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A ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new technology-focused high school in Barrow County on Sept. 3 also ushered in the next phase of a robotics education partnership between the University of Georgia's College of Education and the Barrow County School System.

University of Georgia College of Education graduate student LaTasha Price has been named a 2014-State Doctoral Fellow by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).

Jimmy Williamson, a faculty member in the College of Education, has been named the 2014 Postsecondary Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education (GACTE).

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.