INVST Community Studies program to celebrate 25-year anniversary

June 5, 2015

For the past 25 years, CU Boulder's INVST Community Studies program has worked with CU students to help them learn to become engaged citizens and leaders. The program, which is housed within the newly formed Center for Community-Based Learning and Research in the School of Education, has more than 340...

Alumni Christy Hayashi (2011) & Corey Wiggins (2013) honored with teaching awards

May 28, 2015

Two Social Studies Teacher Ed alumni, Christy Hayashi and Corey Wiggins, have been honored with teaching awards . Christy, who became an alumna in 2011, was chosen as the Senior Class Staff Member for the class of 2015 at Standley Lake High School in Westminster. 鈥淗er impact goes above and...

Alumna Amelia Dickerson (2011) completes first Bolder Boulder as a blind runner

May 27, 2015

Amelia Dickerson, an alumna of the School of Education鈥檚 Social Studies Teacher Licensure program (2011) completed her first Bolder Boulder on Monday. Having lost her vision in a car accident at age 14, Amelia ran with the assistance of a friend and frequent running partne, Silke Koster. This was the...

PhD student Wagma Mommandi discusses the pressing need for more teachers of color in the Denver Post

May 26, 2015

In a Denver Post Op-Ed, Wagma Mommandi , a doctoral student in the Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice program, describes her lifelong educational experiences with almost no teachers in whom she could see herself, and calls for systematic and sustained efforts to recruit and retain more teachers of color. Read...

4.4 Million Reasons to Care: Alumna Karla del Rosal is working to improve education for emerging bilingual students

May 8, 2015

CU Alumna and Miramontes Scholar Dr. Karla del Rosal 鈥檚 (2014, EECD) recent TEDxSMU talk (below) invites viewers to get involved in what has become her life鈥檚 work. Her commitment to improving education for emerging bilingual students颅 鈥 often called "English Language Learners" 鈥 across the nation began with her...

PhD student Ceci Valenzuela awarded grant to study and develop literacy and pedagogy 'intercambios' with Cuba

May 7, 2015

The Latin American Studies Center Board and the Tinker Foundation have awarded PhD student Ceci Valenzuela a Field Research Grant to fund pre-doctoral research in Latin America. Ceci will return to Cuba to continue her study, "Pedagogical Intercambios: Cuban Education in Virtual Collaborations.鈥 The first tier of her research focuses...

NEPC's 'Schools of Opportunity' project announces first honorees in CO and NY

May 7, 2015

This story was covered nationally. See the original story in the Washington Post . Read the Washington Post 's feature profile of Centaurus High School in Lafayette, CO , designated a Gold School of Opportunity. The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the University of Colorado Boulder announced today that...

Associate Professor of Literacy Studies sj Miller honored with Joanne Arnold Courage and Commitment Award

May 6, 2015

The Chancellor鈥檚 Advisory Committee on GLBT Issues has chosen Associate Professor of Literacy Studies sj Miller , as this year鈥檚 recipient of the Joanne Arnold Courage and Commitment Award. The award is given to a faculty, staff, alumnus, or community member who embodies the character and values of Professor Emerita...

Recruiting & Retaining Educators of Color webinar led by Terrenda White and Director of White House Initiative

May 5, 2015

CU-Boulder Professor Terrenda White will be participating in a webinar with David Johns, the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. The webinar, Recruiting & Retaining Educators of Color , will take place on Thursday, May 7th at 5:00pm MDT and will focus on...

The testing regime in U.S. schools isn鈥檛 working: Kevin Welner debates Patricia Levesque in the NY Times

May 4, 2015

National Education Policy Center (NEPC) Director and Professor Kevin Welner debated Patricia Levesque, former deputy chief of staff for education under Gov. Jeb Bush in Sunday's New York Times . Read below or read the article in the New York Times . DEBATERS PATRICIA LEVESQUE Patricia Levesque, former deputy chief...

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