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Teachers test new module for science lessons
By Megan Ryder

Science teachers practice Socratic Dialogue exerciseScience extends beyond beakers and test tubes, includes social issues too

What does science class have to do with the social effects of Hurricane Katrina, or the possible spread of a pandemic flu? To help engage and interest students in learning about science and its practical application, researchers from the University of Missouri explore these kind of questions in a new way to deliver science curriculum. Teachers from across Missouri came to Columbia to tryout and give feedback on the module’s preliminary version, “Mapping Health.”

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Provost Appoints Porter as Interim Dean of Education
By Christian Basi

Rose PorterFormer MU Dean of Nursing to take post as Interim Dean of Education

University of Missouri Provost Brian Foster has announced that Rose Porter, dean of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, has been named interim dean of the MU College of Education, effective Aug. 1. Porter has been with the university for 29 years, and previously, had announced her plans to retire as dean of the School of Nursing this fall.

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National, Missouri dropout epidemic
By Megan Ryder

Mizzou’s educational leadership program focuses on urban renewal, presents to Missouri Black Legislative Caucus

One student drops out of high school every 26 seconds in the United States. That’s 1.2 million per year – or 6,000 a day. In Missouri, a ninth grader attending school in one of the two largest school districts has less than a 40 percent chance of graduating from high school within four years.  Specifically in St. Louis City, the state’s largest school district, only 37 percent of ninth graders receive their diplomas with their peers. Read the whole story