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2021 was another challenging year, but we have a lot to be grateful for as move ahead to 2022 and spring semester. Here are five of our top highlights from the CU �鶹ӰԺ School of Education’s past year, as we look forward to positivity and new possibilities in the coming year.

Stephanie Toliver celebrates Black women in science fiction and beyond Stephanie Toliver was an undergraduate studying English education in Tallahassee, Florida, when she discovered a book that changed her life.The

Jen stood in front of her class of ninth grade students at the beginning of our study and asked, “How many of you feel like you’re in charge of writing your own stories? The story of your life?”Students sat in small groups. A few hands went up, but

Amid a pandemic and beyond, educators reimagine the future of K–12 schoolsThere has been no such thing as a “normal” year of teaching for up-and-coming educator Diana Bustamante-Aguilar, and she sees that as a good thing.As a student teacher, she

A new study led by CU �鶹ӰԺ's Mimi Engel has taken one of the most in-depth looks yet at a typical day-in-the-life of a kindergarten student. The team’s results suggest that kids attending schools serving low-income communities in a large urban area seem to spend their class time differently than students from wealthier backgrounds.

Teachers, informal educators, youth organizers, researchers and more gathered to reimagine climate change education for a more just and sustainable world through a series of free webinars and an in-person gathering at CU �鶹ӰԺ in August and September. Watch the Climate Change Learning Series webinars, which uniquely focused on the role of justice, emotion and action.

In May, the CU �鶹ӰԺ School of Education hosted an evening of reimagining new social and educational futures through the art of play, heart, truth, and dreams at the Ed Talks virtual event. At times lyrical, lighthearted, and deeply personal, the videos from this series of CU �鶹ӰԺ's Ed Talks are now available and sure to leave the audience full of hope and excitement for a more beautiful and just future.

Each year, the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting is the world's largest gathering of education researchers and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative research. Join the virtual meeting this on April 8-12, and use this guide to follow and support CU �鶹ӰԺ faculty and students and exchange ideas about their research.

Led by School of Education Professor William Penuel, the project team will develop three full-year courses in high school biology, chemistry and physics, with Earth and space sciences integrated throughout. The team hopes that the effort will help to ensure that all students, and especially those from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, can have access to a high-quality science education.

William Penuel has been named Distinguished Professor, which recognizes faculty members’ outstanding contributions to their academic disciplines and is the highest honor for faculty bestowed by the University of Colorado. Penuel is an influential scholar in the learning sciences, whose work is reimagining educational research and curricula design.