DORIS ANN KROISS Ph.D. candidate, Teacher Education Higher Education Hometown: Greensboro, NC John Onslow & Kate Dalton McNairy Scholar Julie Sanders Gilbreath, Class of 1955, M.ED. 1966 Merit Scholar “I aim to research better ways to keep happy teachers in the classroom through honoring them as individuals.” … Continued
ASYA TAYLOR Elementary Education Concentration in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Hometown: New Bern, NC Jacqueline W. & Jack H. Varner Scholar “I will give back to my community in deeply meaningful, long-lasting ways.” With my degree, I will give back to my community and others … Continued
GREENSBORO, N.C. – On June 13, 2019, UNC Greensboro announced that The State Library of North Carolina awarded a $50,000 grant to the UNCG Teaching Resources Center (TRC) and the Moss Street Partnership School (MSPS) to help fund a community outreach program at MSPS. The 2019-2020 Library Services and Technology … Continued
Earlier this Spring, fifth-grade students from Moss Street Partnership School traveled from Reidsville to record podcasts in UNC Greensboro’s University Teaching & Learning Commons (UTLC) recording studio to be entered into the NPR Student Podcast Challenge. The contest was open to students across the country in grades 5 through 12. … Continued
Congratulations to Abi Woodson, a fourth-grade teacher at Speas Elementary School and Department of Specialized Educations Services (SES) alum, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Teacher of the Year Award for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools! Woodson has been teaching for 15 years and has been at Speas … Continued
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Henson has been appointed incoming Interim Associate Dean of Research for the UNC Greensboro School of Education. He will assume this new role on August 1, 2019. Dr. Henson first joined the UNCG faculty in 2005. He is currently an Associate Professor … Continued
We are honored to thank the following members of the John H. Cook Society, all of whom are making an impact on the lives of others through their gifts to department funds or scholarships: Kathy Glenn and Joanne Reese Williams, for their gifts to the CED Alumni Endowment, to be … Continued
When it comes to the education of students with severe cognitive disabilities, research supports that these children have better outcomes as students when they are in a general education environment with peers who do not have disabilities. They have models around them to imitate and interact with, rather than being … Continued
Congratulations to Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department alum Kelly Withers, who was featured in this Education NC story about her great work as principal of South Rowan High School. Before Withers became principal at South Rowan High five years ago, data was nonexistent. But over the course of her … Continued