Peabody College

Helping foster children’s learning and readiness for school through the federal Head Start program is the goal of a new National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning, created this fall with a $40 million grant from the Office of Head Start. Read More

Richard Milner, Betts Associate Professor of Education and Human Development Vanderbilt University education scholar Richard Milner has won the 2010 Carl A. Grant Multicultural Research Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education. The award was presented at the 20th annual international NAME conference in Las Vegas on Nov. 5. Read More

Where are these people from and why should you care? The science of teacher performance pay and Vanderbilt alum makes history. It’s VUCast time for Oct. 1. [vucastblurb]… Read More

Watch video of the full “Evaluating Rewarding Educator Effectiveness” conference. Read the news release. Watch highlights of the announcement. Media Contact: Melanie Moran, (615) 322-NEWS melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Vanderbilt researcher Matthew Springer presented his findings on the first scientific study measuring whether teacher bonuses alone raised student test scores. Educators from throughout the country attended the “Evaluating Rewarding Educator Effectiveness” conference in Nashville where the results were given Sept. 21. Read the news release. Watch the… Read More

Read the news release. Media Contact: Melanie Moran, (615) 322-NEWS melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Rewarding teachers with bonus pay, in the absence of any other support programs, does not raise student test scores, according to a new study issued today by the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development in partnership with the RAND Corporation. Read More

Vanderbilt experts are available to discuss issues related to 9/11 anniversary. Read More

A 2009 Lift Off camper blows bubbles. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Fain, Middle Tennessee YMCA) Swimming lessons. Imaginary trips into outer space. Cooking lessons. Camping out under paper stars. What do these activities have to do with getting ready for kindergarten? Woven into each of these activities are critical… Read More

VUCast: Vanderbilt doctors uncover why troops are returning from the Middle East with a mysterious breathing problem. Plus, why Peabody is offering a unique new master’s program for free. [vucastblurb]… Read More

Can the achievement gap in education be bridged? A look at factors contributing to this seemingly intractable problem. Read More

The rural achievement gap must deal with issues relating to distance as well as poverty. Read More

Peabody alumnus Chris Barbic is reversing trends with his charter school network in Houston, Texas. Read More

Peabody student Jamie Graham and alumnus David Pérez have risen above circumstances to create a better life through education. Read More

Pre-K students at Ross Elementary School in Nashville work with colors and shapes prior to leaving school for the summer break. Research suggests that students from disadvantaged schools are more likely to experience a “summer dip” in achievement that can aggregate so that children can become at least two… Read More

Illustration by Amanda Warren Visit Peabody College’s Web site at http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor Donna Pritchett, Art Director Michael Smeltzer, Designer Lew Harris, Assistant Editor Nelson Bryan, Class Notes Editor Contributors: Kurt Brobeck, Lisa DuBois, James Hogge, Camilla Meek, Melanie Moran, Elizabeth Older, Jan Read, Cindy Thomsen Web… Read More

With the Obama administration highlighting school choice as a likely reform strategy, interest in how parents choose a school is more intense than ever. “School Choice and School Improvement: Research into State, District and Community Contexts,” was hosted by the National Center on School Choice in late October. The conference… Read More

On May 1 and 2, Nashville received almost 14 inches of rain. The flooding that came with this historic precipitation was widespread and will affect Nashville for years to come. More than 3,000 houses were submerged, and at least 10 people in the Nashville area drowned, either in their… Read More

A number of visually impaired girls were on my floor [in Gillette Hall]. Because of meeting and knowing those ladies, I realized that a visual impairment was not going to stop them from doing what they wanted to do. Read More

We are trying to counteract what I call the three main issues of our community—high dropout rates for our population of girls, high gang involvement rates and very, very high teen pregnancy rates. Read More