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Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation Fall 2009 Newsletter
On Oct. 1, IDPE student Tererai Trent appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show. Apparently, Oprah saw a New York Times article about Tererai, and that's why she wanted to interview her. Oprah herself calls the story about Tererai "the most incredible story of manifesting a dream I have ever heard."
New research confirms that the number of schools managed by for-profit companies remains relatively flat.
The finding, confirming a multi-year trend, is one of several offered with the 2008-09 edition of Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations, published by the Commercialism in Education and the Education Policy Research Units at Arizona State University and released in collaboration with the Education and the Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Western Michigan University’s College of Education.
The 2008-09 Profiles were compiled by a team led by Arizona State University professor Alex Molnar and Gary Miron, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Technology and Research. Jessica Urschel, graduate student, is the third author of the report. More...
Walter L. Burt, assistant professor, has been named to
the board of directors of REL-Midwest, one
of 10 Regional Centers
funded by the U.S. Department
of Education’s
Institute of Educational
Sciences.
REL-Midwest is a nonpartisan resource
that provides expert
advice to help educators
and policymakers
apply scientifically valid research to their
decision making in Michigan as well as
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio
and Wisconsin.
Burt came to WMU in 2004. Previously,
he was project manager for California’s Stupski
Foundation, coordinating district wide
system changes to public schools in New
Haven, Connecticut, and Paterson, New Hampshire. He also
has served as superintendent and assistant
superintendent for Michigan school districts
in Pontiac, Flint, and Grand Rapids.
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- Congratulations to Dr. Liliana Rodriquez, alumnae of evaluation, measurement and research, and board president of the American Evaluation Association, for receiving the AEA Marcia Guttentag Award. The award is presented to a promising new evaluator during the first five years after completion of his or her Master's or Doctoral degree and whose work is consistent with the AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators.
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