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Barbara D. Bateman, known for having had two influential trajectories in special education, passed away 15 April 2022 in Creswell, Oregon. Early in her academic career, she focused on assessment and instruction for children with disabilities, especially learning disabilities. Later, she used her legal training to advocate for children with disabilities and their parents.

Early this year, the Illinois Right to Read Act looked like a no-brainer. As originally written, the bill pushed teacher colleges, districts and schools to pay greater attention to phonics and phonemic awareness when teaching children to read. Right to Read proposed changing teacher training and creating a menu of “evidence-based” early reading curricula districts would be encouraged to adopt. And it got traction, fast.

The article mentions a study by University of Oregon Associate Professor Lillian Durán, PhD.

Many people believe teaching is the noblest of professions.

No person can be a lawyer, an engineer, an architect, a doctor, an office employee or any other professional or worker without a teacher providing him or her the education he/she needs from the most basic to the most specialized.

Aurora B. Dacanay belongs to that noble profession. She has spent four decades of her life molding, broadening, and deepening minds.

Aurora Dacanay, BA ’71, MA ’74 is an alumna of the University of Oregon College of Education.

College campuses reacted with sorrow and anger this week after an 18-year-old killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, before law enforcement officers fatally shot him.

Students and faculty gathered at the University of Oregon on Wednesday at 11:32 a.m., the same time the shooting started in Texas the day before, reported The Register-Guard, of Eugene, Oregon. The dean of the university’s college of education said she had no script and told the newspaper she had trouble as her own children went to school that day.

Some local schools are taking a different approach to reading. Usually, children are assigned books individually or as a class and then asked to discuss or write a report on what they read. While this has been a standard approach for decades, the Fort Worth Independent School District is now encouraging children to choose stories that capture their interests.

The article features a University of Oregon study.

A study has found that teenagers who experience a miscarriage are at risk for self-harm. Teenage pregnancy is something that a lot of people take seriously, and while it is commonly seen as a surprise, it can be a lot to take. It can impact the mental health of the teenager, and it can be seen as a “burden” by the rest of the family. However, teenagers are still at risk for miscarriage and pregnancy loss, and anyone who has experienced this knows how difficult it can be. Studies are always being done to see how this can impact a teenager, and this can be helpful information for a parent who finds her teenager in this situation.

The article features a study by University of Oregon faculty Camille Cioffi, PhD, Maria Schweer-Collins, PhD, and Leslie Leve, PhD.

Alison Cerezo of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School—along with her former students at San Francisco State Mariah Cummings, Meredith Holmes, and Chelsey Williams—are the recipients of the 2021 Georgia Babladelis Best Paper Award for their paper titled “Identity as Resistance: Exploring Identity Formation in Latinx and Black Sexual Minority, Gender Expansive Women,” published in Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ), March 2020.

Alison Cerezo earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon.

The Recognition and Honors Committee with nominations from the membership of the Society for Prevention Research has selected Leslie Leve to be a SPR Fellow. Fellowship is an honor that SPR bestows upon a small and select group of members who have a particularly distinguished record of contributions in the field of prevention research. A distinguished record reflects a substantial body of work that has had a broad and significant impact on prevention science. She will be presented with the award at the Annual Awards Presentation at the 30^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research.

As a first-generation college student at Northern Illinois University, Angel Dorantes didn’t have resources like the UO’s Latinx Males and Allies Alliance (LMAA). But he and other students found ways to celebrate their heritage—and forge new traditions.

Central School District SJ13 filled its two vacancies at Ash Creek Elementary School avoiding controversy in the wake of its ongoing search for a Central High School principal.