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05.06.08

$4.2 million grant to fund Social Security training program
A three-year contract from the Social Security Administration will let the VCU School of Education train 500 professionals from public, private and nonprofit agencies to help people with disabilities move into the work force.

04.25.08

Regional effort on autism planned
For the first time, 15 school districts and VCU will combine efforts to address the growing need for educating students with autism disorders.

04.09.08

Richmond Times-Dispatch quotes Dr. DeMary on pushing 8th graders to take Algebra.
Dionna Christian is pleased to be taking Algebra I in eighth grade at L. Douglas Wilder Middle School in Henrico County. For her, it's a way to start high school math courses and eventually become an engineer.

03.28.08

Washington Times quotes Dr. Christenbury on graphic-novel interpretations of Shakespeare.
Igniting a young person's interest in Shakespeare and blasting through the Bard's formidable language often requires a mighty spark...

3.28.08

Apply for the Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program
This program is an incentive to students interested in pursuing a teaching career in a public school setting in a critical shortage area in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Critical shortage areas that have been identified for this program are: special education, chemistry, physics, earth and space science, world languages, mathematics, technology education, minority students enrolled in any teaching area, and male students enrolled in any elementary or middle school teacher education program.

03.28.08

Newsday quotes Dr. Shakeshaft on sex between teachers and students.
When it comes to teachers and students, there is no such thing as consensual sex, experts said Thursday. The power differential is too exploitative in those sexual encounters, said Charol Shakeshaft, Dr Shakeshaft now teaches educational leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University and is an expert on sexual abuse in schools...

02.28.08

Dr. Emblidge to Serve on National Panel to Focus on No Child Left Behind Act Reforms.
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Emblidge, president of the Virginia State Board of Education and director of The Literacy Institute at VCU