Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development, testified before Congress April 15 on the role that schools of education, like Peabody, play in ensuring that all students have great teachers and great school leaders.
Benbow delivered her testimony at 9 a.m. CDT April 15 in a roundtable session to members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The session was titled “ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Reauthorization: Teachers and Leaders.”
The hearing was webcast live. Download Benbow’s written testimony here.
Benbow has served as dean of Peabody College since 1998. Her scholarly work focuses on gifted children and the development of mathematical talent. She co-directs, with David Lubinski, the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY), a longitudinal study examining the developmental trajectories of over 5,000 individuals throughout the lifespan. She is particularly interested in identifying the educational experiences and interventions most conducive to developing intellectual talent and excellence in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
She has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles and 35 chapters. In 2006, Benbow was appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Science Board; she was elected to the board’s executive committee in 2009. Also in 2006, she was appointed by then-Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings as vice chair of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel.
For more information about Peabody College, visit http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu .
Melanie Moran, (615) 322-NEWS
melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu