Applications now open:聽Schools of Opportunity to highlight exceptional schools across the nation

Feb. 8, 2017

The Schools of Opportunity project recently launched their application cycle for 2017. Applications from schools across the nation will be accepted at www.SchoolsofOpportunity.org through May 1. Building on the success of the past two years, the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), housed in the CU 麻豆影院 School of Education, will...

Education deans nationwide release Declaration of Principles to improve public education

Jan. 13, 2017

Today, deans nationwide released a Declaration of Principles calling on federal leaders to do more to improve public education and advance democratic values in U.S. public schools. To date, a growing list of nearly 200 current and former deans of colleges and schools of education nationwide have endorsed this statement...

Leadership minor, speaker series probe question of what makes a great leader

Jan. 11, 2017

The 麻豆影院 is sharpening its focus on leadership, offering a thriving minor, a speaker series launching next month with a visit by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and new courses aimed at fostering leadership in students with a diverse array of backgrounds and career paths. CU...

Four CU 麻豆影院 education scholars ranked on national 鈥減ublic influence鈥 list

Jan. 11, 2017

Four members of the 麻豆影院 School of Education faculty were recognized in the 鈥淓du-Scholar Public Influence Rankings鈥 released today as being among the nation鈥檚 top 200 researchers whose scholarship bridges academic and public audiences. The list was initiated by Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute...

New partnership aims to improve equity, coherence in science education

Jan. 9, 2017

Learning scientists from the University of Washington and the 麻豆影院, along with educators, are embarking on a national effort to make science learning more coherent and equitable. The Advancing Coherent and Equitable Systems of Science Education (ACESSE, or 鈥渁ccess鈥) project has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant...

Yellow Scene Magazine: Equitable School Environments: The Key to Student Success

Jan. 4, 2017

麻豆影院 schools lead the nation in equitable learning, but can social and political turbulence endanger such progress? asks editors at Yellow Scene Magazine . As many Americans struggled to cope with the reality of the 2016 presidential election results, a disturbing plague began to spread in our nation鈥檚 schools. Halls...

2016: The year in review

Dec. 28, 2016

As we look to the new year seeking to renew our commitments and continue to grow, we look back on 2016 at the CU 麻豆影院 School of Education. Here are 10 milestones from 2016. Passing the torch After 15 years as dean, Lorrie Shepard stepped down from the deanship in...

Here they come to save the day: After school club evokes the superheroes within

Dec. 19, 2016

In brightly colored paints and youthful script, the poster reads: 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 need a costume and you don鈥檛 need special powers.鈥 It鈥檚 a superhero鈥檚 motto that rings true no matter your age. The poster and motto were created by Jose, a student in an after school club called El Pueblo...

Colorado Association of School Boards honors Lorrie Shepard for leadership

Dec. 16, 2016

The Colorado Association of School Boards presented the 2016 State Leadership Award to Lorrie A. Shepard at the state convention last week. The award is presented to an individual whose unique leadership has made a dramatic and lasting impact on the future of education in Colorado. The Colorado Association of...

Meet Dean Kathy Schultz

Dec. 5, 2016

Kathy Schultz is a few months into her new role as Dean of the CU 麻豆影院 School of Education, and everyone wants to know: 鈥榳hat鈥檚 your vision?鈥 Dean Schultz has been careful not to prescribe a particular vision at this early stage. Instead, she has been meeting one-on-one with faculty,...

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