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The University of British Columbia
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This section highlights stories about EDST faculty, students, graduates and colleagues participating in the community around Vancouver, British Columbia.
In an analysis of Ontario’s latest province-wide EQAO test results, EDST Professor Charles Ungerleider is cited:
“ ‘The performance of individual students varies over time. But despite the variation, there appear to be a general trend toward improvement in most areas,’ says Charles Ungerleider, professor of Sociology of Education at the University of British Columbia.” The article appears in the Ourkids.net blog.
Ann Marie Vaughan, EDST Higher Education alumna, has been appointed President of College of the North Atlantic. The position will be effective August 1, 2011. Ms. Vaughan completed her MA studies at EDST in 1998.
William Bruneau, professor emeritus at The University of British Columbia, has been awarded the Milner Memorial Award by the CAUT Council.
Charles Ungerleider was cited in a National Post article about home schooling, which is also available online.
Charles Ungerleider was quoted in an opinion piece on public education published in the Toronto Star, and available online for reading.
Professor Emerita Jean Barman spoke to Kathryn Gretsinger of CBC’s The Early Edition about Expo ’86. The radio interview was part of a series about the 125th Anniversary of the city of Vancouver.
Charles Ungerleider explores the negative side of school rankings in an article posted to Our Kids Blog. “On what basis do the parents who choose schools select the schools that their children attend? Do the children of the parents who make a choice of schools benefit academically? If they benefit, by how much do they gain in achievement?”
“ ‘I think ranking schools is, at best, fatuous and, at worst, harmful,’ says Charles Ungerleider, professor of the Sociology of Education at The University of British Columbia’s Department of Educational Studies.” Read the full story, published March 27, 2011, on Our Kids Blog.
“Improvement in achievement comes from good instruction, says former BC deputy education minister Charles Ungerleider, not from anything else.” Read the entire story from the Toronto Star article dated March 25, 2011.
On February 9, 2011, EDST professor Robert VanWynsberghe spoke with host Stephen Quinn on CBC’s The Early Edition about the work of UBC’s Olympic Games Impact Study. You can listen to that interview from the CBC Radio Website.
On January 5, 2011, EDST professor Charles Ungerleider spoke with host Rick Cluff of CBC’s The Early Edition about teacher merit pay. You can listen to the interview online from CBC’s archive.
Dr. Tasha Riley, an EDST graduate, led a series of presentations in her role as Prevention and Education Coordinator for AIDS Vancouver. Watch the presentations on the AIDS Vancouver YouTube Channel.
