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Idea
Kids Need Counselors: We're On It
Published Fall 2023
Creating a pipeline for counselors to provide mental health counseling for students of high-needs school districts / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Education
New master's residency program target teacher shortage
Published Sept 27, 2023
School of Education's TeachingWell program will provide professional, financial support for applicants looking to start long-term careers in teaching
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Artificial intelligence
Educators should embrace AI and ChatGPT, JHU experts say
Published Sept 26, 2023
Panelists discuss the pros and cons of using generative chatbots in the classroom, express optimism that AI can enhance learning
Laura Quaynor
In memoriam
Educator Laura Quaynor dies at 41
Published Sept 8, 2023
Quaynor, who joined JHU in 2019, served as department chair for Advanced Studies in Education; her research focused on citizenship and civic education, especially among English language learners
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Education
Novelty is essential to keeping bright learners engaged this summer
Published May 23, 2023
Recent research from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth finds that advanced learners are engaged by new academic content and novel learning approaches
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Education
U.S. textbooks miss opportunities to teach Latino history
Published May 16, 2023
Analysis of how Latinos are portrayed in U.S. history textbooks reveals lack of authenticity, failure to cover seminal events in the Latino experience
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Education
Hopkins joins national effort to address K-12 learning loss
Published May 10, 2023
JHU among a group of 26 universities answering a call from the Biden administration to help close achievement gaps heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic
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K-12 Education
A RESET for school counselors
Published April 26, 2023
The School of Education was awarded a $4.7 million grant to build a strong pipeline to recruit, educate, and hire culturally responsive school counselors
Berol Dewdney in her classroom at Commodore John Rodgers School in East Baltimore
A transformative teacher
Published Spring 2023
Maryland's 2022-23 Teacher of the Year, Berol Dewdney, Ed '21 (MS), doesn't shy away from conversations about class and equity / Johns Hopkins Magazine
David Steiner
Education
A case for reimagining our public schools
Published March 27, 2023
In his new book, David Steiner, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, impugns a broken educational system and argues for a return to the fundamentals of wisdom, ethics, and beauty