The newsletter of the University of Oregon UO College of Education newsletter
Could interventions be more efficient?
Interventions meant to prevent new episodes of child abuse and neglect are time-consuming and vary in their effectiveness, but a $3.5 million NIH grant led by Elizabeth Skowron will study why some interventions work better than others, leading to custom treatments that save time, money, and frustration.
EVENTS
June 22
Summer term begins
Through Aug. 9
Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain (JSMA)
June 19
Concert on the Quad
July 19-Aug. 1
Summer Enrichment Program for TAG
July 22
Motley Crue concert (Matt Knight)
PEOPLE
Ruby Nagle receives Vernon Barkhurst award
Leeanna Carollo '13 published in Rethinking Schools
Matt McCallum featured in Profiles in Excellence
Jay Rymeski '81 on teaching in Bhutan
Anna Williams creates a Grilled Cheese Experience
SOCIAL
Why great teachers teach only as much as necessary
Viewpoint: Colleges must force students to check their privilege
What schools must learn from LA's disastrous iPad debacle
History, geography and civics have taken a back seat in American education
More than words
A critical-art project in Education Studies featured an LGBTQ perspective on how equity considerations should affect pedagogy