[Coehd] COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, April 22, 2016

Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive<http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa... Trouble Reading? Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> [COEHDnews]<http://education.utsa.edu/> UTSA College of Education and Human Development COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, April 22, 2016 <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD> Follow on Facebook <http://twitter.com/intent/follow?source=followbutton&variant=1.0&... Follow on Twitter <http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6pHBcRJJXKzUyLAxgBgcw?sub_confirmation=... Follow on YouTube <http://education.utsa.edu/news/rss_2.0> Follow on RSS Spotlight: BBL doctoral student received Administrator of the Year award<http://education.utsa.edu/SPOTLIGHT/article/bbl_doctoral_student... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/Unknown3.jpeg] Claudia Garcia, doctoral student in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies and Dual Language/ESL Coordinator for East Central ISD, was selected as the 2016 Administrator of the Year by the San Antonio Area Association for Bilingual Education (SAABE). She received the award at the SAABE Annual Conference earlier this month. Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url=http://e... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... COEHDnews [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/coehd_logo_coehdnews.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> UTSA commencement celebrates the accomplishments of 4,300 students May 14 & 15<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_commencement_celebrates... [Comm22] by JESUS CHAVEZ, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONSPublished: 04/21 More than four thousand Roadrunners will toss their caps in celebration after they receive their diplomas at UTSA’s spring commencement ceremonies, scheduled Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 at the Alamodome. Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url={awards_... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=%7Btitle_... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=%7Btitl... Awards & Announcements BE COUNTED! Help COEHD win $15,000!<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> DONATION TABLE WILL BE AT DOWNTOWN CAMPUS ON MONDAY! ! | DOWNTOWN CAMPUS | ALL COEHDBE COUNTED! The Be Counted! Campaign and COEHD’s chance to win $15,000 is at its peak, and COEHD is closing in on reaching and passing the 100% participation rate (currently at 80%). As the largest college at UTSA, we can still win the campaign if we can get everyone to donate even $5. Annual Giving will have a DONATION TABLE at the downtown campus, and we are asking everyone to drop by and give whatever they can to help COEHD succeed! The table will be in the Bill Miller Plaza at the downtown campus from 11 – 2 p.m on Monday, April 25. Stop by and vote. Show your support to COEHD! You can also support COEHD by donating online at https://fund.utsa.edu/project/2165. While you are there, make sure to share the campaign with friends on social media by clicking on the share buttons. Be Counted! Make your donation today! Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url={awards_... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=%7Btitle_... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=%7Btitl... Events Calendar APR 23 Autism Speaks U Information Session<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/autism_speaks_u_inform... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 11:30 a.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building, 0.414 APR 27 Spring 2016 Teacher Induction Ceremony<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/spring_2016_teacher_i... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - HEB University Center Ballroom APR 28 UTSA Superintendent Certification Program Information Sessions<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/utsa_superintendent_c... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] UTSA Downtown Campus - Buena Vista Building, 1.322 APR 28 Take Back the Night<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/take_back_the_night4> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 6:30-8:30 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Field outside Convocation Center APR 30 Graduate Studies Open House<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/graduate_studies_open_ho... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:30 a.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - Frio Street Building, Ground Floor MAY 19 UTSA Superintendent Certification Program Information Sessions<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/utsa_superintendent_c... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - Buena Vista Building 1.322 External News [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/EXTERNAL.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> States Where Day Care Costs More Than College<http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/04/11/states-where-day-car... by ERIC MORATH, The Wall Street Journal | 04/21 Think college is expensive? Try sending your kid to full-time day care or preschool. Battle of bilingual education once again brewing in California<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/battle-of-bilingual-edu... by LILLIAN MONGEAU., THE HECHINGER REPORT | 04/21 Neither the California Department of Education nor the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has a record of how many bilingually certified teachers are currently employed in the public schools. Nor is there a reliable record of bilingual certification rates prior to 1994-95 [...] 7 Myths Nutritionists Wish You’d Stop Believing<http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Food-Nutrition-Myths-3573079... by JULIE UPTON, Pop Sugar | 04/21 There's a lot of misinformation out there, but dietitian Julie Upton, MS, RD, of Appetite For Health, is here to shed light on seven nutritional myths that could mess with your weight-loss efforts and your health. The Internet is like the Wild West when it comes to nutrition information: anything goes. Websites are rife with less-than-a Study: Poor Writing Skills Are Costing Businesses Billions<http://www.inc.com/kaleigh-moore/study-poor-writing-skills-ar... by KALEIGH MOORE , Inc.com | 04/21 Report shows more than $3.1 billion is being spent annually on remedial writing training. Millennials: The real obstacle to a good job? You<http://college.usatoday.com/2016/04/21/millennials-obstacle-to-goo... by Lindsey Read, Communications Strategy Group, USA Today College | 04/21 Many of the Millennials who apply to our company, don’t know the first thing about how to get hired. Research Finds Poor Outcomes For Students Who Retake Courses Online<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/04/08/473273580/research-fi... by ANYA KAMENETZ, NPR Ed | 04/21 A new study says that 69 percent of Chicago high school students earned D's or F's when retaking algebra on computers. Are You As Freaked Out About Life After College As I Am?<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/04/09/473135095/are-you-as-fre... by JACQUIE LEE, NPR Ed | 04/21 As graduation looms, a college student has a lot of questions. A new book offers some answers on what comes next. Why America’s Schools Have A Money Problem<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/04/18/468156511/why-americ... by CORY TURNER, REEMA KHRAIS, TIM LLOYD, ALEXANDRA OLGIN, LAURA ISENSEE, BECKY VEVEA, DAN CARSEN, | 04/21 How much money a school can spend on its students still depends, in large part, on local property taxes. And many states aren't doing much to level the field for poor kids. What Are Kids Learning From This Presidential Election?<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/04/19/474384524/what-are... by ANYA KAMENETZ, NPR Ed | 04/21 Some teachers worry the heated rhetoric is causing stress, especially among immigrant and minority students. Others are trying to channel the political interest into learning opportunities. school money<http://www.npr.org/series/473636949/schoolmoney> by NPR's Ed Team and 20 member stations, NPR Ed | 04/21 School money Is the way we pay for our nation's schools failing to meet the needs of our most vulnerable students? School Money, a nationwide collaboration between NPR's Ed Team and 20 member station reporters explores this question. As College Costs Rise, Texas Schools Open Food Pantries for Students<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/19/college-costs-rise-te... by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune | 04/21 s tuition costs rise and the number of low-income students increases, at least 14 Texas colleges have opened food pantries for students who are having trouble affording meals. Teacher Group Sues Over Plan to Tie Educator Evaluations to Tests<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/20/teacher-group-sues-morat... by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune | 04/21 A teacher group filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an attempt to block the state from implementing a controversial system that for the first time ties assessments of educators to student performance on standardized tests for the first time. Lockers, A School Staple For Generations, Are Disappearing In Texas<http://tpr.org/post/lockers-school-staple-generations-are-disapp... by EDITOR, TPR Texas Public Radio | 04/21 For generations, school kids had lockers. But in Texas, some schools are no longer assigning them. Only two students out of 2,700 at a high school in Austin asked for lockers this year. The rest were wired shut. Some students don’t need lockers, because they rely on laptops rather than textbooks. Security concerns are another reasons lockers aren’t being used. Kate McGee from Here & Now contributor KUT reports. For 40 Years, One Texas Family Has Fought For Equal School Funding<http://tpr.org/post/40-years-one-texas-family-has-fought-equal... by LAURA ISENSEE, TPR Texas Public Radio | 04/21 In 1973, in a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that there was no federal right to equal school funding in the Constitution. That was more than 40 years ago, and today Patty Rodriguez, a teacher in the same school district in San Antonio where that fight started, says nothing has changed. Her father, Demetrio Rodriguez, filed the suit. It became a landmark case, a turning point when the focus around school funding shifted from the federal government to the states. 9 Out Of 10 Parents Think Their Kids Are On Grade Level. They’re Probably Wrong<http://tpr.org/post/9-out-10-parents-think-their-kids-are-grade-... by ANYA KAMENETZ , TPR Texas Public Radio | 04/21 In public radio's mythical Lake Wobegon, "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." Sixth annual UTSA Football Fiesta Spring Game to be held April 23 at Alamodome<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/04/footballfiesta.html> by UTSA Athletics, UTSA Today | 04/20 The sixtth annual UTSA Football Fiesta Spring Game -- presented by HealthTexas -- will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the Alamodome. Admission is free to the public. Publications Respiratory modulation of human autonomic function on Earth.<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Journal of Physiology William Cooke | Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Eckberg DL, Cooke WH, Diedrich A, Biaggioni I, Buckey JC Jr, Pawelczyk JA, Ertl AC, Cox JF, Kuusela TA, Tahvanainen KU, Mano T, Iwase S, Baisch FJ, Levine BD, Adams-Huet B, Robertson D, Blomqvist CG (2016). Respiratory modulation of human autonomic function on Earth. Journal of Physiology. doi: 10.1113/JP271654 Respiratory modulation of human autonomic function. Long-term neuroplasticity in space.<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Journal of Physiology William Cooke | Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Eckberg DL, Diedrich A, Cooke WH, Biaggioni I, Buckey JC Jr, Pawelczyk JA, Ertl AC, Cox JF, Kuusela TA, Tahvanainen KU, Mano T, Iwase S, Baisch FJ, Levine BD, Adams-Huet B, Robertson D, Blomqvist CG (2016). Respiratory modulation of human autonomic function. Long-term neuroplasticity in space. Journal of Physiology. doi: 10.1113/JP271656 Research Awards & Submittals Measuring Stage of Change for Academic Distress<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Hogg Foundation Submitted: $21,330 Educational Psychology PI: Kara Styck Educational Psychology CI: Promoting Outcome-Based Wellness, Empowerment, and Recover (POWER)<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Hogg Foundation Submitted: $22,000 Counselling PI: Hope Bell Counselling CI: Catherine Somody Counselling Autonomic Neural Regulation During Recovery from Severe Burn<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> San Antonio Medical Foundation Submitted: $198,899 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: William Cooke Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Donovan Fogt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Expanding and Disseminating the Building a Healthy Temple: A Summer Obesity Prevention Program…<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Submitted: $158,712 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: CultuRemix! Innovating Teaching and Learning Through Remixing<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> IDEA Submitted: $10,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Vittorio Marone Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Autonomic Regulation and Neurocognitive Function in PTSD<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI) Submitted: $49,992 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: William Cooke Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Donovan Fogt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> TRICARE Submitted: $177,726 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Electronic Client Data Intake Project<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> The Trull Foundation Submitted: $15,495 Counselling PI: Catherine Somody Counselling CI: EI: Opening Doors to Underrepresented Students: A Computer Science Graduate Certificate Program…<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Science Foundation Submitted: $1,249,304 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Timothy Yuen Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Maria Arreguin-Anderson; Guadalupe Carmona-Dominguez; Matthew Gibson Other Academics Project Behave<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> UTSA VP for Research - GREAT Submitted: $20,000 Educational Psychology PI: Leslie Neely Educational Psychology CI: Candace Gann Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CONTACT US College of Education and Human Development One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> <http://education.utsa.edu/> Jo Ann Jones<mailto:Joann.Jones@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor/Writer T: 210.458.4486 Byron Spencer<mailto:byron.spencer@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor T: 210.458.7396 Jesus Chavez<mailto:Jesus.chavez@utsa.edu> University Communications Media Relations T: 210.458.4937 Recommended for you College of Education and Human Development - UTSA - University of Tex...<http://m.addthis.com/live/redirect/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feducation.... education.utsa.edu <http://www.addthis.com/website-tools/overview?utm_source=AddThis%20Tools&... 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