Education
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Mr. President . . .
The 44th president will have tremendous challenges before him. UCSC experts offer their advice on topics ranging from education to climate change.
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UCSC wins NSF grant to train more math and science teachers
Regional schools in need of qualified math and science teachers will benefit from a $750,000 grant to UCSC from the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholars Program.
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UC Santa Cruz team developing a high-tech dictionary for the classroom
Dictionaries in the classroom may go the way of typewriters if researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have their way.
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Improve teacher quality and retention by broadening teacher preparation, professor says
Aspiring teachers come to the profession with a wealth of life experience that shapes their training, their work in the classroom, and their longevity in the occupation, says the author of the new book Teaching What They Learn, Learning What They Live
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New Social Sciences research award honors Martin Chemers
The new Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Division of Social Sciences recognizes senior faculty members who have made major impacts through their research.
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UCSC’s New Teacher Center launches online mentoring program for math teachers
The New Teacher Center has launched a new initiative to boost student performance in mathematics by providing an online network for beginning math teachers.
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Educators gather Sept. 21 at UCSC for summit on the future of education in the Monterey Bay region
Educators and policy makers from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties will gather on Friday, September 21, for a one-day summit on the future of education in the Monterey Bay region.
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UC Santa Cruz New Teacher Center expands partnership with East Palo Alto school district
A once-troubled school district in East Palo Alto is on the upswing, thanks to a partnership with the UCSC New Teacher Center and the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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Winners of Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity announced
Two professors, two staff members, and the Center for the Mathematics Education of Latino/as have been selected as winners of the 2007 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity.
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Third annual ‘Writing Matters’ conference for community educators to be offered by UC Santa Cruz Writing Project on March 24
The Central California Writing Project (CCWP) at UC Santa Cruz will present the third annual “Writing Matters” conference-a symposium on literacy, equity, and social justice-on Saturday, March 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at UCSC’s Oakes College. The event is designed for K-12 teachers and school administrators in the Monterey Bay Area, as well…
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UCSC’s New Teacher Center receives $175,000 from MetLife Foundation to fund next generation of mentoring tools
MetLife Foundation has awarded $175,000 to the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as part of the foundation’s Teacher Development and Retention Initiative.
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UCSC students mentor youth in new science/math after-school program
Forty students at North Monterey County Middle School in Castroville will bask in the wisdom of their elders as UC Santa Cruz undergraduates serve as mentors in a new science, mathematics, and technology after-school program. UCSC academic interns will team up with two teachers to bring science and math to life three afternoons a week,…