Current News
- National Academy of Education Releases White Paper on Teacher Quality
On October 30th, the National Academy of Education (NAEd) released a new white paper on teacher quality. White papers are designed to provide U.S. legislators with the best available research-based information on policies that could improve academic achievement for U.S. students. Deborah Ball served as a member of the NAEd Teacher Quality working group, chaired by Suzanne Wilson. The white paper calls for improvements in teacher recruitment, preparation, and ongoing professional development.
download the white paper from the NAEd (PDF)
go to a press release announcing the paper »
- Seyhan N. Eğe Memorial Symposium
On Tuesday, October 27th, Deborah Ball was a featured speaker at the Seyhan N. Eğe Memorial Symposium. Seyhan Nurettin Eğe, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor emerita of chemistry, was the first tenured woman and the first woman full professor on the faculty of the Chemistry Department. Professor Eğe was a distinguished and award-winning educator and author, promoting innovative approaches to the teaching of chemistry. She was a founding member of the U-M Women in Science and Engineering Program. Following her 2001 retirement, she devoted her pedagogic talents to teaching chemistry at the Rudolf Steiner High School. Professor Eğe passed away on September 13, 2007.
The half-day symposium featured talks on three areas of passion to which Seyhan Eğe devoted herself: the education of precollege children, university curriculum and instructional development, and the cause of women in the academy.
download Ball's presentation: Expanding who is "good at math" from the beginning (PDF)
- Deborah Ball and Bob Moses discuss Equity in Phi Delta Kappan Magazine
Deborah Ball and Bob Moses, president and founder of the Algebra Project, sat together for an interview that is printed in the October 2009 issue of Phi Delta Kappan. They each talk about their background before discussing why mathematics education in general, and algebra in particular, are vital to children’s success. While they each lament the condition of the U.S.’s educational system and its role in creating and preserving inequity, they also offer hope and insights for improving the state of education.
The article, "Equity and Mathematics: An Interview with Deborah Ball and Bob Moses," is available from the Phi Delta Kappan website. A PDF is available to members, non-members have the option to buy the article.
go to the publication listing for this interview »
- Video: How to Engage Students in the Classroom
In a video, Deborah Loewenberg Ball shows how she encourages and elicits engagement and interaction from students in large classes. The video was posted by the university’s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) as part of a new video series featuring Arthur F. Thurnau professors. The Thurnau professorships are designed to honor those tenured faculty members whose commitment to and investment in undergraduate teaching has had a demonstrable impact on the intellectual development and lives of their students.
go to the CRLT website to view the Thurnau video series »