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Finding Her Voice

Oct. 12, 2022

When 11-year-old Luz Elena Sanchez arrived in Yuma, Colorado, with her family from Mexico, she found herself lost among her English-speaking classmates. She had difficulty understanding her homework, and she got into trouble for speaking Spanish in school. But one teacher, Sanchez’ sixth grade homeroom teacher Brady Nighswonger, made a...

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HighlightEd

Oct. 11, 2022

PhD student Robyn Tomiko giving her Ed Talk, "Lifting the Veil: The Truth Teaching." Link to: https://youtu.be/FdJl-IdEb54 Together again: Events take on new forms, enhanced meaning of togetherness Love and appreciation filled CU «Ƶ’s ornate Macky Auditorium when the School of Education hosted its first in-person graduation since 2019,...

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Welcome to Voices, volume 5

Oct. 11, 2022

Dean’s welcome As a child, I loved all libraries—our neighborhood public library where I would bring home stacks of books and my elementary school library where the librarian recommended books to each of us. In third grade, I was drawn to the “blue” biographies about famous people, and I particularly...

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As book bans rise, former teacher argues for letting kids read

Sept. 19, 2022

As book bans rise across the country, Wendy Glenn, a CU «Ƶ professor and former English teacher, argues that reading books––even ones that make adults uncomfortable––is critical for the education of young people.

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As schools become political battlegrounds, one educator sees room for hope

Sept. 19, 2022

States around the country are moving to limit how teachers can talk about issues like race and racism in the classroom. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez urges educators not to shrink away from having these “difficult conversations.”

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Meet our new School of Education faculty

Sept. 19, 2022

At the CU «Ƶ School of Education, we are excited to welcome and announce new faculty members who bring a variety of experiences and enhance our community of educators and learners. Meet them here, and please join us in welcoming them to our school and community.

Enihs Medrano and JD Mangat

CU Engage inspires civic engagement and local legacies

July 12, 2022

20-year-old Enihs Medrano never envisioned herself serving in local government until a program for young people opened her eyes to the power of civic engagement. As a high schooler in Lafayette, Medrano connected with JD Mangat, a fellow Lafayette resident who became Medrano’s coach and mentor in Public Achievement, a youth-led civic engagement program within CU Engage.

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CU «Ƶ student voices, research help move state toward addressing financial barriers for new teachers

June 29, 2022

CU «Ƶ researchers have been working with state partners to understand and address the financial strain new teachers face when trying to enter the educator workforce and elevate teacher candidates’ voices. Their work paid off when Gov. Jared Polis signed first-of-its-kind legislation for Colorado that will support new teachers and create student-educator stipends.

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From 'Don’t Say Gay' to bathrooms and sports: How debates over LGBTQ+ rights impact kids

June 22, 2022

Elizabeth Meyer has spent her career working with teachers and students to study how school policies can help or harm LGBTQ+ youth. In this Q&A, she weighs in on the wave of legislation around the country targeting the rights of transgender and nonbinary kids.

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Public Achievement student leaders create «Ƶ Valley's first ethnic studies course

May 24, 2022

With help from CU «Ƶ’s Public Achievement (PA) program students and staff and support from «Ƶ Valley School District administrators, several high school juniors' dream of creating an ethnic studies course at Lafayette’s Centaurus High School is becoming a reality. PA leaders developed curriculum for the first-of-its-kind social studies elective class exploring culture, identity, race and ethnicity, and they hope it will be offered districtwide in 2023.

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