Joan Brasher

Teacher merit pay programs have been associated with a statistically significant positive effect on student outcomes. Read More

Loan aversion is more common in prospective college students than previously documented and may be affected by gender, age and race. Read More

“Trump’s First 100 Days and the Impact on Education,” is available to watch online now. Read More

A self-monitoring intervention will provide critical support to teachers working with students who have challenging behaviors. Read More

Vanderbilt’s eighth cohort of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows will visit the Great Smoky Mountains and meet with colleagues at Vol State. Read More

A panel of Peabody researchers will discuss the impact of the new administration from a research perspective. Read More

The SLLA may not be the right measure for hiring principals. Read More

Phil Yu, who writes about race and culture in his blog Angry Asian Man, will give a talk March 30. Read More

Emily Tanner-Smith, Jason Grissom and more Peabody researchers are featured on this year's list. Read More

Vanderbilt education professor Carolyn J. Heinrich is among 14 scholars selected as 2017 fellows by the American Educational Research Association. Read More

Blair Lloyd's study is supported by a $400,000 early career grant from the Institute of Education Sciences. Read More

Both ASD and IZone schools are recruiting effective teachers, but the iZone schools are doing a better job of retaining them. Read More

A new year. Perhaps even a new era. During periods of intense change it never hurts to refocus one’s energies on the basics. Read More

Reflector Winter 2017 The Peabody Reflector is published twice annually, in January and July, by Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with Vanderbilt University News and Communications, 2100 West End Ave. Suite 1100, Nashville, TN  37203. It is produced by Vanderbilt’s Creative Services and Printing Services, and… Read More

Tyler is a bright young student. He gets good grades and participates in extracurricular activities. He has a job at the home improvement store and has started saving his money. He has applied to a state college nearby and is accepted. He even qualifies for a scholarship. Sounds like Tyler’s going to college, right? Not necessarily. Read More

Sandra Barnes, professor of human and organizational development, was named assistant vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion at Vanderbilt, reporting to Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer George C. Hill. She continues teaching and conducting research as a faculty member at Peabody and the… Read More

An online master's in school counseling and a doctorate in education will launch this fall. Read More

Tennessee Tennessee teachers who received higher performance ratings reported higher job satisfaction than their peers. Read More

The research represents one of four Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs established by the NIH in 2012. Read More

Twin sophomore special education majors Aaron and Nicholas Ainsworth are giving back to their hometown of San Bernardino, California, in a unique way. Read More