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Children’s book author Jane Belk Moncure is seeding an early childhood collection for the School of Education at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ with a substantial donation of her popular books for preschoolers, which will be housed in the Curriculum Resources Center to support a future degree program in early childhood education.

An Alamance County family has donated to Elon a quarter acre next to the northern edge of campus near Rhodes Stadium, where a two-room wooden building first opened before the Civil War still stands as one of North Carolina’s original public school facilities.

Due to local school system closings in Alamance, Guilford, and Orange Counties, Spring Semester 2010 Cooperating Teachers will not be expected to attend the Student Teaching Orientation on Monday, February 1.

A paper co-authored by School of Education associate professor Jean Rattigan-Rohr was published in the current issue of The Journal of Teacher Education.

With their ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ tutors in tow, 22 children made beelines Wednesday evening for such titles as “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and “Just Grace and the Snack Attack,” books at a local retailer that would, hopefully, foster a deeper love of the written word while rewarding their progress in a reading program organized by an upper level education course.

Three faculty members in the School of Education have been awarded Re-Assigned Time for 2010-11 to pursue professional activities.

Six Elon students presented papers Nov. 21 at the 5th Annual State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium held at UNC Wilmington. Several Elon faculty mentors accompanied the students.

Jean Rattigan-Rohr, assistant professor of education in the School of Education, authored an article titled “Blown Away: Parents and preservice teachers working together to help struggling readers.”