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Tag Archives: Education
Chasing Clues: Identifying the First Homecoming
Determining when Homecoming began as a named “tradition” at Georgia State is not an easy task. Sources disagree, are unclear, and sometimes are mistaken. The Technite student newspaper (a name reflecting our origin as Georgia Tech’s Evening School of Commerce) … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Collections, Education, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, History, Primary Resources, Special Collections & Archives
Tagged Books and Libraries, Education, Georgia State University, higher education, Research Studies
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Faculty Research: The Changing Face of Atlanta
More than 5.7 million people call metro Atlanta home — that’s a more than 300 percent increase over the past 45 years. Specifically, the Atlanta MSA has morphed from just five counties to 29, sprawling across 8,376 square miles (an … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Educational Policy Studies, Faculty Publications and Research, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, Geosciences, Public Management & Policy, Publications and Research, Uncategorized
Tagged age, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, Center for State and Local Finance, Education, income, Metro Statistical Area (MSA), poverty, race
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War on Poverty’s 50th Anniversary
January marks the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty, legislation initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The War on Poverty was launched to combat the almost sixteen percent poverty rate (Table 13) for families. The legislation led to programs … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Economics, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, Public Management & Policy, Resources
Tagged Education, Head Start, health care, LBJ, poverty rate, President Johnson, War on Poverty
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GSU receives $10 million grant to support adult literacy
The books in the photo on the left may be selling for only $4 each, but the ability to read them is truly priceless. Poor literacy is often associated with poverty and can create intergenerational cycles furthering the ill effects … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Early Childhood Education, Education, Educational Psychology & Special Education, Ejournals, Faculty Publications and Research, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, General News, Middle & Secondary Education, Services
Tagged adult literacy, Education, educational psychology, Psychology
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What do Zulu hats, tile work, and divination have in common?
Ask Dr. Iman Chahine in the College of Education. Chahine teaches the course, “Ethnomathematics and its Role in Sociocultural Traditions”. Ethnomathematics studies the way in which cultural groups use mathematics in daily activities and in problem solving. Students in … Continue reading
Education Faculty Publish: Clinical Teacher Education
Chara Haeussler Bohan and Joyce E. Many (eds.) recently published the book, Clinical teacher education: Reflections from an urban professional development school network. The book shows how Georgia State University’s College of Education and College of Arts and Sciences partnered … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Early Childhood Education, Education, Educational Policy Studies, Educational Psychology & Special Education, Faculty Publications and Research, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, Middle & Secondary Education, Uncategorized
Tagged Clinical Teacher Education, Counseling & Psychological Services, Education, Educational Policy Studies, Educational Psychology & Special Education, Middle-Secondary Ed & Instr Tech, PDS, Professional Development School
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Recent Faculty Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Meyers and Dr. Lydia Mays for their recent children’s book, The Long and the Short of It: A Tale About Hair. The book won two important awards including a Mom’s Choice award and a National Health Information Award. This … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Faculty Publications and Research, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, Graduate Student Publications and Research, Uncategorized
Tagged Awards, cancer, Children's Literature, Counseling & Psychological Services, Education, Educational Policy Studies, Educational Psychology & Special Education, hair loss, Middle-Secondary Ed & Instr Tech
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