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The Hook Center is a dedicated cadre of nationally recognized scholars and practitioners who help school districts understand how they can strategically manage their human resources and build instructional capacity throughout their schools.  The Hook Center helps school districts improve organizational performance in order to foster the highest levels of student achievement.

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Hook Center Director & Researcher to Present at ASHE

Hook Center Director Dr. Bradley R. Curs and graduate student José Muñoz will both be presenting work done in conjunction with the Hook Center at the annual convention of the Association for Study of Higher Education in late November. Dr. Bradley R. Curs will be co-presenting a paper entitled HOPE for Access: Effects of Merit-Based [...]

Hook Center Researchers to Present at UCEA

Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Heather L. Mosley Linhardt and graduate student Haigen Huang will both be presenting work done in conjunction with the Hook Center at the annual convention of the University Council for Educational Administration in late November. Dr. Heather Mosley Linhardt will be presenting a paper entitled Building Instructional Capacity of Science Teachers Through [...]

Hook Center Director Featured on NPR & Columbia Missourian

Dr. Bradley Curs, Director of the Hook Center, was recently interviewed by the local NPR affiliate, KBIA, and the Columbia Missourian.  Dr. Curs was interviewed regarding the academic consequences of the University of Missouri potentially changing their athletic conference affiliation for both media outlets. NPR story: Read the brief synopsis and hear the entire interview [...]

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