May 5, 2021
The Washington State University Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (DAESA) celebrated faculty, staff, and students whose contributions throughout academic year 2020-21 promoted student, teaching, and learning success and excellence university wide.
University Common Requirements (UCORE)
The Richard G. Law Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching is presented to
Allyson Beall King, scholarly associate professor and associate director of undergraduate programs in the School of the Environment in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Allyson Beall King
King is commended for having developed and refined an innovative student-centered pedagogy that is process-oriented, collaborative, experiential, and curiosity-driven. The award selection committee noted her attention to issues of belonging, equity, and retention, and that she places top priority on welcoming non-majors into the world of environmental science.
The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) on Sunday celebrated its 21st annual day, which marks the visit of the late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said bin Taimour to the university on May 2, 2000.
Nebraska’s Education Choice Opportunity
Nebraska students’ scores on each NAEP test dropped significantly, the Urban Institute found. The achievement gap for the state s students is wider than the national average and growing. It s time to try something different. (Photo: Will and Deni McIntyre/Getty Images)
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Lindsey M. Burke is director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy and Mark A. Kolokotrones fellow in education. Read her research.
At first glance, Nebraska’s K-12 education system seems to be doing fairly well. On the fourth- and eighth-grade math and reading components of the 2019 National Assessment for Educational Progress, Nebraska students scored slightly above average overall.
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Fred Parker recognized
The New Mexico School Boards Association (NMSBA) Deming Public Schools Administrator Fred Parker is the recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Student Achievement Awards.
The award, sponsored by NMSBA, are presented to individuals selected by local boards of education throughout New Mexico who have played an important role in improving student achievement in their local school district. Fifty-Eight (58) school boards participated in this year’s program and two hundred and nineteen (219) award recipients were selected.
Online registration open
Online registration is now open for PreK, Kinder, and new students to the district. You are not required to register online if you were a student in the 2020-2021 school year, in grades K-12, attending Deming Public Schools(DPS).
April 20, 2021
Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (DAESA)
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation has announced that Washington State University juniors India Dykes, Haley Morris, and Gunnar Sly have each received $7,500 awards for the coming year, said April Seehafer, director of the WSU Distinguished Scholarships Program.
Prestigious national Goldwater awards are given to highly qualified undergraduates intending to pursue careers in math, the natural sciences, or engineering.
Dykes, a junior from Spokane, is majoring in bioengineering in the Voiland School of Engineering and Biosciences in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. Her mentors are Arda Gozen, Bernard Van Wie, and Anita Vasavada.