University of Rochester : Warner School News

Summer Institute on Catholic Education Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

2009 Program Reflects on the History and Future of Catholic Schools

For the past twenty years, the Summer Institute on Catholic Education, sponsored by the University of Rochester\'s Warner School of Education, has presented educators not only with thoughtful discussions on the eme

Warner School Student Receives Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Bosnia, Herzegovina

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Warner School master's student Clare Zuraw has been named a 2009-10 Fulbright Teaching Assistant to teach English as a foreign language in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She will spend the academic year, which runs from October to June, at the University of Banja Luka working with Bosnian college studen

Rochester Film Premiere of The Key of G Explores the Relationship Between a Young Man with Severe Disabilities and His Artist and Musician Caregivers

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The Institute for Innovation Transition, a collaboration of the Golisano Foundation and the University of Rochester, will showcase The Key of G, an award-winning documentary about a disabled man\'s transition into adulthood, at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 11, at the Dryden Theatre at George East

Warner School Offers New Educational Policy Master's Program

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester is offering a new Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Educational Policy for individuals who want to have a meaningful impact on schools, school systems, and the lives of children.

The new interdisciplinary master\'s program

Expert in Mathematics Education to Speak on the Challenges of Increasing the Mathematical Attainment of All Students

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Edward Silver, a researcher who has extensively studied and written about the reform of mathematics education in the United States, will speak at the University of Rochester on Monday, March 16 in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of the Rush Rhees Library. Sponsored by the Warner School of Education, the

Linguistic Anthropologist to Speak as Warner School's Spring Scandling Lecturer

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Shirley Brice Heath, a linguistic anthropologist, will present \"Making Voluntary Expertise Count: Embedding, Envisioning, and Enlisting Adolescent Literacy\" as the Spring 2009 Scandling Lecture hosted by the University of Rochester\'s Warner School of Education.

Heath\'s

Genesee Valley Writing Project Sets Deadline for 2009 Summer Institute

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Local Educators Must Apply by February 27

The Genesee Valley Writing Project invites local educators from all disciplines and at all levels of instruction—from pre-kindergarten to university—to apply for the 2009 Genesee Valley Writing Project Summer Institute to be

Warner School Receives NYSED Teacher Opportunity Corps Funding to Support Urban Teaching and Leadership Program

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

A $52,488 grant to the University of Rochester\'s Warner School of Education will further initiatives to serve the needs of teachers and improve the academic outcomes of students in the Rochester City School District (RCSD). Awarded by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) Teacher Oppor

Freedom School Students Merge Science, Literacy at Get Real! Camp

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Students Investigate Ontario Waters at Free Camp Beginning July 28

Thirty-five middle school students from Rochester's Freedom School, a literacy school offering summer school classes to children in distressed neighborhoods, will have the opportunity to conduct hands-on science inves

Genesee Valley Writing Project, The College at Brockport Partner to Offer New Bilingual Literacy Component to Summer Institute

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

2008 Writing Project Summer Institute Kicks off July 7

Eighteen local educators participating in the 2008 Genesee Valley Writing Project Summer Institute will have the opportunity to explore bilingual literacy education thanks to a $15,000 Research Foundation grant through The Co