Before classes begin at Smithland Elementary School in Harrisonburg each morning, beeps, beats and bass can be heard from Perry Shank’s music room. His students are learning the art of ... read more about Music teacher uses music-mixing technology to engage young DJs in STEM learning
Elementary grade enrollment is the fastest growing cohort in Harrisonburg City Public Schools, leading the division to create a new position to handle instructional needs. The person filling that post, ... read more about EMU alum to head elementary education for Harrisonburg City Schools
Dig a bit into the student population of this “Christian university like no other” and you’ll find about 100 who are sharing their campus experience with siblings. Basketball players, religious ... read more about A ‘Royals’ following: Siblings find EMU the right place to thrive and grow
Abby Pennington, a biology and education major, was exposed to a highly privileged educational experience and a highly deprived one – all in the summer before her senior year. Going ... read more about Undergrad gets hands-on STEM teaching experience through NASA camp, following Kenya stint
The kids are not all right. Another high-stakes testing season is winding down, and the school year is finishing with a clap of silence and emptied boxes of No. 2 ... read more about Fearing that the kids are not all right with high-stakes testing
After earning a degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2006, Harrisonburg native John Hostetter ’11 moved to Tucson, Arizona. He spent two years playing guitar ... read more about From touring rock musician to Teacher of the Year in Valley school system
More than 500 alumni living in the City of Harrisonburg or Rockingham County work in education, though only two-thirds of these seem to be employed in their home districts, according to ... read more about EMU-trained teachers earn high marks in local school systems
Ride by Park View Mennonite Church on any given weekday afternoon, and you might catch a glimpse of toddlers harvesting vegetables, digging in the sandbox or just generally being kids. ... read more about EMU’s Early Learning Center provides hands-on opportunity for education majors
From the moment the eighth-graders left Montevideo Middle School for their annual field trip to Baltimore until they returned hours later, Nathan Medlin was every bit a part of the ... read more about Successes That Don’t Show Up in School Test Scores
Six students were selected to represent Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) at the Teachers of Promise Institute, March 22-23, 2013, a two-day workshop designed to recognize and support the best prospective ... read more about Two-Day Workshop Inspires Future Teachers