Obama's Education Reforms Offer Opportunities, Say Policy Experts
We recently sat down with three faculty
members who are experts on education policy to discuss Obama’s plans and the challenges and opportunities that reformers face: Pedro
Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education; Amy
Ellen Schwartz, professor of public policy, economics, and education at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU Steinhardt; and Lawrence
Aber, professor of public policy and applied psychology.
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Reducing Problems in Head Start, Focus of Steinhardt Faculty Study
A major component of President
Barack Obama's education reform plan is increased funding for Head
Start, the federally financed health and education program for low-income children and families. Now, a new research study by C. Cybele Raver, associate professor of applied psychology, suggests that an intervention that provides teacher training, coaching, and mental health consultation in Head Start preschools increases children’s readiness for school by reducing the number of their behavioral problems.
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Noguera
Appointed Inaugural Agnew Professor
Pedro
Noguera, a professor in the departments of Teaching and Learning and Humanities and Social Sciences, has been named the inaugural Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education.
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