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“Leadership is not about telling someone what to do; it’s about teaching them to think. Meet Roxanne Forr, M.S. ‘96, principal of Cecil Elementary, a Blue Ribbon School in Baltimore.  Read more…

The SOE presents “Closing the Achievement Gap,” its second Shaping the Future event on Tuesday, April 27. SOE faculty member Mavis Sanders will moderate a panel of experts to consider ways of improving educational opportunities for all students by identifying programs and strategies for raising achievement and closing …gaps between white and minority students. 6:30 [...]

The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is host to this second annual national summit (May 4 – 5) exploring the topic of Attention and Engagement in Learning. the event is sponsored by the JHU SOE’s Neuro-Education Initiative.  In conjunction with the summit, AVAM is hosting a free panel for educators and teachers on May 4, 2010 [...]

The Johns Hopkins University School of Education
Neuro-Education Initiative Professional Development Series presents:

Seminar on Neurobiology of Mathematics:
Parts and “Holes”: Gaps in Mathematics Ability and Performance or, Why Is Math So Hard for Some Students?
January 28, 2010
3:30 -4:30 p.m.
The Education Building, 2800 N. Charles Street
Presented by:
Michèle M. M. Mazzocco, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins [...]

The Johns Hopkins University School of Education (SOE) is hosting a panel discussion titled “What’s Next After No Child Left Behind” in anticipation of next year’s reauthorization of the legislation. The program, which is the culminating event in the school’s 100th anniversary celebration, will be held on Monday, December 7, at 6:30 pm in Shriver [...]

 
 
 
 
Over the Memorial Day weekend, seven students and three teachers from Northeast Middle School set out on a weekend of adventure together, an opportunity to see a part of the world none of the students had ever experienced.  Each student had set a goal a month before school finished.  Some aimed for specific grades, others [...]

Sometimes educators are shy to disagree or debate a topic but really by entering into debate we are able to hear different perspectives. As long as each person is respectful and lucid with their ideas a problem or disagreement can work out in the best interest of the student. Debate can be used as a [...]