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Gwinnett County Public Schools won the prestigious Broad Prize for top urban districts, sharing the honor with Orange County Schools in Florida, reported a Sept. 22 article in the *Atlanta Journal Constitution*. Gwinnett Schools, recognized for "steady, sustainable gains," is led by Superintendent and COE alumnus J. Alvin Wilbanks (BSED, '64 MED '68).

Dozens of scholars, researchers and innovators from the around the world in the field of creativity will forge new connections and discover new applications for their work.

The number of U.S. teachers has grown dramatically in the past three decades. But they're a lot more inexperienced due to a growing number leaving the profession, according to education researcher Richard Ingersoll, the keynote speaker at the UGA College of Education's 2014 State of Education Conference on Sept. 18.

Both candidates in the race to be Georgia's next state school superintendent said the state needs to roll back a new teacher-grading system mandated by the state Legislature, in luncheon addresses at the UGA College of Education's 2014 State of Education Conference on Sept. 18.

Jerome E. Morris, a professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, writes an op-ed article in the September 17 *Atlanta Journal Constitution* on the killing of young black men by police titled, "These attitudes can kill."

Five faculty members across two UGA colleges lead after-school program for children in two Clarke County elementary schools.

The Georgia Children's Chorus recently named Carol Reeves (MMEd '92) its full-time artistic director, a title she has held on a part-time basis previously, reports a September 18 *Oconee Enterprise* story.

COE alumnus David C. Mosely (BSED '65, MED '72) has been appointed to Albany Technical College's Board of Directors, reports a September 16 *Albany Herald* story.

​The new school year kicks off a renewed effort at the UGA College of Education to stay in touch with you, our alumni. This means more than keeping you informed with the College's latest research projects or the statistics of our newest freshman class. Of course those are important — but instead, we are reaching out to our graduates in order to share your accomplishments.

The *Stateline* story featuring Bud Cooper, a kinesiology researcher whose work led to a new Georgia High School Association policy to protect athletes from heat illness in 2012, appears in the September 16 *Huffington Post.*