Two Service Pups Making a Difference
Terri Swanson, Administrative Assistant with the College of Educational Studies at Chapman University has shared the efforts of her niece, Wendy Drinkwater. Wendy is very active in the Autism community and has learned as much as she can about it. She is currently providing home schooling for the boys. When the doctors feel they are
Artist Talk with Steven Velazquez 5/4/13 at LMdeCU
“I feel in many ways I have received the most wonderful and interesting gift in the second half of my life by becoming an artist. Art allows me to experience the ability to connect deep inside myself and gives me a very satisfying sense of independence.” Culture and art combine. There is no doubt
Wear Sunscreen at Commencement
As I write this blog I am all-at-once happy and misty-eyed at the thought of the upcoming commencement. It brings happy memories of a hopeful time, full of promise. Much like a wedding, graduation symbolizes the beginning of the rest of your life. However, I must admit I did not realize this at the time.
Buzz on the Common Core State Standards
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,
CU's NSSLHA Chapter to Host Survivor Symposium on April 26
It’s that time of the year again! Don’t forget to mark your calendars and save the date for this year’s 3rd Annual Chapman University Survivor Symposium! Every 21 seconds someone suffers from a brain injury. In the coming year, 1.7 million Americans will suffer the devastation of a brain injury. That figure is larger than the newly diagnosed cases
Connecting to Our Past to Move Towards Our Future
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Chapman's Future Teachers Provide Afterschool Enrichment Program
The students enrolled in EDUC 541: Teaching in a Culturally Diverse World, Math and Science Methods finished a successful teaching and learning project at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Santa Ana. CES students, working toward a Preliminary teaching credential, had the opportunity to apply pedagogical concepts and skills throughout a three-week after-school enrichment program
Dean Cardinal is Principal for the Day
On Friday, March 22nd, Dean Don Cardinal was Principal for the Day at Dr. Martin Luther King Elementary School in Santa Ana. His “duties” included a morning meeting with the Principal, Eleanor Rodriquez, intercom announcements, a budget meeting, classroom visitations and recess duty. The event concluded with a luncheon where board members, Superintendent, Thelma Melendez
Infusing Purpose and Inspiring Action - Isn’t that what education is about?
Common Core State Standards in Education The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are making their way into education and districts across the nation at different speeds. While some districts are steeped in units of study and/or curriculum mapping, others are choosing to wait and proceed more slowly. With either approach, I believe it is important
Alumni's Classroom Video Promotes Campaign to End the R-Word
Words. Words can lift us up and they can break our hearts. Words compliment or degrade. Words heal and they hurt. As teachers our words educate and for one of the CES’s alumni simple written words are spreading a strong message and asking the community at large to join the campaign to stop using the
Suspension, Expulsion, and other ways to say, “Our way or the highway!”
I recently reviewed an analysis of suspension and expulsion data completed by Education Week. These data originated from the U.S. Department of Education, wherein they examined race trends. Some pretty savvy comments and questions were posted by readers. They questioned the “lumping” of numbers, the gender inequity, and the lack of profiling schools as charter
Developing the reluctant leader
The reluctant leader We all take notice when a long, silent pause follows the big question, “What is Leadership?” The vastness of this question weighs heavily on us and we shy away from answering. The beauty of this question is leadership looks like many different things to different people. The round table discussion, “Developing the