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Dear Teachers,

We would like to introduce you and your students to the North American Computational Linguistics
Olympiad (NACLO, http://nacloweb.org/).

NACLO is a pencil and paper contest in which students use analytical skills to solve puzzles in
languages that they do not know. In the course of solving the puzzles, students learn something
about the structure of human languages and how computers can process them. The contest introduces
students to possible careers in linguistics, languages, and computer science.

Who can participate in NACLO? The target audience for NACLO is students in 9th through 12th grade.
However, middle school students often enjoy the contest as well, and occasionally win. All students
are eligible as long as they are under 20 years old, do not yet have a high school diploma, and are
not enrolled in a degree program at a college or university. NACLO has no prerequisites and no
registration fee.

What kinds of students are interested in NACLO? Typical NACLO participants enjoy puzzles and
languages. Any students who enjoy the sample puzzles on the attached flyers are good candidates for
NACLO. Good places to start looking for NACLO participants are math classes, language classes,
computer classes, and gifted programs.

NACLO timeline:

1.  Registration is now open at http://www.nacloweb.org/register_student.php#
2. The NACLO open round is on January 25, 2018. Details can be found on the web site.
3. The top 100 students from the open round will participate in an invitational round on March 8,
2018
4. Approximately 15 students will be selected for training sessions via teleconference in April and
May.
5. Eight students will be chosen to represent the US at the International Linguistics Olympiad
(http://www.ioling.org) in Prague, Czech Republic, in July-August 2018.

How to Prepare for NACLO: Students can practice with past exams from the NACLO web site.

How to Participate: Please see the 2018 handbook at: http://nacloweb.org/

If you would like a flyer and a poster for advertising, please, contact Anna Feldman
feldmana@montclair.edu.

We hope that you and your students enjoy the contest!
Lori Levin
NACLO general co-chair
Research Professor at the Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lsl/

Dragomir Radev
NACLO program chair and head coach
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Linguistics University of Michigan
http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~radev/

Anna Feldman
NACLO Montclair State University Site Coordinator Professor of Linguistics & Computer Science
Montclair State University
http://www.purl.org/net/fa

The content of the workshop, Supporting Teachers & Students Behind the Locked Doors: Emotional Preparedness for School Lockdown Drills, has been broadened to encompass other sources of stress in schools. The title of the new workshop is Stress Matters: The impact on student engagement, performance, and behaviors. The date, time, location and price for this workshop remain the same however the URL for the online registration has changed.

Sharing on behalf of the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Health and the MSU School Psychology Program.

These events are open to MSU Students, Faculty & Staff and the MSUNER Community

Visit their Events page, for workshop details and registration links.

Facing History and Ourselves

This workshop introduces our new resource, Teaching Mockingbird, which incorporates civic education, ethical reflection, and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lee's beloved novel. We offer a fresh approach that integrates multimedia resources, historical sources, and Common Core-aligned strategies that deepen students' understanding of the novel and illuminate fundamental questions of human behavior.

Recommended for 6-12th grade English Language Arts, social studies, or humanities educators teaching the novel.

In this workshop you will:

• Discover new interdisciplinary teaching strategies that reinforce historical and literacy skill
• Receive a free copy of Teaching Mockingbird

After this workshop you will:

• Become part of the Facing History educator network, with access to a rich slate of educator resources, including downloadable unit and lesson plans, study guides, and multimedia
• Be able to borrow books and DVDs through our online lending library at no cost

Space is limited; registration does not guarantee admission.

For further information and to register, please click HERE

MSU Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Project | NJ Commission on Holocaust Education

UPDATED: Rick Wormeli 2017 MSUNER Summer Conference Keynote 6/26/17

The Academy for Teachers

Fall 2017 Master Class with Frank Bruni
An Op-Ed Writing Workshop
Call for Nominations

Teachers of all grades and subjects, as well as principals and heads of school, know a lot about education. This is an opportunity for them to shape their thoughts into written arguments. The voices of educators should be heard! 

In this Master Class, participants will workshop original op-ed pieces about education under the direction of New York Times columnist Frank Bruni.

Nominate a colleague for An Op-Ed Writing Workshop. The deadline for nominations is Thursday, June 15th.

An Op-Ed Writing Workshop

This Master Class will explore the elements of a successful op-ed piece in a workshop setting. As part of the selection process​ for the class​, nominees will submit an original op-ed ​that discusses some aspect of K-12 education. ​An abundance of topics are possible, including​ (to name but a few), the Common Core, professional development, race, testing, the arts, relations between colleagues, discipline, lunch, recess, or ​improving ​schools of education. More personal topics ​would also be welcome, such as the problem of teacher burnout, difficult parents, or the student who couldn’t be reached. During the Master Class, the op-eds will be workshopped with an eye to concision, accessible language, and how successfully the piece ​makes a single, clear, overarching point.

Frank Bruni, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since June 2011, joined the newspaper in 1995 and has ranged broadly across its pages. He has been both a White House correspondent and the chief restaurant critic. He is the author of three New York Times best sellers: a 2015 examination of the college admissions frenzy, Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be; a 2009 memoir, Born Round, about the joys and torments of his eating life; and a 2002 chronicle of George W. Bush’s initial presidential campaign, Ambling into History. His first cookbook, A Meatloaf in Every Oven, was published in February 2017 and co-written with his Times colleague Jennifer Steinhauer. In his columns, which appear every Sunday and Wednesday, he reflects on diverse topics, including: American politics, higher education, popular culture and gay rights.

       TO REGISTER: CLICK HERE

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Registration Closes Monday- June 5th!

TO RSVP, PLEASE CLICK HERE

The Agenda for Education in a Democracy

Presents

“The Loving Story”

Film and Discussion

With

Dr. Nancy Carnevale, Department of History

Dr. Saundra Collins, Department of Psychology

Tuesday April 11^th 5:30pm

Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall

Learn the story behind the recent movie:

“When Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested in July 1958, in Virginia, for violating a state law that banned marriage between people of different races, such laws had been on the books in most states since the seventeenth century. But the Lovings never expected to be woken up in their bedroom in the middle of the night and arrested. The documentary brings to life the Lovings' marriage and the legal battle that followed through little-known filmed interviews and photographs shot for Life magazine.”

Co-sponsored by the Center of Pedagogy, African American Studies and the Department of History

CREATED EQUAL

Is a national film project by the National Endowment for the Humanities

For further information please contact Leslie Wilson at wilsonl@mail.montclair.edu