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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education selects Kimberly White-Smith as Committee Member Dr. White-Smith new member of AACTE's Meetings and Professional Development Committee

October 28, 2015 by College of Educational Studies | News

Associate Dean of College of Educational Studies, Kimberly White Smith was nominated and selected as a member of American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Meetings and Professional Development Committee. AACTE is a national alliance of educator preparation programs dedicated to high-quality, evidence-based preparation that assures educators are ready to teach

Erin Gruwell: Changing Education, Changing the World

October 26, 2015 by College of Educational Studies | News

In an evening filled with tears, laughter, hard questions and easy friendship, Erin Gruwell touched the hearts and stretched the minds of Chapman students. Gruwell, the educator whose story was the basis for The Freedom Writers feature film in 2007, met with 40 students from a leadership course in a round of

National Latina Women’s Book Club Las Comadres, Libreria Martinez de Chapman University

October 22, 2015 by College of Educational Studies | Education Issues

Translated Article from Local Spanish Paper El Excélsior http://www.unidossc.com/articles/club-21715-lectura-comadres.html?fb_action_ids=10205369713824200 By ÁNGELA MARÍA NASO Community: Reading ‘Las Comadres’ Club meets in Redlands and Santa Ana October 09, 2015 05:15 PM “Finished reading the book?” That was the first question that Julia asked four other Comadres (book club members). Julia Amante,

Defies Measurement: Can Real Learning Be Measured? Documentary Film Coming to Campus

October 20, 2015 by Pamela Ezell | Education Issues

As an educator, parent, aspiring teacher, or community member, are you concerned about standardized testing in American schools? The documentary film, Defies Measurement, asks, “What if the most important lessons learned in school are the ones that cannot be measured?” Filmmaker Shannon Puckett explores this question in a film featuring several experts on education, including

On World Teachers Day, Support for Public Schools

October 5, 2015 by Professor Emerita Barbara Tye | Attallah College of Educational Studies

Recently, The Los Angeles Times broke the story about a plan to put more than half of all Los Angeles children into charter schools in the next few years. This caused a lot of discussion among CES faculty and staff. Monday, October 5, is World Teacher Day, and it seems an appropriate time to share

LGBTQ Issues in Education

June 30, 2015 by Kris DePedro | Education Issues

“I am Dani. I value diversity. I am a campus leader. I am a football player. I am a good friend. I am highly involved on campus, and I am an extrovert. I am also questioning my gender identity.” Dani is a representation of students who have multiple identities. Programs like Integrated Educational Studies (IES)

IHEARTOC GIVING DAY

April 7, 2015 by Erin O'Keefe | Attallah College of Educational Studies

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Orange County Community Foundation is super-charging local giving by hosting Orange County’s first-ever countywide giving day on April 21-22 , 2015. Secure, tax-deductible donations will be accepted on iheartoc.org during a 30 hour period. Their goal is to raise $2 million for OC nonprofits! Chapman and the College

Victor Villasenor at CES Santa Ana Bookstore

March 30, 2015 by Anaida Colon-Muniz | News

On Saturday, March 21 st , the College of Educational Studies hosted the renowned author, Victor Villaseñor at LMdeCU its Downtown Santa Ana bookstore. The full house event brought in old and young, students and community members, as well as local authors and artists who wanted to listen to the empowering words of this

IES Students Present a Video Presentation on the Hidden Curriculum

January 26, 2015 by Dr. Quaylan Allen | Attallah College of Educational Studies

What is the Hidden Curriculum? Integrated Educational Studies students Lauren Delgado, Marti McIntosh and Mattie MacKes conducted a presentation and policy brief on the topic of the hidden curriculum in education, a sociological concept as part of the course work for IES 206. IES 206: Schools in Society is a required course in the Integrated

Embodied Conferencing: Ph.D. Students Attend and Present at the Hawaiian International Educators Conference

January 23, 2015 by Charlotte Achieng-Evensen | Attallah College of Educational Studies

Chapman University Ph.D. Students Maryann Krikorian, Kevin Stockbridge, Charlotte Achieng-Evensen were accompanied by Dr. Suzanne SooHoo to Honolulu in order to attend and present at the Hawaiian International Educators Conference (HICE). The goal was to encounter and engage with both National and International scholars.