Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy and sociology has been recognized for her "Best Use of a Windfall" in Philly Mag's Best of Philly 2018 list. The windfall? The $100,000 prize money she received alongside her Grawemeyer Award this past year.
The award recognizes "the impact a single idea can have on the world." Her decision to use her Grawemeyer Award money to help the students who inspired her to write Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid and the Betrayal of the American Dream has landed her the reputation as not only a prolific researcher,...
It was a kindergarten teacher who helped set the course for Juwan Bennett's successful academic career, suggesting early in his life that Bennett, who grew up in South Philadelphia, attend the prestigious Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP) middle and high school nearby.
Little did Bennett know at the time, the suggestion by that teacher, Jennifer Arevalo, that he attend GAMP, where he would go on to participate in a dual-enrollment program and earn an associate's degree before he graduated high school, would set him on a trajectory of academic success.
Now a PhD student in Tem...
Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy and sociology has been recognized for her "Best Use of a Windfall" in Philly Mag's Best of Philly 2018 list. The windfall? The $100,000 prize money she received alongside her Grawemeyer Award this past year. The award recognizes "the impact a single idea can have on the world." Her decision to use her Grawemeyer Award money to help the students who inspired her to write Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid and the Betrayal of the American Dream has landed her the reputation as not only a prolific researcher,...
While many of our Owls are basking in the sun and enjoying this scorcher of a Philly summer, students and faculty in the College of Education have been making serious gains on the academic front. Not one, but two College of Education faculty members are involved in the development of research centers looking to keep pushing education research forward. Dr. Sarah Cordes is one of the researchers involved in the development of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) which was made possible by a $10 million grant. Based at Tulane University, this cent...
The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences has awarded a $10 million grant to fuel research surrounding policies in an effort to better understand the impacts of school choice and voucher programs. In order to accomplish this, the grant will fund the creation of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) at Tulane University. Temple's Dr. Sarah Cordes will be among the researchers working to better understand how policies such as these affect the achievement gap among disadvantaged students.
Dr. Cordes will join experts from a va...
The College of Education welcomes their first cohort of Temple Education Scholars. 15 high-achieving rising seniors from high schools all over the School District of Philadelphia will spend their senior year completing five courses within the College of Education to set them up for one of four education degrees (human development and community engagement, early childhood education, middle grades education, and secondary education). As part of the Senior Year Only Program (SYOP) initiative by the School District of Philadelphia, students will have the opportunity to begin their p...
The College of Education is excited to announce the addition of the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice. Led by Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy and sociology and one of the nation's leading educational researchers, the Hope Center will continue the legacy built out of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab which has served as a leader in understanding issues of food and housing insecurity among college students. Since 2013, the Wisconsin HOPE lab has conducted research to inform ways to make college more affordable, especially for students experiencing chall...
Patience Lehrman has been named interim executive director of the Temple University College of Education Center for Professional Development in Career & Technical Education.In addition to her duties at the Center, Lehrman will continue to serve as the College of Education's special assistant to the dean for strategic partnerships and community affairs where she oversees the Intergenerational Center. In that capacity, she worked with the Center for Professional Development in Career & Technical Education's leadership to offer the highly successful symposium entitled, "(Re...
May is always an eventful month as Owls are wrapping up their semesters and welcoming the long days of summer. With that comes commencement and the season of recognition for those who went above and beyond in their studies. This year, we were proud to recognize several outstanding students for their accomplishments and contributions to their fields of study. Elaina Hawkins will join the ranks of Fulbright Scholars in the fall as she prepares for her travels to Spain to serve as an English teaching assistant in a high school classroom. She plans to refine her Spanish language ski...
When Donna Richardson began working with Temple's College of Education to develop a program for children in the Norris Homes community just east of Main Campus, she came with a clear vision for what would be best for the kids.
Living and raising children in a community for 30 years fosters that kind of dedication and expertise.
"I got involved when I saw that [existing] programs did not really fit the needs of the children and families," said Richardson, president of the Norris Community Resident Council Inc.
Several years ago—long before the opportunity to partner with Temple...
Elisabeth Fornaro, EDU '18, recently received the Dissertation of the Year Award from the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE). A recent graduate with a PhD in urban education, Fornaro's research has focused on directing the spotlight of service learning back to the K-12 setting. More specifically, she has expanded the conversation about its benefits to include the positive impacts it has on teachers and their well-being, especially in challenging educational contexts. Her dissertation,"It's Like Professional Food: Sustain...
When Elaina Hawkins began her freshman year at Temple, she was like many others: a student with a world of potential but uncertain about what she wanted to study. Growing up, she was constantly exposed to the Spanish language because her father spoke it for work. She had these experiences in mind when she sat down with an advisor and eventually declared secondary education with a concentration in Spanish as her major. Almost immediately, she realized that she had made the right decision. Education quickly became her passion.
It was during her study abroad experience in Oviedo, S...
Kathryn Chiodo is one of Temple's 2018 Diamond Award recipients. In this interview, Chiodo recounts the opportunities and experiences that helped earn her award and gives advice to students that are interested in applying.
What do you study within the College of Education?
I studied Human Development and Community Engagement with a concentration in Child Mental Health.
What activities are you involved in at Temple?
While at Temple I served as a committee member on the High School Dance Marathon Committee for Temple's Hoot-A-Thon. I also danced in the actual dance marathon my...
A couple months ago, Gabrielle Labolito, STHM '13, sent her father, longtime university photographer Joseph V. Labolito, a text message.
"Are you around?"
For 22 years, Joseph's been around Temple—and so have both of his daughters, Gabrielle and Brittany, STHM '10. His two daughters would be at most football games—on the field if they were lucky—tagging along as their father took photos. They were both at the Liacouras Center grand opening in 1997 and happily posed with Hooter. Both girls were well aware that they never knew when they'd bump into their father between...
This year, Temple University College of Education marks 10 years of hosting Philadelphia READS' for their annual Reading Olympics. In an effort to foster a joy of reading and promote teamwork, the Reading Olympics encourages students in grades four through eight to read a specified list of books in preparation for a test of their knowledge about basic plot, character and setting facts.
"The students are so enriched by the Reading Olympics," said Jeanne Grimes EDU'69, a retired teacher of 40 years and an event volunteer. "They read 15 books in a short period of time, and it's e...
Pennsylvania secretary of education, Pedro A. Rivera, will give the commencement address at the Temple University College of Education's 99th Commencement ceremony on May 10th. Rivera was nominated by Governor Tom Wolf to serve as the Secretary of Education on January 20, 2015 and was confirmed by the state Senate in June 2015. A former classroom teacher, staff member with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, assistant principal, principal, executive director for the School District of Philadelphia and superintendent of the School District of Lancaster, Rivera's decades of e...
Temple University's Sara Goldrick-Rab is the first-ever Temple faculty member to receive the prestigious honor of Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
Goldrick-Rab, a professor of higher education policy and sociology in the College of Education, plans to use the fellowship and its accompanying award of up to $200,000 to write a book about food and housing insecurity in higher education.
"This will be extraordinarily helpful in beginning the next phase of our work," Goldrick-Rab said. "Right now, we are experiencing a moment where we can have a real impact on students experienci...
Inspired by Temple's mission of access and affordability, Gregory Anderson arrived in 2013 with a dream and a clear vision to make it reality.
Anderson's vision for equity and access in education was developed as dean at the University of Denver's Morgridge College of Education, where he led the upstart of the an early learning center. Upon taking the helm at Temple's College of Education, Anderson has remained committed to that passion and vision, working to bring it to fruition in the form of a comprehensive community-focused center at the university.
The proposed...
Roneisha Smith-Davis, owner of B'ella Ballerina Dance Academy, has embraced the importance of the arts in the North Philadelphia area. A graduate of Temple's early childhood education program and a lifelong dancer, Smith-Davis has a long history of dance achievements that she is now passing along to her academy students. She went as far as auditioning for the Los Angeles Lakers dance team before returning to Philadelphia to care for her mother before opening her dance academy in October 2013. As a native to the North Philadelphia area, Smith-Davis emphasizes the importance of pr...
After the tragic death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Samuel L. Woodard is credited with calling a Philadelphia newspaper and explaining his rationale for why there should be a national holiday recognizing the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time, Woodard was an assistant professor of education at Temple. Woodard was also a member of the same fraternity as Dr. King, which helped serve as a platform to disseminate his message. Alpha Phi Alpha was the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity that African-American men could be members of, which also provided a network of...
