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A professor at Peabody once said in class that research is advocacy just as much as handing out a pamphlet is advocacy. On May 26, 2011, we both saw our research turned into advocacy on a scale that few graduate student researchers ever get to experience. Read More

New research from Peabody finds that preschool teachers’ use of sophisticated vocabulary and analytic talk about books, combined with early support for literacy in the home, can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition. Read More

Whether in economics, politics or global affairs, we have all been struggling to make sense of a world that no longer feels very stable. Read More

Beth Halteman Harwell, one of the most powerful and politically connected women in the state of Tennessee, began her political profession in the classroom. Read More

It was a wonderful late fall day at Planet Peabody when this photo was taken. Our photography staff often sees the world from unique angles, and this day was no different. Their vision brings to mind any number of metaphors for Peabody’s role in the world of… Read More

In the history of collegiate football, only a handful of names are considered to be among the best ever. Read More

Educators know that when many people are on board to help teach students, success is the most likely result. Read More

The Virtue in Virtuality This is exciting and inspiring stuff! I applaud your work! One comment regarding the quote “the most effective instructional technologies are the ones that require the fewest changes in behavior on the part of the teachers and the learners” [quoted by Andy van Shaack on pages… Read More

Ten Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows are at Peabody for the 2011-12 academic year. Front row, from left: Sonia Dias, Brazil; Sobia Alam, Pakistan; Julieta Sandoya, Ecuador; Aye Myint Than Htay, Myanmar; Cathy Arendse, South Africa; back row: Margaret Li Yin, Mauritius; Davry Jean, Côte d’Ivoire; Alonso Silva,… Read More

Public education has always been an arena in which the nation’s policy crises have played themselves out. Most pressing social and economic issues—segregation, immigration, unioniza-tion and union-busting, fiscal collapses, crime, drug abuse, unemployment—end up affecting schools and education policy. Read More

  Peabody celebrated its 225th anniversary last year, and a new documentary on Nashville Public Television celebrated that milestone. Paying the Debt: A History of Vanderbilt Peabody College aired Nov. 3, on NPT. Narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Brian Dennehy, the half-hour documentary traces the history of… Read More

The Peabody Roundtable Donor Society convened for dinner on September 15 in the Wyatt Center rotunda. The Roundtable is comprised of donors of $1,000 or more annually to Peabody. Brian A. Griffith, assistant clinical professor of human and organizational development; Rob McFadden, headmaster at Benton Hall Academy, Franklin, Tenn.; Tatiana… Read More

Peabody lecture addresses economic influences on academic achievement. Read More

Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach for America, participated in a roundtable discussion with select faculty and administrators at Peabody College Jan. 18. (Anna Dulmes/Vanderbilt) Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach for America and Teach for All, spoke about her experiences improving education… Read More

Nashville’s need for more affordable housing and the impact of possible policy solutions are the focus of a Jan. 17 panel discussion at Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Read More

Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available to talk to media regarding the much-anticipated bill that would overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act – also known as No Child Left Behind. Read More

A Vanderbilt-led workshop for military health care providers could lead to more post-deployment mental health referrals. Read More

Watch video of Pasi Sahlberg speaking Dec. 9 on “Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?” The talk is part of the Peabody Research Office (PRO) brown bag lunch lecture series. These are informal presentations featuring research innovations at Peabody or other areas in the university. Read More

The federal government’s increasing involvement in higher education over the past 100 years has created an intimate relationship that was once virtually nonexistent. Read More

In a first-of-its-kind study, children showed significant gains in vocabulary and comprehension when parents asked them questions about the content, rather than simply parking them in front of the screen. Read More