Braian Lawton, Val Krohn-Ching, and Paul Brandon
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First Place in Program Evaluation Studies
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Paul R. Brandon, Brian E. Lawton, and Val Krohn-Ching of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CR DG) received f irst place in the Program Evaluation Studies category of the Outstanding Publications Competition from the American Educational Research Association (AER A). Their Division H entry, Evaluation of the Final Year of the ARTS FIRST Windward Research Project, was prepared under a grant subcontract to the Hawai‘i Arts Alliance from the U. S. Department of Education Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination program. “We wanted to submit the most comprehensive and therefore competitive report that we could,” Principal Investigator Brandon said. “It turned out that many more reports than we anticipated were entered, so we feel quite honored to have received the award.” This year, the Program Evaluation Studies category received 31 entries, more than any of the other 12 categories.
Bryan G. Cook
James M. K auffman Publication Award Professor of special education and Hugh Everly Scholar Bryan G. Cook was awarded the James M. Kauffman Publication award from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia for his work on the side effects of inclusion for students with learning disabilities, which was published as a special issue of Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. He was surprised by the award while attending the International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) on April 4, 2008 where he presented his work on evidence-based practices in special education. “It is a great honor to be recognized by one of the most distinguished special education programs in the country and to be associated with the work and legacy of Jim Kauffman,” Cook said. Last year, Cook received the Early Career Research Award from the CEC’s Division for Research, which is given to researchers in special education who are ten or fewer years out of their PhD and recognizes their outstanding scientific contributions to special education research.