US Education Secretary Arne Duncan discusses reform with LA, NYC, and Chicago mayors—see related article:
Education Secretary Hosts Big City Mayors at AU.
The 5th Annual Larissa Gerstel Critical Literacy Symposium was held on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at American University. The Larissa Gerstel Critical Literacy Collection is designed to expose emerging readers to international and multicultural literature. This event featured panelists Maria Paula Ghiso, Carole Boston Weatherford, and Jessica Staff, a 2010 American University graduate.
American University's School of Education, Teaching, and Health hosted City Year on Monday, October 17, 2011. This event officially launched the partnership between the two programs. City Year held their Unity Rally on the Quad (seen in the picture) and then the members enjoyed a day of activities on AU's campus.
SETH field placement coordinator Danielle Goldberg finds passion for education has multiple incarnations.
April 24, 2012
Six CAS students share their summer internship plans.
April 24, 2012
Alternative spring break trip to Cuba results in insights, connections, and passions.
March 28, 2012
Reference librarians at AU Library provide research assistance online with a chat service.
March 23, 2012
ITEP master’s students run Simply Equal Education nonprofit benefitting West African schools.
March 7, 2012
Bloomberg, Villaraigosa, Emanuel discussed education reform with Education secretary Duncan on March 2.
March 2, 2012
Alumni News
Former student, Shaun Johnson (SETH/MAT '02), completed his doctorate at IU Bloomington and is now an Assistant Professor at Towson U.
Denisha Jones is ABD at IU Bloomington and is currently completing a future faculty fellowship at Howard University.
SETH students, Laura Herring (SETH/M.Ed.'11), Ayana Jackson (SETH/MAT '11), LeeAnn Parker (SETH/MAT), and Kristen Luppino (SETH/MAT '11), recently presented at the National Council of Teachers of English on 21st Century Literacies in Early Childhood Classrooms.
Karen D'Angelis, a 2004 doctoral graduate and staff at AU, has taken the role of Department Chair at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
A recent SETH graduate, Laura Herring (SETH/M.Ed. '11) was nominated for a position as a member of the Board of Directors for the Early Childhood Education Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Articles
The use of primary sources in warm up activities is the subject of SETH Adjunct Professor Amy Trenkle's article in the current issue of
Middle Level Learning.
Elementary Education major Zach Wright won AU's first Track and Field conference title in the high jump. Read more
SETH Student Teaching Supervisor Victorious Hall is interviewed in the website OurBlook about the Future of Education. Victorious teaches 8th grade and coordinates the afterschool program at William Whirt ES in PG County.
