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Jun 21, 2024

UVA | Batten Faculty Excellence Award Winners

In the faculty’s extensive peer-based annual review process, Batten’s Executive Committee selects the Batten Faculty Awards Winners in the four areas of review: research, teaching, engagement and service. This year’s awards are given in recognition for the faculty members’ contributions throughout 2023. Winners include Ashley Jardina, Batten Excellence in Research Award; Andy Pennock, Batten Excellence in Teaching Award; Dan Player, Batten Excellence in Service Award; and Daphna Bassok, Batten Excellence in Engagement Award. 

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Feb 25, 2021

Understanding COVID-19-Era Enrollment Drops among Early-Grade Public School Students

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted schooling nationwide, raising serious concerns about the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning. But, as Batten’s Daphna Bassok and co-author Anna Shapiro write in Brooking’s “Brown Center Chalkboard” blog, relatively less has been written about the experiences of the “missing children”—those who have not enrolled in public school at all.

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