Student Voices at CU: Racial and Ethnic Inclusion conversations on Feb. 11

Jan. 29, 2016

Join fellow students, faculty, staff and administrators on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the UMC Aspen Rooms, for "Student Voices at CU: What Racial and Ethnic Inclusion Means for Our Campus," a creative research presentation and facilitated small group conversation about racial and inclusion at CU...

PhD Candidate Prudhomme visits UNC to address opportunity gaps among Students of Color

Jan. 28, 2016

On Jan. 25, CU 麻豆影院 School of Education Doctoral Candidate Joshua J. Prudhomme gave a lecture at the University of Northern Colorado about diversity and equity titled, 鈥 Let鈥檚 Get to the Bottom of it: Education (In)Opportunity among Historically Marginalized Students of Color .鈥 The forum included roughly 70 Faculty,...

Best Authored Book awarded to Kirshner's "Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality"

Jan. 20, 2016

Ben Kirshner's book entitled, Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality (NYU Press, 2015) has been selected to receive a Social Policy Award for 鈥淏est Authored Book鈥 from the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) and will be honored at an awards ceremony in March. Published on June 15,...

CU 麻豆影院 faculty members ranked on national 鈥減ublic influence鈥 list

Jan. 7, 2016

Four faculty members from the 麻豆影院 School of Education were recognized in the 2016 鈥淓du-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,鈥 which identifies 200 university-based scholars who help shape public discussions of education. Compiled by Rick Hess, the American Enterprise Institute director of education policy, the list was released on...

Choosing, Refusing, and Opting Out: Parents鈥 Rights in Public Education panel discussion on Jan. 27

Jan. 7, 2016

How does parental choice affect public education? On Wednesday, Jan. 27, a panel of scholars from the 麻豆影院 School of Education and the Center for Values and Social Policy will tackle the legal and philosophical issues parents face as they make decisions related to state testing, vaccinations...

2015: The year in review

Dec. 30, 2015

We are looking forward to 2016, but first, let鈥檚 look back at just a few of the milestones from the CU 麻豆影院 School of Education鈥檚 2015. Here are 15 highlights from 2015. 'Schools of Opportunity' Project Announces First Honorees, Goes National The National Education Policy Center at the CU 麻豆影院...

PhD Candidate Julia Daniel discusses impact of school closures at D.C. forum

Dec. 30, 2015

On Dec. 10, Julia Daniel , PhD student in educational foundations, policy and practice, presented at a Congressional Forum, called 鈥淐losed for Learning: The Impact of School Closures on Students and Communities,鈥 held at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington D.C. Julia's talk, 鈥淐ommunity Schools as an Effective Reform...

Lessons learned: Dean Shepard reflects on educational reform

Dec. 18, 2015

If we know so much from research on learning, why are educational reforms not successful? Lorrie Shepard, dean of the CU-麻豆影院 School of Education, asks this important question in an essay by the same name published in Past as Prologue: The National Academy of Education at 50. Past as Prologue...

CU Engage announces request for proposals: Faculty Fellows in Community-Based Learning

Dec. 17, 2015

CU Engage is pleased to announce this Request for Proposals that will provide grants of $4,000 for Faculty Fellows in Community-Based Learning. This program provides resources and support for faculty or instructors to design a new course or modify an existing course to include a community-based learning component. Fellows can...

A memorial tribute to Distinguished Professor Robert L. Linn

Dec. 16, 2015

Robert L. Linn, in Memoriam Robert L. Linn was a true giant in the field of educational measurement. 鈥淚n the 90-year history of the field there has been no comparable eminence save E. F. Lindquist and R. W. Tyler.鈥 They started innovative measurement activities, 鈥渂ut their scholarly, academic production was...

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