Chalkboard Spring Spring 09

Chalkboard Spring Spring 09 ChalkboardIndiana University School of Education Alumni Association Educating and guiding the emerging population: Panel from the “Dream Quilt” made by members the IU School of Education’s work of the Latino Youth Collective in response to “Dream Act” legislation (story on page 10). with Latino newcomers Mission Statement The mission of the Indiana University School of Spring 09 Education is to improve teaching, learning, and Chalkboard human development in a global, diverse, rapidly Indiana University School of Education Alumni Association changing, and increasingly technological society. 1 D ean’s Perspective: 8 Education that prepares Chalkboardus all 2 Highlights 4 News Briefs 6 Faculty Profile: Robin L. Hughes 7 In Memoriam 8 Preparing the 12 emerging Latino 10 school population 10 Coaching up math: IU team helps teachers in one Indiana county introduce algebraic concepts earlier and more easily 12 Alumni Profile: Michael Uslan Chalkboard is published semiannually by the Indiana University Alumni Association, in coop- eration with the School of Education Alumni Association, to encourage alumni interest in and 14 Alumni News support for the Indiana University School of Education. This publication is paid for in part by dues-paying members of the Indiana University Alumni Association. For more information about membership or activities, contact (800) 824-3044, [email protected], or visit 15 Class Notes www.alumni.indiana.edu. IU School of Education Dean ............................................. Gerardo M. Gonzalez 18 Snapshot Director of Communications and Media Relations, Editor ..................................................... Chuck Carney Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations .......................................................... Sarah Baumgart Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations .................................................................. Michelle Stuckey IU Alumni Association President/CEO .............................. Tom Martz Director of Alumni Programs ............................................. Rachael Jones Crouch Editor, Constituent Periodicals .......................................... Sarah J. Preuschl Cover design/interior layout .............................................. Mediaworks Dean’s Perspective Education that prepares us all by Gerardo M. Gonzalez, Dean, School of Education largest minority group is growing es are available to communities around quickly. The Indiana Business Research the state that are working to respond to Center at IU recently released numbers these new students. indicating the Latino population in the Early last fall, I was invited to speak state will add more than 284,000 in to a group of Latino parents who regu- the next 20 years, moving the share of larly gather at Huntingburg Elementary Latinos as a part of Indiana’s popula- School in Huntingburg, Ind., part of tion from 4.5 percent to 8 percent. a local effort to respond to the needs Changing demographics are not the of these new students and make sure problem; this country has always been school administrators and teachers are a nation of immigrants, and increased in communication with student fami- diversity enriches our communities. But lies. (You can see a video about that visit Latinos also represent the most educa- on our YouTube page at www.youtube. tionally underserved population group com/user/iuschoolofeducation or search in America. Latinos, for example, have “School of Education” on the IU the lowest high school graduation rates Podcast page — www.podcast.iu.edu.) in the country. The U.S. Department I was impressed at just how forward- school of education must not of Education reports Latino students thinking these community members only respond to a changing drop out at a rate over 22 percent — are, understanding the need to make A educational population, but twice that of African-Americans and sure these newest community members also anticipate how that population three times the rate of white students. feel at home and a part of the school. will change in the future. We are in a The IU School of Education is Communities like that southern critical time for education, quite obvi- working tirelessly to make sure the Indiana town understand that it’s not ously. With the changing workforce — state is prepared to work with these just creating something special for a particularly in Indiana and other states new students. In four years, the school certain group of students. Making sure that are trying to transform economies has produced 200 more teachers of all students succeed is in the interest from heavy manufacturing to life English as a Second Language. We’re of everyone, whether they’ve been in sciences, advanced manufacturing, bolstering efforts in the Indianapolis the U.S. a few weeks or for their entire information technology and the like — Public Schools through a 5-year, $1.4 lives. Countless studies enumerate the schools must respond in a way that million grant-funded study into ESL billions of dollars it costs society when encourages students to think beyond teaching best practices. students don’t at least earn their high high school. The cost of dropping out In this issue of Chalkboard, you’ll school degree. The ensuing struggle of or not pursuing postsecondary educa- see how more of the school’s existing those failing students as they navigate tion is higher than ever. efforts are ramping up and how new life is colorblind. No matter where Along with that challenge, student ones are getting started. In Indianapolis, we come from, such failure will affect demographics are changing drastically. Professor José Rosario’s groundbreak- where our country is going. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, ing work that began with the found- Schools of education have a special roughly a quarter of the nation’s kin- ing of El Puente in 2000 has evolved responsibility to ensure that teachers, dergartners are now Latino. What are into the Latino Youth Collective. In counselors, school leaders, and other now minority groups will become the a direct effort to bring together those education professionals are well- majority by 2023, according to census who prepare teachers, researchers, and prepared to address the needs of our projections. The president underscored community members in Indianapolis, increasingly diverse communities. Our O the national importance of this group the School of Education at IUPUI is faculty is doing its part to increase the T to the future of American education by kicking off the Latino Initiative this cultural competency of pre-service and choosing to give his first major educa- spring. The third year of the Indiana in-service educators to stay on the lead- K, IU PHO C tion speech of the new administration Project for Latin American Cultural ing edge of this important development DDO before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Competency, based in Bloomington, is in our educational future. As one of the RA Commerce in early March. also working on more outreach to make nation’s top schools of education, we K C IC In Indiana, too, the state’s second- R sure the research and academic resourc- welcome that shared responsibility. Chalkboard • 1 Highlights Faculty honors, leadership positions, new books The Society for ther impact by sharing their experiences Family Psychology and insights. “It was going beyond exist- elected Tom Sexton, ing knowledge to make their own unique professor of counsel- contribution or signature,” Arnove said. ing and educational “It was a desire on their part to teach and psychology and di- have their students participate in a com- rector of the Center munity of practice extending back gen- for Adolescent and erations, and, at the same time, not have Family Studies, as their students be clones. They would not the organization’s impose, but they would guide.” president during In the book, Arnove conveys informa- its meeting in early tion gathered from interviews conducted February. In his role over nearly 15 years. He began with vio- as president, Sexton lin master Joseph Gingold, the longtime will oversee initia- IU Jacobs School of Music professor who tives for the orga- began teaching at age 13 and mentored nization and guide internationally-renowned students such policy over the next as Joshua Bell. That same year, he inter- George Kuh year. Sexton said viewed James “Doc” Counsilman, known that establishing a research clearinghouse as the oldest person to swim the English The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) of practice-based evidence and informa- Channel but also as the coach of national has awarded the Allen P. Splete Outstand- tion is the priority for his tenure. champions at IU and gold-medal winners, ing Service Award to George Kuh, Chan- “One of the big issues in family psychol- including Mark Spitz, who won 7 at the cellor’s Professor of Higher Education and ogy is that there is a real science-practice 1972 games. Other master teachers pro- director of the Center for Postsecondary gap,” Sexton said. “It’s the division be- filed in the book include Sylvain Cappell, Research at the IU School of Education. tween those two things that creates great the New York University mathematician The CIC presented Kuh with the award anxiety. Until we can figure out how to who developed the co-dimension one during its annual Presidents Institute, held move it back and forth, then the clients— splitting theorem. in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Jan. 6. the people who need the help—won’t Arnove said

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