Newly released books chronicle local Latino history

March 7, 2016

The Boulder County Latino History Project and University of Colorado Boulder faculty have teamed up to publish a new book set chronicling the lives and contributions of Latinos in Boulder County. Marjorie McIntosh, CU Boulder professor emerita of history, authored the two volume set: 鈥淟atinos of Boulder County, Colorado, 1900-1980,...

Science education, a love story: CU Boulder couple bond over their passion for teaching

Feb. 26, 2016

Luke DeGregori and Carissa Marsh are almost as passionate about science education as they are about each other. Before the couple marries this July, they鈥檙e focused on their final semester at the University of Colorado Boulder and time well spent student teaching. The pair met in middle school and started...

John Hoover鈥檚 research awarded Article of the Year by Rural Special Education Quarterly

Feb. 24, 2016

The editors and editorial board of Rural Special Education Quarterly, the refereed journal of the American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES), have selected John Hoover 鈥檚 research for the Research Article of the Year Award. Hoover and co-author Jennifer Erickson published "Culturally responsive special education referrals of English learners...

Gene Glass named "Outstanding Public Educator" by Horace Mann League

Feb. 22, 2016

Gene Glass received the Horace Mann League's "Outstanding Public Educator" award at the league鈥檚 annual meeting this month in Phoenix, Arizona. Glass is professor emeritus in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, regents' professor emeritus at Arizona State University, and senior researcher at the National Education...

Katherine Schultz named next CU Boulder School of Education dean

Feb. 10, 2016

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore has named Katherine Schultz dean of the School of Education effective Aug. 1, 2016. Schultz succeeds Lorrie Shepard, who is returning to the faculty as a distinguished professor after 15 years as dean. Schultz presently serves as professor and dean of the...

Video: Choosing, Refusing, and Opting Out: Parents鈥 Rights in Public Education panel

Feb. 8, 2016

How does parental choice affect public education? On Wednesday, Jan. 27, a panel of scholars from the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education and the Center for Values and Social Policy tackled the legal and philosophical issues parents face as they make decisions related to state testing, vaccinations, and...

NPR: Learning Assistant Program making science teaching more than a backup plan

Feb. 4, 2016

Photo by Theo Stroomer for NPR In the basement of the Duane Physics and Astrophysics Building at the University of Colorado Boulder, a science demonstration is going on, but it looks more like a vaudeville act. According to the story "Making Science Teaching More Than 'A Backup Plan'" published by...

Student Voices at CU: Racial and Ethnic Inclusion conversations on Feb. 11

Jan. 29, 2016

Join fellow students, faculty, staff and administrators on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the UMC Aspen Rooms, for "Student Voices at CU: What Racial and Ethnic Inclusion Means for Our Campus," a creative research presentation and facilitated small group conversation about racial and inclusion at CU...

PhD Candidate Prudhomme visits UNC to address opportunity gaps among Students of Color

Jan. 28, 2016

On Jan. 25, CU Boulder School of Education Doctoral Candidate Joshua J. Prudhomme gave a lecture at the University of Northern Colorado about diversity and equity titled, 鈥 Let鈥檚 Get to the Bottom of it: Education (In)Opportunity among Historically Marginalized Students of Color .鈥 The forum included roughly 70 Faculty,...

Best Authored Book awarded to Kirshner's "Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality"

Jan. 20, 2016

Ben Kirshner's book entitled, Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality (NYU Press, 2015) has been selected to receive a Social Policy Award for 鈥淏est Authored Book鈥 from the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) and will be honored at an awards ceremony in March. Published on June 15,...

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