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In fall 2022, two education students had a light bulb moment: the CU Â鶹ӰԺ School of Education needs a student government that helps organize community-building activities and supports leadership skills among aspiring educators. Over the past two years, the entirely student-led organization has grown in membership and participation.

To honor aspiring teachers, the Colorado Department of Higher Education kicked off the 2024 Teacher Appreciation Week with the Future Educator Honor Roll on May 6 to celebrate our state’s top teacher candidates, including two of our outstanding, up-and-coming teacher education graduates, Emily Gillette and Morgan Rains.

The Research & Innovation Office recently announced four new planning grants in the inaugural round of the competitive New Frontiers Grant Program aimed at fostering new, interdisciplinary research directions for CU Â鶹ӰԺ. Two projects, "Empowering Newcomer Students: A Multifaceted Approach to Culturally Sustaining STEAM Education and AI Integration" and "Exposure to and Health Effects of After-wildfire Toxicants (ExHEAT) Consortia," involve education researchers.

K-12 schools across the country are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence tools into the classroom. Alex Molnar, one of the directors of the National Education Policy Center in the CU Â鶹ӰԺ School of Education, gives his take on why these tools could pose risks for students, and what concerned parents and others can do about it.

An estimated 95% of U.S. cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools. A new three-month investigation by CU Â鶹ӰԺ's Kevin Welner and colleagues in The Conversation shows how that cash drain is not equally shared by schools in the same communities, often hurting the poorest students the most.

As the new interim dean, Fernando Rosario-Ortiz came to the CU Â鶹ӰԺ School of Education with respect for the school's nationally recognized scholarship and teaching. Learn more about Dean Rosario-Ortiz, what led him to this role, his priorities as dean and how he spends his time when he is, finally, off the clock in this Q&A.

Doctoral Candidate Kyle Kopsick is one of two Â鶹ӰԺ graduate students to be awarded the 2023-24 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship to research educational systems abroad in Costa Rica.

A new book, "¡Qué BUENO!," chronicles the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s oldest multicultural-serving center on campus, and its transformational education research and programming that improved access for diverse and bilingual learners for nearly 50 years.

Effective Jan. 1, Fernando Rosario-Ortiz will be the interim dean of the School of Education, as named by Provost Russell Moore. Rosario-Ortiz currently is the associate dean for faculty advancement in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and he will succeed Dean Kathy Schultz, who announced her resignation on Sept. 28 and will remain as dean of the school through the end of the calendar year.

As a new dean, Kathy Schultz held one-on-one meetings with every faculty and staff member to learn more about contributions across the CU Â鶹ӰԺ School of Education. Now, Schultz and colleagues reflect on her contributions as she prepares to step down as dean to return to the faculty at the end of the year. This Q&A recounts what she is proud of, some of the lessons learned and her wishes for the future.