The tiny island nation of Jamaica recently had cause for celebration after its Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced the nation’s jobless rate hit a record low of 9.6 percent at the end of January.
A recent study conducted by the University of North Texas’ Kristin Farmer Autism Center found that traditional behavioral interventionists in the field of autism may lack many important clinical and interpersonal skills.
It’s a scene played out for dramatic effect in movies and on television — a soldier in full dress uniform showing up at the doorstep — but for the families of deployed U.S. military forces, it is a sobering reminder of the constant threats their loved ones face.
In the days following the June 2014 deaths of five American soldiers in Afghanistan, military officials arrived in the middle of the night at the home of Pfc. Aaron Toppen’s mother in Illinois to deliver the news. He had been killed in what has been described as the deadliest friendly fire incident of the war.
The Texas Higher Education Law Conference at the University of North Texas will be March 25-26 and is open to college and university faculty and staff. Members of the Texas State Bar and the general public are also welcome.
The conference will be at UNT’s Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Blvd. in Denton.
The Texas Education Agency released new report card-like grades for state school districts on Wednesday. The grade assigned to each school will be based on student performance on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR test.
UNT’s College of Education assistant professor Noelle Paufler, a former high school social studies teacher, district administrator and applied researcher in large urban and suburban school districts, offered her insight into what those grades mean:
How do these rankings work, and how are they calculated?
The University of North Texas Gifted and Talented Education programs have been ranked among the best in the country.
Three UNT College of Education professors were conferred Emeritus status during this academic year: Sue Bratton, Lyndal M. Bullock and William Marc Cutright.
Sue Bratton, Professor Emeritus
The first year of a $2.7 million grant that gets University of North Texas’ College of Education working with teachers of English language learners in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District is in the books with a little help from Dean Randy Bomer.
