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FIRST OF THREE NEW ENDOWED ACADEMIC POSITIONS NAMED AT SMU SIMMONS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

A noted higher education policy and leadership scholar is the first new Centennial Chair in SMU's Simmons School of Education and Human Development. Michael K. McLendon, associate dean of SMU's Simmons School of Education and Human Development, has been named the Annette and Harold Simmons Centennial Chair. Read more.
Michael K. McLendon, Annette and Harold Simmons Endowed Chair in Education Policy and Leadership, again has been named among the nation’s top education scholars in the “2014 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Presence” rankings.  The rankings, published by Education Week, are designed to recognize those university-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about education.
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DEAN CHARD ELECTED CHAIR OF NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES




David J. Chard, dean of SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, was elected by fellow board members as chairman of the National Board for Education Sciences, effective immediately.

The U.S. Senate approved President Obama’s nomination of Chard to the board in 2012. The 15-member board oversees and directs the work of the Institute of Education Sciences.  Read more here.

RME'S RESEARCH-TO-PRACTICE CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NEW TEKS


Margaret Spellings, President, George W. Bush Foundation. 2014 RME Conference Keynote Speaker

RME's 3rd Annual Research-to-Practice Conference is scheduled for February 28th on the main SMU campus. This year's conference is dedicated to addressing the new mathematics Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) that will be implemented in the 2014-2015 school year. 

Margaret Spellings, former Secretary of Education under the Bush administration and current President of the George W. Bush Foundation will join Simmons School of Education's Dean Chard for a luncheon conversation about the challenges and successes of implementing major policies in education. Read more here.

SIMMONS CELEBRATES 2014 LUMINARY AWARD RECIPIENTS




To honor individuals and organizations that make an extraordinary commitment to improving people's lives through education, the Simmons School recognizes them with a Luminary Award. This year's recipients are Terry Ford '74, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the East Dallas Community Schools; Madeline McClure, Founding Executive Director of TexProtects; and co-recipients, Marion Wright Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund, and Jonah Edelman, CEO, Stand for Children. Read more here. 

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