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Low expectations, peer pressure, lack of role models and lack of opportunity to pursue advanced study keep black males who are good at math out of STEM fields when they grow up, writes Ebony O. McGee in The Conversation. Read More

Ballard currently is organizing BCAN’s inaugural Walk for Bladder Cancer in Nashville, which will take place May 3 at Sevier Park and will feature several Vanderbilt teams. Read More

Peabody faculty and graduate students will present on the topics of value-added, teacher effectiveness, minorities in STEM, connected learning, disabilities and more. Read More

Chris Clark, Regius Professor of History, Cambridge University, presented the annual Byrn Lecture, “How Europe Went to War in 1914. The Origins Debate Revisited,” on April 8, 2015. Read More

A glimpse into the lives of four scholarship recipients shows not only how Opportunity Vanderbilt is empowering individuals, but how they are contributing to Vanderbilt, their communities and the world. Read More

Exposing preschoolers to patterning activities builds the foundation for early math skills. Read More

Watch video of researchers from Vanderbilt Peabody College explore what’s missing from debate on standards and testing. Read More

Student and teacher mobility rates have improved since the ASD takeover, researchers say. Read More

At first glance, the mobile Makerspace at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt looks like an ordinary computer cart with a printer and storage bins. Read More

Minor differences in language can have a large effect on how children think about learning materials, including the objects that make up a pattern. Read More

A new Vanderbilt study examined a national pay-for-performance program in Texas. Read More

President Obama is set to talk to the nation on Jan. 20 for his State of the Union address. Vanderbilt has an array of experts available to comment. Read More

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit East Tennessee this week to talk about ways to increase college access for Americans. Read More

Each year, on the Friday of Reunion/Homecoming Weekend, the Pioneer Luncheon is held. During Vanderbilt’s Reunion/Homecoming Weekend, Peabody honored alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago at the annual Pioneer Luncheon. The Class of 1964 was the newest group to be included in the… Read More

Michael Yudin interacts with young students at the Susan Gray School. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) As part of the “Partners in Progress” Back-to-School Bus Tour with U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Michael Yudin visited Peabody in September. Yudin is acting assistant secretary for the Office of Special… Read More

Illustration by Stephanie Dalton Visit Peabody College’s website at peabody.vanderbilt.edu Camilla Persson Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development Joan Brasher, Editor Jan Read, Senior Director, Integrated Communications Donna Pritchett, Art Director Chris Collins, Designer Bonnie Arant… Read More

Peabody College is celebrating 100 years on its current campus—a century of championing education for the for all children, including those marginalized by ability, socioeconomic status or race. Read More

The SMPY gifted child study was covered by the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Nature, Scientific American and many other media outlets. Gifted men and women define success differently Researchers spent four decades studying a group of mathematically talented adolescents, finding that by midlife they… Read More

Wyatt Center East Hall/Vanderbilt Evans, Boatman present on AP credits, student loans Angela Boatman, assistant professor of public policy and higher education, will participate in the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, a new $10 million center based… Read More