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Doctoral Grant in Special Education Funded

Ruming Guan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:57:17 -0400

Full tuition and other financial support for doctoral students selected to participate in a newly-funded special education doctoral grant are available. Full- and part-time doctoral students will be selected from Virginia and around the United States.

Using Technology to Achieve Educational Goals

Ruming Guan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:23:03 -0400

Instructional technology is not a new field, but many may be surprised to learn that it predates World War II.

CEHD Offers Minor in Education Studies

Ruming Guan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:19:28 -0400

There are many students interested in the field of education who aren't sure if they want to pursue licensure in teaching. Now these students have the option of declaring a minor in education studies.

Mason Faculty Members Lead Efforts to Transform School Counseling

Ruming Guan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:46:02 -0400

As the College of Education and Human Development continues to respond to the needs of local school districts, faculty in the Counseling and Development Program are playing key roles in enhancing school counseling programs in Northern Virginia.

ASTL Student in The News - More Schools Trying Separation of the Sexes

Ruming Guan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:40:34 -0400

Mrs. Demshur's class of second-grade girls sat in a tidy circle and took turns reading poems they had composed. "If I were a toucan, I'd tweet, I'd fly," began one girl. When she finished, the others clapped politely.

Down the hall, Mr.

ASTL Grads in The News

Ruming Guan — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:28:08 -0400

Hanna Tomhave, who teaches a K-1 multiage class at Mantua, has been named winner of the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award for the Alexandria district. Tomhave will receive $2,000 from the Virginia Lottery and a $2,000 credit from the Supply Room Companies, Inc.

New Center Charts Course for School Leadership

Ruming Guan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:41:40 -0400

Gone are the days when school leaders were simply managers.

Reading Specialist Students Tutor Struggling Elementary School Children

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:17:12 -0400

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the percentage of students in Virginia who performed at or above the National Assessment of Educational Progress Basic reading level was 74 percent in 2007, up slightly from 72 percent in 2005.

However, graduate students in Mason’s literacy prog

Make the Message Matter

Swetha Etike — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:54:49 -0400

The Office of Education Services (OES) is hosting the 3rd annual Make the Message Matter summer institute for school leaders.

Sustainability Moves into the Classroom, across the Disciplines

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:45:40 -0500

What do camping and coal mines, and energy audits and activist art have to do with one another?

They are all part of a new wave of Mason courses incorporating sustainability concepts. Such courses began dotting the pages of the university’s course catalog this past term.

Batteries, Bulbs and — Band? Mason Graduate Teaching Fellows Take Their Research to K-12 Classrooms

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:41:27 -0500

Being a scientist is hard work. You have to deal with equipment failures, time constraints and problems with your colleagues — and that’s all before lunch period.

That's what sixth graders at Manassas Park Middle School in Manassas Park, Va., are discovering this year.

Michael Behrmann Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:06:58 -0500

Michael Behrmann Receives Award

Course Examines Human Disabilities and American Culture

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:14:20 -0500

Imagine being one of the nearly 600 million people in the world living with a disability. Your day-to-day life could be very different from those around you, and it’s quite possible you feel misunderstood by others who have preconceived notions about what it means to be a person with a disability.

Tom Haggai and Associates Foundation Scholarship

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:53:15 -0500

The Tom Haggai and Associates (THA) Foundation was founded by Dr. Thomas Haggai with the purpose of providing assistance “so young people would be prepared to help the youth of our country.” As a recipient of various scholarships and grants to fund his education, Dr.

Mason Researchers Work to Smooth Transitions for Young Students with Cancer

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:08:14 -0500

Mason researchers Jean B. Moore and Carol Kaffenberger have each spent a large part of their careers trying to make life better for children with cancer.

Visiting Scholar to Advance Collaboration

Swetha Etike — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:40:42 -0500

In 2006, the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) adopted five core values on which to focus: collaboration, ethical leadership, innovation, research-based practice and social justice.

Mason Wins Grants for Foreign Language-Related Programs

Brenda Mueller — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:56:29 -0400

With the help of international grant coordinator Susan Graziano, Mason recently received two separate grants that will strengthen already-existing foreign language programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

One of the grants will enable students to pursue an 18-credit minor in Arabic language and culture.

Professor Creates International Bridges with Burundi Schools Project

Brenda Mueller — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:27:01 -0400

In Burundi, a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Africa, a lack of basic necessities is common. Emerging from more than 12 years of civil war, the country also lacks educational resources.

Professor Mike Behrmann Receives Award

Brenda Mueller — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:20:48 -0400

The Arc of Northern Virginia, a disability organization that advocates on behalf of Virginians with intellectual, cognitive and related developmental disabilities and their families, will present awards Michael Behrmann, director of Mason's Helen A.