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FILE - In this Thursday, April 8, 2021 file photo, Georgia Tech employee Adam Jackson receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at the Vaccination Site on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The University System of Georgia announced Thursday, May 13, 2021 that students and employees will not be required to be vaccinated for the start of the fall 2021 semester.. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, April 8, 2021 file photo, Georgia Tech employee Adam Jackson receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at the Vaccination Site on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The University System of Georgia announced Thursday, May 13, 2021 that students and employees will not be required to be vaccinated for the start of the fall 2021 semester.. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, File)
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LAWRENCE By many estimates, the Montessori educational approach is the most prevalent alternative pedagogy model in public schools across the United States. While its history stretches back a century, the Montessori model has historically been underrepresented in the field of educational research.
One researcher leading the charge into examining the Montessori education model is Angela Murray, director of the Center for Montessori Research (CMR) within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas.
“Montessori education has been around for 100 years, but it s always kind of been its own thing, a little bit of a niche of educational approach,” Murray said. “And now there s a growing interest in Montessori education in the public arena.”
GRA unveils initiative to fight sickle cell disease
Gov. Brian Kemp makes announcement; Eminent Scholar chair named for Rep. Calvin Smyre
May 13, 2021 11:00 ET | Source: Georgia Research Alliance Georgia Research Alliance Atlanta UNITED STATES
Atlanta, GA, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Seeking to capitalize on Georgia’s strengths in university research and healthcare, the Georgia Research Alliance today introduced a five-year initiative to advance exploration into sickle cell disease (SCD), including new treatments and therapies.
The announcement, made by Gov. Brian Kemp at a gathering in Columbus, Ga., included news that a GRA Eminent Scholar chair would be created at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) – and named for state Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus, currently the longest-serving member of the Georgia General Assembly.
Why Applications And Enrollment Are Spiking At Historically Black Colleges
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When it came time for Mikayla Terry to apply to college last fall, the 18-year-old made Clark Atlanta University one of her picks. The research institution in Georgia’s biggest city was founded three months after the Civil War ended, to educate Black Americans. Today the majority of its 3,000 undergraduates are Black and it’s known as one of the top historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, in the U.S.
“I wanted to go to a school where everyone looked like me and was having the same struggles as me,” says Terry, whose public high school in Montclair, New Jersey has a diverse student body. “I wanted to be in a place where we could embrace our culture and not get glared at for it.” This spring, she was offered a full scholarship at Saint Leo, a well-regarded Catholic school in Florida. But instead she chose Clark Atlanta, which has not yet made her a fin
Clark Atlanta University s Executive Leadership Institute Set to Receive $1 Million Gift in Support of Initiative Aimed to Produce and Develop the Next Generation of HBCU Leaders
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ATLANTA, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced its first round of Racial Equity Grants with Clark Atlanta University s Executive Leadership Institute being one of the organizations included in the grant dissemination to receive $1 Million.
The effort supports organizations leading the way to advance racial equity, diversity and inclusion. The grant recipients are led by, or work in support of, communities of color and focus on cultivating leaders, tackling outcome disparities, shaping policies, and advancing institutional change. These grants are part of a five-year,