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The goal of the study is to create a multi-year data set that allows teachers, youth workers, researchers and policymakers to promote safety and well-being for Nashville’s young people. Read More

Researchers find that social networks play an increasing role in the fragmented teacher labor market. Read More

A new Vanderbilt report finds that children are highly influenced by what they overhear adults say about others. Read More

Roger Williams University, a prominent black university that endured two fires, once was located on the present-day Peabody College campus. Read More

Twenty years after “No Child Left Behind,” America is still failing its most vulnerable students, particularly students of color, said acclaimed education scholar, author and activist Pedro Noguera during his invited lecture at Vanderbilt Peabody College on Nov. 20. Read More

Bethany Rittle-Johnson’s 20 years of investigating how to improve learning outcomes for students, particularly in mathematics, has launched a new generation of scholars pursuing similar lines of inquiry. Read More

As director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, retired Navy Capt. Barbara Bell, EdD’18, wants to give girls the confidence and knowledge to excel in technical careers long dominated by men. Read More

A number of faculty and students in Peabody College's Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations will present and discuss their research at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management's 41st annual Fall Research Conference to be held in Denver Nov. 7-9. Read More

Peabody College alumna Tipper Gore will speak at the Peabody Library on Friday, Nov. 8, when she takes part in its centennial celebration. Read More

The No. 1 ranked Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt Peabody College has received funding for intensive intervention training for educators who work with children with severe behavioral and learning disabilities. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt Peabody College received multiple grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health. Read More

Prospective students interested in a master’s or doctor of education degree will have the opportunity to learn more about the specific program options available and hear about the admissions process while mixing and mingling with current Peabody College students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Read More

Vanderbilt's Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows volunteered at LP Pencil Box in September and the Nashville Zoo in October as part of the 2019-20 cohort's monthly service initiative. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody Neighborhood project achieved a major milestone on Oct. 10 with the placement of the final steel structural beam in the new connector between the Home Economics and Mayborn buildings. The event included remarks from Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente and Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development Camilla P. Benbow.  Read More

Robert Bullard, an award-winning author and distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University, described the economic and racial disparities inherent in environmental issues before a packed audience in Wyatt Rotunda Oct. 1. Read More

Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente has established a new University Arts Council to advocate for the arts and related scholarship at Vanderbilt. Read More

Children from higher income families are far more likely to be in gifted programs than less wealthy classmates according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

Rich Milner is among an alliance of researchers who have been awarded a five-year, $5.2M NSF grant. Read More

The project is supported by a three-year grant of $593,957 by the National Science Foundation. Read More

Peabody College assistant professor Elizabeth Biggs’ introduction to the academic field that would become her passion started with a misunderstanding. Read More