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Howell Wechsler to Head The Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Howell Wechsler, Director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) at the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that he will step down from that post in late May to become Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
Published: 3/29/2013 -
TC's Allegrante Named to Federal Health Advisory Board
TC Deputy Provost John Allegrante has been named to the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Published: 3/28/2013 -
Alumnus Joseph Bertolino to be Inaugurated President of Lyndon State College
Bertolino (Ed.D. '03) will be installed during a week-long celebration of the college, its students and new leader at Lyndon State, located in the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont.
Published: 3/14/2013 -
TC Alumnus David Johns Tapped to Lead White House Education Initiative
The new Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans will identify evidence-based best practices that can improve African American student achievement from cradle to career.
Published: 3/13/2013 -
She Smiled, and the World Is Learning With Her
How Saadia Khan (Ed.M. '99, Ed.D. '12) has harnessed positive emotion in education
Published: 2/12/2013 -
Arlene C. Ackerman, Former Big City Schools Superintendent and Director of the Urban Education Leaders Program at TC, dies
Ackerman, 66, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Outstanding Education Practice from 2006 to 2008, directed the Inquiry Program, TC's largest doctoral program, as well as the College's Superintendent's Work Conference before leaving to become Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia. She also served as Superintendent in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. When Ackerman left TC in 2008, she wrote that she had a "passion" for the "on-the-ground battle for our children who attend urban public schools."
Published: 2/6/2013 -
Chris Emdin Teams up With Rap Artist GZA to Sponsor Science Rap Battle
Chris Emdin Teams up With Rap Artist GZA to Sponsor Science Rap Battle
Published: 11/21/2012 -
Seeking Shelter from the Storm
The TC Reading and Writing Project has raised more than $60,000 for schools affected by Hurricane Sandy. For former staff member Stacey Fell, the work seems all the more urgent after a week living without some basic comforts
Published: 11/19/2012 -
Marvin Sontag, TC Expert on Testing and Evaluation, Passes Away at 79
Marvin Sontag, a former TC Associate Professor of Psychology and Education who taught research methods and statistics, passed away on November 11. He was 79.
Published: 11/16/2012 -
Doctoral Alumna Mildred Garcia Profiled in Latino Magazine: From Growing up in Brooklyn to President, Cal State Fullerton
Even though she holds a doctorate degree from TC and is President of California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), she believes that graduating from college can be the most difficult thing a Latino or any student of color can do.
Published: 11/8/2012 -
Dr. Edmund W. Gordon Battles to Eradicate Achievement Gap
Diverse magazine profiles Emeritus Edmund V. Gordon, Richard March Hoe Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, a leading scholar on divergent learning styles who popularized the term "achievement gap" and was an architect of the Head Start program. At 91, he is leading a historic commission that is exploring what education assessment will be, and should become, by 2050.
Published: 11/8/2012
