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Professors offer lessons via Skype to high school students
May 10, 2011
Two Elon University professors in the Department of History and Geography shared from campus on Friday their insights about the Civil War with students in a U.S. history class taught by a former North Carolina Teaching Fellow at a high school 90 miles away.
Elon alumna named North Carolina Teacher of the Year
May 6, 2011
Tyronna Hooker G'09, an exceptional children’s teacher at Graham Middle School in Graham, N.C., and a 2009 graduate of Elon University's Master of Education program, has been named the 2011-12 North Carolina Teacher of the Year.
Elon junior receives Newman Civic Fellows Award from Campus Compact
May 4, 2011
Elon University junior Amber Mathis has received a Newman Civic Fellows Award from Campus Compact, a national organization that aims to improve community life and to educate college students on civic and social responsibility. She is one of 135 students from 30 states to receive the award.
Stephen Byrd Presents at the Council for Exceptional Children 2011 Convention and Expo
April 28, 2011
Dr. Stephen Byrd, program coordinator for special education, presented a paper on “Parent Perspectives of Disability, Special Education, and Disability” at the Council for Exceptional Children 2011 Convention and Expo in Nation Harbor, Md.
CELEBRATE! profile: Lindsay Mann ’11
April 25, 2011
With their growing number of students who speak little or no English, American school systems have turned largely to one of two approaches for teaching such children. Elon University senior Lindsay Mann compared the models – “English as a Second Language” and “Spanish Dual Language” – and her work is the first to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on undergraduate research to be presented during CELEBRATE! 2011.
Elementary education majors join with local children on trip to D.C.
April 19, 2011
Five Elon University juniors studying elementary education recently accompanied 80 fifth grade students and their parents from R. Homer Andrews Elementary School to Washington D.C.
Phi Beta Kappa 2011 inductees
April 18, 2011
Congratulations to the following School of Education inductees of the Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa: Victoria Elizabeth Hill, Megan Nicole Justice, Amanda Lee Ketner, Marissa Anne Messiano, Renee Dorothy Robinson, and Melissa Ruth Turowski.
New majors to be offered starting in Fall 2011
April 15, 2011
Four new majors will be offered to Elon University students starting in the fall. Early childhood education is an addition to the School of Education’s programs; information science replaces the current computer information systems major in the Department of Computing Sciences; and public health studies, and arts administration, are both interdisciplinary majors within Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.
Education researchers share data on new reform efforts
April 14, 2011
A husband-and-wife research team discussed with an Elon University audience Wednesday night their work on a type of education reform that shows promise for elementary school students who need more help with reading and math concepts than is typically offered in the traditional classroom.