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Are you ready? The Mississippi Teacher Corps is. This fall, the 23rd class of the program has placed more than a dozen teachers in some of Mississippi's most challenging classrooms.
 Dr. David Rock |
The Teacher Corps is a nontraditional program with nontraditional methods. We encourage our teachers to be creative—maybe even let their students use popular music lyrics to learn sound devices.
As always, thank a teacher.
Dr. David Rock
Dean of the School of Education
 MTC Teachers Use Song Lyrics in Lessons
Mississippi Teacher Corps teachers like Emily Serkedakis are using song lyrics from the Top 40 charts to teach grammar in their high school classes. View Video...
 Pre-K Olympians: Willie Price Lab School Hosts Games in the Grove
On the same day that superstar swimmer Michael Phelps picked up his first individual gold medal of the London Olympic Games, four dozen 3- and 4-year-olds received gold medals on the Grove stage during the first-ever Willie Price Olympic Games. Read More...
 A Legacy of Learning: Retired Education Professor Creates $25,000 Dilley Museum Endowment
Retired University of Mississippi education professor Lynton Dilley fondly remembers toting around heavy, military-style footlockers in 1981 when she helped establish one of the campus museum's first educational outreach programs – what was then called "Dilley Boxes."Read More...
 Student of the Month: Sara Kaiser
When Sara Kaiser first set foot on the University of Mississippi campus in spring 2010, she quickly realized she'd found the place to begin the next chapter in her academic career—what she did not expect was a new passion for historical research. Read More...
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