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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
Rev. Dr. Frances
Alumna Toni Draper named School of Education graduation speaker
Published March 23, 2023
Draper, a publisher, pastor, business and community leader, returns to her alma mater to bring inspiration to the graduating class of the School of Education
Johns Hopkins School of Education alumna Berol Dewdney with her pre-K students
K-12 education
Alumna Berol Dewdney is Maryland's teacher of the year
Published Feb 16, 2023
'Neuroscience totally transformed my teaching practice,' says Dewdney, an alum of the Johns Hopkins School of Education
JHU President Ron Daniels speaks from a podium with a Henderson-Hopkins sign on the front
Community
Henderson-Hopkins neighborhood to benefit from infrastructure funding
Published Feb 13, 2023
Repairs to roads, sidewalks surrounding the East Baltimore school will be made possible by $2.3M in funding to East Baltimore Development Inc.
A young girl with a light blue headband tries on a pair of red eyeglasses
Vision for Baltimore
Vision realized
Published Nov 1, 2022
Vision for Baltimore celebrates providing 10,000 pairs of eyeglasses for Baltimore City students
A surveillance camera seen in a school classroom
K-12 education
When school feels 'like prison,' test scores, college attendance drop
Published Sept 21, 2022
Students at high schools with prominent security measures have lower math scores, are less likely to attend college and are suspended more compared to students in schools with less surveillance, finds a new Johns Hopkins University study.
Amy Shelton
Amy Shelton named next CTY director
Published Sept 14, 2022
Shelton, an expert in cognitive psychology and a Hopkins faculty member since 2002, previously served as CTY's interim director from 2019-2020
An empty classroom
Voices
A broken pipeline: The issues contributing to the U.S. teacher shortage
Published Aug 15, 2022
Ahead of an Aug. 18 panel discussion, Christopher Morphew, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Education, discusses the challenges American teachers face and strategies and solutions for the profession
Students in a classroom work on an assignment while one looks directly into the camera and smiles
Education
Johns Hopkins, national partners tackle academic success and well-being for students
Published July 5, 2022
National Partnership for Student Success, with U.S. Department of Education and AmeriCorps, will help students recover from impact of COVID-19 pandemic