Education

Nashville-area high school students interested in attending college are invited to learn more about a free mentoring program Saturday, Jan. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Corinthian Church in Nashville. Read More

"The Fat Cat" is the unifying theme for an imaginative art exhibit opening Jan. 15 at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. The art was created by clients of Pacesetters, Inc., a nonprofit agency serving individuals with developmental disabilities at six centers across Tennessee. Read More

How can the behaviors of low-income first-time mothers be changed to improve the lives of at-risk newborns? David Olds, professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and preventative medicine at the University of Colorado Health Center, will speak about simple strategies that make a positive difference in the lives of these mothers and their children at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development Thursday, Jan. 20, at 4 p.m. Read More

The Vanderbilt Learning Sciences Institute is starting 2005 with a new lecture series designed to bring minority scholars to Vanderbilt to share ideas and discuss trends in the learning sciences, a field that encompasses learning, teaching, curriculum, assessment, policy and educational design. Read More

Families, health care professionals and other service providers in search of current research on developmental disabilities can now quickly and easily find relevant studies using Study Finder, a new online service from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Read More

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center has been awarded a one-year grant to create a plan for a statewide network of assistance centers for low-income and geographically underserved families of individuals with developmental disabilities. The grant is a Family Support 360 Planning Grant from the federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Read More

Children between the ages of 7 and 12 who have a sibling with special needs are invited to attend a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Sibshop Saturday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2. p.m. Read More

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center director Pat Levitt has been awarded the 2004 Friend of Children award by the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The award recognizes Levitt's contributions at the local, state and national level to the healthy development of children. Read More

U.S. News & World Report's newly named education editor will discuss his publication's approach to covering education, as well as how it arrives at its renowned "Best College" and "Best Graduate School" rankings, in an upcoming Vanderbilt address. Read More

Preschoolers, beginning readers and all book lovers are invited to join children's author Alyssa Satin Capucilli, author of the popular Biscuit series, for "Cookies and Milk with Biscuit" at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Room 241. The free event will feature a visit with a life-size Biscuit mascot, songs, stories, snacks and prizes. Read More

Vanderbilt professors will discuss diverse topics ranging from the presidential election and its impact on the Middle East to understanding the latest recording technologies during a series of "Classes Without Quizzes" on Nov. 5. Read More

Annette S. Eskind, chairman of the Nashville Public Education Foundation, announced that the foundation is establishing a $1,000,000 endowed fund at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University that will create a permanent collaborative relationship between Peabody, Vanderbilt and Metro Public Schools to help meet the professional development needs of Metro Schools teachers and principals. Read More

Does environment determine the reading success of a student? Stephen Petrill will address this question as he presents a lecture in a series on development and developmental disabilities on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Read More

Vanderbilt University will be the home of the first federally funded national center to take a wide-ranging look at school choice ñ from its impact on student achievement and instructional quality to whether it meets the needs of special education and disabled students and its effects across racial and class lines. Read More

Presidential elections, modern poetry and health care are among the wide-ranging non-credit classes available to the public during the fall term of Retirement Learning at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Mensa Education and Research Foundation (MERF) has selected Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, as the recipient of its 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More

For many teachers, managing ongoing student behavior problems is a full-time job, one that can keep them from effectively delivering classroom content. A program developed by Vanderbilt in partnership with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools to improve behavior is now being introduced to more than 4,000 North Carolina pre-kindergarten students. The program is called Reaching Educators, Children and Parents, or RECAP. Read More

Eloise Dunn Stuhr, an honors graduate of Vanderbilt University who has been a senior development official at three higher education institutions, is returning to her alma mater to oversee key development staffs. Read More

Imagine College staff are pledging scholarships to members of Pearl-Cohn Comprehensive Business Magnet High School's class of 2007-the last class to receive college financial aid through the program. Read More

The recent discoveries of Vanderbilt archeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli and his colleagues who are unlocking the long-held secrets of the origins of the Maya will receive a national television audience this week with the broadcast of a National Geographic special. Read More