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It's been seven weeks since our teaching remotely professional learning series opened, and in that time more than 3,800 educators have participated! Many thanks to the Ball Brothers Foundation for supporting the continued learning and development of P-12 educators.

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MCS submits Academic Innovation Plan to state

Muncie Community Schools (MCS) submitted its Academic Innovation Plan, “Placing Learners First: The MCS-Ball State University Partnership”—the culmination of many months of work between MCS and Ball State—to state lawmakers.

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Educational Studies professor earns Fulbright to share expertise in Cameroon

Dr. Michael T. Ndemanu, a Ball State associate professor of multicultural education, will travel to Cameroon in January to help improve teacher education there.

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Burris teacher shares her approach to 21st century elementary education

Stefanie Onieal, a Ball State alumna and second-grade teacher at Burris Laboratory School, received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Ball Brothers Foundation. The award is given to a Delaware County teacher who incorporates 21st century skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity and collaboration.

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TC Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic

Faculty and students brought stories to children at home with Cardinals Reading Corner

Ball State students, instructors, and professors read aloud live to children on the Cardinals Reading Corner Facebook page throughout the day due to school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Teacher Jordon Kerkhoff teaches students virtually

4 clever ways teaching alumni kept their students on track

In the Spring, American K-12 classrooms shifted from in-person instruction to online learning as the nation closed schools to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Ball State alumni leading these classrooms reacted quickly, moving from teaching in front of smiling faces to connecting with students online.

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Marie Weller uses puppets to help students deal with emotional issues

School counselor uses puppets in YouTube series to help students

When the COVID-19 pandemic closed her elementary school last month in Ohio, Marie Weller, ’84, wanted to continue working with students dealing social and emotional issues on a daily basis. So, the veteran school counselor in Delaware City Schools, located outside of Columbus, Ohio, enlisted her closest allies—several toy puppets—to join her in a series of YouTube videos created in her kitchen.

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Ball State researchers found association between morbidity and poverty reversed during early weeks of US pandemic

Drs. W. Holmes Finch and Maria Hernandez-Finch analyzed the pandemic's evolution during the first 10 weeks in the US in a paper in Frontiers in Sociology. Contrary to their expectations, they found a shift over time in the association between poverty and the number of confirmed cases early on during the pandemic, without a similar shift in the association between poverty and the number of deaths.

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