Tag Archives: Education
Fox 5 TV Good Day New York: Battle Over Teacher Evaluations Plan

Fox 5 TV Good Day New York: Battle Over Teacher Evaluations Plan

Good Day New York spoke with Andrea Spencer, Dean of the School of Education at Pace, about the fight in New York over teacher evaluations.

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NEWS RELEASE: Pace University education students to practice on virtual students

NEWS RELEASE: Pace University education students to practice on virtual students

Pace education school launches ‘TLE TeachLivE™ Lab’ technology in partnership with University of Central Florida. Pace is the only university in the northeast using this technology.

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NEWS RELEASE: NYC Schools Chancellor Walcott and Youth Commissioner Mullgrav to Give Keynotes at Conference

NEWS RELEASE: NYC Schools Chancellor Walcott and Youth Commissioner Mullgrav to Give Keynotes at Conference

The Partnership for After School Education (PASE) and Pace University’s School of Education have partnered to host the 2011 PASE Conference at Pace’s New York City campus at One Pace Plaza on Monday, July 18, 8:00am – 5:00pm. Chancellor Dennis Walcott of the NYC Department of Education and Commissioner Jeanne Mullgrav of the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development are the keynote speakers. (Left: Chancellor Dennis Walcott).

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The New York Times: “Top 10 List: Retooling for the Fastest-Growing Fields”

The New York Times: “Top 10 List: Retooling for the Fastest-Growing Fields”

Jonathan Hill, assistant dean of Seidenberg School of Computer Science, was quoted in a New York Times article about the fastest growing career fields. By 2018, a million news jobs are expected to be available, such as Biomedical Engineer, Home Health Aide and Network Systems and Data Communications Analyst.

You can work in many locations as a Network Systems and Data Communications Analyst because almost every organization needs someone with those skill sets. “‘If you have the degree, you can work at Sloan-Kettering, the F.B.I., PNC Bank or the New York City Ballet,” he says. “If you are good, you will be employed.’”

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NEWS ADVISORY—Supreme Court Decision on Church/State Boundaries

NEWS ADVISORY—Supreme Court Decision on Church/State Boundaries

“Blurring the Lines,” by two Pace University professors of education, Arthur T. Maloney and Janet D. Mulvey, and a colleague at Fordham, argues that the First Amendment of the US Constitution –-the government can neither establish nor prohibit the practice of religion, “a mainstay of our democracy,” – is rapidly becoming obsolete.

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NEWS RELEASE: Sexting and Cyberbullying Among Topics at Summit March 16

NEWS RELEASE: Sexting and Cyberbullying Among Topics at Summit March 16

A news conference will be held Friday, January 28, when Verizon officially presents a grant at 3:30 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room of Choate House on the Pleasantville Campus.

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Andrea Spencer of Bank Street College to Lead Pace University’s School of Education as New Dean

Andrea Spencer of Bank Street College to Lead Pace University’s School of Education as New Dean

Theory-based educator, mobile learning innovator, entrepreneur, and special education advocate who successfully obtained more than $4 million in federal grants over a four-year period.

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Urban School Reform to be Theme of Eighth Annual Educators’ Lecture Series at Pace

Some of the nation’s most challenging advocates of urban school reform will present at Pace University’s School of Education’s 8th annual distinguished educators’ lecture series “Beyond Closing the Achievement Gap: The Next Level of Urban School Reform.”

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