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Lesa Clarkson, assistant professor of math education, was interviewed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and WCCO Radio on the recent results of statewide math scores among elementary and middle school students.

Bic Ngo, assistant professor of culture and teaching in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is one of five exceptional early-career researchers recently selected as a William T. Grant Scholar.

Curriculum and Instruction PhD student Barbara Billington (science education) has been selected to receive a Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle Award for 2011.

The American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Committee on Scholars of Color in Education (CSCE) has named Bic Ngo, assistant professor of culture and teaching (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), as a recipient of the 2011 Early Career Contribution Award. This award recognizes early career scholars who have made significant contributions to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect ethnic and social minority populations through rigorous scholarship and research.

J.B. Mayo, Jr., assistant professor in social studies education (Curriculum & Instruction), was recently awarded the Kipchoge Neftali Kirkland Social Justice Award at the annual meeting of the College University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).

CEHD's Women's Philanthropic Leadership Circle has named Dr. Bic Ngo (assistant professor in Curriculum and Instruction) as this year's recipient of the Rising Star Faculty Award given to a pre-tenure female faculty member.

Mark D. Vagle (Ph.D., curriculum and instruction, 2006), now assistant professor of elementary and social studies education at the University of Georgia, will be recognized at the University of Georgia's Honors Day program on Wednesday, April 7 for his excellence in teaching. Vagle was a graduate student at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction from 2002 to 2006 and held positions as middle school coordinator and research associate.