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Dean Camilla P. Benbow camilla.benbow@vanderbilt.edu Editor Kurt Brobeck, Director of Communications
 kurt.brobeck@vanderbilt.edu Contributors Camilla P. Benbow, Kara Furlong, Greer Kelly, Melanie Moran, Jim Patterson, Bill Snyder, Jennifer Wetzel Photography Daniel Dubois, Steve Green, Wolf Hoffmann, Jenny Mandeville, Anne Rayner, John Russell, Ting… Read More

Melissa Gresalfi Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations Gary Henry, professor of public policy and education, coming from UNC-Chapel Hill Rachel Robinson, lecturer, coming from Innova8tive Consulting and Hospital Corporation of America Kay Stafford, lecturer, coming from Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Department of Psychology and Human Development Joe Rodgers,… Read More

A new academic year finds Vanderbilt’s Peabody College advancing its agenda of intellectual innovation, rigorous research, and translation of our efforts into practice. In particular, this fall we are excited to launch a new doctoral program in educational neuroscience—the nation’s first. Peabody researchers are collaborating with scholars drawn from throughout… Read More

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Peabody researcher Joseph Murphy examines the highly understudied homeschooling movement and its impact on students and society. Read More

A complete list of new university faculty for the 2012-13 academic year Blair School of Music Tucker Biddlecombe, associate professor and director of choral activities B.M., State University of New York–Potsdam, 1998 M.M., Florida State University, 2003 D.Phil., Florida State University, 2012 Biddlecombe is a published… Read More

Dowell (Vanderbilt) Connie Vinita Dowell, dean of libraries, has been elected to the board of the Association of Research Libraries, a nonprofit membership organization of the leading research libraries in the United States and Canada. ARL comprises 125 libraries at comprehensive, research-intensive institutions that share similar missions,… Read More

Two new grants highlight Vanderbilt University’s growing role in the design and evaluation of transition services for youth and young adults with autism spectrum disorders or intellectual disability. Read More

Pre-kindergarten is paying off in giving children a head start in learning basic education and life skills, said Gary Henry, professor of public policy and education, and other experts said in a televised forum in Atlanta. Read More

Skip ahead to 12:45 to watch Lynn University president and Peabody alum Kevin Ross' welcome remarks for the third presidential debate, held at Lynn University. Read More

Homeschools are emerging as a kind of invisible rival to charter schools for parents seeking alternatives to the public school system, according to the Washington Post. Joseph Murphy, Frank W. Mayborn Chair, Dean of Special Projects and author of “Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement,” is quoted extensively. Read More

  Dr. Susanna Loeb talks about the effect of teacher turnover on student achievement. Read More

School of Medicine student Ravi Patel, seated, is being honored for his work creating the Nashville Mobile Market. With him at the healthy food project’s debut three years ago are, from left, Vanderbilt students Nicole Gunasekera, Alex Arnold, Emily Zern and Kate Foster. (Photo by John Russell)… Read More

"Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo by Tim Hetherington) Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington opens Friday, Oct. 12, at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery and will… Read More

Vanderbilt’s Stella Flores, whose research shows institutions would lose diversity under race-neutral admissions policies, is available for comment on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action case. Read More

A grant from the U.S. Department of Education will continue to fund the development of coursework and teacher training materials for students with disabilities. Read More

‘Long Story Bit by Bit’ opens Oct. 12 at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery "Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo by Tim Hetherington) Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by… Read More

Researchers are examining what characteristics make some large, urban high schools particularly effective with low-income and minority students. Read More

Camilla Benbow has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Washington, D.C., think tank, Education Sector. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Stella Flores 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, scheduled to go before the U.S. Supreme Court in October. Read More

Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available to speak about merit pay, No Child Left Behind, school choice, immigration, pre-K, reading, gifted education, financial aid, ESL, bullying and more. Read More