Warner School of Education

Despite coming from a vastly different world, David Hursh has long been concerned about the health and education of children in developing countries. Most recently, these concerns led Hursh to address these issues this fall at Columbia University’s Earth Institute when he was given the chance of a lifetime to head the education sector of the Millennium Villages Project.

With New York State’s adoption of the Common Core Mathematics Standards, the Warner Center for Professional Development and Education Reform has already differentiated itself by getting ahead of the curve with helping local teachers and administrators prepare for, and begin to implement, these new standards.

Launched in 2010, the Exploring Teaching and Other Education Careers Program is offered by the Warner School, in conjunction with the Seneca Waterways Council of the Boy Scouts of America, to Monroe County area high school students interested in careers in K-12 teaching and/or other education-related fields.

The Warner School will host a community screening and discussion of the documentary film Going on 13 as part of a film series exploring human development across the life span on Thursday, Feb. 2. The free film screening will begin at 6 p.m., and will be followed by a discussion of the documentary guided by a panel of experts and practitioners in the fields of human development and adolescence at 7:15 p.m.

A Warner School program aims to bring talented professionals and students to the math and science classrooms of high-needs school districts.