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Vocabulary is a major stumbling block for many adolescents with learning disabilities who are trying to learn to read, but a UNC Charlotte researcher is developing ways to make it easier for these students to learn and retain key words.

Public understanding of the counseling profession lacks clarity in places, but many perceptions also are encouraging, according to new research co-authored by UNC Charlotte counseling scholars.

Bailey MacLeod, an adjunct professor in the College of Education, and counseling doctoral students Jim McMullen and Emily Teague-Palmieri, in conjunction with a colleague from the Wake Forest School of Medicine, recently released the new study, which canvassed 300 participants in hopes of better understanding what the public knows about professional counselors.

Traditional age-based grade levels may be hampering the progress of millions of K-12 students in the United States and should be a target for reform, according to a new study co-authored by a UNC Charlotte education professor.

Using data from a sample of state and national assessments, Michael Matthews, associate professor of special education and child development, and colleagues found that between 15 and 45 percent of students enter upper elementary school classrooms already performing at least one year above grade level.

Urban Education Professor Chance Lewis delivered the keynote address at an event this month that recognized recent minority male student graduates from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS).

The Beta Nu Lambda Education Foundation planned the inaugural Baccalaureate Service in partnership with CMS.

UNC Charlotte’s Center for STEM Education was the location for the finals of a novel competition, the Creek Challenge, which tested participating elementary students on their knowledge of local waterways.

The challenge, held in conjunction with the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and sponsor Autobell Car Wash, resulted from a pilot program of a unique water-related science program being used in nine Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) elementary schools.

The UNC Charlotte colleges of Education and Health and Human Services are partnering with the nonprofit Aldersgate retirement community to establish the Center for Health, Education and Opportunity, an outpost directed at reshaping Charlotte’s eastside community.

The 6,000-square-foot center is the first venture of an overall master plan to improve the physical and economic health of the area.

A multi-year effort by Department of Educational Leadership Professor Debra Morris has significantly improved instruction and faculty development at the Charlotte Islamic Academy, according to that organization’s leadership.

The academy contacted Morris in 2012 to seek help with classroom observation and professional development. In the years since, she has led efforts to set up a beginning teacher’s support program and assisted the school in establishing a relationship with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to facilitate teacher licensure.

An unfolding partnership between an interdisciplinary team at UNC Charlotte and the Camino Community Center is helping to address the mental health needs of Charlotte’s Latino community.

Counseling student LaTonya Summers is one of 22 doctoral scholars across the United States to be selected for the Minority Fellowship Program by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC).

As a result of this honor, Summers will receive $20,000 and training to support her education and facilitate her efforts with underserved minority populations.

If it’s never too early to start thinking about college, then 145 local third graders are off to a good start after acting as honorary 49ers during the annual “Literacy Alive! Read-in” at UNC Charlotte.

Hosted by the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education and offered as an extension of the North Star Reading Partners Initiative, “Literacy Alive!” is meant to be a first step in preparing students to be college ready. Through a series of hands-on events, students from Newell Elementary got a firsthand look at college life and the importance of education.