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IU School of Education partnerships grow with latest Pathways projects

Laurie Burns McRobbie

Continuing the "Pathways Initiative" that began collaborative projects last year, the Indiana University School of Education is funding four projects this year to bring faculty expertise and IU staff assistance together with teachers in Indiana's schools. Two projects based at Gary, Ind. elementary schools will build upon already established Pathways projects; two others will start new projects at Indianapolis high schools.   Full Story >>

Attorney for English language learner and immigrant rights advocate headlines School of Education program

Roger Rosenthal

A national advocate of immigrant students will address an Indiana University group completing certification for English-as-Second-Language teaching. Roger Rosenthal, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Migrant Legal Action Program Inc., will address the annual Tandem Certification of Indiana Teachers (TACIT) summer retreat on Friday, June 27.   Full Story >>

Literacy researchers from around the world at IU this weekend

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Around 200 of the top literacy researchers in the U.S. and world will be at the Indiana University School of Education in Bloomington this weekend for the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research's mid-winter conference.   Full Story >>

Grant will fund development of ELL teaching at IU, Indianapolis Public Schools

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The Indiana University School of Education has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will fund a partnership between the School of Education at IUPUI and the Indianapolis Public Schools to implement a five-year project to better prepare teachers of English Language Learners before they begin their careers, develop skills of current teachers, and revise teaching methods of IU faculty.   Full Story >>

IU program turns out more ESL teachers

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The latest cohort of teachers has completed the Tandem Certification of Indiana Teachers (TACIT) program, a federally-funded program offered by the Indiana University School of Education to more quickly certify English as a Second Language teachers for the state of Indiana. Seventeen teachers picked up TACIT completion certificates during this week's retreat on the Bloomington campus.   Full Story >>

Tracking technology to be tested at Little 500

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A team of Indiana University School of Informatics seniors are breaking away again this year with a special project to accurately track riders' progress in the IU Student Foundation's Little 500 bicycle races, April 20-21.   Full Story >>