Teachers College, Columbia University News

For the first time in over a decade, there will be a contested election for Darien's Board of Education.

Gail Pflaster, Ed. D., 74, St. Augustine and North Hatley, Quebec, Canada, founder of the ROWITA Awards died May 13 at her St.

Ed Grande, content supervisor of mathematics, world language, and technology with the Clark School District, was honored as a recipient of the Monmouth University Roberts Charitable Foundation Outstanding School Teacher Award.

A Name: Paul Prencis Age: 43 Occupation: Teacher, Mathematics Education: B.S. Applied Mathematics and Statistics, SUNY Stony Brook; M.A. Mathematics Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A. Educational Administration, College of New Rochelle Experience: 20 years experience in education, including teaching positions in middle school, ... (more)

Placement exams are directing too many students into remedial classes, Judith Scott-Clayton, an assistant professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, wrote recently in the Economix blog.