PhD candidate Ryan Pfleger consulted on release of KIDS COUNT Data Book report

Sept. 4, 2014

PhD Candidate Ryan Pfleger offered his views on the findings of the most recent KIDS COUNT Data Book report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Education and health have improved for US children, says annual report Child-wellness indicators like education and health came off better in the most recent...

Aquetza program engages high school youth in leadership, education, and community empowerment

Sept. 4, 2014

For one transformative week in July, thirty high school students from across the state engaged in the second annual Aquetza: Youth Leadership, Education and Community Empowerment summer program. “Aquetza” roughly translates as “lift your chin up” in Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica/Aztec indigenous people of central and northern México...

Read Bill Penuel's post for the Shanker Blog, "Why Teachers and Researchers Should Work Together for Improvement"

Sept. 4, 2014

Professor Bill Penuel was invited as a guest author to contribute a two-part series on research-practice partnerships for the Albert Shanker Institute. Why Teachers And Researchers Should Work Together For Improvement Posted by Bill Penuel on September 4, 2014 Our guest author today is Bill Penuel, professor of educational psychology...

PhD candidate Jessica Alzen awarded inaugural AERA-MET Dissertation Fellowship

Aug. 18, 2014

Jessica Alzen, a PhD candidate in the Research and Evaluation Methodology (REM) program, was recently awarded a highly competitive fellowship from the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) inaugural Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Dissertation Fellowship Program . The program supports dissertation-stage graduate students who use data from the MET project–which...

Vicki Hand and colleagues across the US awarded DRK-12 grant to create equitable mathematics system

Aug. 18, 2014

Vicki Hand and colleagues across the U.S. were awarded a four-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12) grant . The team will support teachers, district administrators, and community leaders in studying and creating a more equitable mathematics system. Related Faculty: Victoria Hand

CU Teach alumni Eric Rasmussen and Rosemary Wulf awarded 5-year Knowles Teaching fellowships

Aug. 11, 2014

Two of the School of Education’s CU Teach class of 2014 alumni, Eric Rasmussen , MA (Biology), and Rosemary Wulf (Physics) have been awarded prestigious five-year fellowships from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF). Only 32 fellowships were given out nationwide this year, and Rosemary and Eric make a total...

Kevin Welner shares expertise with NPR on teacher tenure lawsuits

July 29, 2014

On the heels of the Vergara v California ruling that teacher tenure policies disproportionately negatively impacted poor and minority students (which has been stayed pending appeal), two similar lawsuits have been initiated in New York, with others being planned in several states. NPR interviewed Executive Director of the National Education...

sj Miller appointed co-editor of 'English Education' journal

July 24, 2014

Professor sj Miller of the CU «Ƶ School of Education's Literacy Studies Program and Professor Tara Star Johnson of the Purdue College of Education have been appointed to a five-year term as co-editors of the journal English Education . Their first issue will appear in October 2015. English Education is...

School of Education hosts International Conference of the Learning Sciences

July 2, 2014

June 22-27, the CU «Ƶ School of Education hosted over 750 scholars and graduate students from all over the world for the International Conference o f the Learning Sciences (ICLS) . Chaired this year by Professors Bill Penuel , Susan Jurow , and Kevin O’ Connor , the conference has...

Penuel, Briggs, Harvard, Northwestern awarded $5M for National Center for Research in Policy & Practice

June 26, 2014

Professors Bill Penuel (EPSY) and Derek Briggs (REM) have received a $5 million grant to create and lead a new National Center for Research in Policy and Practice, together with colleagues Cynthia Coburn, of the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education; Heather Hill, of the Harvard Graduate School...

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