... For three years, a pilot program tracked the reading ability of approximately 1,000 students at 20 New York City schools, following them from kindergarten through second grade. Half of the schools adopted a curriculum designed by the education theorist [and professor emeritus of education] E. D. Hirsch Jr.’s Core Knowledge Foundation. The other 10 used a variety of methods, but most fell under the definition of “balanced literacy”... The study found that second graders who were taught to read using the Core Knowledge program scored significantly higher on reading comprehe...
...SpermCheck Fertility promises to spot potential problems with male fertility in just about 10 minutes, potentially avoiding unneeded visits by women to the gynecologist or obstetrician, according to its owner and distributor, ContraVac Inc., a biotechnology start-up in Charlottesville, Va. The company says it offers men the same kind of quick test women have access to with pregnancy or ovulation tests. "There\'s now some gender equality on the family planning shelf," said John C. Herr, a University of Virginia cell biology professor who came up with the product\'s concept and help...
The Lunafest, hosted by the University of Virginia's School of Nursing, featured movies made by women and focused on women's topics. ...
No budget on the state level means big questions for how much money the University of Virginia will have to work with next year. The university is not letting that stop top administrators from moving forward with developing their budget.
For the first time in three years, there was some movement at the very top of the U.S. News Best Law Schools rankings. ... Along with Yale, Stanford, and Harvard, 11 institutions that historically claim the top spots in the U.S. News rankings are known as the top 14 (T14)... Some T14 schools shuffled: The University of California—Berkeley School of Law and the University of Virginia School of Law both moved up two spots to tie with the University of Pennsylvania Law School for 7th...
... For three years, a pilot program tracked the reading ability of approximately 1,000 students at 20 New York City schools, following them from kindergarten through second grade. Half of the schools adopted a curriculum designed by the education theorist [and professor emeritus of education] E. D. Hirsch Jr.’s Core Knowledge Foundation. The other 10 used a variety of methods, but most fell under the definition of “balanced literacy”... The study found that second graders who were taught to read using the Core Knowledge program scored significantly higher on reading comprehe...
... [Bennett Barbour's] lawyers at the University of Virginia’s Innocence Project filed paperwork last week to have the state formally declare him innocent. The trouble is that Barbour is one of only a handful who have enjoyed this vindication. ... University of Virginia law school professor Brandon Garrett (who has contributed to Slate) is an expert on wrongful convictions and DNA exoneration. His landmark study, Convicting the Innocent, scrutinized the cases of the first 250 people to be exonerated nation-wide by DNA testing. ... As he discovered in his own research, Barbour’s co...
Thanks to the ministrations of doctors at the University of Virginia, the tallest man in the world has stopped growing. “He’s done very, very well, fortunately,” said Dr. Jason Sheehan, a UVa brain surgeon who treated Sultan Kosen, the world record holder for height.
The University of Virginia made the NCAA men's basketball tournament as a No. 10 seed, and will open the tournament Friday against Florida.
... Founded in 2005 by University of Virginia graduates [Alexis] Ohanian and Steve Huffman, Reddit went from a list of submitted links to a purchase/spinoff by Condé Nast. Alexa, a Web information firm, ranks it as the No. 50 most popular website in the U.S.
... When the bell at Greenbrier [Elementary] rings, the children run from the school, along the Rivanna Trail, all the way to the Hearthwood center. ... The run is led by Thomas Connaughton, a teacher who is also an avid trail runner. University of Virginia cross country runners volunteer to help lead the groups of children on their treks.
Spring is less than two weeks away, and some college students are working to spruce up an Upstate woman's home. The students volunteering are from the University of Virginia. They're assisting the Spartanburg County Fuller Center to help make some major repairs to Peggy Foster's home. ..."It helps reinforce what I believe in, the call to serve others," said UVA junior Christopher Reuter.
David W. Breneman
Newton and Rita Meyers Professor in Economics of Education and author of a new book, "Financing American Higher Education in the Era of Globalization"
'World-Class' vs. Mass Education
Inside Higher Ed / Mar. 9
Ming-Jer Chen
A Darden professor
Shine A Light On China's Underground Banks, Shady Bankers
Forbes / Mar. 12
and
Legalise underground banks, delegates urge
South China Morning Post / Mar. 12
Peter Onuf
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History
Life At Jefferson's Monticello, As His Slaves Saw It
NPR's Weekend Edition / Mar. 11
Brian Richter
A lecture...
By R.K. Ramazani, the Edward R. Stettinius Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs
Iran should make a constructive offer now — before the new negotiations resume, possibly in early April. Iran needs to make a practical and positive move to support diplomacy and avert a possible war.
By Timothy D. Wilson, Sherrell J. Aston professor of psychology and the author of "Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change."
... Charles Duhigg, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, has written an entertaining book to help us do just that, "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business." Duhigg has read hundreds of scientific papers and interviewed many of the scientists who wrote them, and relays interesting findings on habit formation and change from the fields of social psychology, clinical psychology and neuroscience. Th...