OXFORD, Miss. – A three-year, $3 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will help University of Mississippi faculty provide educators across the state with specialized training to use new research and meet upcoming training demands facing the early childhood education workforce. The funds will be awarded in $1 million increments over the next threeRead the story …
$3 Million Grant to Provide Pre-K Prep for Mississippi Educators
Consortium, UM prepare 'bundle' of strategies for teachers, administrators
February 14, 2017 by
UM Launches Online Master of Arts in Teaching Degree
Program offers alternate route to 7-12 teaching careers
January 17, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Education has launched a new online Master of Arts in Teaching degree designed for people who want to be licensed teachers in public 7-12 schools across the state. Through the online, alternate route program, graduate students can qualify for a Class A teaching license from the Mississippi Department of Education after theRead the story …
Streets Endow Scholarship to Honor Longtime UM History Professor
Education fund named after Harry P. Owens, professor emeritus and Civil War scholar
December 27, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A recent gift from two University of Mississippi donors will provide scholarship opportunities for future UM secondary education majors while honoring Professor Emeritus Harry P. Owens, who taught history at the university for more than 35 years. The Dr. Harry P. Owens Secondary Education Opportunity Scholarship Endowment was created with a $25,000Read the story …
Willie Price Playground Donated to Lafayette Elementary School
Play structure donation coordinated by local parent-teacher organization
November 21, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Willie Price Lab School, a pre-K facility operated by the University of Mississippi School of Education, has made a sizeable donation to the Lafayette County School District with the gift of its existing playground as the preschool makes plans to replace the play structure. Coordinated by members of Lafayette’s parent-teacher organization, the playground soonRead the story …
Implicit Bias Expert Benjamin Reese Jr. to Speak at UM
Duke University VP to lead frank discussion on subconscious attitudes
October 4, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Benjamin Reese Jr., chief diversity officer and vice president of the Office for Institutional Equity at Duke University, will speak to University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students Thursday (Oct. 6) to discuss the role of implicit bias in people’s everyday lives. Free and open to the public, the event is setRead the story …
University Partners with USM to Expand Jumpstart
UM literacy center plans statewide expansion through collaborations
September 22, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A new collaboration between the University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi will expand Jumpstart, a national organization that helps children develop the language and literacy skills needed to excel in kindergarten. This ongoing effort to expand Jumpstart statewide is led by UM’s Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction. Last fall,Read the story …
Melody Musgrove Joins Graduate Center for Study of Early Learning
Former U.S. Department of Education administrator to serve as co-director and associate professor
September 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Melody Musgrove, an accomplished public education leader and advocate, has joined the University of Mississippi faculty as co-director of the Graduate Center for the Study of Early Learning and associate professor of special education. Housed within the UM School of Education, the center was established in 2015 to provide research and collaborative leadership to advocateRead the story …
Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program Admits 30 at UM
Elite scholarship program expands to elementary and special education, draws students from nine states
September 8, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The 30 outstanding freshmen who make up the fourth class of the Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program at the University of Mississippi posted an average ACT score of 29.7, making it the program’s largest and most academically accomplished incoming cohort yet. Originally designed for secondary education majors, the METP scholarship program has expandedRead the story …
UM Welcomes New Cohort into Hybrid K-12 Leadership Doctoral Program
K-12 education leaders from north, central Mississippi begin doctoral studies
August 31, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Thirteen Mississippi education leaders make up the second cohort of the University of Mississippi’s Hybrid Doctor of Education program in K-12 leadership. The group, which hails from north and central Mississippi, gathered at the UM School of Education in August for an orientation with UM administrators, faculty and other doctoral students. “The No. 1 thing thatRead the story …
‘An Ambush of Tigers’ Claims CELI Read Aloud Book Award
UM literacy center honors top picture book of the year with annual award
July 28, 2016 by
OXFORD. Miss. – “An Ambush of Tigers,” by author Betsy R. Rosenthal and illustrator Jago Silver, is the 2016 winner of the CELI Read Aloud Book Award, which presented annually by the University of Mississippi’s Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction to recognize outstanding new books to read aloud to young children. Published in April 2015 byRead the story …