News

College of Education professor John Dayton served as editor-in-chief of the inaugural issue of the _Education Law & Policy Review_, a new law and policy journal.

Two rising researchers in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology—Nathan Jenkins and Julianne Schmidt—have received Faculty Research Grants from the University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Research.

Oconee County High School science students team up with UGA science education majors to test the waters of a city park, reported a story in the April 18 edition of the Athens Banner-Herald.

Two College of Education faculty members – Jerome Morris and Betina Love – were among those UGA faculty and graduate students recognized for outstanding research and scholarship at the university's 35th annual Research Awards Banquet on April 10.

The University of Georgia Judiciary has renamed its annual celebration the Jenny Penney Oliver University Judiciary Recognition and Induction Ceremony in honor of the late former adviser, and College of Education faculty member Jenny Penney Oliver.

Karen Watkins, professor and associate head of the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy in the College of Education was featured in an April 15 Red and Black story about her recent induction into the Academy of Human Resource Development Hall of Fame.

With a growing consensus that early learning opportunities and intervention are critical to success, community leaders set a goal that every student in the county will read on grade level by third grade.

College of Education professor Peter Smagorinsky has received another national award for his 2011 book on literacy research during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Philadelphia April 3-7.

Two College of Education alumni -- Nick Crowder and Hyunjin Son -- were among the 10 finalists for the 2015 Georgia Teacher of the Year, State School Superintendent John Barge (EdD '04) announced in a press release on April 7.