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Double Duty
(iStock) Grants will equip special education teachers to support children with severe behavior problems and learning difficulties A unique challenge faced in special education classrooms is that...
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A Constellation of Talent
David Lubinski and Camilla Benbow in 2015 (Vanderbilt) Imagine a sky full of stars. Each gleaming light represents a bright young student. Now imagine one shines a bit brighter than the rest. What will...
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Unwelcome
The first time a colleague questioned Ebony McGee’s intelligence she brushed it off. As one of the only black female engineers in the company, she knew she’d have to prove herself. But years later,...
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Class Act
Elizabeth Self (photo by Joe Buglewicz) More than a decade and a half ago, Elizabeth Self, PhD’16, observed her husband going through training to become a physician at the University of Virginia. An...
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Minding the Gap
Imagine this: A young mother brings her son to school to be tested for early entrance to kindergarten. From birth, he has proven to be exceptionally bright. He has reached every developmental...
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The Power of Pre-K: Fact of Fiction?
Children at Vanderbilt’s Child and Family Center (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) When Peabody professors Mark Lipsey and Dale Farran embarked on a study to evaluate the long-term benefits of Tennessee’s...
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Math Myths: Researchers debunk common misconceptions
Peabody researchers are debunking some common misconceptions about math. (iStock) In 1992, Mattel released a talking Barbie doll that among other statements told young girls, “Math class is tough.”...
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Rules of Engagement
Georgene Troseth (right) with a study participant Nora and her mother Anna. Most nights find exhausted parents cuddling up with their young children to read books before bed. Whether it’s a hasty...
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Out of Reach?
Illustrated here are the U.S. states by affordability, least to best. Illustration by Jenni Ohnstad Tyler is a bright young student. He gets good grades and participates in extracurricular activities....
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Overcoming Obstacles
The Matthews family, from left: Makenzie, Kathleen, Wilson, Justin and Madison Eight years ago, the Matthews family’s world was turned upside down. Kathleen and Wilson’s daughter Makenzie, just shy of...
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Hidden Epidemic
While survival rates continue to rise for children with once-fatal health conditions like brain tumors, leukemia and congenital heart disease, that survival comes at a cost: long-term, and sometimes...
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Coping with Stress
Stress comes in many shapes and sizes for children. For some, it’s a short-lived condition, such as when they change schools or are teased by peers. For others it’s ongoing, the result of something...
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All Inclusive
Alexis Schulenburg Children of all ability levels are immersed in a culture of acceptance at the Susan Gray School at Peabody, the first nationally recognized inclusive preschool. One-third of the...
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New Leaf
Andrew Finch When Andrew Finch earned his M.Ed. at Peabody in the mid-1990s, he knew he wanted to do something that would make a difference in the lives of young people. He started out as a...
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Big Picture
Mark Lipsey As he approaches retirement, Mark Lipsey says with a laugh that he has only had two jobs in his life. That may be due to his stumbling upon his calling early on. It also may have something...
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Making Peace
Illustration by Daniel Lîev Nashville is enjoying an unprecedented economic boom, with about 80 people moving to Music City every day and real estate prices rising faster than any other place in the...
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Farm to Table: Knapp Farm was an early experiment in sustainability
Vanderbilt Special Collections and University Archives By Bonnie Arant Ertel, BS’81 When George Peabody College for Teachers first moved to its current location in 1914, across from Vanderbilt, no one...
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When Differences are Strengths: Helping those with intellectual disabilities...
By Jennifer P. Johnston Illustration by Carlo Giambarresi Jamal Underwood begins every workday with a humble greeting for his co-workers in the Davidson County Clerk’s Office in downtown Nashville....
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