How one COEHD graduate student is using her gift with words to inspire others and change the face of counseling

David Thompson    |    Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administrators

BrainCore therapy helps patients learn to concentrate Spartanburg Herald Journal Gibbon says she is the only chiropractor in Spartanburg who offers BrainCore nuerofeedback therapy. Locally, it's also offered in Anderson, Union, Asheville, N.C.

An international panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization concluded Monday that eating processed meat like hot dogs, ham and bacon raises the risk of colon cancer and that consuming other red meats “probably” raises the risk as well. But the increase in risk is so slight that experts said most people should not be overly worried about it.

At a recent produce event, Alfonso Cano, a produce executive with the mid-sized Southern California-based Northgate Markets chain, said his firm has to walk a fine line between “being too white for their Mexican customers and too Mexican for their white customers.”

Max Matheny, 13, wore his Sacramento duds – black suit paired with a lime shirt, topped with a newsboy cap – up to the Capitol five times this year, carrying a wrinkled copy of his speech in a book bag. “I'm really smart, with an IQ higher than average,” he told the state Senate Education Committee last ...

Yet some in Congress either aren't hearing that message or disagree. Exhibit A: the giant, federal education law, No Child Left Behind, that Congress is currently struggling to update. The rewrite that the U.S. House recently passed eliminates the largest source of federal science education funding.

As Congress attempts to rewrite the much-maligned federal education law, it's worth exploring its successes and shortcomings in fixing broken schools.

How are great teachers created? Practice, practice, practice, says Deborah Ball, dean of the University of Michigan School of Education.

In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: Veteran teachers offer mentorship to ward off young teachers' disillusionment, a new study encourages teachers to develop rapport with their students and an interview with Steven Woltering of Texas A&M University.

One in 10 teachers will quit by the end of their first year — and getting through October and November is especially tough. Having someone to support you along the way can help. Turns out there's a toolkit to help — as we wrote about this week. Thousands chimed in on Facebook and Twitter, and in the comments section. Here are some takeaways from the discussion.

The Northeast Independent School District is asking voters to approve a half billion dollar bond issue on the Nov. 3 ballot. The money would be used to renovate aging schools and build some new buildings.

For the first time in 25 years, America's fourth- and eighth-graders are doing worse in math, at least according to The National Assessment of Educational Progress. NAEP, also known as the Nation's Report Card, tests students in both grades every two years on math and reading ability. This year, math scores reversed a long, upward trend with both grades testing lower than they did in 2013.