Robert Reid<\/strong> and Pauline Garcia-Reid<\/strong> (Family and Child Studies, CEHS) received $125,000–the first year of a five-year $625,000 award–from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for \u201cPaterson Coalition Against Substance Abuse (P-CASA).\u201d The proposed project seeks to develop the infrastructure of an anti-drug coalition targeting at-risk racial and ethnic minority adolescents in Paterson\u2019s 1st Ward. As a collaborative effort between 精品成人福利在线 University and a diverse group of community stakeholders, P-CASA will introduce evidence-based environmental prevention strategies to meet the goals of the Drug Free Communities Grant Program, which are to increase community collaboration and reduce substance use among youth aged 12\u201317.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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\nAlina Reznitskaya<\/strong> (Educational Foundations, CEHS) was awarded $175,587 for the second year of a three-year subaward from the US Department of Education\/University of Ohio for \u201cDialogic Teaching: Professional Development in Classroom Discussion to Improve Students\u2019 Argument Literacy.\u201d\u00a0 The project\u2019s objective is to produce a professional development program in dialogic teaching that will help foster teachers\u2019 knowledge, skills, and expertise in how to conduct classroom discussions about text to promote students\u2019 argument literacy.
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\nThe U.S. Department of Education awarded Jennifer Robinson<\/strong> (Center for Pedagogy, CEHS) $860,289 for the fifth and final year of \u201cTeacher Quality Partnership.\u201d The project involves one hundred new teachers who serve as “resident teachers” by participating in full-time, paid clinical apprenticeships with highly qualified mentor teachers. Simultaneously, residents are engaging in rigorous coursework and will receive a master’s degree and teacher certification in mathematics, science, early childhood\/elementary, and special education. Upon completion of the master’s degree, residents will be hired by Newark Public Schools and will receive induction support through the project, which will also be made available to all new teachers in Newark Public Schools.
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\nMeiyin Wu<\/strong> (Passaic River Institute, CSAM), Robert Prezant <\/strong>(Dean, CSAM), and Joshua Galster<\/strong> and Clement Alo<\/strong> (Earth & Environmental Studies, CSAM) received a subaward for $67,672 from Rutgers University\/NJ Department of Environmental Protection for \u201cStrategies for Flood Risk Reduction for Vulnerable Coastal Populations along Hackensack River at Moonachie and Little Ferry and along Hudson River at Hoboken and Jersey City.\u201d These communities are at risk from flooding due to their location and physical setting. During Super Storm Sandy, both Moonachie and Little Ferry were severely inundated after the eight-and-half-foot high storm surge overtopped the five-foot low berm at multiple locations. This project will identify and evaluate alternatives for flooding risk reduction for the vulnerable coastal populations.
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