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by Lisa Schwartz and Kris Gutiérrez In May, the Learning Sciences space in the School of Education was humming with the voices of children and adults mixed with the sound of motors and the glow of LED lights. The voices belonged to Professor Kris Gutiérrez ’s research and teaching team,...

MA+ students in Professor Dan Liston's Advanced Social Foundations of Education (EDUC 5005) course enjoyed the opportunity to hold personal meetings via Skype with two leaders in educational reform. After viewing the well-known documentary, Waiting for Superman, and reading related literature on education reform and history, students Skyped with Randy...

Listen to the radio interview that features Professor Welner (Executive Director of the National Education Policy Center ) discussing the new Race to the Top-style $100 million federal competition for high schools with programs that emphasize college and career readiness. To qualify for the grant, high schools must partner with...

Bridget Dalton was recently appointed to the Editorial Review Board of Reading Research Quarterly . A journal of the International Reading Association, Reading Research Quarterly is essential reading for those committed to scholarship on literacy among learners of all ages. As the leading research journal in the field, each issue...

Read Ace Eckstein's article, "A Culture of Silence and Exclusion: An Examination of Heteronormativity and Homophobia in Schools" in Sprinkle: An Undergraduate Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies . The journal is part of The Freire Project for Critical Cultural, Community, Youth, and Media Activism. Ace is a Communications major...

David Webb and Kimberly Bunning , with Department of Mathematics Professors Eric Stade and Rob Tubbs, have been awarded a grant through the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership from the Helmsley Trust to work on professional development and materials related to CU's active-learning calculus courses. Related Faculty: David C. Webb

Read Courtney Hanny and Kevin O'Connor 's article, " A Dialogical Approach to Conceptualizing Resident Participation in Community Organizing ," published in the current issue of Mind, Culture, and Activity . Related Faculty: Kevin O'Connor

Alex Molnar has been invited to a private experts seminar at the October 2013 United Nations General Assembly to share his expertise in school commercialism and inform the 2014 U.N. special report on the impact of advertising on cultural rights. Related Faculty: Alex Molnar

The Synergies research project being conducted by Professors Bill Penuel and Ben Kirshner and PhD students Adam York and Julie Cafarella , together with a research team at Oregon State University, is highlighted in EdWeek as important and innovative research on STEM learning in and out of school. Related Faculty:...

Bill Penuel is giving an invited presentation on measuring learning across multiple dimensions at a joint meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) focused on assessment and the Next Generation Science Standards. Professor Penuel also recently gave the keynote at the...