Alumna Colby Ricci chosen among three finalists for 2016 Teacher of the Year Award

Oct. 1, 2015

The Teacher of the Year will be announced in late October and is chosen by a committee composed of a variety of individuals from the education community. The recipient becomes the Colorado nominee for National Teacher of the Year honors and serves as a teaching ambassador to communities and organizations...

Inside the Academy: Gene Glass to receive 2016's "Outstanding Public Educator" award

Sept. 30, 2015

Inside the Academy: Gene Glass (3:09) Gene Glass is selected to receive the Horace Mann League's "Outstanding Public Educator" award for 2016. He will be honored at the Annual Meeting of the Horace Mann League on Friday, February 12, 2016 in in Phoenix, Arizona. Glass is a Research Professor in...

Learning Assistant Program gets $3.6M boost

Sept. 23, 2015

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded separate grants of $2.5 million to the 麻豆影院 and $1.1 million to the University of Colorado Denver to expand and study the campuses鈥 Learning Assistant Program. The program is aimed at increasing student engagement and retention in science, technology, engineering...

CU 麻豆影院 makes Top 25 list for LGBTQ-friendly campuses

Aug. 24, 2015

The 麻豆影院 today made the Top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list issued by Campus Pride , a leading nonprofit national educational organization for LGBTQ and ally students and campus groups. CU 麻豆影院 is the only Colorado campus that made the list, which includes other prestigious universities...

Science education alumni bring engineering into their classrooms through CU workshop

Aug. 21, 2015

Devin Rourke helps fellow teachers, Tammy Hearty and Lori Cairns-Alspaugh to program the scientific instruments for a weather balloon during a breakout session lead by SparkFun Electronics. In preparation for the new school year, School of Education alumni Devin Rourke, MA (2015), Erin Greenwood, MA (2005), Steve Wozniak, MA (2000),...

PhD Candidate Josh Prudhomme leads multi-state conference discussion on the opportunity gap

Aug. 17, 2015

Rosemary Harris Lytle, the NAACP President for Colorado, Montana and Wyoming recently invited Josh Prudhomme , PhD candidate in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice (EFPP), to lead a discussion on the opportunity gap at the states' quarterly conference. PhD Alumnus and CSU Assistant Professor Dr. Vincent Basile (Science Ed, 2015)...

NEPC鈥檚 Molnar & Boninger release new book, "Sold Out: How Marketing in School Threatens Children's..."

Aug. 13, 2015

Authors Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger of the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) recently released, " Sold Out: How Marketing in School Threatens Children's Well-Being and Undermines their Education." This book examines the threats school commercialism poses to children's psychological health, physical health, and the integrity of their education: "If...

Kevin Welner questions accuracy of U.S. News & World Report's high school rankings

Aug. 11, 2015

By Valerie Strauss - The Washington Post Here is the second part of an examination of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 annual ranking of high schools. It was written by Kevin Welner , director of the National Education Policy Center at the 麻豆影院. In the previous post...

Terrenda White on teachers of color: 鈥淲e鈥檙e bringing them in, but we鈥檙e losing them鈥

July 30, 2015

In Colorado, close to 90 percent of teachers are white, compared to just 57 percent of the student population. While a handful of programs across the state have sprung up to address that discrepancy , one academic thinks more can and should be done. Terrenda White , an assistant professor...

#StandwithQueerYouth video shares importance of inclusive literature in K-12 curriculum

July 21, 2015

In this newly released short video, 鈥淪tand with Queer Youth,鈥 authors and organizers from the 2015 Queer Young Adult Literature Conference reflect on how literature can be means to positively impact the understandings and experiences of queer youth in schools. The conference was organized by the 麻豆影院鈥檚...

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