Valerie Otero Featured for Science Education in CU's 'Faculty in Focus'

Nov. 3, 2014

Click here to see this article on the CU-麻豆影院 website. Click here to read about Professor Otero being named a 2015 President's Teaching Scholar. Faculty in Focus No. 4: The science educator Judas Priest blasting through her earbuds, Valerie Otero rocks to the beat of heavy metal music while she...

PhD Candidate Mike Wenk Brings Collaborative Youth Research to CLAS Conference

Oct. 28, 2014

As a member of the Colorado Language Arts Society (CLAS) conference committee, PhD Candidate Mike Wenk recently helped to organize a successful annual meeting held in Golden, CO. Approximately 250 Language Arts teachers, preservice teachers, professors, and administrators from across the state gathered to collaborate on high quality Language Arts...

Dan Liston Featured at CU Buffs Football Game

Oct. 16, 2014

By invitation of the CU-麻豆影院 Athletic Department, Professor Dan Liston was featured during the recent Colorado Buffaloes football game against Oregon State as the "Faculty Coach of the Game." Faculty members are nominated to be Faculty Coach of the Game by student-athletes, the 麻豆影院 Faculty Assembly, the Chancellor's Office, or...

Partners in Education (PIE) Master's Program Offers Mentoring for New Teachers

Oct. 9, 2014

For 27 years, the Partners in Education (PIE) Master's program has offered a unique opportunity for teachers entering their first through third years of teaching to work toward their Master's degree while benefiting from both intensive coaching with mentors and collaboration with other PIE teachers. Prospective and novice teachers must...

Carrie Allen Selected as 2014-2015 CADRE Fellow by NSF

Oct. 9, 2014

Carrie Allen , a PhD Candidate in the Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences program, has been selected as a 2014-2015 fellow of the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) . CADRE is "a resource network funded by the National Science Foundation that supports researchers and developers who participate...

sj Miller Joins Lamba Literary Board for LGBTQ Literature and Shares Expertise on Bullying in NH and CO

Oct. 9, 2014

Associate Professor of Literacy Studies sj Miller was voted unanimously onto the Board of Trustees of the Lambda Literary Foundation . As stated in its mission, "Lambda Literary believes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer literature is fundamental to the preservation of our culture, and that LGBTQ lives are affirmed...

Alumni Honor the Work of Margaret Eisenhart at ICLS

Oct. 9, 2014

At the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at CU-麻豆影院 in June 2014, five doctoral alumni presented a special session in honor of Distinguished Professor Margaret Eisenhart . The session, 鈥淩eimagining Cultural Forms, Ethnographic Methods and Researcher Responsibilities in Studying Engineering and Science Learning: Honoring and Building on...

Can Project-Based Learning Close Gaps in Science Education?

Oct. 7, 2014

This KQED Mind/Shift blog article highlights Professor Bill Penuel 's work with SRI International and the Next Generation Science Standards . by Ingfei Chen | September 26, 2014 Putting kids to work on meaningful projects can transform classrooms into beehives of inquiry and discovery, but relatively few rigorous studies have...

National Education Policy Center Launches 鈥淪chools of Opportunity鈥 Project

Oct. 2, 2014

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Sept. 30, 2014

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