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Colorado Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen and CU 麻豆影院 establish endowment scholarship

June 28, 2017

The Hubert L. 鈥淗ooks鈥 Jones Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. and the 麻豆影院 School of Education have established a $50,000 Scholarship Endowment to support CU 麻豆影院 education students who are inspired to continue the Tuskegee Airmen legacy. The endowment honors the Tuskegee Airmen and serves as a...

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CU 麻豆影院 project earn highest rating for next generation of science curricula

June 27, 2017

For nearly 10 years, the Inquiry Hub, or iHub , has been developing and testing a new model for helping school districts effectively implement student-centered curricula in mathematics and science. Their latest digital unit in biology, 鈥淲hy Don't Antibiotics Work Like They Used To?,鈥 was recently recognized by Achieve, Inc...

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Visiting scholar Angela Valenzuela to explore teacher & community empowerment on June 27

June 20, 2017

Join Visiting Scholar Angela Valenzuela, from the University of Texas at Austin, for a discussion about community-based teacher education on Tuesday, June 27 from 5-7 p.m. in the UMC Aspen Room 285. A reception to follow.

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Ben Kirshner receives the University of Colorado's Chase Faculty Community Service Award

June 1, 2017

As an advocate for young people in classrooms and communities, Ben Kirshner, associate professor of education at the 麻豆影院 School of Education, has received the 2016-17 Chase Faculty Community Service Award . The Chase Faculty Community Service Award is presented annually to a University of Colorado system-wide...

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Allison Atteberry selected for prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Fellowship

May 25, 2017

Drawing from a unique combination of datasets, Allison Atteberry will explore the effects of changes in teacher evaluation policies with support from a 2017 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship . Announced today, only 30 early career scholars working in critical areas of education research nationwide have been selected...

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Pathways2Teaching students delve into social action research

May 19, 2017

Jos茅 Alcal谩 Mart铆nez is studying high school dropout rates, a subject that is near to his heart. Two of his close friends left school as juniors to start working full-time and his mother didn鈥檛 finish high school. At one point, he considered leaving school as well, but instead he is...

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Rep. Polis visits local elementary as part of Families and Educators Together project

May 12, 2017

Invited by students and parents on a Families and Educators Together team, Congressman Jared Polis visited University Hill Elementary recently offering a Q&A session and words of encouragement for students. In January, the 3rd-5th grade University Hill classes created bookmarks focused on their concerns about current news and policies coming...

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Meet Adriana Alvarez, 2017 Outstanding PhD Graduate

May 8, 2017

As a teacher in El Paso, Texas, Adriana Alvarez saw pursuing a PhD as nearly impossible until one fateful day when a professor from the University of Texas at El Paso asked to visit and observe her classroom. The professor Rey Reyes, a CU 麻豆影院 graduate, was impressed, and he...

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Meet Amber Gonzales Cortes, 2017 Outstanding MA graduate

May 8, 2017

Amber Gonz谩lez-Cortes is the epitome of an ambitious, unintimidated educator. She came to CU 麻豆影院 bound and determined to earn the double teaching endorsements in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education and Special Education. While the CU 麻豆影院 School of Education is the only school in the state to offer the...

Jessica Waggoner

Meet Jess Waggoner, 2017 Outstanding Elementary Education Graduate

May 8, 2017

Jess Waggoner passed several signs on her path to becoming a teacher. She grew up near her large extended family in New Jersey, where she was the oldest of 16 cousins. She loved looking after the kids in her family, and that鈥檚 where her passion for working with kids began...

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