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September 24, 2018
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SOE’s Dr. Lakia Scott Receives Diversity Award

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
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SOE Student and Faculty Member Write Book to Support Ghana School [12/9/2016]

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
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SOE Faculty and Graduate Students Lead Presentations at ASHE [12/01/2016]

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
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Professors Address Literacy Gaps in New Book [09/13/2016]

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
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Baylor Enrichment Program Targets Early Math Learners [07/24/2016]

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
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Baylor Ghana Mission Trip Has Lasting Impact on SOE Student-Faculty Duo [06/30/2016]

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
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School of Education Faculty Present at AERA [05/04/2016]

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

January 28, 2016
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Education Living-Learning Center Devotes Inaugural Semester to Service [01/28/2016]

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