September 24, 2018
by Baylor Instant Impact
0 comments
Dr. Lakia Scott, assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum & Instruction, received the 2018 Baylor Diversity Enhancement Award, presented at a reception in the President’s Suite of McLane Stadium on Sept. 6. In presenting the award, … Continue reading
December 9, 2016
by molly_meeker
0 comments
After a week with students and teachers in Ghana at Kyerekrom Roman Catholic Primary School, Assistant Professor in Curriculum & Instruction Lakia Scott, Ph.D., and Baylor senior Branda Greening knew two things: they longed to return the following year and … Continue reading
December 1, 2016
by Baylor Instant Impact
0 comments
For the second year, Baylor School of Education (SOE) dean, Dr. Michael McLendon, chaired the Graduate Student Policy Seminar for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual conference, held in November. The seminar invites, through a competitive … Continue reading
September 13, 2016
by molly_meeker
0 comments
After years of research and first-hand teaching experience with literacy in American public schools, two Baylor professors decided change was imperative. Assistant professors of curriculum and instruction in Baylor’s School of Education, Lakia Scott, PhD, and Barbara Purdum-Cassidy, EdD, compiled … Continue reading
July 24, 2016
by Baylor Instant Impact
0 comments
A pilot program sponsored by Baylor School of Education’s Department of Curriculum & Instruction aims to impact math understanding in pre-kindergarten children in Waco. During July, the School of Education is conducting a pilot program in early math intervention, the … Continue reading
June 30, 2016
by molly_meeker
0 comments
If you asked Baylor University senior Branda Greening a year ago about her vision for education and her plan for the future, she might have said education was the “window of opportunity” and her life plans were determined. When asked … Continue reading
May 4, 2016
by Baylor Instant Impact
0 comments
Several Baylor School of Education faculty members presented research at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), held in Washington, D.C., April 8-12. AERA is a national research society that is concerned with improving the educational process … Continue reading
February 19, 2016
by Baylor Instant Impact
0 comments
Could Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) be a thing of the past? Funding and Black student enrollment at HBCUs have decreased, and there are few signs that this trend will reverse anytime soon. Dr. Lakia Scott, assistant professor of … Continue reading
January 28, 2016
by Baylor Instant Impact
0 comments
If “greatness is determined by service,” as the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, then the Baylor Education Living Learning Center (LLC) service committee is on the fast track to greatness. The young team of six residents held four … Continue reading
September 8, 2015
by Baylor Instant Impact
0 comments
A summer sabbatical studying local and statewide trends in urban literacy sparked a new goal for Dr. Lakia Scott. As an assistant professor in the Baylor School of Education, Scott set out to examine program models that could benefit Texas … Continue reading