Peabody College

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    Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements

    Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

    Jan 22, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt and Nashville: Good Neighbors

    Vanderbilt has grown up alongside its hometown to play a leading role in the life of the larger community—employing nearly 25,000 people; providing a Level 1 trauma center and top-ranked hospitals that admit around 65,000 patients a year; and generating millions of dollars for the local economy through athletics, cultural events, and a vast array of intellectual offerings. And that’s just for starters. Read More

    Jan 14, 2013

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    Vanderbilt education faculty ranked among most influential

    Twelve Vanderbilt faculty members were named in the Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings, which recognize university-based academics who are contributing substantially to public debates about K-12 and higher education. Read More

    Jan 9, 2013

  • Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Jesse Register, Dean Camilla Benbow and H. Rodes Hart

    Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Jesse Register, Dean Camilla Benbow and H. Rodes Hart

    Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools Jesse Register, Dean Camilla Benbow and H. Rodes Hart, emeritus member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust and longtime university supporter, at the Roundtable Donor Society Dinner on October 11. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Joseph Murphy mugshot

    Joseph Murphy in the Economist

    Peabody's Joseph Murphy argues in his new book that parents want to control not only what their children learn, but the values they pick up and the company they keep. They are also increasingly convinced that schools are not that good at teaching. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • From the Dean

    From the Dean

    As a member of the National Science Board, I occasionally have the privilege of hearing firsthand accounts of recent scientific advances. Often the best new ideas result when people with different backgrounds and specialized knowledge are thrown together in unexpected ways and places. Peabody College has its own unique history of fostering innovations in the realms of education and human development. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Readers Write

    Readers Write

    Children or Goats? I read with interest our summer edition of the Reflector and noted several references to “kids.” However there were no references to goats, who are the progenitors of kids. While observing a high school teacher, who was also a football coach, I learned that he always referred to his students… Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Dean Benbow appointed to Education Sector board

    Dean Benbow appointed to Education Sector board

    Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Peabody, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Washington, D.C., think tank Education Sector. Education Sector is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to achieving measurable impact in education, both through improving existing reform initiatives… Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Graduate Student Dinner

    Graduate Student Dinner

    On a beautiful day in late August, Peabody feted new graduate students at a dinner in front of the Wyatt Center (Social-Religious Building) during orientation. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Flores co-develops brief for U.S. Supreme Court

    Flores co-develops brief for U.S. Supreme Court

    Stella Flores Peabody’s Stella Flores, assistant professor of public policy and higher education, was one of 21 researchers nationwide who developed an amicus brief summarizing key research on affirmative action in anticipation of the case, Fisher v. University of Texas, which went before the U.S. Supreme Court… Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Susan Gray School

    Susan Gray School

    The Susan Gray School was selected by Nashville’s Mayor’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities to receive the Mayor’s 2012 Education Award at an awards ceremony and reception on October 25. The school was nominated by Lorie Duke, parent of a 4-year-old at SGS. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • New Faculty

    New Faculty

    Melissa Gresalfi Gary T. Henry Andrew Hostetler Joe Rodgers Gary T. Henry, professor of public policy and education in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations, comes to Peabody from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • IRIS Center receives $7.5M grant

    IRIS Center receives $7.5M grant

    A five-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs will continue funding of the IRIS Center at Peabody. The IRIS Center develops coursework and teacher training materials to help students with disabilities achieve their academic potential. Director Naomi Tyler,… Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • ‘Scaling up’ effective practices in urban high schools

    ‘Scaling up’ effective practices in urban high schools

    The National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools at Peabody announced the next phase of their partnership with Broward County Public Schools to study and “scale up” effective practices of these Florida high schools. As part of an ongoing, five-year study funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute on… Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Randall K. Harley

    Randall K. Harley

    Randall K. Harley, (MA’54, PhD’62) professor emeritus of special education, who taught at Peabody for over 29 years, was honored with a reception on campus in September during which he was presented with a stone to be placed in the Hall of Legends at the American… Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Returning teachers feed workforce, gender differences prevalent

    Returning teachers feed workforce, gender differences prevalent

    Jason Grissom Former teachers may be an important source for the teacher labor supply, with as many as 30 percent of this population re-entering the field at some point, but who is most likely to return to the classroom after a hiatus? New research from Peabody examines… Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Read About It

    Read About It

    Magdalene House Magdalene House: A Place about Mercy, (Vanderbilt University Press, 2012) by Sarah VanHooser Suiter, PhD’10, is a participant-observation account of the history of this remarkable community founded in 1997, its structure, its Thistle Farms beauty products operation, and Reverend Becca Stevens’s communal and spiritual vision. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Reluctant readers? There’s an app for that.

    Reluctant readers? There’s an app for that.

    An acclaimed young adult novelist is now applying her vision, talent and Peabody connections to engage young readers with Shakespeare. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • A firm foundation in life and work

    A firm foundation in life and work

    Thomas H. Powell, EdD’82, currently in his 10th year as president of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmetsburg, Md., has led the nation’s second-oldest Catholic university to new heights. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012

  • Creative Expressions XVIII Art Show

    Creative Expressions XVIII Art Show

    Selected works were exhibited and artists were recognized at the 31st Annual Awards Celebration of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on October 25. Read More

    Dec 20, 2012