Posts Tagged "Herschend School of Education"

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Posted on March 18, 2026

Building the Reading Brain: How Parents and Teachers Can Prevent Reading Failure

Julia Brink D'Onofrio shares on how parents and teachers can prevent reading failure in America.

Posted on October 1, 2025

Gordon College Launches Doctor of Education in the Science of Learning to Develop Expert Scholar-Practitioners

The Herschend School of Education has announced the institution’s first doctoral program—a Doctor of Education in the Science of Learning—to address the nation’s literacy crisis and equip the next generation of education leaders, teacher educators and advocates.

Posted on June 12, 2025

Claire Hoag ’22 ’23M Wins Wright Award for Uplifting Students at Peabody High School

This year’s recipient of the Margaret C. Wright Memorial Alumni Award, Claire Hoag ’22 ’23M, teaches history and current events just 10 miles from Gordon, at the underserved community of Peabody Veterans Memorial High School.

Bill Laforme talks about his work in juvenile justice.

Posted on March 9, 2025

Breaking Barriers in Education: Bill Laforme’s ’24M Work with Juvenile Justice

Bill Laforme ’24M is now an English and history teacher at the Department of Youth Services (DYS) Northeast Regional Youth Service Center. He talks about what it's like working at a juvenile justice center that seeks to help detained and committed youth receive the education they need to get their life back on track.

A tutor kneels in front of a whiteboard to help seated students struggling with literacy.

Posted on November 4, 2024

Partnerships for Progress: Herschend School and Local Schools Team Up for Literacy

This past summer the Herschend School of Education was a recipient of a Massachusetts Department of Elementary Secondary Education (DESE) grant that formed an Early Literacy Consortium to tutor children on the North Shore who were struggling with reading.

Posted on September 17, 2024

Demystifying the Reading Landscape

Ellen Ballock, Ph.D. and Priscilla Nelson ‘74, Ed.D. of the Herschend School of Education share their insights into the literacy crisis in America—and how Gordon is using the science of reading to combat it.

Posted on February 5, 2024

Gordon College Announces Naming of Peter Herschend School of Education, Additional Programs to Accelerate Excellence in Teaching Reading

“For Gordon faculty, literacy is an issue of social responsibility and justice,” Ballock says. “This is why Gordon faculty are committed to the science of reading. We want all PK-12 students to develop into confident and skilled readers, and we know using evidence-based practices yields a benefit to all students.”

Posted on December 8, 2023

Graduate Programs Announce New Online Certificates in Public Health and Education

Gordon’s Graduate Public Health program has added certificates in Leadership and Health Management, Community Health and Epidemiology. The Graduate School of Education has added a certificate in the Science of Reading.

Posted on June 20, 2023

Gordon’s Education Program Named Among Best in the Nation for Preparing Future Teachers to Teach Reading

The program is among just 48 nationwide and is the only program in Massachusetts highlighted by NCTQ for going above and beyond the standards set by literacy experts for coverage of the most effective methods of reading instruction—often called the “science of reading.”

Posted on December 14, 2021

Gordon Mourns the Loss of Dr. Janet Arndt, Dean of the School of Education

Gordon College is shocked and saddened by the passing of Dean of the School of Education Dr. Janet Arndt, who served the College for more than 25 years in teaching and administrative roles.

Posted on September 10, 2021

Good News from Program Approval for Gordon’s School of Education

Following a required and routine reauthorization process from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education last month, Gordon’s School of Education received “full approval” in all areas—and was commended as “Exemplary” in one area.

Posted on November 15, 2019

Gordon College Announces Establishment of School of Education, Student Scholarship and Alumni Award Benefiting Teachers, Schools Serving Underserved Populations

Just over one month since Gordon College unveiled Faith Rising: The Campaign for Gordon College, the school today announced another milestone in the $130 million campaign focused on meeting the evolving and dynamic needs of current and future students around affordability, academics and community.