Today’s school systems are operating in a time of fast-changing resources, responsibilities and expectations. The educators who aspire to leadership positions – faculty at Michigan State University argue – need a different set of skills. As they lead efforts to improve teaching and learning, superintendents and other district leaders should embrace the power of schools… Read More »
MSU Young Alumnus: Aaron Scheidies Aaron Scheidies, BS ’04 (Kinesiology), received one of two Distinguished Young Alumni Awards from the Michigan State University Alumni Association in 2011 – and it’s no wonder why. Scheidies is a physical therapist, model, public speaker and triathlete who has less than 20 percent of the vision of a fully… Read More »
New director Joseph Krajcik lines up projects, priorities By Nicole Geary Science is about exploring and explaining phenomena – how food fuels the body and how new materials can be made from old. Too often, however, today’s students aren’t able to use what’s presented in school to explain the world around them. Or understand why… Read More »
College Ambition Program (CAP) helps more students achieve their higher education hopes through whole-school, holistic approach By Nicole Geary College is basically the only thing you “see” when you walk into the CAP Center at Eastern High School. Admissions viewbooks cover tables and bookshelves and brightly colored university pennants point like arrows around the room.… Read More »
College of Education supports college prospects for youth from Chicago, other urban areas Getting a private tour of the basketball facilities at Breslin Center isn’t a common occurrence. Especially if you are a high school student in inner-city Chicago. But it was part of the experience when Michigan State University welcomed 50 students from King… Read More »
Alumnus talks about improving college preparation with tougher test system (in Michigan) It’s at least one variable in the calculation for young people predicting their post-graduation success: the standardized test. In Michigan, education officials recently decided the assessment administered to high school students — or at least what it takes to pass it — does… Read More »
Michigan report: Many educators need better preparation to help students with ASD More than 40 percent of Michigan educators aren’t applying some of the most effective teaching methods for use with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), despite their proven track record, according to a study by Michigan State University education scholars. The ASD-Michigan Project… Read More »
August “Jerry” Benson Professor Emeritus died Nov. 24, 2011 at age 94. Benson advised foreign students and scholars at MSU and worked in the College of Education from 1969 to 1983. He also received his MA (’59) and Ph.D. (’69) in guidance and personnel services from the college. J. Bruce Burke Professor Emeritus… Read More »
Ann Schultz is a Fellow in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship. She is learning to teach biology to ninth-graders in the heart of Detroit, which is, she says, exactly where she wants to be. When the mother of two teenagers decided to get her teacher certification, it was because she felt… Read More »
Juleen Jenkins-Whall, MA ’04 (Teaching and Curriculum), received the prestigious Milken Educator Award, dubbed as the “Oscars of Teaching.” She is one of only 40 other secondary teachers in the nation to receive the award, which recognizes outstanding work in the field of education and includes a monetary prize of $25,000. Jenkins-Whall, a science teacher… Read More »
