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Nearly 50 years later, Chong-Moon Lee recalls the generosity he encountered during his first visit to the Peabody Library. Read More

Between family get-togethers, holiday parties and the abundance of special treats available during the holidays, it can be a real challenge to avoid putting on a few pounds. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a good idea to eat in a healthy way all year round, but for a lot of people it鈥檚 especially challenging… Read More

A new study has found that skilled typists can鈥檛 identify the positions of many of the keys on the QWERTY keyboard and that novice typists don鈥檛 appear to learn key locations in the first place. Read More

Tighter regulation of financial institutions - especially "shadow" banking institutions - is needed to avoid another economic disaster like that of 2008-2009, says economist Margaret Blair of 菠萝视频 Law School. Read More

An iPhone app designed by three members of the VandyMobile club to improve the Vandy Vans experience is now available for free at the iTunes store. Read More

A new approach to teaching pre-kindergarten could take a bite out of the achievement gap and level the playing field for America鈥檚 growing population of English language learners, according to a published study by researchers at 菠萝视频鈥檚 Peabody College of education and human development. Read More

Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future academic development of 4-year-olds than learning letters and numbers, according to Dale Farran, senior associate director of the Peabody 菠萝视频 Institute at 菠萝视频鈥檚 Peabody College. Read More

Peabody professors Paul Yoder and Ann Kaiser are recipients of new grants from the National Institutes of Health Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE). Yoder and Kaiser of 菠萝视频 have received ACE grants to study language interventions for young children. 鈥淓arly intervention with autism is one of the big success stories,鈥�… Read More

  Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement; Joseph Murphy; Corwin, 2012 More than 2 million children in the United States are now homeschooled, up from only 15,000 40 years ago, but little research has been done on the academic and social outcomes of this student population. In… Read More

Owen professor Kelly Haws can talk about Black Friday and the holiday shopping season. Read More

Eighteen academic and administrative leaders at 菠萝视频 University have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year. Read More

Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful, to be with family and friends and to enjoy good food. A 菠萝视频 dietitian says that making sure the food you serve is prepared and stored properly can ensure that everyone has a safe and healthy experience. 鈥淸rquote]Nobody is thankful about food that… Read More

Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes鈥攕kills the students have already mastered before setting foot in the kindergarten classroom, new research finds. Read More

A common reading disorder goes undiagnosed until it becomes problematic, according to the results of five years of study by researchers at 菠萝视频鈥檚 Peabody College in collaboration with the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Results of the study were recently published online by the National Institutes of Health. Read More

Exceptional spatial ability at age 13 predicts creative and scholarly achievements more than 30 years later, according to results from a 菠萝视频 University longitudinal study, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Read More

Matthew Springer In recent years, policymakers concerned with how to compensate teachers have increasingly sought to tie teacher pay to student outcomes. Market-minded education reformers have also begun to experiment by offering incentives to teachers who demonstrably add value to students鈥� education. But how effective are such programs? Does altering… Read More

Sun-Joo Cho Leonard Bickman was named professor of psychology, emeritus. Vera A. Stevens Chatman was named professor of human and organizational development, emerita. Chatman will also be inducted into the Academy for Women of Achievement by the YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee and First Tennessee. Sun-Joo Cho, assistant professor… Read More

The American Educational 菠萝视频 Association (AERA) presented its 2013 Outstanding Book Award to 菠萝视频 University professor Christopher Loss for Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century (Princeton University Press, 2012) in April. Loss鈥檚 book tracks the dramatic results of the federal government鈥檚… Read More

Donna Ford Donna Ford, professor of special education, is one of 14 university professors recognized by the Southeastern Conference for achievement in research and scholarship. The SEC announced April 10 the winners of its 2013 Faculty Achievement Awards. These annual awards honor professors from the SEC鈥檚 14 member universities who… Read More

Marcy Singer-Gabella K-12 teachers across the country will have the opportunity to take a professional development course from 菠萝视频 University faculty in 2014 via the university鈥檚 partnership with leading massive online open course provider Coursera. 鈥淭eacher professional development is one of the thorniest challenges in PreK-12 education. Teaching suffers because… Read More