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A Platform to Promote Teacher Ed

January 18, 2008

From: Inside Higher EdThe event, sponsored by the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, was a response to increased interest by members of Congress in learning details about federally funded Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program for States and Partnerships, said Jane E. West, vice president of government relations with AACTE Sharon Robinson, president of […]

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic-Teacher training programs need to be revamped

January 18, 2008

From: The Daily DispatchSharon Robinson, president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, responded to the report by saying that teachers colleges have not rejected the research “but the community has to find a way to accept this work in a way they can use.”

9th National Technology Leadership Summit to Embark on D.C.

October 1, 2007

CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.org or 202.478.4596 Tech savvy journalists, educators and non-profits to convene for two-day conference, along with students from McKinley Technology High School, accelerating digital technologies in education and integrating technology use into classroom instruction. Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2007) The 9th National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS) will take place October 4 -5, 2007, at […]

North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators Welcomes Dr. Sharon P. Robinson

September 18, 2007

CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.org or 202.478.4596 Who:     Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D., president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), will keynote the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators (NC-ACTE) during their 25th Annual Fall Teacher Education Forum. What:     NC-ACTE is the organization that unites teacher educators in both public and […]

AACTE Applauds the Passage of the Higher Education Reconciliation Bill

September 10, 2007

CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.org or 202.478.4596 Legislation includes funds for innovative TEACH grant program and Centers of Excellence   Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2007) Last Friday, the United States Congress approved the Higher Education Reconciliation Bill (College Cost Reduction and Access Act, H.R. 2669) creating TEACH grants, an innovative program to recruit and support new teachers. Under […]

AACTE Presents Recommendations to National Mathematics Advisory Panel

September 6, 2007

CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.org or 202.478.4596  Washington, D.C. (September 6, 2007) Today, Dr. William Tate, IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and Chair of the Department of Education at the Washington University in St. Louis, provided comments on the behalf of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) before the […]

Statement by Dr. Jane West, Vice President of Government Relations & Advocacy for AACTE on the Filing of Renee v. Spellings

August 21, 2007

CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.org or 202.478.4596  Washington, D.C. (August 21, 2007) Today, a coalition of parents, students, community groups, and legal advocates sued the United States Department of Education and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings for violating the teacher quality provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. In the first lawsuit of its kind, the […]

AACTE Presents 2007 International Ghana Study Tour “Preparing World Class Teachers and Learners”

July 13, 2007

CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.org or 202.478.4596 AACTE along with fifteen College of Education deans and professors embark on a 12-day international study tour to Africa Washington, D.C. (July 13, 2007) The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s (AACTE)president and CEO, along with fifteen college of education deans and professors will participate in AACTE’s 2007 International Study […]

Business Higher Education Forum Welcomes AACTE’s Sharon P. Robinson

July 9, 2007

CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.orgor 202.478.4596 Who:     The Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF) welcomes Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D., president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education for a roundtable discussion during the release of BHEF’s report “Transforming the Recruitment, Retention and Renewal of our Nation’s Mathematics and Science Teaching Workforce”. What:      Robinson provides front-line […]

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