Pre-K-16 Education Initiatives
Improving Quality Education
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Greater Literacy Success with Reading First Each year more than 80 UB tutors work one-on-one and in small groups with children, both in their schools and in community-based after-school programs. -
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Resources for After-School Services Providers UB offers members of the Buffalo After-School Provider Network training, staff development, and peer-to-peer learning for quality improvement. -
UB has a continuing influence on education around the world. President John B. Simpson recently participated in a U.S. Department of Education trip to Asia to underscore U.S. interest in students from China, Japan and Korea. -
Creating Opportunities
Overcoming Learning Challenges
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Community Partnerships Launch Violence Intervention Model UB and the Buffalo Public Schools have partnered with community-based and family counseling organizations to apply a violence intervention model in PS 97. -
Mentoring Gifted Children for Success UB houses Buffalo Prep, where academic support, mentoring, and in-school advocacy is given to gifted students from distressed communities preparing for academically challenging high schools. -
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Liberty Partnership Programs Help the Academically at Risk Seven hundred academically at-risk students in 16 Buffalo area schools receive tutoring in their schools, in community-based settings, and on the UB South Campus to help them meet academic standards.
Creating a New Generation of Scientists
and Engineers
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Promoting Diversity in Geosciences Through the Buffalo Geoscience Program UB and other Western New York colleges promote diversity in the geosciences with school demos and independent study in the Buffalo Geoscience Program. -
STEP Prepares Students for College Programs in the Sciences The Science and Technology Enrichment Program (STEP) provides mentoring and academic support to prepare 120 middle and high school students to enter college programs in the sciences. -
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Sparking Student Interest in Science For over 20 years, UB has been hosting Science Exploration Day, exposing thousands of high school students to the world of science and science careers with compelling presentations, experiments, and tours of university labs.
School Partnerships
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Extending educational services to Amherst UB is engaged in a range of partnerships with schools throughout Amherst, including Eating Disorder Prevention Project, Gifted Math Program, Initial Certification Program, Pre-K Initiatives Program, Reading First Program, and Small Schools Project. -
Improving outcomes in Buffalo A new partnership between UB and the Buffalo Public Schools brings the university's multidisciplinary expertise to bear on improving outcomes for the more than 36,000 students in the city's public schools. -
Increasing Community Involvement
in Education
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Supporting Greater Community Participation UB assists local leaders technically in the Kellogg Leadership for Community Change Project and the Public Policy and Education Fund. -
Supporting Community Efforts Towards Early Childhood Learning UB is home to a Bethel Head Start site providing community access to this model of parental involvement with pre-K learning.
