{"id":83137,"date":"2019-03-07T13:42:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T19:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=83137"},"modified":"2019-03-07T13:42:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T19:42:27","slug":"delta-states-online-masters-in-elementary-education-program-among-the-nations-best-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2019\/03\/delta-states-online-masters-in-elementary-education-program-among-the-nations-best-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State&#8217;s Online Master&#8217;s in Elementary Education Program Among the Nation&#8217;s Best for 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University\u2019s online master\u2019s in elementary education program is the best for experiential learning and one of the top in the nation for 2019.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>DSU \u201cstudents learn by putting theory into practice,\u201d states OnlineMasters.com, which conducts research about graduate programs nationwide. This approach enables them to develop \u201cthe skills to deliver more effective instruction at all levels in elementary schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three industry experts and 83 hours of research went into the findings, according to the site, with every online master in elementary degree program analyzed. Thirty-nine made the cut. In addition to being No. 1 in experiential learning, Delta State ranked 32<sup>nd<\/sup> overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis speaks to the amazing work that your program is doing and demonstrates to our 100,000 monthly visitors that your program provides quality education that can to help students with their career aspirations,\u201d said Barbara Montgomery, OnlineMasters.com program recognition manager, via email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis recognition highlights our commitment to deliver high-quality online instruction within a rich, diverse professional learning community,\u201d said Dr. Corlis Snow, an associate professor and program coordinator for graduate studies in elementary education and master in arts in teaching in the Division of Teacher Education, Leadership, and Research at Delta State. \u201cThis recognition also moves us beyond the state\u2019s borders and recognizes our quality on a national level.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83131\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83131\" class=\" wp-image-83131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Snow-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Snow-Photo.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Snow-Photo-90x120.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corlis Snow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Leslie Griffin, dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences, added: \u201cIt is always gratifying to see a program recognized that you know firsthand is focused on what matters in equipping 21<sup>st<\/sup>-century teachers to deliver quality classroom instruction. I commend Dr. Snow and program faculty for their continued commitment to excellence at advanced level teacher preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83132\" style=\"width: 124px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83132\" class=\" wp-image-83132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Leslie-Griffin-compressed-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Leslie-Griffin-compressed-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Leslie-Griffin-compressed-200x300-80x120.jpeg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leslie Griffith<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other recent recognition for the online master\u2019s in elementary education program include most affordable, according to GradSchoolHub.com last year (ninth from 90 curated), Best College Values in 2016 (sixth), and BestMastersDegrees.com in 2016 (fourth). The program also made top 20 of OnlineSchoolCenter.com\u2019s list in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University\u2019s online master\u2019s in elementary education program is the best for experiential learning and one of the top in the nation for 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":577,"featured_media":83130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-college-of-education-and-human-sciences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83139,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83137\/revisions\/83139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}