HS Teachers to Collaborate with Professors
by Anne Westfall, development director
Thanks to the Edward E. Ford Foundation, a Leadership Challenge Grant will help us build a curricular design bridge from secondary school to college by organizing, funding, and sharing projects born of partnerships between USN high school faculty and their counterparts at Vanderbilt University just across the street.
Thanks to the Edward E. Ford Foundation, a Leadership Challenge Grant will help us build a curricular design bridge from secondary school to college by organizing, funding, and sharing projects born of partnerships between USN high school faculty and their counterparts at Vanderbilt University just across the street.
This generous grant was awarded in spring 2014 and matched by Barry and Leslie Schatten Stillman '75, parents of Kevin '01, Megan '04, and Jared '08. These curricular partnerships will continue for 5 summers.
Matthew Haber (social studies), Wilson Hubbell (physics), Freya Sachs (English and environmental science), and Bill Wilson and Ben Zeppos (debate) submitted proposals earlier this year.
List of proposals and collaborators:
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Matthew Haber (social studies), Wilson Hubbell (physics), Freya Sachs (English and environmental science), and Bill Wilson and Ben Zeppos (debate) submitted proposals earlier this year.
List of proposals and collaborators:
College Preparation for High School Students: Lessons in Privilege and Diversity
André Christie-Mizell (Vanderbilt) and Matthew Haber (USN)
André Christie-Mizell (Vanderbilt) and Matthew Haber (USN)
Civil and Civic Discourses: A Framework for Current Events and Rhetoric
Elizabeth Meadows (Vanderbilt) and Freya Sachs (USN)
Navigating the University Library in the Information Age
Elizabeth Meadows (Vanderbilt) and Freya Sachs (USN)
Navigating the University Library in the Information Age
Joseph Combs (Vanderbilt, Bill Wilson (USN) and Ben Zeppos (USN)
Modeling Natural Systems
Jonathan Gilligan (Vanderbilt), Janey Camp (Vanderbilt, not confirmed) and Wilson Hubbell (USN)
Read their proposals and watch the attached video by Jim Manning to learn more.
Jonathan Gilligan (Vanderbilt), Janey Camp (Vanderbilt, not confirmed) and Wilson Hubbell (USN)
Read their proposals and watch the attached video by Jim Manning to learn more.
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