Joshua Parker is the 2012 Maryland Teacher of the Year. He serves the students and teachers of Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School (Washington, D.C. Public Schools) as an Instructional Coach. Parker is a career changer, having started off as a sports producer for Fox 45 of Baltimore before beginning his career in education. In the decade that followed, Parker has held various leadership positions from K-12 and higher education. He has also completed a fellowship to Brazil as a Pearson Global Fellow in 2013. Parker was the first African-American male educator from Baltimore County to win the state award and keeps a blog on education and society.
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Mount Holyoke College receives grant to explore courage and care in higher education
Mount Holyoke has received a grant to expand conversations about character education, engaging faculty, students and staff in a yearlong initiative centered on the virtues of courage and care.
Associate professor discusses body cameras and ICE
Mount Holyoke Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy David Hernández spoke to the media about body cameras and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Professor discusses duck reproduction in The New Yorker
Mount Holyoke College Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Patricia Brennan is featured in a New Yorker story about recent natural history books that examine sexual reproduction in animals.