Educviii With Dr. Jefferson

Wendy Ostroff has been developing curriculum on children's learning for the past 15 years in the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University; in the Department of Education and Child Study at Smith College; and most recently, as Associate Professor in the Program for the Advancement of Learning at Curry College. Dr. Ostroff has taught over 30 distinct university-level courses and has been granted three university Excellence in Teaching awards. She is deeply committed to the design and implementation of state of the art education.

Dr. Linnea J. Lyding is an assistant professor and the interim department chair of the Education Department at Arizona Christian University (ACU). Based on her knowledge of the complexity of classroom teaching, she redesigned the student teaching experience to maximize ACU student learning. Dr. Lyding is also instrumental in designing the new Early Childhood Emphasis.

Ms. Bumford is an experienced principal who has taken on the challenge of a new school in a neighboring district. She will discuss how she is adapting to her new situation.

Bryan Bruno has been an educator for eighteen years; thirteen as a teacher, four as an assistant principal, and now principal of the California Avenue School in Uniondale, New York. He will discuss the unique challenges he faces as a first year principal.

Dr. Jefferson discusses two articles highlighting instruction that works: Strategies that Make Learning Last by Daniel T. Willingham, and Reading Rules, What Not to Do by Richard L. Allington

Henry L. Roediger, III (nicknamed Roddy) is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated with a B.A in Psychology from Washington & Lee University (1969) and received his Ph.D. from Yale University (1973). He has served on the faculty of Purdue University, the University of Toronto and Rice University. He studies learning and memory, including ways to improve these processes and ways they go awry (such as the development of false memories).

For more than 30 years, Angela Zimmerman has been a champion for youth, family and community development. From early learning and education to community group homes to juvenile detention to local nonprofits and county agencies, Zimmerman has brought her experience to bear for Long Island's most vulnerable populations. She has a considerable skill set to draw from including community organizing, advocacy, program and resource development, strategic planning, service implementation and evaluation, and professional development.

A legal group is training hundreds of pro-bono attorneys to help undocumented kids from Central America. Our guest is Claire Thomas, the staff attorney for the Safe Passage Project, which is training lawyers on how to navigate the legal system and also to deal with traumatized children.

Flu season is here, and we also have the threat of Enterovirus. Sylvia explains how illnesses can spread through schools and what you can do to keep your children healthy.

Cynthia E. Lamy, Ed.D., is a research psychologist with developmental and educational expertise who is dedicated to an effective and efficient fight against poverty in America. Dr. Lamy led major studies, especially while at the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, and is currently at the Robin Hood Foundation in New York City, where she helps the foundation understand the impact of their grants on children, families, and schools in poverty. From her work, she knows that we can protect children from the ravages of poverty, and she is passionate about sharing that news with the world. She believes that universal preschool is one of the keys to closing the income gap.