Press Releases & Statements
The Children Hurricane Katrina Left Behind is named as winner of the 2007 Phillip C. Chinn Book Award
CONTACT:Alyssa Mangino,amangino@aacte.org or 202.478.4596 Washington, D.C. (February 5, 2008) The Multicultural Program Awards Committee of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) has selected The Children Hurricane Katrina Left Behind: Schooling Context, Professional Preparation, and Community Politics as the recipient of the 2007 Phillip C. Chinn Book Award. Dr. Porter Lee Troutman nominated AACTE this […]
9th National Technology Leadership Summit to Embark on D.C.
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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 […]
Bozeman Joins AACTE as Vice President for Meetings, Events and Exhibits
CONTACT:Jade Floyd,amangino@aacte.orgor 202.478.4596 Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2007) The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)welcomes Gail Mobley Bozeman as the new Vice President for Meetings, Events and Exhibits. Bozeman comes to AACTE with more than twenty years of experience in program management and she is the former Vice President for Event Management at […]