OXFORD, Miss. – Five grants totaling more than $5.7 million will help the University of Mississippi School of Education boost the state’s public education system by enhancing its existing programs and establishing a new curriculum in early childhood education. Among the monies from the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation in Jackson is a grant forRead the story …
School of Education Receives $5.7 Million from Hearin Foundation
Funds will help enhance programs, tackle early childhood education
October 24, 2012 by
Education Program Leads State in National Board Teacher Preparation
Curriculum helps participants best national pass rate by 20 percent
October 23, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For 172 Mississippi educators, the University of Mississippi’s World Class Teaching Program is a means to become certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, an organization dedicated to fostering excellence in the classroom. This year’s record enrollment makes the 10-year-old program the largest of its kind in Mississippi andRead the story …
Education Student Honored For Achievements in Play Therapy
Tupelo native near completing Ph.D. and becoming registered play therapist
October 23, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Lacy Crumrine has been fascinated with play therapy since she benefitted from it as a child, and the Tupelo native is on the verge of writing a dissertation on the subject and becoming a registered play therapist. Crumrine, the October Education Student of the Month at the University of Mississippi, received herRead the story …
Bartee Becomes UM’s First African-American Professor in Educational Leadership
October 22, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Educational leadership scholar RoSusan Bartee has been promoted to professor in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Leadership and Counselor Education, becoming the first African-American to obtain a full professorship in the department. Bartee, who was tenured and promoted in July, joined the UM School of Education – Mississippi’s largest institution forRead the story …
Former Superintendent of Education Tom Burnham Returns to UM
Veteran educator to serve as interim Principal Corps director
October 22, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Who better to lead the University of Mississippi’s Principal Corps than the state’s former superintendent of education? Coming out of retirement from his second appointment as Mississippi state superintendent in June, Tom Burnham, former dean of the UM School of Education, the state’s largest institution for teacher and educational leadership preparation, hasRead the story …
Courtney Pearson First African-American to be Elected Homecoming Queen at UM
September 21, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Campaigning was challenging and winning the election was rewarding, but making history in the process is mind-boggling for Courtney Roxanne Pearson, who recently became the University of Mississippi’s first African-American homecoming queen. The 21-year-old senior English secondary education major from Memphis won the title in a run-off during annual campus personality elections.Read the story …
Engineering Graduate Prepares to Teach, Wins AFCEA STEM Teachers Scholarship
September 21, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Sarah Sams is not the typical teacher candidate. “I originally planned to be a civil engineer, but now I cannot imagine leaving the classroom,” said the Jackson native, who graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Engineering in May and enrolled this fall as aRead the story …
UM Alumnus Jay Levy Leads Pisgah High School Students to State’s Top Test Scores
September 12, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Coming from a family of teachers, Jay Levy had no doubt about what he wanted to do in life. His determination was so great that a paralyzing car accident couldn’t shake his resolve to become an English teacher. The accident, during Levy’s junior year of college, left the 2011 University of MississippiRead the story …
Half-Court Classrooms: Mississippi Teacher Corps Fosters Innovation in Classroom Management
August 30, 2012 by
OXFORD – Two weeks into his teacher training, Grant Wycliff balled up a few sheets of butcher paper, wrapped the bundle in masking tape and headed to Holly Springs High School to lead a class of ninth-grade summer school students in review for their next English exam. His game plan? A longtime Mississippi Teacher CorpsRead the story …
Education Student of the Month Finds Niche in Feminist Histories
August 29, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Sara Kaiser first set foot on the University of Mississippi campus in spring 2010, she quickly realized she’d found the place to begin the next chapter in her academic career. What she did not expect to find was a new passion for historical research. “I had a professor who was anRead the story …