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CES Faculty, Students and Administration Stand and Deliver

September 19, 2013 by | News

CES Faculty, Students and Administration Stand and Deliver – The 2012 – 13 academic year seems to be the year for the CES to stand and deliver. As our mission states, “Guided by our values, vision, and guiding principles, the CES commits to develop critical scholarship and skillful leadership that inspires and respects individuals, serves communities, strengthens diversity, and ensures a just society,” the CES once again reaffirmed its position at last April’s AERA meeting in San Francisco, CA. (Read More)

CES Continues to Decline NCTQ Requests

September 19, 2013 by | News

Being true to its mission, the faculty and administration of the College of Educational Studies at Chapman University in June of 2013 re-affirmed its stance to decline participation in the national review of teacher preparation proposed by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). The CES believes there is no benefit from participating as it would only take valuable time, energy and resources from meeting our goal within the CES in developing the highest quality teaching professionals. (Read More)

Communication Sciences and Disorders Program Gains National Accreditation

September 19, 2013 by | News

The College of Educational Studies Communications Sciences and Disorders Program (CSD) has attained initial, full accreditation status for five years from the national Council of Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. This critical milestone recognizes program excellence, and enables our graduates to apply for their International Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC) in joining the profession of speech language pathology (READ MORE)

Do vouchers promote segregation?

September 6, 2013 by | Student News

The Department of Justice and teacher unions are opposed to the Louisiana voucher program that allows students to attend private schools using public money.  Entitled the Louisiana Scholarship Program, it uses tax dollars to fund private school attendance. Low-income students who attend failing public schools are able to use these vouchers.  The Department of Justice

My NASP Experience: A Brief Synopsis. By Kim Dieu, School Psychology Graduate Student

August 7, 2013 by | Student News

The vision of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) aims to ensure that all “children achieve their best. In school. At home. In life.” The NASP 2013 Annual Convention serves to connect school psychology graduate students and professionals by enhancing their knowledge of the most effective practices. Participating at the NASP 2013 Annual Convention

PhD Students on NASPA Conference

July 9, 2013 by | Student News

From a bird’s eye view, this conference was a beautiful intersection of personal passion, professional growth, academic relationships, and impacting positive change. It is no surprise that at the NASPA (Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education) Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Conference what we found exciting was linked to the drivers of our first year

Buzz on the Common Core State Standards

April 11, 2013 by | Student News

The Common Core State Standards buzz is heating up.  On my desk sits a professionally-printed envelope with a DVD labeled “Stop Common Core” inside.  A The picture on the envelope depicts Jane Robbins, a Senior Fellow with the “American Principles Project” and Texas Superintendent, Robert Scott.  Also depicted is an image of a Trojan horse,

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