Researchers at Michigan State University have recently been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand a pilot program that promotes fitness among middle school girls. The five-year program, called “Girls on the Move,” is lead by Lorraine Robbins of the MSU College of Nursing. Robbins is assisted by a team of MSU collaborative researchers, including Karin Pfeiffer, assistant professor of… Read More »
After 23 years of diligence and leadership as department chair of Kinesiology at the Michigan State University College of Education, Deborah Feltz has recently announced that she will step down from her position in August, and return to the college’s faculty. Feltz says she has considered leaving her post for the past year, and thinks about the decision in terms of her life goals. During her… Read More »
For the past 26 years, English teacher Christopher Sloan has been a role model and mentor to his students at Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City. On Sept. 21, 2011, the Utah Council of Teachers of English recognized Sloan’s devotion and commitment to the field of education by naming him 2011 Veteran Teacher of the Year. Sloan, who is a candidate for the Educational Psychology and… Read More »
For the past five years, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Michigan State University has been exploring different ways to spark an interest in science for low-income students. Among the researchers is Christina Schwarz, associate professor of Teacher Education at the MSU College of Education. The $2.6 million research initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation, is… Read More »
Vito Perrone Sr., a nationally acclaimed educator, leader and author, passed away on Aug. 24, 2011 due to congestive heart failure. He was 78. Throughout his truly influential career, Perrone was an advocate of humanistic and regimentation-free public education. He believed that education should focus less on standardized testing and more on promoting children’s natural love of learning. Perrone earned his bachelor’s degree in… Read More »
All along, Michigan State University child development graduate Katie Kosko has learned that good teaching requires stopping to reflect on strategies in the classroom. So when the reality of her first full-time experience – the yearlong internship – set in, she took that message seriously. Kosko entered the annual Michigan Student Teacher/Intern of the Year… Read More »
Nearly ten years have passed since the horrific events that occurred on September 11, 2001. This upcoming Sunday will be a day of remembrance and unity for millions of Americans who witnessed the events first-hand or on live television. But what of today’s children, who were either too young to comprehend the day’s importance or not yet born? Ira David… Read More »
Christine Greenhow, assistant professor of educational psychology and educational technology at the Michigan State University College of Education, suggests that social networking websites help students perform better in school. “When kids feel connected and have a strong sense of belonging to the school community, they do better in school,” Greenhow explained. Greenhow discovered this while surveying 600 low-income… Read More »
Current and former members of the College of Education community are mourning the loss of Sally McClintock who died Saturday, Aug 27. The memorial service will be held October 28 in East Lansing. McClintock (MA ’75, Ed.S. ’87), was a long time teacher and administrator. Among her many contributions to the field was her leading… Read More »
The College of Education would like to extend great sympathy for the loss of beloved professor emeritus J. Bruce Burke, who passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 in Sarasota, Fla. Interment will be held at Ottawa Hills Memorial Park in Toledo, Ohio, on Aug. 27, 2011 at 11 a.m. From 1964 to 1999, Burke contributed… Read More »
