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By Bethy Leonardi, PhD; Sara Staley, PhD; and Kevin Welner, JD, PhD Last month, high school graduate Evan Young was denied the opportunity in his proposed valedictory speech to disclose that he was gay. According to Twin Peaks Charter Academy's initial statement, the speech 鈥� from which Evan declined to...

The business of rankings: did the US News & World Report make substantial mistakes? Kevin Welner , University of Colorado Here鈥檚 an easy task: choose between the following two schools for your child. School #1 provides high-quality instruction and strong supports in order to academically accelerate students and challenge them...

Alumnus Albert E. Thompson (1972) has been awarded the 2015 Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Thompson, an AAPT emeritus member, first joined the association in 1961 when AAPT recognized him for "An Outstanding Program in Physics" at Cherry Creek High School...

For the past 25 years, CU 麻豆影院's INVST Community Studies program has worked with CU students to help them learn to become engaged citizens and leaders. The program, which is housed within the newly formed Center for Community-Based Learning and Research in the School of Education, has more than 340...

Two Social Studies Teacher Ed alumni, Christy Hayashi and Corey Wiggins, have been honored with teaching awards . Christy, who became an alumna in 2011, was chosen as the Senior Class Staff Member for the class of 2015 at Standley Lake High School in Westminster. 鈥淗er impact goes above and...

Amelia Dickerson, an alumna of the School of Education鈥檚 Social Studies Teacher Licensure program (2011) completed her first Bolder 麻豆影院 on Monday. Having lost her vision in a car accident at age 14, Amelia ran with the assistance of a friend and frequent running partne, Silke Koster. This was the...

In a Denver Post Op-Ed, Wagma Mommandi , a doctoral student in the Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice program, describes her lifelong educational experiences with almost no teachers in whom she could see herself, and calls for systematic and sustained efforts to recruit and retain more teachers of color. Read...

CU Alumna and Miramontes Scholar Dr. Karla del Rosal 鈥檚 (2014, EECD) recent TEDxSMU talk (below) invites viewers to get involved in what has become her life鈥檚 work. Her commitment to improving education for emerging bilingual students颅 鈥� often called "English Language Learners" 鈥� across the nation began with her...

The Latin American Studies Center Board and the Tinker Foundation have awarded PhD student Ceci Valenzuela a Field Research Grant to fund pre-doctoral research in Latin America. Ceci will return to Cuba to continue her study, "Pedagogical Intercambios: Cuban Education in Virtual Collaborations.鈥� The first tier of her research focuses...

This story was covered nationally. See the original story in the Washington Post . Read the Washington Post 's feature profile of Centaurus High School in Lafayette, CO , designated a Gold School of Opportunity. The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the 麻豆影院 announced today that...