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Wishing you health and happiness
this holiday season and prosperity
in the New Year.
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Thank you for being a valued member of the College of Education family. We enjoy staying in touch with you throughout the year.
We have some good news to share as the year comes to a close.
In November, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies Assistant Professor of Practice Crystal Soltero brought 100 kindergartners from John B. Wright Elementary School to the college to work with Assistant Professor of Practice Mark Jenks' Developing Personal and Social Responsibility class. And there was a bonus: A few UA basketball players are students in the class.
After that bit of unexpected fun, the kindergartners traveled to the Worlds of Words Collection in the college where students from Assistant Professor of Practice Diana Hill's Early Childhood Foundations course read and interacted with the children. This is Wright's fourth visit to the college. We're busy planting seeds for future Wildcats!
 Disability & Psychoeducational Studies Professor Emeritus Charlene M. Kampfe is the author of a newly released book, Counseling Older People: Opportunities and Challenges. This resource addresses the issues faced by older adults and the services and benefits available to them. Kampfe describes ways in which counselors can advocate for older people. Individual and group exercises throughout the book enhance its practicality. Read more about Kampfe's book.
Educational Psychology Professor Emeritus Tom Good was featured in several blogs, including the Cloaking Inequity blog, for his letter to Time Magazine Editor Nancy Gibbs about a Time cover and article questioning the value of American teachers.
Good also is a keynote speaker at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement next month in Cincinnati. He will discuss why new projects like The Measures of Effective Teaching have not moved the study of teaching forward, in part because of their historical approaches. More here.
 Project SEED in our Department of Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies (TLS) is a comprehensive academic and professional program for indigenous Mexican educators who take their new knowledge back to their communities. Last month, three representatives from Mexico's Secretary of Public Education visited the college in conjunction with the project and Georgetown University's Center for Intercultural Education. Join us Monday, December 8, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. for a semester's worth of learning and reflection as the indigenous teachers present their work. The Professional Portfolio Showcase is in the WOW Collection in room 453 in the College of Education. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
The UA Transfer Student Center named two new Faculty Fellows from our college: TLS Assistant Professor of Practice Mark Jenks and Educational Policy Studies & Practice Professor Regina Deil-Amen. Jenks is heavily involved at the center, attending events and spending hours in the center working with students. Deil-Amen formed a transfer student support page on Facebook. Read more here.
 Just this month, more than a dozen news outlets across the country reported on the college's updated and peer-reviewed study about the link between increased graduation rates and standardized-testing results for students who participated in TUSD's dismantled Mexican American studies program. Read or watch the stories at these outlets, which include the San Francisco Chronicle, Arizona Republic, and News 4 Tucson.
Email me if you would like an exhaustive list and all the links to the stories.
Congratulations to TLS alumna Luz Jimenez Quispe (front) who was named the new president of the Pedagogical University in Sucre, Bolivia. This is a great honor with tremendous responsibilities, yet nothing one of our grads can't handle!
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Happy holidays to you, your family, and friends!
Dean Ronald W. Marx
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