Announcements
April 2009
U.S. News and World Report ranks UT-Austin College of Education as third in nation
The 2009 College of Education National Rankings, recently released by U.S. News and World Report, lists UT-Austin’s College of Education as third in the nation among public colleges and schools of education and seventh in the nation overall, tied with Johns Hopkins, Northwestern University, University of California-Berkley and University of Wisconsin-Madison. MCPER and its partner centers, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts and the Texas Child Study Center, are acknowledged as “nationally and internationally acclaimed programs and research that fuel the college’s continuing success” in a press release from the College of Education.
MCPER welcomes 2009 Fellow Nicole Block
It is our pleasure to welcome our 2009 Meadows Fellow, Dr. Nicole Block. Block joins MCPER from a joint doctoral program at Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University in California, where she attained her Ph.D. in education with a concentration in special education. Her dissertation is entitled A Study of a Response to Intervention Model for Urban Sixth-Grade: Analyzing Reading, Language, and Learning Differences in Tier 1 and Tier 2.
Kathleen Hughes named 2009 Community Partner of the Year for Murchison Elementary School
Kathleen Hughes, co-coordinator for the mathematics intervention project, was named the 2009 Community Partner of the Year for Murchison Elementary School. Hughes’ selection for the award signifies that she has been integral to Murchison Elementary achieving its campus goals and that she has had a significant impact on student achievement throughout the school year. She will be honored and thanked for her contributions at the 2009 Volunteer and Partner Appreciation Reception on April 22 at the Pflugerville High School Fine Arts Center.