Reporting of Subscores: A Review of the Status Quo and Some Future Directions

Seminar | September 11 | 2-4 p.m. | Tolman Hall, 2515 Tolman Hall

Speaker/Performer: Sandip Sinharay, CTB/McGraw-Hill

Sponsor: BEAR Center

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GSE Kick-off BBQ: Enjoy Top Dogs with GSE's Top Dogs

Social Event | September 11 | 4:30-6 p.m. | Genetics & Plant Biology Building, Lawn near Pat Brown's and Li Ka Shing Center

Sponsor: Graduate School of Education

Start the year off right! Join us for a good, old fashioned barbeque where the Top Dogs will be grillin' and the beverages will be chillin' for GSE faculty, students, staff, friends and family.

POME Lunchtime Talk Series: The Impact of Alternative Secondary Schools on Rural Adolescents: Evidence from Honduras

Lecture | September 12 | 12-1 p.m. | 2515 Tolman Hall

Featured Speaker: Erin Murphy-Graham, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Education

Sponsor: Graduate School of Education

Expanding access to and improving the quality of secondary education are priorities in international development education. This talk will summarize results from a study that evaluates the impact of offering NGO-managed and government-subsidized secondary schools—akin to “charter” schools—to Honduran villages instead of traditional public secondary schools.

A short film will describe the main...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Book Talk: How Children Succeed

Lecture: Schoolwide | September 13 | 4 p.m. | Tolman Hall, Education Psychology Library, Main Reading Room

Speaker/Performer: Paul Tough, Writer, reporter, editor, producer

Sponsors: Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Journalism, Social Welfare, School of

The story we usually hear about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.

But in How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness,...   More >

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: All Audiences

Refworks - An Introduction: Citation Management Software Tool

Information Session | September 24 | 4-5 p.m. | Tolman Hall, EDP Library

Speaker/Performer: Jill Woolums, Education Psychology Library

Sponsor: Library

This is a beginner/continuing beginner level class for those who would like to organize citations and documents to better manage the research process.

BEAR Assessment System in Action: DRDP and DRDPtech powering 'Race to the Top' and empowering early-care and kindergarten teachers in California, Illinois and Missouri

Seminar | September 25 | 2-4 p.m. | Tolman Hall, 2515 Tolman Hall

Speaker/Performer: Stephen Moore and Kristen O'Rourke Burmester, BEAR Center - UC Berkeley

Sponsor: BEAR Center

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Admissions Info Session

Information Session | September 26 | 4-5 p.m. |  Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Graduate School of Education

The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education Admissions Office is hosting an Information Session to learn about the GSE Admissions process.

Please rsvp to rlfraga@berkeley.edu to be notified of the specific location.