weinberg delves into religious charter schools in Education Week

"What about opening and funding religious charter schools? How would localities handle the many complexities of funding charter schools that have a religious, social, and cultural mission?" Former SED doctoral student Larry Weinberg along with Bruce Cooper explores the possibility of religious charter schools in his Education Week commentary. Weinberg's forthcoming book Religious Charter Schools: Legalities and Practicalities offers historical perspective on funding charter schools with a religious mission.

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Upward Bound begins six-week residential program

Starting on Sunday, June 24, Boston University's Upward Bound program welcomes high school students to a six-week summer academic program. Student receive academic instruction during the day and engage in social activities in the evenings, with a chance to receive homework help. This Sunday through Friday program includes MCAS and SAT preparation assistance.

CAEC 2007 South Carolina Department of Education Teachers Academies

The Center for the Advancement of Ethics & Character (CAEC) will conduct three simultaneous, five-day Academies in South Carolina, through the sponsorship of the South Carolina Department of Education. An intellectual retreat for educators, the Teachers Academy invites participants to engage in dialogue, reflection, and writing about selected great texts and to apply them to curricular and school-wide character education. June 11-15, 2007 Hartsville, SC; Beaufort, SC; Orangeburg, SC

Remembering SED Emeritus Professor Thomas Culliton

[The Reading Clinic's first adult student] had left school in the tenth grade and somehow had never learned to read. We agreed to take him on. I administered an IQ test, and he scored well above average, so I said to to him, 'At least we know that you have the potential to learn.' And with that he broke down and cried and said 'I always thought I was stupid.' Over a six-week period, one of the things we'd been working on was the o-y/o-i letter combinations. And one day after he left class, he was in his car at a red light at the corner of Exeter and Boylston (he had his license because he had taken an oral exam). Looking up and noticing the street sign for Boylston, he saw the o-y combination, and right there to himself sounded out the word. And when he said it, he knew that he had actually read a word. All of a sudden cars began honking their horns. At first he thought, in his joy, that they were all honking because he had read, but then he realized their impatience at being held up at a light. Today, he is a retired Massachusetts prison official. During his employment there, he had been a real advocate for prisoner reading. He realized the disability had affected a number of men there and had determined in a great part their being there in the first place. — Thomas Culliton, SED Professor of Education, on a student whose life he touched In a 2001 interview, SED Professor Emeritus Thomas Culliton (DGE'53, SED '55, '58, '61) said he strived to help people to be better. "I like to help people to be... better able to help themselves. I take pride in that," he explained. And that's exactly the legacy Culliton leaves behind. Culliton devoted his entire professional life to the reading and language learning difficulties of individuals of all ages, having directed both SED's Educational Clinic and its Reading and Study Skills Clinic with dedication, support, and compassion. These clinics, the oldest of their kind, still exist today as the Donald Durrell Reading Clinic and serve as a model for similar clinics. "The Educational Clinic was the first to take up the medical model, as in taking training doctors into the wards and having them put into practice what they've learned in the classroom. We did that with our teachers," described Culliton, who not only directed the clinics after working with mentors and reading pioneers Donald Durrell and Helen Murphy but rolled up his sleeves teaching teachers how to teach. But his impact did not stop with teaching. As Culliton gave of himself to others so often, he reached well beyond the walls of his classrooms. Jeanie Ferguson, SED'01, remarked that Culliton's high standards, support, and guidance impacted her education. "[His students] feel they can improve themselves as educators and have fun doing it. He enjoys... hearing about the growth of his current and former students," said Ferguson.

Pedagogical Day Address

On May 29, Dr. M.D. Aeschliman, Professor at Boston University and the University of Italian Switzerland and Curriculum Advisor to the TASIS Foundation (Switzerland), delivered the Pedagogical Day Address to several hundred teachers on two campuses of the International School of Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1924, the International School of Geneva has 4,000 students and 150 nationalities.

Help shape NCLB at the NCLB Symposium on Saturday, June 2

Has NCLB become a four-letter something in your life? Join our discussion of NCLB experiences and recommendations to shape the future of this important legislation. Space is limited. Register to reserve your space.

Boston University School of Education Honors Graduates

On Sunday, May 20, following Boston University’s 134th commencement, the School of Education community came together for the presentation of diplomas and to celebrate the Class of 2007. The ceremony, held at Metcalf Hall in the George Sherman Union was led by Dean Ad Interim Charles Glenn, who welcomed the guests and delivered the keynote address. Dean Glenn began by praising the students for choosing to pursue careers in education, stating “we need every one of those who are so called and gifted to teach our children.” Continuing with his address, titled Keep Your Hand on the Plow, Dean Glenn urged the graduates to “remain open to education in the fullest sense,” and not to lament if their interests and career paths shift down the road. “If we at SED have done our work as we should, our graduates would rather do anything else than become that burned-out teacher who has blighted so many young lives. If we have done our work as we should, our graduates would have too high a sense of the dignity of teaching to accept being anything less than fully engaged in the work.” The event also served as a forum to recognize outstanding achievements by members of the SED Class of 2007, including the Baccalaureate Summa Cum Laude recipients who were individually acknowledged for their academic success. The degrees awarded include Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Education, Master of Mathematics for Teaching, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study and Doctor of Education.

SED's Donna Lehr and Nancy Harayama to host Scoring Conference: Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment

Professor Donna Lehr and Doctoral Student Nancy Harayama will host, along with colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh, an annual scoring conference for approximately 1,000 teachers of students with severe disabilities. The teachers will be trained to use a specialized scoring rubric to evaluate videotaped performances of students with severe disabilities in the areas of reading and mathematics to meet the requirement of No Child Left Behind to assess all students, including those with the most severe disabilities, on statewide standards in reading, mathematics and, next year, science. Professor Lehr and Ms. Harayama work with the University of Pittsburgh team on the design, implementation, and evaluation of this system of assessment for the state of Pennsylvania.

SED honors alumni at annual Alumni Awards Dinner and Ceremony

Members of SED's more than 35,000 member alumni association nominated four outstanding alumni. All four were honored on May 15 at the Alumni Awards Dinner and Ceremony. Three honorees accepted their awards as the newest inductees to the Dean Arthur Herbert Wilde Society, initiated by the Alumni Board in 1988. The fourth award, the Ida M. Johnston Alumni Awards, honors Professor Ida M. Johnston at the time of her retirement from the faculty. Both awards are given to honor graduates of the School of Education for outstanding achievement and distinction in service to profession, community, or alma mater. Honorees include: The School of Education Ida M. Johnston Award: William K. Theirfelder, SED'89 The School of Education Arthur H. Wilde Society Award Alice A. Christie, SED'70 Kathleen A. Hollowell, GRS'71, SED'77 Joanne Kimball Sherman, SED'82,'84

International Rugby Board Honors BU’s Mike Luke

The International Rugby Board recently presented Mike Luke, senior consultant and project manager of two of the Institute for Athletic Coach Education grants, with its Development Award. Luke is one of the leading developers in coaching and tactics in the game of rugby in North America and was recognized among other notable rugby teams, coaches, and players at a ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland. A former international rugby player, Canadian national team captain, and national team coach, Luke brings extensive experience and expertise to BU.

The Institute for Athletic Coach Education develops baseball youth sport coaches

The Institute Institute for Athletic Coach Education will give volunteer coaches from three local youth leagues — Hyde Park, Mission Hill, and Allston-Brighton — training and support through pilot sustainable coach training programs so they may maximize the benefits that participation in baseball can have on young players. Currently, minimal training requirements exist for coaches in Boston’s youth baseball organizations. The goal is to bring the Institute’s expertise into a collaboration with knowledgeable members of organizations in order to create a sustainable coach-development process. This education will make it possible for the organization’s coaches to deliver safe, age-appropriate coaching to all the young athletes in the organization. “We hope that by putting this process in place, it will help recruit and retain volunteer coaches and provide a better sport experience for the youth they serve. Improved coaching will indirectly support the goal of athlete retention as well. In the long run, we hope to provide a model that youth sport organizations throughout the country can use to meet their goals for young athletes and their coaches,” said Project Manager Mike Luke. The Institute was awarded a grant by Boston Youth Sports Initiative (BYSI) to develop this program.

Graduation Festivities

Friday, May 18   Robing 2:30p.m., School of Management Trustees' Ballroom Saturday, May 19   Reunion Breakfast 9a.m., Towers Residence Hall, Franklin Lounge, 140 Bay State Road Hooding 3p.m., School of Management 9th Floor Sunday, May 20   Commencement Approximately 1:20p.m. following the Commencement on Nickerson Field Reception on the GSU first floor

Reaction to the CAEC Spring Institute: The Ethic of Caring

This year’s CAEC Spring Institute, “The Ethic of Caring,” was offered to BU students as a two-credit course. In a reflection paper, one student wrote, “It has been my experience at BU that most classes teach me very little about life.… What I experienced [in this course] was quite different.… I was attracted to the different kinds of speakers and the excitement that each brought to their individual lesson plans…. The past two days have been filled with… ideas on [caring and] promoting it in the classroom. One of the best parts of this class was meeting and working with some of the nicest people I have met at BU. I thought it was amazing how caring the class was to each other and I am not to doubt that this was a direct result of the lessons learned in the seminar. It was a great experience and I will take away much more than two credits from this class.”

Upward Bound awarded a 2007 Staples Foundation for Learning Award

Upward Bound at Boston University is a winner of the 2007 Staples Foundation for Learning Awards. Mercel Burke, who is a Staples employee and an alumna of both Upward Bound (2000) and Boston University (CAS ’04, as a Boston Scholar), nominated the program for this award.

Coaching students make a mark in the community

Attending school in the heart of Boston, Boston University students have the unique opportunity for service-learning with local communities. Here are a few highlights of what is going on this semester (course titles in italics): Community Leadership Through Youth Sport Coaching: Undergraduates learn about the roles and responsibilities of the youth sport coach and volunteer in the Mission Hill and Allston-Brighton little leagues. Psychology of Coaching Teams: Graduate students organize community service projects to learn firsthand how teams function. Here are the projects they organized: - Kids from the First Hoops Network participated in a basketball/life skills clinic and heard from players from the BU Women’s team in conjunction with watching the BU men’s basketball game in February. - Basketball players from Boston College High School organized team-building exercises with middle school boys and girls at Roxbury Prep on March 9. - Area kids participated in a free lacrosse clinic at Stonehill College in Easton, MA, on March 17. - BU students will raise money for The Cure for Breast Cancer by playing dodgeball on March 28. - A women’s soccer tournament to benefit CityKicks (girl’s soccer) took place at BU’s Nickerson Field on April 1. Last year’s class raised $7,000. This year’s group hopes to also integrate learning opportunities for CityKick’s girls.

Writing Deafness in 19th-Century America

Professor Christopher Krentz of the University of Virginia spoke about writing deafness in 19th-century America. While scholars in Deaf Studies have devoted much-needed attention to the linguistics of sign languages, Deaf history and culture, deaf education,and sign language poetry and storytelling, they have had relatively little to say about deaf people and literature in English. This talk will begin to address that critical lacuna by exploring ways that deafness shows up in nineteenth-century American writing. Deaf authors early in the century, such as Laurent Clerc, turned to writing to demonstrate their intelligence and humanity to the public. Unlike other minorities, they endeavored to find an effective voice in public discourse through writing without speaking vocally at all. Hearing authors such as Herman Melville and Mark Twain often subtly took on deaf-related issues, using deafness to define not just deaf others, but also themselves as competent and rational. By looking at selected examples, this talk will consider how deaf and hearing authors helped to form the meaning of deafness in the nineteenth century and uncover a previously-unremarked aspect of our national literature. Friday, April 27, 11a.m.-12:15p.m. 621 Commonwealth Ave., 2nd Floor Conference Room (room 216) ASL/English interpreters provided.

Professor Baltzell on Fox News

Professor Amy Baltzell spoke about the use of technology as an aid in enhancing exercise adherence and participation on Fox News 25 on Thursday, April 26 at 10 or 10:30p.m.. She was interviewed as a Sport Psychologist and Boston University SED professor.

BU Programs in Deaf Studies announces Summer 2007 courses

Seven courses — both 2- an 4-credit — will be held this summer on the Boston University Main Campus and the Framingham Campus at the Learning Center for Deaf Children at 848 Central Avenue. Courses relate to teaching deaf children, learning how language works, and American Sign Language. Four classes start May 22.

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Alumni Networking Night

Network with alumni from various areas of education: elementary education, special education, coaching, deaf education, higher education, and more. Tuesday, April 24, 6-9p.m. SED Lobby

Concerned about global warming? Help SED cut energy consumption

Join the Green Committee meeting — open to students, faculty, and staff — to discuss how SED can take action to improve the compatibility between people and the Earth. The group already instituted a recycling program at SED, cutting costs of waste disposal. The next project will be an energy audit in which the group will assess energy use on each floor of the building and propose ways to cut energy use to save on both carbon emissions and money. Monday, April 23, 11a.m. Room 309

CAEC wins Network Publication Award from the ASCD

The Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character was chosen for the Network Publication Award for “Outstanding Network Newsletter” from the Association and Supervision of Curriculum Development (ASCD) at last month’s ASCD Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. The CAEC won for its Fall 2006 issue of CHARACTER on “Ethics in Art & Film.” The CAEC’s award announcement is listed in the April issue of Affiliate Action Online under the “ASCD News” section.

Taking Faith Seriously in School: A Conversation

Parents’ right to choose their children’s schools and religious instruction is recognized in international and American law. Yet concerns are often expressed that faith-based schools are divisive and do not prepare their pupils to live in a pluralistic society based on mutual respect. The charge was brought against Catholic schools in the 19th century, recently against Evangelical and Islamic schools, and presently against Islamic education in Western Europe. What do faith-based schools seek to accomplish? Hear a unique conversation among representatives of Islamic, Catholic, Evangelical, and Jewish schools. Four panels include: School principals discuss their goals Parents explain why they chose faith-based schools Graduates reflect on how school prepared them for a pluralistic society Dutch and American specialists react about religious freedom in education The event includes a free halal lunch, conversation, and room for noon prayers. Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Photonics Center, 9th Floor, Colloquim Room, St. Mary’s Street Registration: 9a.m., Event conclusion: 4p.m. Cost: FREE (Space is limited. Pre-register here) Co-hosted by the Islamic Society of Boston University & the BU School of Education.

Author Frances Carlson speaks about young children

The Early Childhood Learning Lab and the Council of Child Development Laboratory Administrators present Frances Carlson, author of Essential Touch: Meeting the Needs of Young Children. This speech is part of the Spring Conference of the Council of Child Development Laboratory Administrators, hosted by the School of Education's Early Childhood Laboratory. The Early Childhood Laboratory will host this prestigious group of Lab School Directors and Teachers from around New England for the first time at the Spring Conference. Directors and teachers will represent more than fifteen institutions, such as Wellesley College, Brandeis, Skidmore, University of Connecticut, and Mount Holyoke. Friday, April 13, 1:15p.m. School of Education, Room 130

Professor McMullen to speak at Eastern Nursing Research Society event

Professor William McMullen, Assistant Clinical Professor in Language and Literacy, Counseling and Development, will speak at the annual meeting of the Eastern Nursing Research Society, Providence, RI. Friday, April 13

Center for the Advancement of Ethics & Character (CAEC) Spring Institute: The Ethic of Caring

In this two-day retreat, educators will gain a deep understanding of what it means to ‘care.’ Plenary and panel presentations given by Boston University scholars and chaplains explain relevant philosophical principles and demonstrate how sources of wisdom can be mined for enduring lessons in character. The theme of this year's Institute is "The Ethic of Caring," and it is dedicated to the memory of Ms. Sheila Lynch. Read the Patriot Ledger's news story on the life of Ms. Lynch and the CAEC's upcoming Institute. Read the press release online. Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13 School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue

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Help others while helping yourself at the SED Spring Silent Auction

Supporters bid on such items as passes to Universal Studios, seats on a private plane to select New England locations, dining gift certificates, and much more. Hosted by the BU School of Education Undergrad Student Government. A portion of the proceeds went to the Horizons for Homeless Children organization. Thursday, April 12, 2007, 4-8p.m. School of Education lobby

Amsterdam Child Rescuer featured in Holocaust Survivor Speaker Series

Dr. Maurice Vanderpol spoke about Walter Suskind, rescuer of children in Amsterdam, Holland. Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 12:30-2p.m. Ryan Library, 621 Commonwealth Avenue, 4th Floor

Pathways to China grows

The second stage of the Pathways to China program, in which high school students study Chinese culture and history through online learning and travel, is beginning next month when a group of teachers and 30 students head to China. The second group of students and teachers travel to China in June. Their travel is subsidized by the Freeman Foundation.  "Teachers and students from even more districts are getting on board with the program. Weston, Watertown, Concord-Carlisle, and several other communities are joining in the rewarding process of developing hybrid online courses and engaging students this summer in the second round of experiential courses," said Grant Coordinator Rachel Zucker. The program will again include field trips to the Peabody Essex Museum, Chinatown, and even the Boston Dragon Boat festival as a youth dragon boat racing team. Courses will be based to some extent on the Department of Education's MassONE website.

The Institute for Athletic Coach Education teams up to train the trainers

The Institute for Athletic Coach Education selected three local sport organizations involved with youth development through sport — G-ROW, CityKicks and MetroLacrosse — in the fall of 2005, and began working with them on developing their own sustainable youth coach training programs. This effort is made possible by the Boston Youth Sports Initiative (BYSI), which awarded the Institute a grant to fund the initial work. BYSI Sports Coordinator Chris Lynch said “It’s great that the Institute is working with these organizations — they’re on the front line of providing transformational sport experiences to young people.”

Early Childhood Learning Lab lead teachers present at MassAEYC Conference

Maura Lally and Amanda Rackover, lead teachers at the ECLL, will present “Food for Thought: How to use simple snack preparation to teach math, literacy, science, and social skills in the preschool setting” at the annual Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children conference. Teachers from across the state will attend their workshop to learn how to plan a curriculum using an inquiry-based approach. Attendees will see documentation illustrating how the ECLL teachers implemented an inquiry on food preparation. From these examples, they will learn how to set up meaningful, hands-on activities embedded with authentic learning opportunities for children. Saturday, March 31, 2007

Life After Undergrad Lecture

The SED Undergraduate Student Government present Life After Undergrad, a lecture that will help students make the decision of going straight to work to going to graduate school instead upon graduation. Refreshments will be served. The event is partially funded by the Undergraduate Student fee. Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 7:30p.m. Pi Lamda Theta Room

Presenting 16-Credit Graduate Certificate Programs

School of Education faculty introduce 16-credit graduate certificate programs: Certificate in Instructional Technology Certificate in Literacy Intervention in Grades 3-6: A Program for Literacy Leaders Certificate in Program Planning, Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation Certificate in Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Online Course: An All Online Graduate Certificate in Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching The Certificate in Instructional Technology (CIT) provides introductory instruction in supporting teaching, learning, and training with technology. Students focus on evaluating, designing, and utilizing technology-based resources that support education and training across a wide spectrum of learning environments. The Certificate in Literacy Intervention in Grades 3-6: A Program for Literacy Leaders focuses on leadership in literacy instruction for teachers and administrators working with children in elementary school, with particular emphasis on grades 3-6. Taken as a whole, the certificate represents the cornerstones of literacy instruction. Courses will examine effective practices in reading and writing, including reading and writing across the curriculum, successful approaches to literacy assessment, intervention strategies, and designs for differentiating instruction that address the needs of all learners. The Program Planning, Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation graduate certificate program prepares individuals to engage in interrelated skills and competencies that anchor the design, delivery, oversight, and evaluation of a wide array of educational programs. Settings can be very diverse, including but not limited to education, training, distance learning, advertising, public health, mental health, fitness, and criminal justice. The TESOL program offers a theoretical base and practical training in methodology. Students who pursue the TESOL certificate may already hold a master’s degree and do not wish to pursue another degree at this time. Some are making mid-career changes while others are already volunteering or working in this field. Online Course: The All Online Graduate Certificate in Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching provides instruction in three specializations for students to acquire a foundation of knowledge, teaching methods, as well as research and theories. This all-online Certificate is designed for individuals who work with children or adults in physical education, physical activity, health, and coaching settings, from school, non-profit organizations, recreational settings, and a wide variety of amateur and other coaching situations.

The Numbers and the Stories They Tell

Boston University’s School of Education invites faculty and students to the presentation “The Numbers and the Stories They Tell." Presented by Brooke Haycock, Artist-in-Residence, and Heather Peske, Director of Teacher Quality, the presentation is comprised one of of two shows: one is based on qualitative interviews conducted by Brooke and synthesized into a script, which she alone performs, and the other is a presentation of data by Heather that both reinforces and challenges the messages of the show. Heather then leads the audience in discussion about the performance and the data. “Buzz” A play about success… and the relentless pursuit of it Based entirely on interviews with students, teachers, and school leaders in high poverty, high minority, high achieving high schools, this new one-woman show weaves a tale of success chronicling the educational struggles and ultimate triumphs of schools, educators, and students who refuse to settle for anything short of real success. This show has been used with audiences of educators, teacher leaders, teacher candidates, and others to spark dialogue around the possibilities for real change. Accompanying data and discussion: Presentation of data from Ed Trust’s “Dispelling the Myth” schools and Achievement Alliance schools – profiles of schools that are making big strides in ensuring that low-income and minority students have access to strong teachers, rigorous curriculum, and the support they need to succeed academically. “Dilated Pupils and the Not-So-Soft Bigotry of a Nation” This one-woman show takes audiences on a whirlwind tour through the school doors, past the metal detectors, and straight into the lives, hearts, and minds of three DC-area high school students. Through the portrayal of 12 characters, ranging from a 15-year-old African-American boy to a 60-year-old Jewish ESL teacher, Dilated Pupils dares audiences to look beyond the data and to confront the very human, often painful, stories of young people left to struggle in a system buckled under the devastating weight of low expectations. Over the past five years, this show has been used with diverse audiences from teachers and administrators to parents and students to get participants thinking about the different forms that low expectations can take and the devastating blows they deal to students, particularly those struggling the most. Accompanying data and discussion: Student achievement data – national trends and patterns, opportunity gaps (including access to high-quality teachers, rigorous curriculum, and equitable funding), as well as stories from schools that are beating the odds and proving that high expectations — coupled with sustained, precise support for students and teachers — will result in powerful student learning. Monday, March 26, 2007, 7p.m. School of Education, Room 130

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Presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Chicago on Student Accounts of the Benefits of Visualization Software for Understanding Molecular Dynamics

Professor Shann and her former doctoral student from South Africa, Sadha Moodley (AERA, 2006), reported that students whose teachers use VMDL software from the Virtual Molecular Dynamics Laboratory to explain particle behavior at a nanoscopic level scored significantly better on achievement measures than students receiving traditional instruction. Following up on this quantitative analysis, the 2007 study reports why. Analysis of the coded transcripts of student interviews indicated that the dynamic visualizations made learning more enjoyable, helped with remembering, and enhanced students’ abilities to make connections between nanoscopic and macroscopic science.

The Field Colleague & Student Alumni Reception Features Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Smith

The School of Education Program in School & Community Counseling presented the Field Colleague & Student Alumni Reception featuring guest speaker Deborah Prothrow-Smith. Professor of Public Health Practice & Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, Prothrow-Smith wrote Sugar & Spice and No Longer Nice: How We Can Stop Girls' Violence. The reception is free to the public but reservation is required. Call 617-353-7107 to reserve a seat. Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 5p.m. BU Phototonics Center, 9th Floor, Colloquium Room 8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston

Cyberethics in the Googling Age: A panel presentation and discussion

The Internet and the Web, known collectively as cyberspace, are major innoventions of this time. More recently, social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook have created new areas of expression and communication that are especially appealing to school-age youngsters. There are, however, dangers that come along with the unprecedented communication resources these sites afford. The democratic structure of such sites lacks precise methods to ensure truthfulness in identity and effective barriers against unethical behaviors. How then should parents, school personnel, politicians, and legislators react to these complex forces? This conference will help you understand these forces and consider how to ensure the safe and productive use of these powerful new resources. The educators and legal experts will address such questions as: • What ethical issues do MySpace and Facebook present? What, if anything, should teachers and administrators do about social networking in cyberspace influencing student behavior? • Should teachers and school counselors be prohibited from accessing social network websites in school even if they have an urgent need to know what a student is saying on a website? • What do students at various grade levels need to know to be responsible "cyber citizens"? When should students learn the consequences of unethical cyberspace behavior? • What are the best policies and laws that regulate the use of cyberspace in educational environments? Schedule: 3:30p.m. Registration and Welcome Reception 4p.m. Presentation, Discussion, and Questions 6:15p.m. Reception and Conversations with coffee, tea, dessert, and conversation Panelists: Kenneth Elmore, Dean of Students, Boston University Nora Mann, Chief of Community Information and Education, Office of Massachusetts Attorney General David Troughton, Superintendent of Schools, North Reading, Massachusetts Patty Yamano, Teacher Trainer and Cyberethics Consultant Moderator: David Whittier, Assistant Professor of Educational Technology, School of Education, Boston University Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4p.m. School of Management 595 Commonwealth Avenue 4th Floor Sponsored by: The School of Education Consortium SED Alumni Board Phi Delta Kappa Chapter Pi Lambda Theta Chapter

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Boston Celtics to honor Mike Dennehy for Upward Bound work on March 9

BU's Mike Dennehy will be honored by the Boston Celtics for his work with Upward Bound and educational opportunity. He will be recognized as a “Hero Among Us” at the game on Friday, March 9 between the Celtics and Seattle SuperSonics at the TD BankNorth Garden (7:30p.m.).

SED and Phi Delta Kappa present Joseph Bruchac: award-winning author & Native American storyteller

SED and Phi Delta Kappa present Joseph Bruchac, Native American award-winning author of such titles as How Chipmunk Got His Stripes and Pocahontas. The event is open to SED students, faculty, and staff. Early Childhood, Elementary, and English majors are encouraged to attend. RSVP is not required but helpful: bujed@bu.edu. Thursday, March 8, 2007, 4:15p.m. Sargent College, Room 104

Hot Enough For You? Sun Damage Prevention Workshop

Find out how to prevent sun damage and how to treat existing damage to your skin at the "Hot Enough for You? Is There Really A Healthy Tan?" workshop presented by the BU Wellness Center and the School of Education (SED). Featured speakers include Associate Professor Alan Geller, BU Medical School, Dermatology, and Dr. Niels Krejci, BU Center for Cosmetic and Laser Surgery. Refreshments and skin care product samples will be available in the SED auditorium. Monday, March 5, 2007, 7p.m. SED Auditorium

Building Character Presentation

On Saturday, March 3, Dr. Bernice Lerner and Dr. Karen Newman gave a presentation on “Building Character in the Independent School” at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) 2007 Annual Conference: People, Planet, and Purpose in Denver, CO.

"Where can the EdM/MSW Dual Degree Lead?" Panel Discussion on February 28

Current and prospective EdM/MSW students and others will meet with graduates of the Boston University dual degree program in Education and Social Work to hear about the opportunities of a dual Master's degree at the "Where can the EdM/MSW Sual Degree Lead? Career Paths for Dual Degree Master's in Education and Social Work" panel discussion. Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 7-9p.m. Pi Lambda Theta Room, 2nd Floor Refreshments will be served.

Professor of Education Thomas J. Cottle Speaks

Professor Thomas J. Cottle of the Human Development and the Special Education program within the Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development department will visit various colleges and conferences this year to speak about education: February 6, 2007 Regis College Weston, MA February 10, 2007 Keynote Speaker The International Dyslexia Association Albuquerque, NM March 20, 2007 Keynote Address Youth and Violence Winslow Hall, Lasell College, Newton, MA April 18, 2007 The Twenty-First Century Club Cleveland, OH April 29, 2007 Learning and Brain Conference Boston, MA October 19, 2007 Keynote Speaker Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy Conference Westford Regency Hotel, Westford, MA Radio Interviews August 11, 2004 interview on The Diane Rehm Show March 18, 2004 interview on WBUR's Here & Now with Robin Young "Hear It Now," North Dakota Public Radio

Pinning Ceremony

Welcome family and friends to the Pinning Ceremony for the Class of 2008! The ceremony begins at 7:30p.m. in the School of Management Auditorium at 595 Commonwealth Avenue. A light supper is served here in this lobby at approximately 5:30p.m.. We are pleased to have you.

Members of the School of Education Class of 2008 take the Educator's Affirmation at annual pinning ceremony

School of Education juniors reaffirmed their commitment to becoming educators at the 19th annual Pinning and Affirmation Ceremony. Dean ad interim Charles Glenn welcomed 57 future educators and honored their dedication to education. Guest speaker Barbara Henry shared her teaching experiences from 1960 at New Orleans' first desegregated public school under federal court order. Henry taught Ruby Bridges, the only student to show up to school during desegregation, in first grade at William Frantz Elementary School. Henry taught Bridges daily despite a large school boycott. "As teachers, you should never underestimate the power of the children before you," said Henry. "We created our own oasis of love and learning, and we were able to shut out the hurts of cruelty, prejudice, bigotry that surrounded us both inside the building and outside." Monday, February 26, 2007 School of Management Auditorium

Announcing new all-online Graduate Certificate in Physical Education

The School of Education and Distance Education has launched a new all-online Graduate Certificate in Physical Education, Health Education and Coaching. This 16-credit all-online graduate certificate begins Summer 1, and students need to be admitted to the Certificate Program to enroll in the online classes. All of the certificate classes provide a background and introduction to Physical Education, Health Education and Coaching. Students take a physical education, health education, and coaching class as well as a research or course about the Internet. The courses can be matriculated into a non-licensure degree program at Boston University. The first cohort of students will be enrolled in a Summer 1 class that starts May 17 but can start the classes anytime. One class is offered each semester throughout the academic year and summer. Courses Application E-mail Professor Eileen C. Sullivan about the program.

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Upward Bound students awarded Posse Scholarships

Upward Bound students Vanessa Valdez, Abdirahman Abdillahi, Gregory Chery and Sugule Hassan, were awarded Posse Scholarships, which are four-year, full-tuition scholarships. These students were among this year’s 61 Boston area recipients who were selected from an applicant pool of 1,100. Gregory and Vanessa will be attending Centre College in Kentucky. Sugule will be attending Union College in New York and Abdirahman will attend Denison University in Ohio. The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called “Posses.” These teams are then prepared, through an intensive eight-month Pre-Collegiate Training Program, for enrollment at top-tier universities nationwide to pursue their academics and to help promote cross-cultural communication on campus. Selected scholars are awarded four-year leadership scholarships by the university.

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Professor Jenkins publishes new book on nonfiction authors

SED Associate Professor Carol Jenkins is the co-editor of a new book, "Nonfiction Author Studies in the Elementary Classroom" (Heinemann, 2007). In the book, Dr. Jenkins and Deborah White draw on the latest research and the experiences of classroom teachers to make the case for studying nonfiction writers and their books with zeal and rigor. They provide a strong rationale for nonfiction author studies, outlining why and how it's effective and what its principal goals are. They then turn over the discussion to five teachers who showcase the nonfiction author studies they developed and implemented in their classrooms. Each study which investigates a well-known and well-loved nonfiction author (e.g., Gail Gibbons, Jean Fritz) takes you step-by-step through its key questions, themes, and instructional moments, providing everything you'll need along the way, including worksheets, booklists, biographical information, web-based resources, student samples, curriculum maps and links to literacy standards.

Dean Glenn will present "The Myth of the Common School" in Milan

Dean Charles Glenn will present "The Myth of the Common School" on March 1 at the Public Hall of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy. Speakers at the event will include chief executives of the region of Lombardy, the province of Milan, and the city of Milan. Following Dr. Glenn's speech will be presentations by the Vatican's chief education official and the national Minister of Education. On March 2, Dr. Glenn will participate in a presentation of the first report about subsidiariety and education in Milan.

Review by Professor Aeschliman published in The Weekly Standard

Professor Michael Aeschliman's review of E.D. Hirsch’s The Knowledge Deficit appeared in Jan. 29 edition of The Weekly Standard. The review is titled "What Do They Know? Reclaiming the K-12 Canon from John Dewey."

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Professor Cottle speaks at International Dyslexia Association meeting

Professor Thomas Cottle was the keynote speaker at the Southwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association meeting on February 10 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Cottle's presentation, "Appreciating Our Teachers," examined the origins of affirmation and its role in the shaping of an individual’s sense of self while at the same time offering clues as to how affirmation is nurtured, eclipsed, or extinguished.

Professor Zook visits rainforests in Ecuador

Professor Douglas Zook recently returned from two weeks at one of the most remote rainforest areas in the world, the partially Boston University-supported Tiputini field station in eastern Ecuador. The trip, which was supported by a travel grant from SED, will likely lead to the development of programs designed to bring educators and science researchers to this important field site. Professor Zook will be giving a visual presentation summarizing the trip during March.

CAEC Spring Institute: The Ethic of Caring on April 12-13

The Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character will host a spring institute April 12 and 13 at Boston University. In this two-day retreat, educators will gain a deep understanding of what it means to care. Plenary and panel presentations given by Boston University scholars and chaplains explain relevant philosophical principles and demonstrate how sources of wisdom can be mined for enduring lessons in character. The Institute will be held at the BU School of Management (595 Commonwealth Avenue).

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Dean Glenn addresses Central Institute for English and Foreign Languages

Dean ad interim Charles Glenn presented in January at the Central Institute for English and Foreign Languages in Hyderabad, India. Dean Glenn addressed "Language and Education Reform in Europe and North America."

BU Early Childhood faculty train Costa Rican teachers

More than thirty-five early childhood teachers, assistants, and specialists from the Country Day School in Escazu, Costa Rica, participated in a week-long professional development program presented by Marcia Edson and Jane Lannak from January 15-19, 2007. Initiated by the school principal Katy DesChenes, the program included seminars that addressed the philosophy and methodology of inquiry-based education in early childhood classrooms. Video clips from the School of Education’s Early Childhood Learning Laboratory provided a rich context for discussion about instructional practices and environmental design during the seminars. In addition to the group sessions, Professors Lannak and Edson visited each classroom and consulted with each teacher to develop goals based on practices introduced in the seminars.

IACE will work with three organizations on volunteer coach development

The Institute for Athletic Coach Education (IACE) at Boston University will be working with Mission Hill, Hyde Park AA, and Allston-Brighton little leagues to help those organizations support the development of their volunteer coaches. The IACE aims to help these organization’s train their coaches to be skilled in delivering safe, fun, organized experiences for the youngest participants. This pilot program is supported by a grant awarded to IACE from the Boston Youth Sports Initiative (B.Y.S.I.) and is cooperating with the city’s Boston Center for Youth and Families department of Sports and Fitness. "We are looking forward to collaborating with these organizations to determine how they can best support and develop their volunteers. Presently, the majority of youth baseball organizations offer little or no training. This is a great opportunity for us to continue to learn about how coach education can be better implemented in volunteer settings in a sustainable way,” said IACE director and SED Clinical Assistant Professor John McCarthy.

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Professor Lannak presents at conference with Marcie Berul

Professor Jane Lannak, director of the Early Childhood Learning Lab, and program coordinator Marcie Berul presented "Clay: An Important Medium for Language, Literacy and Cognitive Development " at the National Association for the Education of Young Children conference in Atlanta in November. More than 100 participants attended their session on introducing the use of artist's clay to preschool children. The presentation featured strategies for designing curriculum to use this classic medium to promote not only physical, social and language development, but also to provide numerous opportunities for exploring math and science concepts.

Book co-authored by Professor Chapin wins award

A book co-authored by Professor Suzanne Chapin was awarded the 2006 award for exemplary curriculum in mathematics for gifted and talented students. "At the Mall with Algebra: Working with Variables and Equations" was written by Dr. Chapin, K. Gavin, L. Sheffield, and J. Dailey, (Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2006) The award was presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) in November in Charlotte, NC.

Dean Glenn joins academic journal’s board of directors

Dean ad interim Charles Glenn has accepted an invitation to join the board of directors for “Sociologia e politiche sociali,” an academic journal based in Italy. Dr. Glenn was asked to join the board of directors by University of Bologna Professor Andrea Maccarini. Since the Italian University System encourages an increasing internationalization of the scientific journals edited by academics, there is an effort to enlarge the Board of Directors for “Sociologia e politiche sociali” with some high profile scholars in social sciences who can provide for collaborations to the journal in different countries.

Professor Sullivan joins group to collaborate on health education

Eileen C. Sullivan, coordinator of the Physical Education, Health Education and Coaching program, has been asked to join a health education higher education working group that meets with a representative from the Department of Education and other heath education professionals. The group will examine the preparation of health educators in the state of Massachusetts and assessment measures with school health programs. The group will be meeting monthly to collaborate, determine the health education needs of k-12 students, cite exemplary programs, and determine the best practices for health teachers.

Dean Glenn gives keynote address at conference in Hungary

Dean ad interim Charles Glenn gave the keynote address at the Freedom of Education Conference in Hungary last month. Dr. Glenn's speech was titled "School Autonomy and Government Oversight."

SED to host graduate program information session

The School of Education will host an information session for prospective graduate students on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held in Room 250 at the School of Education, which is located at Two Sherborn Street, Boston. For more information or to register, please e-mail sedgrad@bu.edu or call 617-353-4237.

Dr. Greenes presents at Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference

SED Professor Carole Greenes presented “Algebraic Thinking and Problem Solving: The Dynamic Duo” at the California Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Southern Section, Annual Conference, in Palm Springs, Calif., on Nov. 3. The presentation focused on the nature of algebraic thinking, the key ideas of algebra that provide the focus of the algebra strand in grades K–8, and the problem solving heuristics that are developed and applied as students solve problems that require algebraic thinking.

SED graduate student's proposal helps local school receive Annenberg Foundation grant

The Edwards Middle School in Charlestown was recently awarded an Annenberg Foundation Seed Grant for Family Involvement. The $5k grant award was based on a proposal for SED graduate student Cathy Quinn to bring a parenting training program to the school and to develop a research project that will measure student outcomes in the areas of attendance, behavior, and academic achievement. A master's student in the Counseling Program and an intern at the Edwards, Cathy will be implementing the Active Parenting program, which teaches parents skills based on the concepts of natural and logical consequences, recognizing the goals of behavior, perspective taking, and mutual respect.

Congressional Congress on Civic Education features SED professor

Professor Charles White was an invited panelist for the session “Preparing Effective Civic Educators” at the 4th Annual Congressional Conference on Civic Education in Washington, D.C. The conference is a project of the Alliance for Representative Democracy, which includes the Center for Civic Education in Calabasas, California, The Center on Congress at Indiana University, and the National Conference of State Legislatures, and is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Reggie Jean begins term as president of state association

Reggie Jean, academic coordinator for the Boston University Upward Bound program, is serving as president of the Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association (MEOA). Reggie, who was elected in 2005, began his term at the MEOA 22nd Annual Conference on October 24. Founded in 1984, the Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association is a non-profit organization made up of educators, admissions representatives, policy makers, professionals in the private sector and other individuals committed to ensuring that secondary and post-secondary educational opportunities are appropriate and accessible to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Bernice Lerner presents at Bureau of Jewish Education Conference

Dr. Bernice Lerner, the director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character, gave a presentation on “The Theory and Practice of Character Education” at the Bureau of Jewish Education’s (BJE) Conference on Day School and Early Childhood Education on Nov. 27. The conference was held at the Maimonides School at 34 Philbrick Road in Brookline.

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Professor Fain presents at Nanjing University and World Leisure Congress in China

Professor Gerald Fain recently presented "Education: Justice, Toleration, and Beneficence" at Nanjing University in China. While in China, Dr. Fain also presented a paper, titled "Leisure and Civil Society: United Nations Millennium Development Goals," at the World Leisure 2006 Congress in Hangzhou, China on Oct. 17.

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Professor Coppola appointed to English Language Learners Advisory Council

Julie Coppola has been appointed to the English Language Learners/Bilingual Education Advisory Council of the Massachusetts Department of Education. According to Commissioner of Education, David Driscoll, "the purpose of the council is to advise the Commissioner and the Board of Education on matters pertinent to implementation of Education Reform in the Commonwealth." Professor Coppola will serve a three-year term as a member of this council.

Carole Greenes presents as featured speaker at teachers conference

Professor Carole Greenes was the featured speaker at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Oct. 20. Dr. Greenes presented “Describing Mathematical Relationships: The Key to Algebraic Thinking.” The presentation focused on the concurrent development of algebraic concepts (variable, equation, pattern, function) and algebraic thinking skills, along with techniques for representing relationships using dramatizations, tables, lists graphs, and symbols.

Professor Cottle addresses Learning & the Brain Conference in Boston

Professor Thomas Cottle presented “Outside the Moral Circle: Children’s Feeling of Value and Self-Refection” at the Learning & the Brain: Optimizing the Brain and Body for Learning and Memory Conference on Friday, November 10 in Boston. The conference explored how to enhance student learning and memory by optimizing brain performance through healthier bodies.

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SED faculty and graduate students present at BU language conference

Associate Professors Robert Hoffmeister and LeRoy Clinton presented at the 31st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development on Nov. 3-5 with graduate students Sarah Fish and Rebecca McVey. The presentation was titled “Bilingualism in Two Modalities: The Relationship Between L1 Vocabulary in ASL and L2 Reading Abilities in English in Deaf Children.”

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Professor Allen presents at Annual Meeting of the German Society of Cognitive Linguistics

Associate Professor Shanley Allen recently presented a refereed conference talk titled “Cross-linguistic Developmental Differences in the Expression of Manner and Path: Evidence from Speech and Gesture” (with Ozyurek, A., Kita, S., Brown, A., Furman, R., and Ishizuka, T). The presentation was given at the second Annual Meeting of the Germany Society of Cognitive Linguistics in Munich, Germany.

Professor Aeschliman’s work reprinted in Secretariat for Scientific Questions Bulletin

The current issue of the “Vatican Secretariat for Scientific Questions Bulletin,” No. 66 (October 2006), reprinted five of Professor Michael Aeschliman’s essays and reviews on science and philosophy that were published over the past 22 years. Physicist Dr. Peter E. Hodgson of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, edits the Bulletin.

SED senior wins student research award

Melissa Anderson (SED ’07), a student in the Deaf Studies Program, has been awarded the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Student Research Award. UROP promotes Boston University undergraduate participation in faculty-mentored research across all disciplines throughout the calendar year. Melissa’s research examines the effect of parentage (Deaf or hearing) on the acquisition of American Sign Language classifier constructions.

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SED announces winners of fall 2006 Book Awards Program

Nineteen SED students have been named recipients of the fall 2006 Book Awards Program. The students received $500 each ($200 for part-time students) to use at the Boston University Barnes and Noble Bookstore for textbooks, school supplies, and software. The awards, which are funded through alumni donations to the SED Fund, are open to SED juniors, seniors, and graduate students (the program will be open to sophomores for the spring 2007 semester) who were in academic good standing (3.0 for undergraduates and a 3.5 for graduates) and who submitted an application including a faculty endorsement and a statement describing their commitment to the School of Education and Boston University. “We’re very proud to recognize the efforts and dedication of our students,” said Dean ad interim Charles Glenn. “The Book Awards Program is a wonderful way to honor their commitment to education and Boston University.”

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Professor Cottle to speak at Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

Professor Thomas Cottle discussed his book, “When the Music Stopped, Discovering My Mother” (State University of New York Press, 2004) on Nov. 5 at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. The School is located at 221 Rivermoor Street in Boston.

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Doctoral student wins abstract poster session

SED doctoral student Michelle D. Bell has been selected as an award winner in the 2006 Student Abstract Poster Session for the Public Health and Health Promotion Section of the American Public Health Association. Her poster session is a graphic representation of her report, “What are the experiences of successful weight loss in middle-aged women?” A doctoral student in Developmental Studies, Bell will present her poster on Monday, Nov. 6 at the American Public Health Association Conference in Boston.

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Jeanne Paratore and Susan Dougherty appointed co-directors of curriculum for Between the Lions

Associate Professor Jeanne Paratore and SED instructor and doctoral candidate Susan Dougherty have been appointed as co-directors of curriculum for Between the Lions, the award-winning children’s television program produced by WGBH in Boston. Between the Lions, which premiered in April 2000, is designed to foster the literacy skills of its viewers, while playfully demonstrating the joys of reading. Each show aims to give children ages 4-7 some of the experiences they need in order to become successful readers.

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Bahrain educators meet with Professor White at SED

Five educators at the forefront of civic education in Bahrain met on September 15 with SED Associate Professor and Projects in Civic Engagement Director Charles White, and Diane Palmer, Massachusetts Coordinator for Project Citizen. The presence of civic, citizenship, and human rights education in the Bahrain school curricula are viewed as keystones for fostering civic participation in democratic institutions. The Bahrain Ministry of Education recently committed to expanding the scope of civic education at all grade levels. During their visit to the United States, the group hopes to observe the role that civic education plays in promoting ethics, tolerance, and citizenship in a multicultural society; discuss the roles played by governmental and nongovernmental partners in designing curricula and setting standards; investigate community-school initiatives; and examine the tools for investing peers, parents, students, and the community in the process of civic education. The Bahraini delegation is traveling in the United States under the auspices of the International Visitor Leadership Program of the United States Department of State.

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BUILD accepting applications for literacy tutors

BUILD (Boston University Initiative for Literacy Development) is looking for Work Study students to tutor children in grades K-5. For more information and an application, visit www.bu.edu/seo/students/build.

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SED doctoral student publishes article in the AORN Journal

Developmental Studies doctoral candidate Barbara Hocking published “Using Reflection to Resolve Conflict” in the August 2006 issue of the AORN Journal. AORN—the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses—is the professional organization of perioperative registered nurses whose mission is to support registered nurses in achieving optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures. The AORN Journal provides registered professional nurses in the OR and related services with information based on scientific fact and principle.

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Professor Aeschliman completes 10th annual Erasmus-Jefferson Summer Institute

Professor Michael Aeschliman recently completed his tenth annual Erasmus-Jefferson Summer Institute in San Cresci, Tuscany, Italy. The Institute is a three-week cultural program, which Dr. Aeschliman created for undergraduate students holding Jefferson Scholarships at the University of Virginia.

Dean Charles Glenn meets with board of OIDEL in Spain

Dean ad interim Charles Glenn recently traveled to Barcelona, Spain to meet with the board of OIDEL, the International Organisation for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education. OIDEL is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, recognized as a public interest association under Swiss law. Its aim is the promotion and creation of novel educational models and policies, as well as new financing options for schools. Dean Glenn is vice president of the OIDEL. Following his trip to Barcelona, Dean Glenn attended an advisory committee meeting of the UNESCO Chair at the University of Rioja in Rioja, Spain.

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Professor Jenkins publishes “Once Upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction”

Professor Carol Jenkins’ new book, “Once Upon a Fact: Helping Children Write Nonfiction,” (Teachers College Press, June 2006) explores the debate about how best to engage children in the writing of nonfiction and suggests many instructional strategies for K–6 classrooms. Dr. Jenkins and co-author Alice Altfillisch Earle use transcripts and descriptions of children’s actual writing practices that show how children willingly embrace nonfiction writing when the genre is given an important place in the classroom.

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Dr. Zook co-organizes International Symbiosis Society Congress in Vienna

As part of his role as President of the International Symbiosis Society, Professor Douglas Zook worked with biologists at the University of Vienna to organize the 5th International Symbiosis Society Congress, August 4–10. More than 200 scientific papers from biologists in 40 countries were presented.

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CAEC participates in summer institute at the University of Utah

Bernice Lerner, director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character, conducted three presentations at the 2006 Annual Summer Institute at the University of Utah on Aug. 2-4. Dr. Lerner presented “Educating Heart and Mind: The Theory and Practice of Character Education,” “Viktor Frankl on Virtue and Choice,” and “Caring: A Complex Virtue.” In addition, CAEC Associate Scholar Kathleen Fisher presented "Surrendering to Compassion: Siddhartha's Struggle to Love." The institute, “Educating Heart and Mind through Ethics and Character: The Timeless Mission of Schools,” was a collaborative effort between the National Center for Community of Caring at the University of Utah, the CAEC, the Utah 3Rs Project – Rights, Responsibilities, and Respect, and the Utah State Office of Education.

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Charles Glenn named School of Education dean ad interim

Charles Glenn, a School of Education professor and chair of the department of administration, training, and policy, has been named SED dean ad interim. Glenn (GRS’87), a member of the school’s faculty for nearly 15 years, had previously served for two decades as a senior administrator at the Massachusetts Department of Education. “Charles Glenn is a well-known scholar and highly respected academic leader in the School of Education,” says BU President Robert Brown. “His thoughtful leadership style is well-suited to moving the school through the period of self-study that will lead to identifying the next permanent dean.” For more than 10 years, Dr. Glenn has been department chair; he is also a Fellow in the University Professors Program, teaching courses in education history and comparative policy. "President Brown speaks frequently about identifying and building upon the core mission of the university, and serving the community; as the unit focused explicitly upon education, we have a vital role to play in both," Dr. Glenn said.

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Guest lecturers address Upward Bound students

As part of its summer lecture series on civic involvement, two guest lecturers addressed Upward Bound students in July. On Monday, July 17th Madhu Sridhar, President of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, spoke to students about voter registration and engagement. On Monday, July 24th, State Representative Jeffrey Sanchez spoke to Upward Bound students about the role of the State Legislator.

SED hosts the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Thomas Jefferson

The National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Thomas Jefferson, “Personality, Character, and Public Life,” was held July 9 – Aug. 4 at the Boston University School of Education and at Monticello in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was a man of paradoxes: a man who craved friendship, yet was intensely private; an aristocrat who detested privilege; an urban intellectual who feared cities; a slave holder who preached equality; a peaceful man who sanctioned violent rebellion; a dreamer and philosopher who served as a hard-nosed and cunning diplomat. Participants studied Jefferson’s philosophy and world view while examining the personality behind the paradoxes. The Institute, which was designed for full-time educators, took a topical approach and explored such subjects as education, intimate life, family, money, religion, science, and slavery. The first three weeks of the Institute were held at the School of Education and a variety of locations in the greater Boston area. Participants visited the Massachusetts Historical Society, the John Adams National Historic Park, the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, and the Essex-Peabody Museum in Salem. The Institute culminated with a week at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, where participants met with editors, architectural historians, archeologists, and botanists. The Institute featured discussions with Dr. Peter Gibbon, R. B. Bernstein, and Joan Musbach.

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Children attend summer Reading and Writing Clinic at SED

The Boston University Donald Durrell Reading and Writing Clinic hosted its Summer 2006 session July 10 to August 3. The Clinic provides diagnostic assessment and intensive, individualized and small-group tutoring to elementary school students who are experiencing difficulty learning to read and write. Students selected for participation have many different learning profiles: some struggle just a bit, while others experience severe reading or writing difficulty.

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Upward Bound hosts annual summer residential program

Upward Bound hosted its seventeenth annual summer residential program June 25 to August 4 at Boston University. Eighty-five students lived in Warren Towers for six-weeks while taking classes to prepare them for the 2006-2007 academic year. Students also performed community service and visited the Sargent Outdoor Center in Hancock, New Hampshire. The program’s summer theme was “Individual Action — Civic Involvement.”

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Professor DeRosa participates in Mobile Laboratory Summer Workshop

Professor Donald DeRosa participated in a curriculum workshop at the Mobile Laboratory Coalition Summer Workshop at Boston University on June 27-29. The conference addressed the growing popularity of Mobile Laboratory outreach programs for K-12 science education across the country. Workshops focused on both the design and implementation of Mobile Laboratory programs as well as curriculum development and sharing. The Mobile Laboratory Coalition is a partnership of traveling laboratory programs, institutions of higher education, and K-12 schools and school systems, built upon scientist and educator collaborations, that will address the nation's science education challenge by providing equity of access to authentic hands-on, inquiry-based, contemporary science education for K-12 students, educators, and the community.

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Professor Paratore featured speaker at University of Minnesota reading conference

Professor Jeanne Paratore was the featured speaker at the University of Minnesota Reading First Conference on June 19 in Saint Paul, Minn. Dr. Paratore presented “Effective Teaching of Reading and Writing: Learning from Research AND Excellent Teachers.” Dr. Paratore also conducted a three-day professional development workshop for classroom teachers on June 22-24 in Marion, Mass.

Professor Reed leads workshop at TESOL Academy 2006

Professor Marnie Reed led a workshop on “Sound Concepts for Teaching the Sound System” at the TESOL Academy 2006 in Chicago, Ill. The workshop was designed for middle school, high school, and adult-level ESL teachers or teacher trainers with little or no prior training or experience teaching pronunciation, as well as those with experience teaching pronunciation looking for new insights and a systematic approach. The TESOL Academy, which was held at Roosevelt University on June 23-24, provided intensive, hands-on workshops for a wide variety of TESOL practitioners. The Academy featured six 10-hour workshops focused on key issues and areas of practice in the profession, from using the revised preK–12 standards and involving parents in ESOL students’ education to teaching writing to Generation 1.5.

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Professor Hoffmeister and graduate students present paper at conference

Professor and Director of the Programs in Deaf Studies Robert Hoffmeister, doctoral candidate Sarah Fish, and graduate student Rebecca Williams McVey presented a paper titled, “The Relationship Between Knowledge of Rare Vocabulary in ASL (L1) and Reading Comprehension in English (L2) in Deaf Children.” The paper was presented at the AAAL-ACLA/CAAL 2006 Conference in Montreal, Canada on Monday, June 19.

CAEC provides professional development at Teachers Academies

In collaboration with the Office of Safe Schools and Youth Services, the Center for the Advancement and Ethics and Character at the Boston University School of Education provided professional development to teachers through three Teachers Academies. These weeklong programs, held June 12-16 at Coker College, University of South Carolina at Salkehatchie, and South Carolina State University, guided educators in their efforts to integrate character education into their respective academic curricula and school cultures.

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Professor Lehr co-directs Alternate Statewide Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities in Pennsylvania

Professor Donna Lehr and Special Education doctoral students Nancy Harayama and Jamie La Billois will participate in a series of Scoring Conferences in Pennsylvania during the month of June. Professor Lehr is a co-director, with Professor Naomi Zigmond at the University of Pittsburgh, of the “Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment” for students with severe disabilities designed to meet the federal requirement that all students participate in standards based assessment. During the June conferences, teachers work in teams to score students’ accuracy and independence on videotaped recordings of students demonstrating specific reading and math skills. Ms. Harayama and Mr. LaBillois will assist in training and supporting the teams of scorers.

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Professor Whittier presents at 2006 Technology Symposium

Professor David Whittier presented “The Techne Project: Educating Students in the Meaning of Technology” at the 2006 Technology Symposium at McGill University in Montreal on June 9. The two-day symposium, which focused on “Technology and Citizenship,” explored the various ways in which technology and citizenship bear upon each other historically and in the present context. The Techne Project, a curriculum unit created by Dr. Whittier for the SED BU-PT3 grant project called the Judgment Curriculum, helps learners and teachers understand the meaning of technology, past, present, and future. Although designed primarily for learners in grades 5-8, The Techne Project is easily extensible to both lower and upper grades. The Techne Project is comprised of three major parts: an introduction comprised of short interviews with middle school students where they describe their understanding of the meaning of technology, an animated movie presenting a historical and literary interpretation of the meaning of technology, and a follow up Web Quest. For more information, visit http://emt.bu.edu/techne/

BU sports psychologist hopes to nudge Spain to World Cup victory

Spain is known for great soccer, passionate fans, outstanding players, and talent-rich national teams that look like world-beaters. But every World Cup has been a heartbreaker, with the Spanish making hasty exits in tournament after tournament and never once reaching the final match. But as this summer’s 2006 World Cup approaches, hosted by Germany, Spain has some advantages: the team has a wily new national team coach, Luis Aragones; it is ranked sixth in the world, with its usual roster of star players, and has the luck of relatively low-ranked opening-round competition; and it has the advice of — Leonard Zaichkowsky, a Boston University professor and director of sports psychology training, which is jointly administered by the School of Education and the School of Medicine. Zaichkowsky’s task: get the Spanish national team players to start thinking like champions.

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Professor White elected to Massachusetts Council for Social Studies Board of Directors

Professor Charles White has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies. An affiliate of the National Council for the Social Studies, MCSS promotes the teaching and learning of history and the social sciences in the Commonwealth through state and regional conferences. Professor White has been a social studies educator at the pre-college and college level for 30 years and an MCSS member since 1994.

Professor Reed and Christina Michaud publish Sound Concepts Teacher’s Manual

Professor Marnie Reed and doctoral candidate Christina Michaud recently published Sound Concepts: An Integrated Pronunciation Course Teacher’s Manual (McGraw-Hill, 2006). The teacher’s manual is a follow up to last year’s Sound Concepts: An Integrated Pronunciation Course (McGraw-Hill, 2005), which addresses all aspects of pronunciation, including consonants and vowels, grammar sounds, and rhythm, stress, and intonation. Dr. Reed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development’s TESOL Program. Her research and teaching interests are in the area of applied psycholinguistics with a focus on speech perception of connected discourse by non-native speakers. Christina Michaud is a doctoral candidate in Developmental Studies at the School of Education.

Professor White discusses “A Civic Mosaic” at World Congress in Warsaw

SED Associate Professor Charles S. White discussed research and evaluation results for “A Civics Mosaic” at the 10th Annual World Congress on Civic Education in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, May 26. “A Civics Mosaic” is an international curriculum and teacher-exchange project in comparative civics for which Dr. White has served as senior consultant. The World Congress on Civic Education is organized by “Civitas: An International Civic Education Exchange,” a U.S. Department of Education-funded program administered by the Center for Civic Education in Calabasas, California. The meeting brought together more than 200 education leaders representing 60 countries and 28 U.S. states, including Massachusetts.

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Professor Cottle presents workshop on “Working with Adolescents”

Professor Thomas Cottle led a workshop on “Working with Adolescents” on June 9 as part of the Massachusetts Psychological Association’s 2006 Spring Continuing Education Series. The workshop examined the search of self during adolescence, the evolution of identity formation, and the ways in which researchers and professionals deal with young people.

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The annual Poetry Institute for Educators at SED is accepting applications

The Favorite Poem Project, in cooperation with the Boston University School of Education, is accepting applications for the fifth annual Poetry Institute for Educators at Boston University, July 17-21, 2006. We invite teachers and teacher/administrator teams across grade levels—elementary, middle and high school—to apply. The Institute seeks a range of participants: new and experienced teachers, those who enjoy teaching poetry and those who’ve shied away from it.

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SED alumni make Boston Globe’s Teacher Honor Roll

Congratulations to SED alumni Kristin Mielcarz (SED’00,’04) and Ashley Ellis (SED’01), who were nominated for The Boston Globe’s BostonWorks Teacher Honor Roll. Since January, The Boston Globe has asked readers to nominate a favorite teacher, and more than 270 readers responded. Mielcarz teaches at Bates Elementary School in Salem, and Ellis teaches at Sokolowski Elementary in Chelsea. Also on the list was Father James A. Woods, Ed.D. (SED’77), Dean of Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College. The Teacher Honor Roll was published in the May 9, 2006 edition.

SED announces 2006 alumni award recipients

Congratulations to School of Education alumni award recipients Richard L. Schwab (SED'74), Dr. Leslye Abrutyn (SED'71), and Dr. Darragh Callahan (SED'70, '94), who were honored for outstanding achievement and service to their profession, community, and alma mater at the Alumni Awards Ceremony and Dinner on May 9, 2006. The annual awards program recognizes outstanding alumni with the Ida M. Johnston Award and the Dean Arthur Herbert Wilde Society Award. Nominees have been selected out of more than 35,000 School of Education alumni members. The Ida M. Johnston Alumni Award was initiated to honor Professor Ida M. Johnston (SED’42,’43) at the time of her retirement from the faculty. The award, which is given annually by the School of Education Alumni Board to an alumnus or alumna, recognizes service to the profession, the community, and alma mater. Established by the Alumni Board in 1988, the Dean Arthur Herbert Wilde Society Award honors graduates of the School of Education for outstanding achievement and distinction in their profession; two awards are given each year.

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Boyd Dewey receives Honorary Scarlet Key Award

Associate Dean Boyd Dewey received the Honorary Scarlet Key Award and was inducted into the Scarlet Key society on May 11. The Honorary Scarlet Key Award is awarded to alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, and members of the community-at-large who have influenced the intellectual and personal development of Boston University students. Dean Dewey has served Boston University for more than 30 years.

Professor Katzman wins BHEP/TERI Faculty Fellowship

SED associate professor Lauren Katzman and Harvard professor Thomas Hehir have been selected as the 2006 recipients of the Boston Higher Education Partnership/The Education Resources Institute Faculty Fellowship. Dr. Hehir and Dr. Katzman will do research to identify effective values and practices in special education programs in the Boston Public Schools. It will be conducted in collaboration with the Mason Elementary School, the Patrick O’Hearn Elementary School, the Mary Lyons Elementary School, and the Boston Arts Academy. The project aims to identify the values and practices essential for a school to provide effective special education services to their students with disabilities and at the same time contribute to improving results for all students. The BHEP expects to host a symposium next Spring when Dr. Hehir and Dr. Katzman will present their research to the community.

Fay School conference features keynote presentation by Professor Indrisano

SED Professor Roselmina Indrisano was the keynote speaker at the Fay School’s 4th Annual Research into Practice Conference: Best Practices of Integrated Programs in School Counseling, Literacy Development and Learning Support Services on May 8 in Southborough, Mass. Dr. Indrisano’s presentation was titled “Art Informed by Science.” SED faculty member Thomas Dukes and SED instructor and doctoral candidate Susan Dougherty also presented at the conference.

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Professor Allen presents at Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Conference

Professor Shanley Allen presented “Language Acquisition in Inuktitut-English Bilinguals” at the Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Conference in Toronto on May 6. The conference examined the impact of a multilingual environment on children’s linguistic development. The audience included researchers, educators, and practitioners who work with bilingual and multilingual children. The presentations described current research by leading scholars, representing a wide range of countries.

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Professor Hoffmeister and graduate students present poster at conference

Professor Robert Hoffmeister, Director of the Programs in Deaf Studies, presented a poster at the Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Conference with doctoral candidate Sarah Fish and graduate student Rebecca Williams McVey in Toronto on May 5. The poster was titled “Bilingualism in Two Modalities: The Relationship Between L1 Vocabulary in ASL and L2 Reading Abilities in English in Deaf Children.” The conference examined the impact of a multilingual environment on children’s linguistic development.

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Professor Chapin presents at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics meeting

Professor Suzanne Chapin presented “Using Productive Classroom Talk to Support Students’ Reasoning” at the 84th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics on April 27 in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Chapin’s session presented research on diverse, urban students’ achievement gains following instruction where teachers facilitated “academically productive talk” about mathematical concepts and procedures. Talking about the mathematics as well as doing problems supported students’ understanding of concepts and the development of their abilities to explain and justify their ideas. This study suggests that the role of discussion in learning mathematics, especially with groups that have historically not achieved at high levels, should be examined further. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. Founded in 1920, it is the world’s largest mathematics education organization, with 100,000 members and 250 affiliates throughout the United States and Canada.

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Professor Glenn appointed to educational research institute committee in Italy

Professor Charles Glenn has been appointed to the technical scientific committee of INDIRE, the National Institute for Documentation of Innovation and Educational Research in Florence, Italy. The committee, which consists of seven members who are chosen among university professors and experts in the field, plans and evaluates scientific activities and serves as a consultant for the administrative counsel. INDIRE’s mission focuses on three main areas: the support of research and educational strategies for the development of technological systems, international collaborations in the area of community program management, and the analysis of innovative processes currently being used in school systems.

Professor Katzman publishes article in Urban Perspectives

“Are Students with Disabilities Prepared for High-Stakes Tests?” by Professor Lauren Katzman was published in the Winter/Spring 2006 edition of Urban Perspectives, a publication of the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative. The Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative is a network of special and general education leaders working together to improve outcomes for students with disabilities in the nation's urban schools.

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SED student elected president of BU Student Union

Congratulations to SED sophmore Brooke Feldman! Brooke (SED’08) was elected president of the Boston University Student Union Executive Board on April 21. Over the past year, Brooke has worked with the Student Union as the School of Education assemblyperson and as the chair of the Academic Affairs Committee. She is both a Dean’s Host and a Transitional Mentor for SED. “My experiences with the SED student government, especially serving on the executive board, have prepared me for this position,” she said. For more information about Brooke, please visit www.brookeandmark.com.

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Professional development workshop features presentation by Professor Coppola

Professor Julie Coppola presented at the Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners professional development workshop in Washington, D.C. on April 1. The International Reading Association’s Urban Diversity Initiatives Commission offered the workshop in partnership with the District of Columbia Public Schools to 100 K-12 teachers. The goal of the workshop was to enhance the International Reading Association’s professional development activities in urban education and to increase membership diversity. Dr. Coppola is a member of the International Reading Association’s Second Language Literacy and Learning Commission.

Intergenerational Literacy Program Awards Ceremony honors local families

The Intergenerational Literacy Program Awards Ceremony will honor the achievements of 102 families who have participated in the program over the past year. The event will be held on April 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the John Silber Early Learning Center, 99 Hawthorn St., Chelsea. Since the program began in 1989, 1,604 parents (with over 3,800 children) have completed at least one instructional cycle in the ILP.

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Professor Glenn address freedom of education at upcoming forum

Professor Charles Glenn spoke at “The Future of Education in the United States: A Discussion on the Freedom of Education and its Enemies” at Columbia University on April 26. The event was presented by Crossroads New York Cultural Center.

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Professor Fain appointed to AAHE Ethics Committee

Professor Gerald Fain has accepted an invitation to serve on the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) Ethics Committee for a three-year term. The AAHE Ethics Committee develops procedures to educate AAHE membership regarding ethical practices, apply the code of ethics, recommend changes in the code as deemed necessary, and represent AAHE on ethical issues. Dr. Fain is also a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’s Research Consortium. The AAHPERD is an alliance of five national associations, including the American Association for Health Education, and is designed to provide members with resources, support, and programs. Dr. Fain will attend the AAHPERD convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 26-30, where he will preside over the American Leisure Academy meetings as President.

Professor Glenn serves on Urban Education Panel at BU

Professor Charles Glenn was a participant in the Boston University Community Service Center’s Urban Education Panel on April 11. Panelists representing various organizations gave their perspectives on the most pressing issues in urban education, especially pertaining to local schools.

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Professor Shann and SED alumnus demonstrate research findings

Professor Mary Shann and Sadha Moodley, Ed.D. (SED’04) demonstrated the use of computer-based models of molecular dynamics at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, Calif., on April 10. The demonstration involved molecular dynamics developed at the BU Polymer Center under the direction of Professor Eugene Stanley. Dr. Shann and Dr. Moodley presented research on the use of these models in high school science classrooms in New England, and how classes using the computer models scored significantly higher on tests of achievement than control groups. According to their research, classroom observations revealed a shift to more learner-centered classroom dynamics, especially in inner city classes that had little student participation otherwise. In addition, students interviewed indicated that the dynamic visualization made learning more enjoyable, helped with remembering, and enhanced students’ abilities to make connections between nanoscopic and macroscopic science.

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Bernice Lerner speaks at CAEC Two-day Academy

Dr. Bernice Lerner spoke at the Center for Advancement of Ethics and Character’s Two-day Academy at Boston University. Dr. Lerner led a plenary discussion on “Educating Heart and Mind: The Theory and Practice of Character Education.” The Two-day Academy was a retreat that cultivates the lives of teachers and inspires in them a renewed sense of responsibility and dedication to the art of teaching. Plenary presentations, given by Boston University scholars, explained relevant philosophical principles and demonstrate how sources of wisdom can be mined for enduring lessons. The CAEC Academy was held on April 6-7 at the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at BU. For more information about the ASCD, visit www.ascd.org. For more information about the Two-day Academy or the CAEC, visit www.bu.edu/education/caec.

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Professor Schickedanz presents keynote address at conference

Professor Judith Schickedanz presented the keynote address, “Preschool Education Today: Promises and Problems,” on April 1 at the Alabama Pre-Kindergarten Conference. Dr. Schickedanz presented research indicating that high-quality preschool programs can cut later school failure in reading, in children at high risk. Yet, despite the highly significant differences typically found between intervention and control groups, preschool intervention has not closed the achievement gap. Although preschool education alone cannot possibly close the achievement gap, its contribution would likely be greater if instruction delivered by preschool teachers were of higher quality. As more states move toward voluntary, universal, Pre-K for 4-year-olds, the need for high quality preparation of preschool teachers, and for their on-going professional development, has never been greater. The conference was held at Auburn University Montgomery in Montgomery, Ala.

Professor Fraser assists BU Medical School with AMA grant

Professor Bruce Fraser collaborated on an American Medical Association (AMA) planning grant that was recently awarded to the Boston University Medical School. The AMA awarded grants to 16 teams of medical school educators to develop educational approaches and technologies that will help ensure that medical students, residents and physicians continue to remain knowledgeable and skillful throughout their careers in medicine. The Medical Education Research Consortium Planning Grants will bring together the AMA, representatives from medical schools, residency training programs, and continuing physician professional development programs to assess curriculum in schools across the county.

SED graduate students organize CityKicks soccer tournament at Nickerson Field

Students in the SED PE 529 Psychology of Coaching Teams graduate course organized the 2006 CityKicks Icebreaker Women’s Soccer Tournament on April 2 at Nickerson Field. The tournament benefited CityKicks, a developmental soccer program providing after-school programming for underserved Boston girls who otherwise have no opportunity to experience playing soccer with a team. SED students who organized the tournament included BU Women’s Soccer Head Coach Nancy Feldman and MIT Women’s Soccer Head Coach Krista Fulton, who are both on the CityKicks Board of Directors. Other PE 529 students—who are also coaches—to help organize the event included Liz Driscoll, Wally Dembowski, and Carol Ann Costello. Students in PE 529, taught by Professor John McCarthy, worked on the event together for their collective course project.

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Professor McCarthy attends Patriots Coaching Academy

Professor John McCarthy spoke at the 2006 New England Patriots/NFF Coaching Academy on April 8 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. The NFL/NFF Coaching Academy was a half-day seminar that focuses on the fundamental skill development of beginner and youth football coaches. The program included classroom and on-the-field practical training. Dr. McCarthy, who teaches students in the School of Education’s Physical Education, Health, and Coaching program, has organized the event for the past four years.

Networking Night on April 19 at SED

SED alumni share their job search experiences at this networking event with current SED students on Wednesday, April 19. The event will be held in the School of Education Lobby at 7:00 p.m.

Professor Glenn speaks at Princeton University conference

Professor Charles Glenn presented “Christian Schools in the United States” at the Educational Vouchers in Comparative Perspective conference at Princeton University on April 1. The two-day conference, which was held March 31-April 1, was sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS).

Marcia Edson invited to present at national conference on science education

Instructor Marcia Edson will present “Authentic Assessment through Observational Drawings” at the National Science Teachers Association’s 54th National Conference on Science Education on April 8. The presentation will explore strategies for facilitating observational drawings and techniques for interpreting and using the drawings to assess children's understanding of the content and processes of science. The conference will be held April 6-9 in Anaheim, Calif.

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Conference at Clark University featured keynote presentation by Professor Zook

The Greater Boston Biology Teachers Annual Conference featured a keynote presentation by Professor Douglas Zook, titled “Symbiosis in Evolution Education.” The conference was held on April 1 at Clark University in Worcester.

Professor Reed speaks at annual TESOL Convention

Professor Marnie Reed presented “Building Independence in Pronunciation Students” with Sue Miller, at the 40th Annual TESOL Convention on March 15-19 in Tampa, Fla.; and “Approaching Pronunciation: Focus on Street and Rhythm,” John Levis, Linda Grant, and Donna Brinton at the Pre-Convention Institute: Essential of Teaching Pronunciation in Tampa, Fla.

Professor Coppola represents reading association at TESOL Convention

Professor Julie Coppola represented the International Reading Association at the 40th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit, where she presented “Promoting Literacy Development in English Language Learners: Guiding Principles and Best Practices.” The conference was held on March 15-19 in Tampa, Fla. Her presentation was designed to encourage classroom teachers, and ESL and literacy specialists to work together to support oral language and literacy development in English language learners in elementary classrooms. Dr. Coppola was recently named a member of the International Reading Association’s Second Language Literacy and Learning Commission.

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Professor White describes “A Civics Mosaic” education exchange project

Professor Charles White described the work of “A Civics Mosaic” at the Northeast Regional Conference for Social Studies in Boston on March 14. “A Civics Mosaic” is an international civic education exchange project that brings together American and Russian teachers to design and co-teach lessons in comparative civics. Dr. White serves as a senior consultant to “A Civics Mosaic,” a five-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Professor Katzman presents at national forum

Professor Lauren Katzman presented “Urban Students with Disabilities’ Perspectives on their Inclusion in a High-Stakes Test” at the National Center of Culturally Responsive Education System’s conference in Denver, Colo., on Feb. 15-17. The national conference, titled “Creating Opportunities to Learn: A Forum for Addressing Disproportionality,” featured three days of presentations, discussions, workshops, panels, and roundtables.

Professor Chapin publishes second edition of “Math Matters"

Professor Suzanne Chapin will publish the second edition of her book, “Math Matters: Understanding the Math You Teach, Grades K-8” (Math Solutions Publications, 2006). The book, co-authored by former SED Visiting Professor Arthur Johnson and first released in 2000, became a resource for mathematics educators nationwide, including elementary teachers, math coaches, and college faculty. The second edition of "Math Matters" provides even more depth on topics previously addressed, extends the grade-level reach from K-6 to K-8, and offers additional math activities. A special spring release of "Math Matters: Understanding the Math You Teach, Grades K–8, Second Edition" has been extended to college educators so they may review and order this book for use in summer and fall classes.

Professor Glenn discusses private schools and accountability

Professor Charles Glenn was asked to present on the topic of "Private School Independence and Accountability" at a Council for American Private Education (CAPE) meeting on March 13 in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, Dr. Glenn participated in a discussion between the CAPE Board and State CAPE Network representatives and Deputy Secretary of Education Ray Simon. The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) is a coalition of national organizations and state affiliates serving private elementary and secondary schools.

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Information session planned for prospective graduate students

The Boston University School of Education will host an information session for prospective graduate students on Thursday, March 23. The session will be held at 5:30 p.m. in Room 250 at the School of Education. The School of Education is located at Two Sherborn Street, Boston.

Director of the Autism Project of Rhode Island to speak at SED

Joanne Quinn, director of the Autism Project of Rhode Island, will present “Children with Autism in Public Schools" on Thursday, March 23 at the School of Education. The Early Childhood Educators Club is hosting the event, which will be held in Room 130 at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Adrienne Golden at 781-413-4766.

Professor White attends seminar on civil rights

The Center for Civic Education (CCE) invited Professor Charles White to attend the “We the People: A Seminar on Civil Rights” in Birmingham, Ala., on March 3-6. Dr. White was one of 25 methods professors from around the country who studied the civil rights movement and its Constitutional underpinnings. The three-day seminar was part of CCE’s efforts to encourage more attention to civic education in the preparation of future elementary and secondary social studies teachers.

Professor Coppola appointed to International Reading Association Commission

Professor Julie Coppola has been named a member of the International Reading Association’s Second Language Literacy and Learning Commission. The Commission’s goals are to facilitate the dissemination of research findings on improving second language literacy instruction and assessment, and to ensure that the IRA initiatives include attention to meeting the diverse needs of second language learners.

Junior Pinning Ceremony honors students

Seventy-eight SED students were honored at the 16th annual Junior Pinning Ceremony on February 15. Students recited an affirmation, written by Professor Steven Tigner, declaring that they would dedicate their lives as educators and cultivate their character as well as the characters of their students. Guest speaker was Diane Nutting, a BU alumna and Director of Education at the City Theatre in Pittsburg, Penn.

Professor Paratore presents at Boston Reading Leadership Conference

Professor Jeanne Paratore led the Boston Reading Leadership Conference on February 17 at the offices of educational publisher Pearson Scott Foresman. The conference included Dr. Paratore’s presentation, “Differentiating Instruction,” followed by presentations by Scott Foresman Educational Consultant Deb Hartman, reading curriculum specialist Elizabeth Bassford, and technology specialist and marketing manager Ken Pratt. The conference concluded with a “Meet the Professor Q&A” session with Dr. Paratore.

SED student named Beanpot MVP

Peter MacArthur (SED’08), who scored the winning goal in Monday’s Beanpot tournament championship against Boston College, was named Beanpot MVP. Peter is majoring in Physical Education, Health, and Coaching at SED.

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Professor Lehr appointed associate editor of TASH journal

Professor Donna Lehr has been appointed associate editor of “Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities” (RPSD), the journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH). TASH is an organization of members concerned with human dignity, civil rights, education, and independence for all individuals with disabilities. TASH has more than 30 chapters and members from 34 different countries and territories.

Professor Lehr provides professional development for Philadelphia teachers

Professor Donna Lehr recently provided professional development for teachers of students with severe disabilities in Philadelphia Public Schools. The focus of the presentation, held on February 3, was on access to the general education curriculum for students with the most severe cognitive disabilities and methods of assessing their skills on the statewide assessments.

Professor Coppola conducts professional development seminar in Washington, D.C.

Professor Julie Coppola conducted a day-long professional development seminar on the topic of "Effective Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners: Promoting Oral Language and Literacy Development" on February 11 in Washington, D.C. The seminar, which was co-sponsored by the District of Columbia Public Schools and the International Reading Association, was designed to help prepare general education teachers and literacy specialists to meet the language and literacy learning needs of the increasing numbers of English language learners in the District of Columbia Public School system.

Professor Paratore appointed co-chair of International Reading Association

Professor Jeanne Paratore has been appointed co-chair of the International Reading Association’s Urban Diversity Initiatives Commission. The co-chair appointment is for one year. The International Reading Association’s Urban Diversity Initiatives Commission develops partnerships and works with groups to support membership development campaigns. Also, the commission recommends professional development activities and products to improve urban education and provides recommendations to the Board of Directors to enhance the awareness of the Association to issues of urban education and diversity.

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Teachers and administrators participate in BU Reading and Writing Clinic Conference

Teachers, specialists, and administrators from the Greater Boston area participated in the "Teaching Struggling Readers in Grades 1-5" conference at Boston University on February 3. The conference, presented by the BU Reading and Writing Clinic, drew 29 public school teachers, specialists, and administrators from local communities including Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Chelsea, Melrose, Newton, and Sharon. The conference included presentations by SED Professor Jeanne Paratore, Mary Matthews of Brookline Public Schools, Mary Aucoin of Hingham Public Schools, and Kirsten Trumbull of Chelsea Public Schools. Participants examined and discussed research-based practices for accelerating the reading and writing achievement in children.

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Professor Marnie Reed leads pronunciation workshop

Professor Marnie Reed presented a two-hour pronunciation workshop for Eastern Massachusetts Literacy Council volunteers on February 6. Dr. Reed’s workshop defined the scope of pronunciation, explored segmentals and suprasegmentals, and allowed EMLC literacy volunteers to practice exercises that could be used with their learners immediately. Hosted by the EMLC, the workshop was held at the Acton Memorial Library in Acton.

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Michael Dennehy presents at College Board forum

Michael Dennehy, director of Upward Bound at Boston University, presented “College Access: TRIO and GEAR UP” at the College Board New England Regional Forum on February 6. He presented with Jo Corro, Gear Up program director for the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Their presentation examined issues of college access for low-income students and first-generation college students, and identified successful TRIO and GEAR UP models of intervention. The forum was held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel.

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Nina Beatriz Stocco Ranieri speaks at SED

The Department of Administration, Training and Policy of the Boston University School of Education sponsored a talk by Nina Beatriz Stocco Ranieri, titled "Aims of Higher Education in Brazil." The talk was held in the Pi Lambda Theta Lounge of the School of Education on February 7, 2006.

Christy Olson promoted to Alumni/Development Officer for SED

Christy Olson has been promoted to Alumni/Development Officer for the School of Education, effective January 1, 2006. Christy has worked for Boston University since 2000, when she was hired as the Alumni Officer for the School of Education. Her job responsibilities as Alumni/Development Officer include planning development events, meeting with prospects, maintaining donor relations, and fundraising. She received her undergraduate degree in English and Communication from Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, and earned a Master of Science in Management from Lesley University in February 2005. “The most rewarding part of my job is the opportunity to establish relationships with alumni, students, parents, and faculty,” she says. “I like knowing that my efforts, specifically fundraising, are benefiting SED — our programs, our faculty, and perhaps most importantly, our students. My job allows me to really get to know people, even occasionally to become part of their lives, and in turn to make SED a lasting part of theirs.”

Professor Cottle to speak at the Weston Public Library

Professor Thomas Cottle will speak about his book, "When the Music Stopped: Discovering My Mother" (State University of New York Press, 2004), at the Weston Public Library on February 9 at 10:30 a.m. The event is sponsored by the Friends of Weston Library.

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Professor Baltzell publishes parents’ guide to youth sports

Professor Amy Baltzell, a former Olympic athlete, is the co-author of a new book, "Whose Game is it, Anyway?: A Guide to Helping Your Child Get the Most from Sports, Organized by Age and Stage” (Houghton Mifflin, March 2006). The book, co-written written by Dr. Baltzell, and Harvard Medical School's Richard Ginsberg, PhD, and Stephan Durant, EdD., is a guide for parents to help their children get the most from sports. Through moving case studies and thoughtful analyses, Ginsburg, Durant, and Baltzell advocate a preventive approach through a simple three-step program: know yourself, know your child, and know the environment.

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Professor Fraser invited to speak at conference in Thailand

Professor Bruce Fraser has been invited to be a plenary speaker at the Language in the Realm of Social Dynamics conference on March 8-10 at the Landmark Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference will provide participants with an overview of issues related to language and social dynamics. We know our alumni in Thailand will be disappointed to learn that Dr. Fraser was unable to accept the invitation because of family commitments.

SED announces winners of new Book Awards Program

The School of Education has selected twenty students for its first annual Book Awards Program. The recipients received $500 each ($200 for part-time students) to use at the Boston University Barnes and Noble Bookstore for textbooks and school supplies. The Book Awards Program initiated by Dean Douglas Sears and funded wholly through alumni donations to the SED Fund began in the fall semester. The initiative was open to SED juniors, seniors, and graduate students who were in academic good standing (3.0 for undergraduates and a 3.5 for graduates) and who submitted an application including a faculty endorsement and a statement describing their commitment to the School of Education and to Boston University. “Your generous gift of the SED book award was such an honor,” said graduate student Heather Lynn Camarata (SED ’06), an award recipient. “This award money will certainly make spring semester’s financial costs much more manageable. It is so nice to feel supported by both BU and SED in reaching my goal to teach.”

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Professor Paratore leads workshop on intervention strategies for struggling readers

Professor Jeanne R. Paratore conducted a day-long Professional Development Seminar on the topic, Supporting Struggling Readers: Learning from Excellent Teachers on January 21. The seminar, which was held in Washington, D.C., was sponsored by the District of Columbia Public Schools in cooperation with the International Reading Association. Dr. Paratore provided participants with a summary of research related to effective instructional strategies for children who struggle in reading and writing and she shared video clips of teachers in urban schools throughout the US implementing the practices in their classrooms. Barbara Tierney, Assistant Director of Government Relations for the International Reading Association, said Dr. Paratore’s workshop was “extremely well received and led to a deeper understanding of the philosophy, pedagogy, and methodology of excellent reading instruction.” Tierney added that teachers who attended the workshop said it “renewed, reaffirmed, and validated them as professionals.”

Professor Allen appointed associate editor of Journal of Child Language

The Journal of Child Language, published by Cambridge University Press, has appointed SED Professor Shanley Allen as associate editor for a five-year period (January 2006 to December 2010). Published four times a year, the Journal of Child Language publishes articles on all aspects of the scientific study of language behavior in children. The journal, founded in 1974 by renowned linguist David Crystal, is the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Child Language.

SED offers online professional development videos from Annenberg Media

Students and teachers now have access to dozens of free online professional development videoseries, thanks to a new partnership between the Boston University School of Education and Annenberg Media, a branch of the Annenberg Foundation. The School of Education has set up a server to host a mirror site of Annenberg Media videos. A mirror site is a website that is identical to another site, and which holds the same files, so that traffic can be spread around to improve performance and reliability. Students, teachers, and members of the community can access the educational videos on their own computers, and are free to play, pause, and restart the videos at any time.

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Professor Allen speaks at conference in Germany

SED Professor Shanley Allen presented “Cross-linguistic Developmental Differences in the Expression of Manner and Path: Evidence from Speech and Gesture” at a research conference on January 18. The conference was held at the Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitaet, in Munich, Germany.

School of Education lobby showcases new touch-screen directory

A new touch-screen directory at the School of Education offers students a convenient way to access faculty and administrative contact information, SED news, and announcements. The 42-inch touch-screen, which was installed in the SED lobby in early January, features a complete faculty/staff photo directory with phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and office room numbers. Students and visitors can also easily find contact information for administrative offices and academic programs, as well as the latest news and announcements from SED. “We’re a small school within Boston University, and we recognize that our duty is to be available to students,” said School of Education Dean Douglas Sears. “We want students to recognize that, too. The touch-screen will help us accommodate students so they can find the information they’re looking for when they walk through our front door.”

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Two Upward Bound students awarded full-tuition scholarships

Boston University Upward Bound students Lance Huggins, Jr. and Thanh LuuNguyen were awarded the Posse Scholarship. The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits, and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called “Posses.” These teams are then prepared, through an intensive eight-month Pre-Collegiate Training Program, for enrollment at top-tier universities nationwide to pursue their academics and to help promote cross-cultural communication on campus. Selected scholars are awarded four-year leadership scholarships by the university. Out of 1,100 applicants, the Brighton High School seniors were two of the 51 students awarded the four-year, full-tuition scholarships. Lance will be attending Centre College in Kentucky and Thanh will attend Hamilton College in New York.

Marcia Edson serves on DOE Content Advisory Committee

Marcia Edson was invited to serve on the Content Advisory Committee for the Massachusetts Department of Education’s Item Review Conference on January 10-11 in Westborough. She reviewed the content of the Early Childhood subject test for the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL).

Professor McCarthy presents at U.S. Rowing Coaches Association convention

Professor John McCarthy gave a presentation at the United States Rowing Coaches Association convention, where he shared his expertise in the social and psychological aspects of coaching and facilitated learning. Dr. McCarthy was asked to speak at the convention as part of the five-level Coaching Certification Program offered by USRowing. He presented to an audience of 200 participants seeking certification in Levels 2 and 3 of the certification program. The three-day convention was held December 1-3 in Towson, Maryland.

Local administrators and teachers observe SED preschool

The Early Childhood Learning Lab at the School of Education hosted administrators and teachers from Boston Public Schools on December 8. The visit, which was the second of this semester, was to help new teachers develop "a common language about quality programming for young children." Guests included teachers from several schools, as well as the language arts director for the school system and the head of the Reading First program. Administrators and teachers participated in a guided observation of the preschool emphasizing environmental design, schedule components, integrated learning opportunities, and teacher language. The event, which was led by Early Childhood Learning Lab Director Jane Lannak and Instructor Marcia Edson, was part of an ongoing professional development collaboration between Boston Public Schools and the School of Education’s Early Childhood Program. There will be two additional visits on January 10 and March 15.

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Timothy Poynton (SED’05) creates software program for educators

A new software program developed by School of Education alumnus Timothy Poynton, Ed.D. (SED’05), is gaining popularity among graduate students and school counselors around the country. EZAnalyze, a data analysis software tool for educators, is designed to enhance the capabilities of Microsoft Excel by adding “point and click” functionality for analyzing data and creating graphs. The software, which works on both Macs and PCs, is available for free download thanks to $2,000 that Poynton received from the Office of the Dean at the School of Education. Since June 18, 2005, there have been more than 4,000 downloads of the program file, user manual and tutorials, and sample data file. Poynton, who completed the School of Education's Developmental Studies doctoral program in August, is now the School Counseling Program Director and an Assistant Professor at Suffolk University in Boston. He developed EZAnalyze for his dissertation, titled Evaluating the Effect and Effectiveness of a Professional Development Workshop to Increase School Counselors’ Use of Data: The Role of Technology.

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Professor Glenn speaks at conference in Indonesia

Professor Charles Glenn presented the “Right to Basic Education and Equality of Educational Opportunities” at the International Conference on the Right to Basic Education as a Fundamental Human Right. Dr. Glenn was one of five foreign experts invited by the Indonesian government to speak at the conference. The conference was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 2-4.

Professor Jane Lannak and Marcie Berul speak at NAEYC conference

Professor Jane Lannak and program coordinator Marcie Berul presented a session at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on December 9. The session focused on issues related to emotional, social, and cognitive development in young children that are pertinent to establishing shared goals for learning in a preschool setting.

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Professor White delivers keynote address

Professor Charles White delivered the keynote address at the National Social Studies Supervisors Association's annual meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 17. The title of his address was "Leaving No Child's Civic Education Behind," calling for greater attention to civic education in the K-12 social studies curriculum.

Institute for Athletic Coach Education helps youth groups develop coach training

The Institute for Athletic Coach Education at BU is collaborating with two of Boston’s biggest youth sports leagues to address coach development and training. Thanks to a grant from the Boston Youth Sports Initiative, the institute will work with MetroLacrosse, a year-round league that includes more than 500 players and 100 volunteer coaches, and G-ROW, a division of Community Rowing that encourages girls from Boston to participate in crew, to develop and implement coach-training systems. Researchers from the institute have been observing practices and meeting with league leaders to discuss current methods and assess the organizations’ long-term coaching needs. “One of our tasks is to do research and work in the community, and we have a particular interest in working with coaches at the community level,” says John McCarthy, a School of Education clinical assistant professor of curriculum and teaching and the director of the institute. “These are organizations that are clear on their goals and objectives, and we are trying to learn more about how to serve these different constituencies to learn how they can develop their training to suit their needs.”

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We have more than 100 students observing and assisting in urban and suburban classrooms once a week this semester. Sixty-three undergraduate and thirty-eight graduate students from the School of Education and other BU schools and colleges studying in SED ED100 and ED500 are out in the field in Greater Boston this fall. New to SED, these students have the opportunity to work with practitioners in various public school settings.

Professor Glenn will offer presentation at educational forum in Belgium

Professor Glenn will present “School Legislation and Minorities and Immigrants’ Language Rights in the USA” at the Forum on Language Policy in the European Union, Nation Building, Multilingualism, Mother Tongue Education, Education and the Law. The College of Europe, situated in Bruges - West Flanders (Belgium), organizes the European Cultural and Educational Forum, which will take place November 26-30.

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Preschool hosts events for parents

The Early Childhood Learning Lab at the School of Education presented a "Curriculum Night for Parents: Learning Through Play with Clay" on November 3. Director Jane Lannak, Program Coordinator Marcie Berul, and classroom teachers Amanda Rackover and Maura Lally hosted the two-hour event. Berul led parents through a PowerPoint presentation on how young children can derive learning from their experiences with artists’ clay. The presentation was followed by an opportunity for parents to join the teachers in the classroom to have their own first-hand experience with this medium. The Early Childhood Learning Lab also presented its first Parent Forum on the emotional and social development of preschool age children on October 11.

Professor Glenn to participate in educational policy discussions in Geneva and Paris

Professor Charles Glenn will attend the Consultation of Experts on Free Primary Schooling Worldwide, Organized by OIDEL for UNESCO, in Geneva on November 18. Dr. Glenn will also attend the Consultation of Experts on School Autonomy and Choice, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, in Paris on November 22-23.

Online tool for educators relaunched as "MassONE"

The state of Massachusetts has relaunched its online network for educators to provide teachers with more useful tools, including a searchable database of the curriculum frameworks, an online lesson planner and a searchable database of thousands of educational resources. For more information about the Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MassOne), visit http://massone.mass.edu.

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Professor Glenn attends Seminar on Education Law in Latin America

Professor Charles Glenn spoke at the Seminar on Education Law in Latin America in Brasilia, Brazil, which was held November 3-5. Dr. Glenn discussed “Education Law and its Role in the Development of States and Children — the Relevancy of International and Comparative Education Law.”

Professor Fain presents paper at NIRSA conference

Professor Gerald Fain presented a paper at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, Region 1 Conference in Providence, R.I. on November 11. The title of Dr. Fain's paper was "Ethics: Directors as Moral Agents."

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Bernice Lerner shares her expertise at local conference

Bernice Lerner gave a three-hour workshop on "The Theory and Practice of Moral Education" at the Association of Moral Education's Annual Conference in Cambridge on November 3. For more information, visit www.amenetwork.org.

Professor Cottle speaks at Learning & the Brain Conference

Professor Thomas Cottle spoke at the Learning & the Brain Conference in Cambridge, Mass., on October 27-29. Dr. Cottle presented a lecture on "Sense of Self: The Importance of Self-Reflection & Self-Awareness." The title of this year's conference was "Molding & Motivating Minds: Using Mind/Brain Research to Enhance Student Performance." Participants explored how evolution, language, learning, and sex differences shape people's minds and brains, and acquired strategies to improve student motivation, memory, thinking, and reading. The BU School of Education co-sponsored the event.

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Professor Fain participates in Learning & the Brain Conference

Professor Gerald Fain served as a conference moderator for two panel discussions at the Learning & the Brain Conference on October 27-29 in Cambridge, Mass. A member of the advisory committee for the Learning & the Brain Conference, Dr. Fain was the moderator for the keynote panel on "Motivating Boys in Reading and Girls in Math and Science." He also moderated a panel discussion on autism and theory of the mind. The BU School of Education co-sponsored the event.

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Professor Lannak presents keynote address at conference in Germany

The Association for the Education of Young People, Europe, invited Professor Jane Lannak to give the keynote address at its annual conference on October 29 in Heidelberg, Germany. At the conference, Dr. Lannak also participated in a follow up session that focused on building a community of children, teachers, and parents in an early learning setting.

National Association for Gifted Children honors Professor Chapin

The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) will honor the co-authors of "What's the ME in Measurement All About?" at the NAGC Annual Convention in Louisville, Kentucky in November. The book's co-authors—School of Education Professor Suzanne H. Chapin, Linda Jensen Sheffield, M. Katherine Gavin, and Judith Dailey—will be presented with the 2005 NAGC Curriculum Award at a special ceremony. The co-authors received the same award in 2004 for their book, "Unraveling the Mystery of the MoLi Stone: Place Value and Numeration." Published by Kendall-Hunt, "What's the ME in Measurement All About?" and "Unraveling the Mystery of the MoLi Stone: Place Value and Numeration" are part of the Mentoring Mathematical Minds series, which has 12 books for children in grades 3-5. Four books for third-grade students will be published by Kendall-Hunt this fall.

Professor Coppola speaks at national conference on classroom diversity

Professor Julie Coppola discussed "Improving Writing Instruction for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children: Lessons from the Classroom" on October 17 at the second annual Leadership Academy on Key Issues for Teachers of Culturally Diverse Populations. The event was sponsored by the Urban Diversity Initiatives Commission of the International Reading Association in cooperation with Benedict College and the Palmetto Project of South Carolina. The purpose of the conference was to offer educators from around the country a deeper understanding of current trends, challenges, and successful strategies in teaching culturally diverse classrooms.

Professor Molinsky speaks at language learning conference in Korea

Professor Steven J. Molinsky spoke at the 13th Annual Korean Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (KOTESOL) International Conference on October 16 in Seoul, Korea. Dr. Molinsky's speech was titled "What I Have Learned About Language Learning from Trying to Learn a New Language: Implications for Teachers." His presentation examined the importance of several key components to create a classroom environment that is conducive to successful language acquisition. The theme of this year's KOTESOL conference, which was held at Sookmyung Women’s University on October 15-16, was "From Concept to Context: Trends and Challenges."

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Professor Coppola publishes article on literacy and language

An article by Professor Julie Coppola will appear in the Fall 2005 issue of the New England Reading Association Journal. The title of the article is "English Language Learners: Language and Literacy Development During the Preschool Years."

Professor Aeschliman presents lecture on "The Abolition of Man"

Professor Michael D. Aeschliman presented a lecture on "The Human Person Perennially in Need of Defense: The Importance of C.S. Lewis's Abolition of Man." The lecture was held October 5 at Seattle Pacific University under the auspices of Seattle Public University, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Discovery Institute.

Professor Katzman completes research study of New York City's special education system

A team of seven independent researchers, including School of Education Professor Lauren Katzman, conducted a comprehensive review and evaluation of the management of special education in New York City’s (NYC) Department of Education in light of the City’s 2002 reorganization. The year-long study, which was led by Dr. Thomas Hehir of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was carried out at the request of New York City and the plaintiffs in a 1979 class action lawsuit known as José P. Recommendations for improvement included better data collection and use, more opportunities for students with disabilities to be educated in neighborhood schools, and clarified roles and responsibilities for administrators. On September 23, NYC’s Chancellor of Education Joel Klein released the report to the public and committed $38 million to “expand special education initiatives and address recommended areas of improvement in the report.”

Upward Bound alumnus awarded MEOA Scholarship

Osman Muhidin is one of three recipients of the MEOA Scholarship from the Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association. Osman is an alumnus of the Boston University Upward Bound program. He graduated from English High School in June 2005 and currently attends Roxbury Community College. He plans to transfer to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in the spring. Osman emigrated from the Somalia in 1997 without his parents. He joined the Upward Bound program in the spring of 2003. The MEOA Scholarship Program was created in 1988 to assist undergraduate students in their pursuit of higher education. A scholarship of $500 will be awarded to three first time graduates or returning students who have demonstrated the ability to overcome great obstacles and continue to strive for educational excellence. The three recipients will be awarded the scholarship at the MEOA Conference, which will be held on October 3-4 in Danvers, Mass. For more information about the MEOA, visit www.meoaonline.org. For information on the Boston University Upward Bound program, visit www.bu.edu/ub.

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Professor Glenn attends "Democrats and School Choice" seminar in Colorado

SED Professor Charles Glenn and Professor John Coons of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, led a discussion on "School Choice and Social Justice" on September 28 at a seminar organized by the Alliance for School Choice. The discussion, which took place at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., was part of the alliance's "Democrats and School Choice" seminar.

Professor Fain attends conference at U.N.

Professor Gerald Fain attended the 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, "Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships, and Renewal," at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 7-9. Partaking in the event as an NGO representative, Dr. Fain was one of 2,000 participants from more than 1,200 non-governmental and civil society organizations in 120 countries. The goal of the conference was to provide non-governmental organizations with perspective on issues set forth in the Secretary General's report, which outlined the agenda for the 2005 World Summit.

SED completes successful summer Reading and Writing Clinic

Under the direction of Dr. Jeanne R. Paratore, SED Associate Professor, the School of Education’s Reading and Writing Clinic completed a successful summer session in its newly renovated headquarters in SED 147. Building on the foundation originally created by Dr. Thomas E. Culliton, SED Professor Emeritus, the Summer Reading and Writing Clinic provided diagnostic assessment and intensive, individualized tutoring for elementary school children. Students attending this year’s Clinic represented five different public and private school districts. The Clinic was taught by Dr. Mary Matthews, Boston University Adjunct Faculty and Curriculum Coordinator for Language Arts, Brookline Public Schools. Clinic tutors were licensed literacy teachers engaged in advanced study of literacy education. Instruction in the Clinic was broad and varied. After a comprehensive diagnosis of children’s literacy skills, Clinic teachers provided intensive instruction that covered a wide range of literacy skills and activities. Daily schedules included guided reading, word study, fluency practice, comprehension strategy instruction, and writing instruction. Reader’s Theater and individual presentations based on students’ reading interests added an element of fun to each day’s work. The Clinic culminated in individual conferences with parents and the children’s classroom teachers, where the session’s testing and instructional information was shared. Each child’s parents received a final Report of Assessment and Instructional Services. Response from parents and children was overwhelmingly positive, and is aptly captured in the following comment by a parent of two children:

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Fulbright Scholar joins Health Education Program at SED

Professor Eileen C. Sullivan of the Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching program at SED is delighted to welcome Giulia Lamiani as a Fulbright Scholar who will be studying Health Education for 2005/2006. Giulia comes from Milan and will be pursuing her interest in community health and developing educational programs within hospital settings.

Professor publishes book on teaching literacy

Teaching Literacy in Second Grade (Guilford Publications, 2005), by SED Associate Professor Jeanne R. Paratore and Rachel L. McCormack, demonstrates what teachers can do to optimize literacy learning for their students. The book includes valuable information on setting up short- and long-term goals for individual students, planning instruction to meet those goals, and ideas for partnering with parents. Teaching Literacy in Second Grade is part of the "Tools for Teaching Literacy Series."

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New SED Website Launches

Welcome to the School of Education's new website. The SED website includes faculty profiles, financial aid and admissions information, course descriptions, event listings, licensure requirements, community service opportunities, academic policies, and much more.

Professor Glenn to speak at upcoming conference

Professor Charles L. Glenn gave a keynote address on September 10 at a conference on “The Role of Civil Society in the Governance of Education,” organized by OIDEL: The Right to Education and Freedom of Education and sponsored by UNESCO, the Government of Galicia, Enseignement et Liberté, and the European Association for Education Law and Policy, in Santiago de Compostello, Spain. For more information, visit www.oidel.ch.

SED Professors participate in coaching and character workshop

The Galveston Independent School District in Texas assembled 55 of their middle and high school coaches on August 1 for a daylong workshop on how to integrate character development into their sport programs. BU School of Education Professors Amy Baltzell and John McCarthy facilitated discussion and delivered educational presentations at the workshop. Galveston Independent School District Athletic Director Bret Jaco contacted them after reading Character and Coaching: Building Virtue in Athletic Programs, in which Dr. Baltzell is a co-author.

Dean Boyd Dewey receives award from Graduate Student Association

The Graduate Student Association awarded the 2004-2005 GSA Faculty Award to Dean Boyd Dewey. The award is "In Recognition of his Commitment to Developing Community and Awareness of Educational Issues among School of Education Graduate Students and Boston University."

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Professor Zaichkowsky receives alumni recognition award

Professor Leonard Zaichkowsky is a recipient of a 2005 University of Alberta Alumni Recognition Award. The awards celebrate the diverse accomplishments of alumni and the recognition they bring to the University of Alberta. The awards are presented in four categories: Alumni Honour Award, Distinguished Alumni Award, Alumni Award of Excellence, and Horizon Award. Dr. Zaichkowsky is a recipient of an Alumni Honour Award, which recognizes the significant contributions made by alumni in their local communities and beyond. The alumni awards will be presented in September during the University of Alberta's Reunion Weekend.

SED alumna wins dissertation award

Maureen Beirne Streff, SED Ed.D ’01, is the recipient of this year’s Irene Stiver Dissertation Award. The award, which was presented on June 24, was established by the research network sponsored by the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Stone Center at Wellesley College. The award celebrates the work and life of Dr. Irene Stiver and recognizes outstanding efforts to advance the understanding and practice of Relational-Cultural Theory. Dr. Streff’s dissertation is titled “Perceptions of the Present and Future: An Assessment of Relational Experiences, Social Support, and Personal Resources by Women 65 and Older.” Her dissertation was an innovative study that used Relational Cultural Theory as a theoretical framework in examining supportive relationships in older women. The award cites her use of both quantitative and qualitative results as “enriching and deepening our understanding of relationships among older women.”

Graduate Student Association (GSA) Meetings

The School of Education Graduate Student Association (GSA) meets at noon on the first academic Friday of each month in the SED Student Lounge, Room 253, on the second and half floor. Lunch is provided. Open to all graduate students. Please join us. T Contact Reggie at reggie@bu.edu to RSVP.

Gibbon serves on selection committee for James Madison Book Award

Peter Gibbon, who is a member of the Advisory Board for the James Madison Book Award, is serving on the award selection committee this year. Each year, the award is given to a book in American history that "recognizes excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to children ages 5 to 14."