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Kathy and Manuel Escamilla are mainstays in the School of Education with a mutual affinity for education. From day one, the duo has devoted their careers to inclusive education with passion (and humor). Kathy graduated from CU Boulder in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and became a bilingual...

Meet Jenn and Dave Ciplet whose mutual interests in education and community engagement, as it seems, are the ties that bind them. Both Jenn and Dave work at CU Boulder and share an affiliation to CU Engage , housed in the School of Education. Jenn is the Director of Communications...

Research Associates and founders of A Queer Endeavor Bethy Leonardi and Sara Staley met at the School of Education in 2012 while pursuing their doctoral degrees. Both graduated in 2014 —Bethy earned a PhD in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice, and Sara earned a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction, Literacy...

Doctoral students Astrid Sambolin Morales and Francisco Luis Torres were recently married! Francisco's field of study is Literacy and Astrid is a Graduate Research Assistant in her program, Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity. Their mutual love of education is the knot that binds them. Briefly describe how you met and...

What is the newly formed group, Education Deans for Justice and Equity? Dean Kathy Schultz was recently featured on BustED Pencils, a 30-minute online talk show hosted by Tim Slekar, dean of the School of Education at Edgewood College in Madison, Wis. The show explores public education and “hard facts...

The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice (NCRPP) has just released an interim report summarizing findings from the first year of a two-year study of the Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research program, which is part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences . The grant...

Ninety Colorado educators will earn free or sharply discounted master’s degrees and specialized state endorsements through CU Boulder thanks to two $2.5 million grants. The support, comprising two unique-in-the-nation programs, is designed to better prepare teachers to work with students from diverse backgrounds, including those with disabilities. The programs, both...

The Schools of Opportunity project recently launched their application cycle for 2017. Applications from schools across the nation will be accepted at www.SchoolsofOpportunity.org through May 1. Building on the success of the past two years, the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), housed in the CU Boulder School of Education, will...

Today, deans nationwide released a Declaration of Principles calling on federal leaders to do more to improve public education and advance democratic values in U.S. public schools. To date, a growing list of nearly 200 current and former deans of colleges and schools of education nationwide have endorsed this statement...

The University of Colorado Boulder is sharpening its focus on leadership, offering a thriving minor, a speaker series launching next month with a visit by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and new courses aimed at fostering leadership in students with a diverse array of backgrounds and career paths. CU...